Chateau d'Arlay, Cotes Du Jura Blanc, 2018 NO20231206 a handy half-plus bottle for

a handy half-plus bottle for a smaller pour or a midweek treat

This is your easiest way into the Wintricher Geierslay

captured in barrel during mid-fermentation for extended aging

and the name suits this Fiano: honeyed and floral

giving deeper minerality and saline character

Chateau d'Arlay, Cotes Du Jura Blanc, 2018 NO20231206 a handy half-plus bottle forA white Jura that stares down Vin Jaune's oxidative intensity without ever going all the way there. Chateau d'Arlay co ferments two thirds Chardonnay with one third Savagnin, then raises it three years in old foudres kept topped up (ouille) rather than under a veil, so the wine holds a linear, savory tension while flirting with the nutty, dried fruit character Jura is famous for. This is one of France's oldest wine estates, worked in the village of