Domaine de la Touraize Arbois Rouge 'Cotes a Cotes' 2023

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Domaine de la Touraize Arbois Rouge 'Cotes a Cotes' 2023This fresh, friendly cuve was born in 2017, when the frost that ravaged the Jura gave A J so little fruit that he blended his Trousseau and Pinot Noir together into a single wine; he was so pleased with the results that he continued producing it even in normal yielding vintages. Comprising 60% Trousseau from gravelly soils and 40% Pinot Noir from grey marl, Ctes Ctes ferments spontaneously in steel with a gentle infusion style maceration; it spends

This is the standard-bearer for the estate

From the same hectare of northwest-exposed Savagnin in Petit Curoulet as the Savagnin “Sous Voile

the vast majority of which are old

it will appeal to those who relish the sort of palpable

and the palate sizzles with an almost spiky minerality

her take on the notoriously prim variety is wilder

The grapes are harvested at a point of slight “surmaturité” which captures the profound scents and flavors of the surrounding hillside “garrigue”

Height: 220 mm | 8

Brimming with citrus blossom

the cuvaison lasts for three weeks and the élevage encompasses an additional 18 months in traditional foudre wood vats before the wine is bottled unfiltered

and Cheveau owns vines in three of its climats: “Au Buchot” (which they no longer bottle separately)

This is a rare find in today’s offerings from the Loire Valley: one that sacrifices early drinkability to reward those with the patience to wait for years

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