Rose Massale Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Creamy mushroom risotto, roasted poultry with chanterelles, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the visionary Stéphane Tissot, the 'Rose Massale' is a singular and captivating expression of Jura Chardonnay. The wine takes its name from a rare, pink-skinned mutation of Chardonnay (Chardonnay Rose) propagated through meticulous massal selection (sélection massale) from ancient vines. Grown in the clay and limestone soils of Arbois, the grapes yield a wine of stunning complexity and a subtle, shimmering golden-pink hue. Tissot vinifies this cuvée in the 'ouillé' (topped-up) style, avoiding the traditional oxidative veil to preserve the vibrant, pristine fruit and intense, saline minerality. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in French oak barrels with minimal sulfur, it represents a masterclass in biodynamic viticulture and terroir expression.
🍾 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 Rose