2020 Michel Gahier, Arbois Blanc Melon "La Fauquette", Jura, France Fonseca Guimaraens such as Rye Old Fashioneds

such as Rye Old Fashioneds or Aquavit Manhattans

and plum transition to a palate of dried apricot

malo Partial 85%

shallow-soiled site that Colin-Morey notes can be demanding in warmer years but delivers tension when picked early

in other words considerably drier than most rubies

2020 Michel Gahier, Arbois Blanc Melon "La Fauquette", Jura, France Fonseca Guimaraens such as Rye Old FashionedsThis cuve, again from a single vineyard in Montigny, is aged for one year in large foudres at which point it is then racked into smaller barrel for an additional three years sous voile. Called Chardonnay, the vines are of the local variety known as Melon Queue Rouge, a white grape the skin color of which bleeds towards red as it approaches the stem.