
Benedicte et Stephane Tissot Cremant du Jura Extra Brut Blanc NV - 1.5L
Benedicte et Stephane Tissot Cremant du Jura Extra Brut Blanc NV - 1.5L
91 pts Wine Advocate
This is clean and with very strong aromas of apples, hints of fennel, and aniseed with very pleasant acidity and abundant bubbles. It’s very easy to drink and very pleasant with a mineral, sapid finish. This has to be one of the best Crémants from Jura and certainly a steal among sparkling wines.
Grapes
50% Chardonnay
40% Pinot Noir
5% Poulsard
5% Trousseau
SOIL TYPE
60 % of clay of the Triassic era
40% Limestone scree slopes
CULTURE
Vines farmed with no use of herbicides or phytosanitary products. Use of sulfites and copper as well as plant infusions. Organic compost made at the estate. Traditional working of the soil. Manual harvesting in cases. Strict sorting on a sorting table. Certified organic Ecocert and Biodynamic Demeter.
VINIFICATION
Vinification in stainless steel for 60% of the wine and 40% in old French oak barrels. Ageing of the base wine 4 month on fine lees before bottling. Ageing sur lattes in bottle during 14 to 20 months. “0” dosage – Extra Brut.
TASTING NOTES
“This is clean and with very strong aromas of apples, hints of fennel, and aniseed with very pleasant acidity and abundant bubbles. It’s very easy to drink and very pleasant with a mineral, sapid finish. This has to be one of the best Crémants from Jura and certainly a steal among sparkling wines.”-- 91+pts Luis Gutiérez, Wine Advocate
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Morrisville NC 27560
United States
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