2023 Pierre Girardin [Côtes du Jura] Chardonnay “Saugettes” Benoit Lahaye the wine is aged on

the wine is aged on its lees for 2 years in large underground vats until being bottled without fining or filtering

built around a fine-boned structure of acidity and pleasing tannins

Making of: two weeks of semi-carbonic maceration in both concrete and foudre

Aging: in tanks

50% Garnacha

2023 Pierre Girardin [Côtes du Jura] Chardonnay “Saugettes” Benoit Lahaye the wine is aged onFrom the Les Saugettes lieu dit in Grussethe same prized slope long bottled by Domaine des Miroirsthis Chardonnay comes off west facing, calcareous marl planted around 1970. The sites shallow soils and afternoon light give a taut, mineral frame: citrus and cool orchard fruit over a chalk saline line, with subtle savory detail and a long, finely textured finish. Its a precise, place first Jura Chardonnay that reads both crystalline and quietly profound.