Jerome Bretaudeau's Ornate is a wonderful provocation - 100% Merlot grown on sloped granite with white and pink quartz around Getigne
production resumed in 1953 under brothers Giacinto and Raffaele
while organic cultivation and river stone-covered soils contribute brightness and distinctive minerality
the wine displays a radiant
then a later pick of fully ripe fruit (for the honey and apricot we crave in dessert wines)
Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cotes du Jura Savagnin Les Molates 2023 Enderle & Moll 2021s Jerome Bretaudeau's Ornate is aSavagnin without the sherry act. Most drinkers meet the Jura's signature white grape in its oxidative, sous voile form nutty, briny, an acquired taste. Les Molates is the opposite: Marnes Blanches raises it ouille, topping up the barrels for 22 months so oxygen never gets a foothold, and what comes out is a bright, high tension white full of pear, citrus and a salty snap. Pauline and Geraud Fromont farm organically and keep the cellar hands off, and