Join WHWC for the Wines of Stéphane Tissot (Jura, France) (No Comments)

With Special Guest Amanda Linn
Winewise/The Vienna Wine Company

A wine region nestled in the mountains between Burgundy and Switzerland, the Jura possesses a colder climate, late harvest times, and enormous diversity of soil structure. Marl, clay and limestone- based soils provide the framework for unique wines to thrive, such as the indigenous Savagnin, Trousseau, and Poulsard. Tissot’s quest for “aromatic diversity” has led to the creation of more than 30 different bottling: he makes seven different Chardonnays alone. Tissot believes that the different grape varietals and different winemaking techniques are due to the fact that the Jura was Spanish for the greater part of the 17 th century (80 years) – this is how sherry-like Vin Jaune came to the Jura. Tissot went completely biodynamic in 2004, claiming it an easier way to keep yields low while increasing minerality and acidity. Winewise distributor Amanda Linn will be on hand to answer your questions.