2022 Les Dolomies Croix Sarrant Savagnin

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Les Dolomies |Jura |Savagnin
Just 1,500 bottles produced for the globe and only a few available here, this Jura Savagnin is truly a treasure!

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Tucked away in the cool, humid combe of Château-Chalon, the 2022 Les Dolomies Croix Sarrant Savagnin is a beauty from a tiny 0.3-hectare vineyard.

Surrounded by lush, biodiverse forests, this special plot on limestone-rich marl has been sustainably farmed without chemicals since Céline Gormally took over in 2012. Céline, with her husband Steve, tends to the land using biodynamic principles, horse ploughing, and natural compost, embodying a deep respect for nature.

The vineyard's stony terroir and iridescent marls provide the perfect environment for the Savagnin grapes, producing a wine with jolting acidity and a dense, textured mouthfeel. Expect aromas and flavours of stone fruits, vanilla bean, and fresh almond, with a salivating bitter finish that lingers beautifully. Oyster shell salinity and wet limestone notes add freshness and complexity.

Just 1,500 bottles produced for the globe and only a few available here, this Jura Savagnin is truly a treasure!

95 points
"Scents of lemon balm, ginger, sea spray and dried apple. Nice one. Some fino there? Sure. There’s a distinctly light weight feel to this wine but a curious plushness too – it sits in two zones. There’s more apple, fino sherry, apple, quince and lemon going on. But in all that an insane harmony and length. Super styling. Finesse here."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Céline Gormally, who created her domain in 2008, lives by the saying from Saint Exupery “The earth is not ours; but lent to us by our children.” This rings true in all facets of how she manages her land. A woman with a spring in her step, she manages around 5ha of vines with the help of her husband Steve. The fields, as she calls them, are maintained without herbicides or pesticides. Using biodynamic principles and compost as fertilizer she eschews mechanised methods and distributes it all with donkeys between the vines. As former vice president and current member of ‘Le Nez Dans Le Vert’, she is committed to the organic lifestyle.

Les Dolomies takes its name from the magnesium limestone found in the area. The iridescent marls and limestone outcrops can be found extensively throughout the vineyards. They are one of the best geological soils for Jura grape varieties with their ability to disintegrate, allowing good penetration of the root network and make for an excellent water tank.

Celine is a fighter and has a real belief in the beauty of wines from this region. She was assisted by Earth Links (an organization helping organic farmers) to initially acquire the vineyards. After several years of work in the vineyard with the purest respect for nature, she gradually began to sell their wine and is now sought after by many countries around the world including top restaurants like Noma in Copenhagen. She believes in the strength of each of their plots, bottling separately which is not the norm in the Jura. This perseverance has allowed Céline to lease and develop new parcels of 55a Savagnin in Château-Chalon, and two other vineyards in Nervy and Passenans.

All wines use wild fermentation with very little sulphur, if any. Some whole bunch pressing for the whites and fully de-stemmed treatment for the reds. Whites sit on their fine lees in old Meursault barrels from Burgundy with a scattering of demi-muid, usually for the more delicate wines. Production is around only 10,000 bottles a year! - Importer Note

A 0.28ha plot on the slopes of Chateau Chalon under the abbey. 20 year old vines cropped at 40hl/ha with only 1500 bottles made per year. 7 months élevage in demi-muid with a small amount of sulphur at bottling. Simply amazing wine. Oyster shell salinity over wet limestone. Engaging and complex while being light and balanced.

95 points - "Scents of lemon balm, ginger, sea spray and dried apple. Nice one. Some fino there? Sure. There’s a distinctly light weight feel to this wine but a curious plushness too – it sits in two zones. There’s more apple, fino sherry, apple, quince and lemon going on. But in all that an insane harmony and length. Super styling. Finesse here." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

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