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 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
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13-14%