Recent vintages have been challenging in the region due to problems such as frost, hail, and scorching weather. Each wine has to be evaluated on its own, not by vintage. (Continue reading here.)
Showing posts with label Côtes-du-Jura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Côtes-du-Jura. Show all posts
CHÂTEAU D'ARLAY (Jura) -- Current release wines
This historic domaine is certified organic. It is a bit under-the-radar, but it is consistently a fine source for Jura wines. (Continue reading here.)
Jura Wines Recently Tasted: L'Aigle à Deux Têtes (Henri Leroy), Baud Génération 9, Jean Bourdy, Domaine des Carlines
Alas, nature has not been kind to Jura producers, and just as demand was beginning to lift off (at least in certain markets), freezes have killed off much of the recent crops. Nevertheless, these are often fascinating and highly original wines and worthy of your seeking them out. (Continue reading here.)
Jura Wines Recently Tasted: Aigle à Deux Têtes/Le Roy. Arnoux/Cellier des Tierceleines, Baud, Borde/Mareschal, Champ Divin/Closset, Clavelin
(Originally published 19 May 2018.)
Despite the small quantity of wine made in the Jura, prices remain, for the most part, attractive. With the disastrously small vintage in 2017, that could easily change, though, at least until there is another vintage (hopefully 2018) to replenish the stocks.
If you don’t already know the Jura wines with their firm acidities and original expression of grapes well-known elsewhere (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir) and grapes associated almost exclusively with the Jura (Savagnin, Trousseau, and Poulsard), I encourage your making the effort. (Continue reading here.)
Recently Tasted Jura Wines from 2014, 2016, 2017: Aigle à Deux Têtes/Leroy, Baud, Champs Divin/Closset, Laborde/Granges Paquenesses, Pignier, Quillot
The region was hit very, very hard by the frosts of 2017. Be sure to buy sufficient stocks of what's around to carry you through a few years if you are a fan of these wines. (Continue reading here.)
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