ARBOIS-PUPILLIN 2022
PINOT NOIR
Grape Varieties
100% Pinot Noir.
Popular for its flavour and ageing characteristics, Pinot Noir is used in the Jura for blends and varietal wines. Planted since the 15th century on gravelly soil, it is often the first variety to ripen in the region.
Tasting notes
Bright, elegant, clear ruby colour.
The nose is pleasant, refined and distinguished, with a delicious array of red fruit.
On the palate, this is a full-bodied Pinot Noir, well balanced between power and richness with notes of red and black fruit and fine spices. Beautiful, dense tannins suggest good potential to improve with age.
Food and wine paring
Drink with grilled or roasted meats and cooked dishes or as an accompaniment to a fine cheese board.
Serving suggestions
Ideal serving temperature: 14 to 15 °C. (59-61°F.).
Ageing potential
A great Pinot Noir, already good to drink but can be kept in the cellars for 5 to 6 years.
Appellation
Small in size, but offering exceptional diversity, Jura’s vineyards span over 80 kilometres between Burgundy and the Swiss border in eastern France.
The Arbois Appellation is the oldest and largest of the four geographical AOCs. Its name comes from the Celtic words “ar” and “bois”, meaning “fertile land”.
The Arbois-Pupillin AOC is derived from the Arbois AOC, and covers a large part of the production of the very small commune of Pupillin, south-west of Arbois.
At an altitude of 500m, the plots are characterized by a distinctive terroir, recognized as one of Arbois’ finest, with steep slopes and soil made up of subsurface marl from the Triassic period, with very little clay-chert.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand at the beginning of September and sorted on a sorting table. Total maceration for 15 days in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. Regular monitoring throughout the fermentation process, with some pumping over and punching down.
During pressing, the press and free-run juices from each batch are blended and racked, followed by malolactic fermentation on fine lees.
Partial ageing of the wine in oak barrels (20% of the blend in barrels that have held two or three wines), to obtain a broader aromatic palette. Light filtering before bottling.
Vintage : 2022
Having endured the nights at the beginning of April, we were spared from the effects of the frost. A budburst on 13 April and flowering on 23 May promised an early harvest. June saw more than 150 mm of rainfall, allowing the marl soils to build up some healthy reserves to cope with the hot summer weather.
The harvest was running from 16 August to 15 September. The grapes destined for the Crémant du Jura opened the show on 16 August, being the earliest date on record at the estate. This decision paid off as the balance of acidity was in line with what we were looking for. For our other Jura appellations, a generous rainfall on the weekend of 20 August allowed the vines to finish ripening in the best conditions.
The excellent health of the grapes allowed us to prolong the harvest until mid-September, with the opportunity to boost the maturity of the reds to their best polyphenolic potential, particularly for the Pinot Noir grapes, creating powerful, full-bodied wines. The white Chardonnays and Savagnins express floral aromas with a perfectly balanced mineral structure.
