Vin Jaune
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2060
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Aged Comté cheese, chicken with morels and cream sauce, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Deep in the cellars of Montigny-les-Arsures, Bénédicte and Stéphane Tissot craft their legendary Vin Jaune, an artisanal masterpiece that represents the pinnacle of Jura's ancient winemaking heritage. Made exclusively from the late-ripening Savagnin grape, this 'yellow wine' undergoes a slow, transformative journey. After fermentation, the wine is aged in neutral oak barrels without topping up (ouillage). Over time, a thin veil of indigenous yeast, known as 'la voile,' forms on the surface, protecting the wine from rapid oxidation while slowly imparting complex notes of walnut, fenugreek, curry spice, and preserved lemon. By law, the wine must remain in barrel for at least six years and three months. Legend has it that the unique 62cl 'Clavelin' bottle in which it is packaged represents the exact volume remaining of an original litre of wine after this long, evaporative 'angels' share.' Tissot's biodynamic practices bring a vibrant, electric minerality and profound energy to this traditional style, making it one of the most intellectually stimulating and age-worthy wines in the world.
🍾 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
Savagnin
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14-15%