2023 Domaine Tournelle Arbois Rouge L'Uva Arboisiana Plousard

100% biodynamically cultivated Ploussard from the Arbois appellation in the Jura, a mountainous region bordering Switzerland. Grapes are grown on early Jurassic grey marl clays from 30+ years old estate-owned vines. This natural wine is made with carbonic maceration and zero added sulfur from harvest to bottling, exemplifying Tournelle's natural winemaking philosophy.

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Specs

Type: Red

Grapes: Ploussard

Winemaker: Evelyne and Pascal Clairet

Vintage: 2023

Geography

Country: France

Region: Jura

Sub-region: Arbois

Vineyard: Early Jurassic grey marl clays

Farming

Certified organic and biodynamic cultivation, hand harvesting in small baskets, manual sorting and destemming at the vineyard, no additives, no sulfites added

Harvest

Hand-harvested in trays, hand-destemmed in the vineyard, sorted grapes

Fermentation

Carbonic or semi-carbonic maceration for 1 month in cylindrical open vats saturated with carbonic gas, use of indigenous yeast, devatting after maceration, spontaneous alcoholic and malolactic fermentation completed in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, no added sulfites

Aging

Rested in large neutral oak barrels (foudres) for 6-12 months, bottled unfined and unfiltered with no additional SO2, preserving natural CO2 (900-1200 mg/l) for freshness, stored and transported at 14°C