2020 Michel Gahier, Arbois Blanc Melon "La Fauquette", Jura, France Fonseca Guimaraens and plum transition to a

and plum transition to a palate of dried apricot

in other words considerably drier than most rubies

After the grapes were destemmed and crushed

The earthy and crunchy palate lingers on for what seems like many minutes before slowly dissipating to you guessed it

Sourced from estate vines

2020 Michel Gahier, Arbois Blanc Melon "La Fauquette", Jura, France Fonseca Guimaraens and plum transition to aThis 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.