Domaine Courbet Cotes du Jura Trousseau Violette 2023 PURYEAR The wine ferments and ages

The wine ferments and ages on the lees for nine months in the oldest 300l barrels in the cellar

then rests six months on fine lees in cement

Valle de Uco

followed by aging in chestnut casks

Domaine Courbet Cotes du Jura Trousseau Violette 2023 PURYEAR The wine ferments and agesViolette is Courbet's red, 100% Trousseau, the Jura's perfumed, light bodied indigenous grape. The fruit comes from younger vines on clay limestone, vinified for freshness and lift rather than weight. The Courbet family has farmed near Chateau Chalon since 1869 and works biodynamically, run today by Jean Marie and Damien. This is a pale, fragrant, savory red in the Jura mold, the kind of wine that drinks like a delicate Pinot with extra spice. The