Caveau des ByardsCôtes du Jura Trousseau
Red wine
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Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Details and technical informations about Caveau des Byards's Côtes du Jura Trousseau.
Discover the grape variety: Trousseau
Supple and fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, fine tannins and fresh acidity, on aromas of red cherry, wild strawberry, raspberry, sweet spices, dried flowers and earthy notes. Elegant palate, taut finish. Star of Jura appellations (Arbois AOC, Côtes du Jura AOC), notably on the gravelly terroirs of Montigny-lès-Arsures. Also planted in California and Portugal as Bastardo (one of Port's five noble grapes). Native Jura variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Côtes du Jura Trousseau from Caveau des Byards are 2012, 2016, 2015, 2018 and 2017.
Informations about the Caveau des Byards
The Caveau des Byards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
