Clos Tour Curon
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Creamy mushroom risotto, roasted veal with chanterelles, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Clos de la Tour de Curon' is one of the Jura's most legendary white wines, sourced from a tiny, historic parcel overlooking Arbois. Replanted by Stéphane Tissot in 2002 on a steep, south-facing slope of Bajocian limestone scree, this vineyard is planted at an ultra-high density of up to 20,000 vines per hectare. This extreme density forces the vines to dig deep into the bedrock for nutrients, yielding tiny, highly concentrated berries. Vinified as a topped-up (ouillé) Chardonnay, it is fermented and aged in oak barrels. The resulting wine is a masterpiece of tension, combining a signature flinty reduction with profound mineral depth, power, and crystalline acidity that rivals the grandest crus of Burgundy.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1962 by André and Mireille Tissot and taken over by their son Stéphane alongside his wife Bénédicte in 1990, Domaine Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot is an iconic benchmark of the Jura region, located in the village of Montigny-lès-Arsures near Arbois, France. A relentless pioneer of organic and biodynamic viticulture, Stéphane transitioned the estate to biodynamics in the early 2000s, championing minimal-intervention cellar techniques and native yeast fermentations to reveal hyper-specific terroirs. The domaine produces an extraordinary array of wines spanning profound single-vineyard Chardonnays from sites like Clos de la Tour de Curon and La Mailloche, energetic Savagnins, traditional sous-voile Vin Jaune, vibrant reds from indigenous Trousseau and Poulsard, and exceptional Crémant du Jura such as Indigène. Celebrated for their mineral intensity, purity, and vibrant tension, the estate's artisanal bottlings have rightfully elevated the global reputation of Jura winemaking.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13-14%