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Chateau d'Arlay, Cotes Du Jura Vin Jaune, 2016 (620ml)

White Wine from Jura, France
by Chateau d'Arlay
$106.99
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One of the wine world's great oddities, and one of its most rewarding. Vin Jaune is 100% Savagnin left in barrel for over six years without topping up, protected only by a natural yeast veil (voile) that forms on the surface, aging biologically the way fino Sherry does. What survives evaporation is bottled in the clavelin, the squat 620ml bottle whose size reflects the roughly 62% of each liter left after the angels take their share. Chateau d'Arlay farms old Savagnin vines planted between 1953 and 1974 in Arlay, and works without added yeast, racking, or sulfur. The estate itself suggests waiting twenty years before opening, and these wines can hold for decades. Nutty and intense but strikingly fresh, with a salty core.

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Antonio Galloni

91 points

"The 2016 Vin Jaune Côtes du Jura is delicious. Hay, walnuts and bread dough aromas of pronounced intensity frame the classic bouquet. Balanced by bright acidity and offering a concentrated yet totally refined mouthfeel, the 2016 is an elegant Vin Jaune that will provide ample pleasure for years to come." —Nicolas Greinacher

Robert Parker

93 points

"The 2016 Vin Jaune was produced with Savagnin grapes from vines planted in 1953 and 1976 on gray marl soils. At the end of July 2012, the wine was put in well-seasoned 228-liter oak barrels, where it matured under a veil of flor yeasts for almost seven years. Arlay tends to produce less powerful and more elegant Vin Jaune, still this has 14% alcohol, and the 2016 vintage also seems to have a kind of special lightness, coming through as refined, elegant and balanced, not terribly complex but super pleasant and easy to drink. Nevertheless, this should age nicely in bottle. 3,400 bottles produced." —Luis Gutiérrez

More about Chateau d'Arlay

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Savagnin

  • Vintage

    2016

  • Size

    620ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Aged Comte above all, plus chicken in yellow-wine-and-morel sauce, curried dishes, or hard alpine cheeses.

Tasting Profile

Powerful oxidative aromas of walnut, curry spice, and dried apple, yet lifted and fresh. Dense but linear, with a salty mineral core and an extraordinarily long finish. Bone dry.