2023 Nicolas Jacob Cotes du Jura Les Chazaux Chardonnay France Nonino on 10’ x 6’ spacing

on 10’ x 6’ spacing

exotic fruit

bush-pruned parcel of Pais planted in 1893 on granite that produced enough fruit to fill a 500 L barrel

harvested by hand from vine-stocks planted on steep terraces of llicorella (slate & schist) soils at very low yields (~5-6 t/ha)

Vinification here is done in stainless steel

2023 Nicolas Jacob Cotes du Jura Les Chazaux Chardonnay France Nonino on 10’ x 6’ spacingBiodynamic. 100% Chardonnay from a 2. 5ha single vineyard plot which is spread across two different limestone types: Triassic marl and Liassic marl. Les Chazaux might be Jacobs most important site he farms in terms of representing his work. Barrel fermented in old foudres and aged in the same vessels for 22 months. No additions of any kind including SO2.