Arbois Ploussard 2016

Issu de vignes d'une quarantaine d'années sur sol argileux, un chardonnay fermenté et élevé en foudre, et marqué par la juste maturité du fruit et par la signature du terroir.

Le ploussard – ou poulsard – aime les sols argileux, et vinifié avec les levures indigènes et sans soufre (en demi-muid) il offre ici la pleine et libre expression d'un cépage unique sur son seul terroir de prédilection, le Jura.

A vineyard planted in 1976 on the gravel and marl soil of Les Vianderies, an ideal terroir for Chardonnay. Pupillin, an ideal and renowned terroir for Chardonnay. Vinification and maturation (15 months) in barrels.

A cuvée made from two parcels of Chardonnay on grey marl with small fossilized oysters ("gryphées"). oyster fossils ("gryphées"), fermented in vats and then in barrels and aged on fine lees for 24 months in barrels (not new).

The Mailloche hillside, facing east above the village of Arbois, is composed of Lias clay soil on a limestone subsoil.soil of Lias clay on a limestone subsoil and includes Chardonnays from old and young vines with small yields. This is a white wine with a strong character, long finish, and a long finish.

A rarity: in the Château-Chalon appellation area, where the grey marl terroir is dedicated solely to Savagnin, an old Chardonnay vineyard has been left on hold in the dedicated solely to Savagnin, an old Chardonnay vineyard left on probation for the benefit of its for the benefit of the quality of its grapes.

Le chardonnay n'en finit pas de révéler de multiples facettes de son caractère sur les terroirs du Jura, tel ce blanc venu d'une parcelle sur marnes rouges, exposée à l'Ouest et située en contrebas de la Côte de Feule.

The Mailloche hillside, facing east above the village of Arbois, is composed of Lias clay soil on a limestone subsoil. soil of Lias clay on a limestone subsoil and includes Chardonnays from old and young vines with small yields This is a white wine with a strong character, long finish, and a long finish.