Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 bis-hidden single-parcel bottlings

single-parcel bottlings

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Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and surrounding Rosemary Talley's home

The farming is lutte raisonnée — low-intervention and minimal-chemical — and the wines are fermented and aged in stainless steel only

Partial malolactic fermentation and 24% oak aging add roundness and complexity

Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 bis-hidden single-parcel bottlingsCaveau de Bacchus, the Aviet family estate in Montigny les Arsures, is one of the Jura's great traditionalists, and Vin Jaune is the region's most singular wine. Made from Savagnin and aged for years under a veil of yeast without topping up the barrel, it develops a deliberately oxidative, savory character utterly unlike anything else. This is the real deal: a 2015 with the long aging Vin Jaune demands. Expect dried walnut, curry spice, green apple