Bruyeres Vin Jaune
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 10 to 50+ years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Aged Comté cheese, chicken with morel cream sauce, roasted walnuts
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the prestigious 'Les Bruyères' vineyard in Arbois, this Vin Jaune is a profound expression of Jura's unique winemaking heritage. Grown on distinct Triassic clay soils, the Savagnin grapes benefit from Stéphane Tissot's meticulous biodynamic farming. Following fermentation, the wine undergoes the legendary 'sous voile' aging process, resting undisturbed in oak barrels for over six years under a delicate veil of flor yeast without any topping up. This slow, controlled oxidation develops its signature complex character. Local lore attributes the discovery of Vin Jaune to a forgotten barrel in a cellar, which transformed into liquid gold. Tissot's rendition of this historic style is celebrated for its remarkable depth, vibrant acidity, and intense mineral core.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1962 by André and Mireille Tissot in Montigny-lès-Arsures, Domaine Tissot underwent an epochal transformation when Stéphane and Bénédicte Tissot assumed leadership in 1990. Propelling Jura winemaking into global reverence, they eliminated synthetic interventions, attaining organic certification in 1999 and full Demeter biodynamic status in 2004 across roughly 35 to 50 hectares. The estate encompasses preeminent micro-terroirs—notably Les Bruyères, La Mailloche, En Barberon, and Curon—defined by diverse Jurassic limestones and distinctive blue, grey, and red marls situated under continental montane influences. Stéphane champions hyper-parcel vinification using indigenous yeasts, amphorae, minimal sulfur, and unadulterated parcel identity. Tissot's extensive repertoire spans thrillingly chiseled non-oxidative ouillé bottlings like Chardonnay Clos de la Tour de Curon and Les Bruyères, transcendent traditional sous voile expressions, and profound benchmarks of Vin Jaune, culminating in an unyielding masterclass of geological transparency.
🍇 Grapes
Savagnin
🍷 ABV
14-15%