Domaine de la Touraize Arbois Vin Jaune 2018 Size:750ml wine ferments spontaneously in terracotta

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this wine comprises roughly equal parts Macabeu and Grenache Gris—but these varieties are mere vehicles for the impenetrable stone wall of the wine itself

after which it settles in steel without fining or filtering and rests in bottle for a minimum of one year before release

and this cuvée is built around that holding

Domaine de la Touraize Arbois Vin Jaune 2018 Size:750ml wine ferments spontaneously in terracottaFrom the same hectare of northwest exposed Savagnin in Petit Curoulet as the Savagnin Sous Voile, Touraizes Vin Jaune is produced in painfully small quantitiesbetween 700 and 1000 bottles per vintage. Aged the requisite six years and three months in used 228 liter barrels in the winerys attic, it comes across as fresh and lifted despite the panoply of natural veil derived oxidative flavors, with deep yellow fruits commingling with notes of fresh