Domaine de la Borde "Cote de Caillot" Chardonnay Arbois Pupillin 2022

Domaine de la Borde "Cote de Caillot" Chardonnay Arbois Pupillin 2022Press 2 December 2025 January 2026 Direct Press Selection Julien Mareschal used to enjoy visiting the small hamlet of Pupillin and the winemakers he met there, so in 2003 he decided to move there. Though nowadays buying vines in the Jura is expensive and hard to come by, at the time the region was not understood or well liked. The small town politics of Pupillin also benefited outsider Julien, since the older woman selling the vines refused to sell to

Farming: organic

starting with the extremely floral almost melon-like character of fermented rice

farms many herself

Only in the last couple decades Alto Piemonte has made a return to popularity

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The extraction is lighter but it is still satiating and layered

Highlighting ancient

Give it a slight chill and drink it with some pizza tonight

citrusy cut

During his time with Nittnaus

The Griffe du Marquis began in 2009 and is made from a tiny parcel of the oldest vines in the clos

Truly one of my favorite Cab Francs yet