Selection
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Aged Comté cheese, chicken with morel mushrooms and cream sauce, chanterelle mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Sélection' cuvée by Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot is a masterful tribute to the ancestral, oxidative winemaking traditions of the Jura. Crafted from vineyards rooted in the region's characteristic clay and limestone soils, this white blend undergoes aging 'sous voile' (under a veil of yeast) in oak barrels without topping up (ouillage). This deliberate exposure to oxygen allows a thin film of wild yeast to develop on the wine's surface, protecting it while slowly imparting complex, legendary Jura characteristics. The resulting wine beautifully marries the richness of Chardonnay with the vibrant acidity and wild, nutty depth of Savagnin, capturing the historic soul of Arbois in a glass.
🍾 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, Savagnin