Description
A juicy and joyful Trousseau with lovely peppery black fruit. The wine and label are a tribute (hommage) to a close friend Gabi who passed away and was a successful cartoonist for the newspapers Le Monde and Le Canard Enchainé. Gabi’s line ‘bordel c’est bon’ can be translated into ‘god that’s good’ (polite version), and indeed it is!
The road to establishing Les Dolomies was long, but the quality of Céline and Steve Gormally’s wines is there to show for it. The couple initially rented a small 0.5Ha parcel in Passenans while working for other producers in the Jura, including the domaines Labet, Badoz, and St-Pierre. With the help of Terre De Liens, an organisation that supports agroecological farmers in securing land, they then bought another hectare in 2008 and created Les Dolomies – a reference to Passenans’ dolomitic rock, a salty magnesium-rich limestone. Nowadays, the couple farm 5.5ha of vines, scattered around 10 plots in five villages, including the prestigious Château-Chalon, with a potential of 6.5ha once the restructure and ongoing plantations are completed.
Wild yeast fermentation and bottling without fining or filtration have always been the norm. The reds are destalked by hand, given three weeks maceration and a short élevage in cuve, no sulphur has ever been deemed necessary.
13.5% ABV/750ml
