CHÂTEAU D'ARLAY Vin Jaune « Cuvée Protéodie » Côtes du Jura AOC 2011

100% Savagnin (local grape variety)

Tasting note: A dry and full-bodied wine with a sherry-like style, a reach and deep in structure bouquet, with aromas of nuts, dried raisin, honey, curry, blond tobacco, alcool, mushrooms and truffles, with a never-ending nutty finish...

Gastronomy: Soup with black mushrooms (shiitake), Foie gras, lobster, caviar, poultry with cream and morels, dishes with ginger, garlic, curry or vinegar, mushrooms, artichoke, olives, onion soup, mountain cheeses, chocolate dessert with soft spices, fresh strawberries. And to finish, a Cuban cigar.

Serving temperature: 18 – 22°C [ room temperature ]

Storage: 100 years and more !

Production: Only 3,635 numbered btls.

Winemaking: Cuvée Protéodie is produced from old vines of Savagnin Blanc harvested and hand-picked, aged in old barrels for seven years under a veil of natural and indigenous yeasts stimulated by a sound melody called « protéodies ».

Bottled at Château d'Arlay on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 on fruit days, without sulphites.

Bottled in traditional Vin Jaune 62cl Clavelin, labeled and waxed by hand, numbered.