2022 Domaine Nøvice VDF ‘Boutasse’ Chardonnay Touraize Made via simple methods

Made via simple methods

It was that wine and vintage where I began  playing around with infusions of whole clusters in direct-pressed juice

the average total production per year is only 222 cases (Grand Cru)

Nikka's founder Masataka Taketsuru chose a valley in the Miyagi prefecture as the site for his second distillery

2022 Domaine Nøvice VDF ‘Boutasse’ Chardonnay Touraize Made via simple methodsNvice is a relatively new domaine in Poligny from Yves Roy. Yves came to the Jura in 2014, first apprenticing under Valentin Morel before striking out on his own, purchasing 5ha of beautiful, often extremely old vines of Savagnin and Poulsard on the hillsides surrounding the village. He has since converted all his vines to organic and is in the process of planting new parcels to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Trousseau, which should begin to yield