Domaine Baud - Cuvée Tradition, 'Deux Grains de Paradis' Génération 9, Côtes du Jura, France (2020)

TASTING NOTES

Like a baby vin jaune. A beautiful juxtaposition of vibrant fruits aromas and nutty oxidative flavours. Roasted apples, baked nuts, candied lemons with a sherry like nose but with a full and fresh Chardonnay/Savagnin palate. Long, beautiful and delicious. Intensely mineral, with a nutty and umami finish.

A truly Jura experience. This is a blend of Savagnin and Chardonnay aged in barrel for 3 years. The Savagnin, as is traditional in jura is aged under flor in barrel where it gathers a slight oxidize quality, similar to Sherry while the chardonnay is made typical fashion. These wines are then blended together and the result is truly fascinating.

The Baud estate dates back to 1742. Today, nineth generation vignerons Clementine and Bastien Baud are making some of the best-value wines in Jura. This unique wine region is a narrow valley in the remote hills between Burgundy and Switzerland that was once covered by an ocean millions of years ago. If you kick a stone in a Jura vineyard, it will probably be a fossil!