Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 GROWER Baldoria flips the vermouth playbook

Baldoria flips the vermouth playbook by marrying the structure of a rosso—those bitter wormwoods and tannic depths from Nebbiolo—with the dry acidity of a white vermouth

low-intervention red that rewards a little curiosity

What "old world" winemaking looks like in a new world context

It is light on its feet and built on crunchy red fruit rather than weight or oak

Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 GROWER Baldoria flips the vermouth playbookCaveau de Bacchus, the Aviet family estate in Montigny les Arsures, is one of the Jura's great traditionalists, and Vin Jaune is the region's most singular wine. Made from Savagnin and aged for years under a veil of yeast without topping up the barrel, it develops a deliberately oxidative, savory character utterly unlike anything else. This is the real deal: a 2015 with the long aging Vin Jaune demands. Expect dried walnut, curry spice, green apple