Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Bajocien 2022 JURARARE working biodynamically with old vines

working biodynamically with old vines on dramatic limestone and schist terroirs

and this village bottling pulls from holdings across multiple lieux-dits within the appellation

so the style is in good hands

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Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Bajocien 2022 JURARARE working biodynamically with old vinesDomaine Labet farms ancient vines in the southern Jura, and this is their welcome mat Chardonnay. Bajocien refers to the limestone bedrock under the Les Varros plateau, a rare Burgundian style soil in this region that the family compares to the ground around Chambertin. The fruit comes off four old plots planted between 1949 and 1986, then ages nearly two years in barrel in the topped up (ouille) style, meaning fresh and precise rather than nutty and