Poulsard Sur Lias
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1 to 5 years from vintage to appreciate its fresh, vibrant fruit and delicate natural character.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Charcuterie boards, roasted chicken, wild mushroom tart
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic clay and marl soils of Arbois in the Jura, Bénédicte and Stéphane Tissot's 'Sur Lias' is a masterful expression of Poulsard, the region's signature thin-skinned red grape. This cuvée is crafted with a deep respect for ancestral methods, undergoing fermentation with indigenous yeasts and aging on its fine lees ('sur lias') without any added sulfur. The result is an incredibly vibrant, pale-colored red wine that defies conventional expectations—often showing a translucent ruby hue akin to a dark rosé, yet bursting with wild strawberries, damp earth, and peppery spices. Tissot's commitment to biodynamic viticulture allows the delicate, temperamental Poulsard grape to express its purest, most energetic terroir-driven character.
🍾 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
Poulsard
🍷 ABV
12.5-13%