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Technical Information

Wine Blend Vine Age Soil Type Vineyard Area*
Vin de France Aligoté “Aligatô”
Aligoté Planted in 1980 Gray marl 1 ha
Côtes du Jura Rouge
“P P André”
75% Pinot Noir,
25% Poulsard
20 years Gray marl .3 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay
Chardonnay 50 years Clay-marl .55 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin
“Vignes aux Dames”
Savagnin 65 years Clay-marl .75 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin
“Clos Bacchus”
Savagnin 40 years Clay-marl 1.11 ha
Côtes du Jura
“Mémée Marie”
85% Chardonnay,
15% Savagnin
40 years Gray, white marl .7 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay
“Gravières”
Chardonnay 40 – 50 years Limestone .3 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay
“La Chaux”
Chardonnay 65 years Limestone, gray and white marl .4 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay
“Terres Blanches”
Chardonnay 40 years Gray, white marl .6 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Croix Sarrant”
Chardonnay 5 years Limestone, clay-marl .6 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Sous Roche”
Chardonnay 55 years Gray Marl .2 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Beaumont”
Chardonnay 65 years Gray Marl .25 ha
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Oxymore”
Chardonnay 25-60 years old Gray marl n/a
Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Magnifique Goutte d’Eau”
Chardonnay 25-60 years old Gray marl n/a
Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Oxymore”
Savagnin 25-60 years old Gray marl n/a
Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Perle du Village”
Savagnin 25-60 years old Gray marl n/a
Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Perrières”
Savagnin 30 years Gray Marl .4 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Balanoz”
Savagnin 6 years Gray Marl 1 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Balanoz Voile nº4”
Savagnin 6 years Gray Marl 1 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin
“Clos Bacchus sous Voile 7 ans”
Savagnin 40 years Clay, marl 1.11 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin
“Puits Saint Pierre”
Savagnin 80+ years Gray marl .15 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin
“Cuvee du Professeur Sous Roche”
Savagnin 30 years Gray marl .25 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin
“Sous-Roche sous Voile 10 ans”
Savagnin 30 years Gray marl .25 ha
Côtes du Jura Savagnin
“Veine bleue de Bacchus Clos Bacchus”
Savagnin 40 years Clay, marl 1.11 ha
Côtes du Jura Poulsard
Poulsard Planted in 1998 Red marl .5 ha
Vin de France Poulsard Noir “Les Vignasses”
Poulsard Planted in 1998 Red marl .3 ha
Côtes du Jura Pinot Noir “Cuvée 909”
Pinot Noir Planted in 1998 Clay, Limestone .45 ha
Vin de France Pinot Noir “Voyage au bout de Nuits”
Pinot Noir Planted in 1990 Clay, Limestone .16 ha
Vin de France “La Chaux Passerillé”
Chardonnay 30 years Limestone, gray and white marl .16 ha
Vieux Macvin
Savagnin or Chardonnay depending on the vintage N/A Gray marl N/A
* "ha" = hectares; one hectare equals roughly two and a half acres

VITICULTURE / VINIFICATION

• Hand-harvested
• Barrels (228L pièces bourguignonne and demi-muids) all are 3 to 4 years old
• Wines undergo malolactic fermentation
• All wines aged on fine lees
• Neither fined, nor filtered
• Oxidative wines have no added sulfur
• The domaine’s vines are located in the Château-Chalon and Côtes du Jura AOCs. For wines to take the Château-Chalon AOC, they must be Savagnin raised sous-voile in demi-muid

Vin de France Aligoté “Aligatô”:
• Aged in Burgundian barrels
• Aligoté sourced from Bouzeron

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay:
• Aged sous-voile in barrel for six years
• Vineyard located in the village of Château Chalon (specifically the La Chaux parcel)

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Vignes aux Dames”:
• Barrel raised, non-oxidative
• Vineyard located in the village of Menétru-le-Vignoble

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Clos Bacchus”:
• Barrel raised, non-oxidative
• Vineyard located in the village of Menétru-le-Vignoble

Côtes du Jura “Mémée Marie”:
• Savagnin is aged sous-voile for 3 months
• Chardonnay and Savagnin are blended in stainless steel tank and aged for 11 months
• Vineyard located in the village of Lavigny
• Named for François’s grandmother Marie

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Gravières”:
• Barrel raised, non-oxidative
• Aged for 15 months on fine lees
• Vineyard located in the village of Lavigny

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “La Chaux”:
• Barrel raised, non-oxidative
• Aged for 14 months on fine lees
• Vineyard located in the village of Château Chalon

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Terres Blanches”:
• Barrel raised, non-oxidative
• Aged for 15 months on fine lees
• Vineyard located in the village of Lavigny

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Croix Sarrant”:
• Non-oxidative
• Aged for 18 months in 400L barrels

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Sous Roche”:
• Non-oxidative
• Aged for 18 months in 225L barrels

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Beaumont”:
• Non-oxidative
• Aged for 18 months in 225L barrels

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Oxymore”
• Oxidative, 4 years sous voile

Côtes du Jura Chardonnay “Magnifique Goutte d’Eau”
• Non-oxidative, late harvest selection of Chardonnay (picked in Novemeber) of grapes that were overripe, but not botrytized.
• Ages 4 years
• Named after Francois’ daughter, whose name Laurette, written in Kanji, means “magnificent droplet of water”

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Oxymore”
• Oxidative, 4 years sous voile

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Perle du Village”
• Non-oxidative, late harvest selection of Savagnin (picked in Novemeber) of grapes that were overripe, but not botrytized.
• Ages 4 years
• Named after Francois’ daughter, whose name Julie, written in Kanji, means “perle of the village”

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Perriéres”:
• Non-oxidative
• Aged for 18 months in 225L barrels

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Balanoz”:
• Non-oxidative
• Aged for 18 months in 225L barrels

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Balanoz Voile nº4”:
• Aged sous-voile in 225L barrels for four years

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Clos Bacchus sous Voile 7 ans”:
• Aged sous-voile in barrel for seven years
• Vineyard located in the village of Menétru-le-Vignoble

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Puits Saint Pierre”:
• Aged in barrel, sous-voile for 6 months, then topped off for 10 months
• Vineyard located in the village of Nevy-sur-Seille
• Puits Saint Pierre, or “Saint Pierre’s Well”, is the name of the climat within Château Chalon

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Cuvee du Professeur Sous Roche”:
• 2013: Topped off for 16 months
• 2014: Savagnin picked late, topped off for 14 months
• Vineyard located in the village of Château Chalon
• The vines for this cuvée are owned by François’s father, who was a professor at the University of Dijon

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Sous-Roche sous Voile 10 ans”:
• Aged sous-voile in barrel for ten years
• Vineyard located in the village of Château Chalon

Côtes du Jura Savagnin “Veine bleue de Bacchus Clos Bacchus”:
• Non-oxidative wine
• 18 months in demi-muids
• Vineyard located in the village of Menétru-le-Vignoble

Côtes du Jura Rouge “P P André”:
• Vinfication in stainless steel tank
• Maceration for 7 days with 2 punchdowns
• Vineyard located in the village of Menétru-le-Vignoble

Côtes du Jura Poulsard:
• Aged at least 6 months in Burgundian barrels
• Vineyard located in the commune of Voiteur

Vin de France Poulsard Noir “Les Vignasses”:
• Aged 12 months in Burgundian barrels
• Vineyard located in the commune of Voiteur

Côtes du Jura Pinot Noir “Cuvée 909”:
• Aged 12 months in 400-L barrels
• Vineyard located in the commune of Menétru-le-Vignoble
• 909 refers to the year in which a handful of Jurassian monks left the abbey of Baume-les-Messieurs to found the Cluny Abbey

Vin de France Pinot Noir “Voyage au bout de Nuits”:
• Aged at least 6 months in Burgundian barrels
• Grapes sourced from Nuits-Saint-Georges
• The name of this bottling is a play on the novel Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline and the fact that this wine is made with grapes from one end of (“au bout de”) the commune of Nuits-Saint-Georges.

Vin de France “La Chaux Passerillé”:
• Current vintage is 2009
• Grapes dried for 5 months in wood boxes
• Barrel aged for 6.5 years
• Wine is not topped off, but because it is a sweet wine, sous-voile yeasts can’t grow
• 200 g/L residual sugar
• Vineyard located in the village of Nevy-sur-Seille

Vieux Macvin:
• Aged 5 years in Burgundian barrels

General Information

Country
France
Region
Jura
Appellation(s)
Vin de France, Côtes du Jura
Producer
François Rousset-Martin
Founded
2007
Annual Production
1,000 cases
Farming
Organic (practicing)
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