2020 Michel Gahier, Arbois Blanc Melon "La Fauquette", Jura, France Domaine la Soufrandière - Roasted in earthen conical

- Roasted in earthen conical oven for 4-8 days

A gorgeous

add the botanicals to macerate for 24-hours and distill a third time

I found the 2020s just as compelling as they were last year

2020 Michel Gahier, Arbois Blanc Melon "La Fauquette", Jura, France Domaine la Soufrandière - Roasted in earthen conicalThis cuve, again from a single vineyard in Montigny, is aged for one year in large foudres at which point it is then racked into smaller barrel for an additional three years sous voile. Called Chardonnay, the vines are of the local variety known as Melon Queue Rouge, a white grape the skin color of which bleeds towards red as it approaches the stem.