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Domaine Bornard Arbois Pupillin Savagnin Vin Jaune 2014
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Philippe Bornard

620 mL

Domaine Bornard Arbois Pupillin Savagnin Vin Jaune 2014

Regular price $245.00
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Pickup available at Bukit Timah

Jura // France

Suitably complex, as you'd expect. 8 years in barrel, no messing. 

There are strict rules relating to the production of Vin Jaune or ‘yellow wine’ in the Jura. It is matured in old 228 litre casks which are not topped up. The wine must be made only from the Savagnin grape variety and the vines must lie within the defined Jura region.

The maturation must continue for a minimum of 6 years and 3 months. This means that a film of yeast develops on the surface of the wine (known as a voile) thus protecting it from the oxygen in the gap in the barrel. However some oxidation occurs giving the wine some sherry-like characteristics even though it is never fortified like sherry.

Vin Jaune is very much a cult wine with 50000 people attending the annual festival in Arbois to celebrate the bottling of the current Vin Jaune.

By law the wine can only be sold in the special 620 ml format bottles. The appellation for this Vin Jaune is the Arbois Pupillin appellation reflecting where the grapes for the wine were grown. It is one of the few wines that Tony still uses the appellation for. This wine was released under the more general Cotes du Jura appellation. 
About the Producer

With more than 30 years of experience behind him, as he collaborated until 2005 with the Fruitière de Pupillin, near Arbois, where he brought his harvest, Philippe Bornard has made his name in Jura and the wine world. On the advice of his neighbour and friend, the famous Pierre Overnoy, he broke away and today cultivates and vinifies 11.2 hectares on gentle slopes around the small village, planted with typical Jura grape varieties as well as a "curiosity", a Melon à Queue Rouge, another variety of Chardonnay. Like Pierre Overnoy, he picks by hand, respects his vines and intervenes at least in the vinification process. Inputs" are banned and SO2 is just used with mastery at the time of bottling. Long macerations, long maturing in casks, up to 3 years for the whites for example, characterize fine and delicate wines, vibrant, with precise flavours, also destined for long ageing and playing on an exceptional freshness!

Philippe has retired in 2017 and his son Tony currently runs the estate.

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