Domaine de la Touraize - ARBOIS AOP (Jura)
Chardonnay "Les Voisines"
2017
Grape variety :
Chardonnay
Designation :
Arbois PDO
Terroir :
Four hillsides: Gravel on marl, calcareous-rich marl, blue marl.
Acreage :
2.35 ha - Named-places: petit Curoulet, en Flandre, les Corvées, la Platière
Farming method :
Winter and spring :Cane pruning (Guyot). Arch trained. Addition of organic matter at the end of winter. Spring and summer : Disbudding then tying-up. The vines are only treated with copper, tisanes, and sulphur, no pesticides. The soil between the rows and "under the rows" is ploughed several times a year. Spreading of corn manure (500p) and silica (501) to naturally reinforce the vines. No chemical weeding. The grapes are hand-picked and put in 300 kg containers.
Yield :
12 hl/ha (frost spring 2017)
Harvest :
By hand
Vinification :
Pneumatic pressing of whole bunches. Static gravity settling. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeast. Alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation in tuns (20 hl). No inputs.
Aging :
18 months on fine lees in tuns. Topping up weekly throughout aging.
Bottling :
No filtration. Cork stopper 49/25.
Serving temperature
Between 10°C and 13°C.
Serving suggestions :
Starters, fish, shellfish or white meat.