Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Blanc Cuvee du Hasard N°2 2018 GERAUS this wine opens up early

this wine opens up early and shows its complex layers that make it enjoyable sipping on its own or paired with a truffled pasta carbonara

What's inside is 100% Pinot Noir from vines planted in 1991 on clay and limestone

and this bottling shows why

Planted in 2019 on iron-rich volcanic soils and barrel-fermented with wild yeasts in 53% new oak

Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Blanc Cuvee du Hasard N°2 2018 GERAUS this wine opens up earlyThe name means "cuvee of chance," and that's exactly the spirit here. At Domaine Labet, the Rotalier based family that helped rewrite the rules for modern Jura whites, this Chardonnay gets the old school treatment: aged roughly six years in old barrels under a veil of yeast (the N2 is the extra long sous voile bottling) (the same flor that gives Vin Jaune its magic), without topping up the barrels. The result is a white that trades freshness for