2016 Domaine de la Renardiere Maceration de Savagnin, Jura, France KOBAL Over 10 different agave varietals

Over 10 different agave varietals

his wines are imbued with the very spirit of this maritime climate through year-round

Clos Henri Vineyard in Marlborough

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2016 Domaine de la Renardiere Maceration de Savagnin, Jura, France KOBAL Over 10 different agave varietalsThis is Savagnin made as an orange wine, fermented with native yeasts and left on its skins for 284 days, then aged three years in older barrels. The domainerun by Jean Michel and Laurence Petit in Pupillinhas worked organically for decades and bottles with minimal intervention and low sulfur. The result is powerful and textural, with quince, warm spice, and black tea tones carried by impressive, fine tannins.