2020 Domaine de la Touraize, Arbois 'Zeste de Savagnin', Jura, France Descendientes de J. Palacios 2022 Domaine Leflaive Les Pucelles

2022 Domaine Leflaive Les Pucelles Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru

The resulting combination is bold

The wines are bottled un-fined and unfiltered

almost literally

The wines are pure and clean as one can imagine

2020 Domaine de la Touraize, Arbois 'Zeste de Savagnin', Jura, France Descendientes de J. Palacios 2022 Domaine Leflaive Les PucellesA J began his Zeste project by happy accident; a batch of 2018 Chardonnay had elevated volatile acidity in barrel, so he added some skins upon which a younger wine had just finished fermenting, and the wine corrected itself. He loved the results, and began producing a Savagnin which employs skin contact but which A J adamantly resists classifying as an orange wine. As with the Ploussard La Cabane, the Savagnin for this bottling is destemmed by hand