Winery Auguste PirouCôtes du Jura
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Auguste Pirou's Côtes du Jura.
Discover the grape variety: Verdanel
Simple, fresh dry whites with a pale golden robe, a supple palate and preserved acidity. Understated aromas of citrus, white flowers and herbaceous notes from the South-West. Rustic, airy profile, best drunk young. Preserved in INRAE variety collections, it bears witness to the pre-phylloxera ampelographic diversity of the South-West and is studied as a heritage grape. Rare French white grape, once cultivated in the South-West, now nearly extinct.
Informations about the Winery Auguste Pirou
The Winery Auguste Pirou is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Jura to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes du Jura
Regional Jura AOC, atypical wines of strong identity. Fresh, straight Chardonnay as classic white (white flowers, citrus, apple). Savagnin under flor, oxidative signature: unique whites with notes of fresh walnut, curry, honey, overripe apple and toasted almond — the base of the legendary Vin Jaune aged 6 years in cask. Light-ruby, fruity Poulsard (strawberry, raspberry), tannic, animal Trousseau as reds.
The wine region of Jura
Unique Franche-Comté region between Burgundy and Switzerland, incomparable oxidative identity. Signature mythical Vin Jaune from Savagnin: aged 6 years 3 months in cask under flor, intense whites with signature green walnut, curry, cumin, russet apple, honey and lingering iodine — 62 cl clavelin, century-long ageing. Also classic topped-up Chardonnay (citrus, butter), pale light Poulsard red (strawberry, undergrowth), dense Trousseau, fine Pinot Noir. Sweet Vin de Paille.
The word of the wine: Passerillage
Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.
