Trousseau ‘Sous la Roche’ Arbois-Pupillin, Domaine de la Borde, Julien Mareschal, Arbois 2022

DOMAINE DE LA BORDE, JULIEN MARESCHAL, Arbois

Julien Mareschal is one of the only people to make wine in the Côte de Caillot, right outside of Pupillin. He works organically and has been in conversion to biodynamics since 2012. Each of his wines has a vineyard name. Proportionately, he has a lot of Savagnin, almost 50% of his vineyard holdings, grown on grey marls. His Savagnin called Foudre a Canon is ouille, fermented in foudres and bottled a little more than a year later. The Ploussard La Feule is made without any sulphur added at all; the other wines receive a small dose just at bottling. The Chardonnay is from a plot of 25 hectares of 35-year-old vines planted in Bajocian limestone on the top of steep slopes at 450m in elevation. Julien crafts serious Chardonnay in the ouille style, showcasing the true terroir of the site. The wine ferments naturally with indigenous yeasts and is raised in old, 1200L barrels.

The Trousseau “Sous la Roche” from Arbois-Pupillin is young vines grown on a steep 20-degree southwest facing slope at 350-500 meters altitude of limestone on red marl. Entirely hand-harvested and 70% destemmed by hand. Maceration for 15 days (including two day pre-fermentation) with no sulfites and only indigenous yeasts used. Aged in 228 liter barriques of 2 to 4 vintages-used for 12 months.

Grape: 100% Trousseau

Biodynamic