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 and taken over by their son Stéphane alongside his wife Bénédicte in 1990, Domaine Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot is an iconic benchmark of the Jura region, located in the village of Montigny-lès-Arsures near Arbois, France. A relentless pioneer of organic and biodynamic viticulture, Stéphane transitioned the estate to biodynamics in the early 2000s, championing minimal-intervention cellar techniques and native yeast fermentations to reveal hyper-specific terroirs. The domaine produces an extraordinary array of wines spanning profound single-vineyard Chardonnays from sites like Clos de la Tour de Curon and La Mailloche, energetic Savagnins, traditional sous-voile Vin Jaune, vibrant reds from indigenous Trousseau and Poulsard, and exceptional Crémant du Jura such as Indigène. Celebrated for their mineral intensity, purity, and vibrant tension, the estate's artisanal bottlings have rightfully elevated the global reputation of Jura winemaking.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay, Savagnin