Croix & Courbet Savadonnay 2018 (white)

Croix & Courbet Savadonnay 2018

70% Chardonnay, 30% Savagnin

Côtes du Jura, France

A parcel selection from 4 ha total; vines planted between 1980 and 1989. The three parcels include: En Lya: western exposure, shallow clay-silt topsoil with limestone scree over a deeper layer of Liassic gray marl Au Calvaire: southeastern exposure on a gentle slope, tucked away in a valley, fine limestone scree and clay topsoil above gray marl Trémoulette: at the bottom of a west-facing slope, fine limestone scree and clay topsoil above gray marl

Whole bunches, gently pressed (pneumatic). Fermentation in 228-liter barrels (5 to 6-year-old), lasting about 3 months. Full malo, with first SO2 addition afterward. Aged 18 months in barrel, followed by another 18 months in tanks.