2017 Etoile Vin
VINODLING: 100% Savagnin från utvalda vingårdsparceller
JORDMÅN: kalksten, lera, grå märgel & blå märgel
VINIFIKATION:Druvorna skördas för hand och efter jäsning på fudre flyttas vinet till 30 hl fat där vinet vilar i 6 månader. Sedan flyttas vinet till 230 liters fat där utrymme lämnas för det speciella flortäcket att bildas. I den här fasen får Vin Jaune sin distinkta oxiderade karaktär och efter 7 år buteljeras vinet på den för Vin Jaune specifika Clavelin-flaskan om 62 cl. 1700 flaskor.
The very young and tender 2017 L'Etoile Vin Jaune comes from a year marked by frost; but there was less frost in l'Etoile than in other places, and the Savagnin suffered less than the Chardonnay. It comes from Les Baudes Haut, planted in 1988 on gray marl and limestone with fossil soils. After the frost, it was fairly warm, and the harvest was quite early. The style of the 2017s is finer and more elegant than the 2018s, a character that also transcends the finest Vin Jaunes, like this one from Montbourgeau. The nose is complex, with a mixture of walnuts, spices, iodine and peat, hints of mushrooms and a balsamic and medicinal touch. It has a lively palate, with vibrant minerality, effervescent acidity and a long, dry and almost salty finish. It's pungent and powerful with 15% alcohol through evaporation during the long aging in barrel but also with concentrated acidity that provides balance and freshness. Only 500 bottles were produced.
On the only sunny day of the whole time I spent in Jura, César Dériaux from Domaine Montbourgeau had to rush to the vineyards to spray the vines, so I only saw him briefly, all sweaty and shirtless on his way back at the end of the day when we were going for a spin around the property's vineyards with his mom, Nicole. I ended up tasting with Nicole and Capucine Bouvret, daughter of Philippe Bouvret from Essencia in Poligny, who works at the domaine.
Luis Gutierrez Aug 08, 2024
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Robert Parker - 2017 Domaine Montbourgeau L'Etoile Vin Jaune
