2019 Domaine de la Touraize, Arbois Chardonnay 'Ammonites', Jura, France Worlds Apart filtered through ancient granite rocks

filtered through ancient granite rocks

BIG TANG is here

A hidden vineyard near the town of Aptos

and fermentation occurs during a three-week maceration with occasional pump-overs and no punch-downs

The vineyard is perched on a ridge top directly exposed to the Van Duzzer wind gap at an elevation of 820-860 feet and overlooks the Wilamette valley

2019 Domaine de la Touraize, Arbois Chardonnay 'Ammonites', Jura, France Worlds Apart filtered through ancient granite rocksNamed after the extinct cephalopodic mollusk whose fossilized shells are found throughout the Juras distinctive soils, Touraizes Ammonites comes from 0. 8 hectares worth of Chardonnay in the gravelly marl of the vineyards Curoulet and La Platire, planted between the early 1960s and the early 1980s. These more marl heavy soils make for a richer, broader wine than one born of limestone, and this offeringfermented and aged two years in used 600 liter