Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Chardonnay 2023 DISCOUNTABLE to burnt sugar

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and finished in Madeira casks

setting the course for what Champagne Eric Rodez would become

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This is the wine that put New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc on the global map

Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Chardonnay 2023 DISCOUNTABLE to burnt sugarThe Jura makes Chardonnay unlike anywhere else in France, and this is the bottle that proves it. Fumey Chatelain farms in Montigny les Arsures, on land that abuts Domaine du Pelican the Jura estate founded in 2012 by Burgundy's Marquis d'Angerville, which took over Jacques Puffeney's vineyards when the godfather of the Jura retired in 2014. That's the neighborhood. The Chardonnay grows on clay and limestone, ferments with native yeasts and spends a