2018 Benedicte et Stephane Tissot Savagnin Sous Voile

Stéphane Tissot is a tireless and vigorous promoter of individual sites and natural wines. He brings technological experience from his work in Australia and South Africa, and combines this with his ruthless yield reduction philosophy and very serious 'small batch' winemaking which is carried out as naturally as possible. Tissot plants mostly on clay and limestone, all sites are farmed biodynamically and yields are kept low, averaging only 30 h/l per hectare. Ferments are allowed to commence naturally and the still wines are bottled without filtration and little or no SO2 is added across the board. Vibrancy and fruit presence is a signature across all his wines. Given Stéphane is constantly experimenting and obsessively seeking improvements; he is at the forefront of the Jura revolution and produces terroir-driven wines of depth, intensity, interest and undeniable quality.

Tissot's Savagnin spends 33 months sous-voile, or under a veil of flor, before some time in bottle. The intent here is to achieve a good balance between the biological aging under flor and the varietal Savagnin character. In effect this presents as a mini Vin Jaune, loaded with spicy aromas, curry leaves, and grilled nuts sitting alongside the lemony and fresh flavours of clay-grown Savagnin..