En Barberon Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Creamy mushroom risotto, roasted veal chops, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the 'En Barberon' climat in the commune of Bréry, this exceptional Chardonnay is a masterclass in the 'ouillé' (topped-up) style of the Jura, pioneered by Stéphane Tissot to showcase terroir purity over oxidative character. The vineyard, characterized by its heavy, dark Lias clay soils, imparts a signature power, density, and deep-seated mineral tension to the wine. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in French oak, this cuvée reflects the Tissot family's absolute dedication to biodynamic viticulture, capturing the wild, untouched spirit of the Jura hillsides in a structured, age-worthy white of remarkable complexity.
🍾 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%