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 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
Savagnin
🍷 ABV
14-15%