Côtes du Jura Chardonnay, Domaine Marie-Pierre Chevassu 2023 Cornas Sans Soufre and with a certain persistence

and with a certain persistence

It is unoaked

Rather unusually the malolactic fermentation takes place in the same tank with skins

The rare Prie Blanc variety only grows in the Valle d’Aosta and seems to have some relation with the Spanish wine grapes of Lairén in Andalusia and Albillo in Ribera del Duero

Grapes are hand-harvested at optimal ripeness

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay, Domaine Marie-Pierre Chevassu 2023 Cornas Sans Soufre and with a certain persistenceMarie Pierre Chevassu, Ctes du Jura Marie Pierre is a young vigneronne whose wines are definitely old style. She is one of the few female winemakers in the Jura. She took over her familys wine estate in 2008 and manages her 4. 5 hectares from vine to cellar door herself. Located in Chteau Chalon, the most traditional part of the Jura, Marie Pierre makes meticulous modern reds and whites. Her reds are carefully sorted at harvest and manually destemmed