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Domaine Pecheur Cotes du Jura Vin Jaune 1998 750ml
Domaine Pecheur Cotes du Jura Vin Jaune 1998 750ml
FRANCE : CÔTES DU JURA
ORGANIC : Savagnin
FULL-BODIED, ROASTED HAZELNUT, WALNUT, CURRY, DRIED APRICOT, NEUTRAL OAK
Vin Jaune is the Jura's rarest format — 100% Savagnin, aged in old barrels for six years and three months without topping up, under a yeast veil called the voile. Roughly 38% of the wine evaporates during that aging, which is why it comes in the traditional 620ml clavelin: what survives from a full liter. Domaine Pêcheur plants its Savagnin on blue marlstone soils in Darbonnay, the substrate required for Vin Jaune production, from vines averaging 35 to 50 years old.
The 1998 vintage was an El Niño year — record summer heat across France. In the Jura that means concentration and ripeness, with the structure to absorb decades in bottle. At this age, you're drinking a wine already well into its oxidative plateau: the curry-like sotolon fully integrated, the acidity settled, the finish long and saline.
PAIRINGS :
| Poulet au Vin Jaune | the Jura's defining dish — chicken, morels, crème fraîche — built for the wine's savory depth and curry edge |
| Aged Comté with walnut bread | the hazelnut nuttiness in the cheese mirrors what's in the glass |
| Crayfish in cream and saffron sauce | saffron amplifies the curry character; cream rounds the oxidative edge |
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