Pinot Noir Sous La Roche

Roast duck or tagliatelle al ragù.

The Pinot Noir “Sous la Roche” from Arbois-Pupillin is grown on a steep 20-degree southwest facing slope at 500 meters altitude of clay-limestone on gray marl. Entirely hand-harvested and destemmed by hand.

Aged in 228 liter barriques of 4 and 5 vintages-used for 12 months.

Maceration for 15 days (including two day pre-fermentation) with no sulfites and only indigenous yeasts used.

Julien Mareschal like several of the young vignerons in the Jura was not born into a vine-owning family. In Julien’s case he came to the Jura at the age of 23 from an agricultural family after studying agronomy and then oenology at Dijon. He now has 5 hectares of vines in and around Pupillin some at the highest elevations (550 meters) and all his vines are organic or in conversion to biodynamic.