Croix & Courbet Côtes du Jura Trousseau 2023

Croix & Courbet’s delicious, cherry-scented Trousseau comes from just 0.27 hectrares of 40-year-old vines in the village of Lavigny, south of Château-Chalon. Exposed west, the vines are rooted in the lieu-dit of En Parelle on clay and limestone soils covered in Bathonian limestone scree, locally known as groise. Croix & Courbet’s red grapes are always fully destemmed, fermented wild and aged with no new oak. Despite being made without the aid of sulphur, it’s a pure Jura rouge combining bright, focussed red cherry and almond notes with a graceful texture. It’s all framed by a fine weave of tannin and elegant acidity.