Origin: Jura, France

Grapes: 100% Jacquere

ABV: 10.5%

This wine was made from grapes purchased from Mas des Abymes in the Savoie. Their vineyard is in the village of Chapareillan which is in the stunning area of flat plains with sheer mountains thrusting skyward just south of Chambéry.

The interesting Jacquère grapes were pressed directly and fermentation and maturation occurred in tanks.

Alice Bouvot is the proud proprietor of 5 hectares of vines in the Arbois region of the Jura. All L’Octavin wines are “pur jus”, with no additives whatsoever. The grapes are destemmed by hand and fermented without the use of SO2, cultured yeasts, or other additives. Most of the wines are fermented and aged in fiber glass or steel tanks, but only at the ambient temperature of the cave. Most of L’Octavin wines are made to reflect single plot expression.