Domaine de la Pinte Arbois 'Pinte Bien' Poulsard 2023
The Wine
Crafted from 35-year-old Poulsard vines rooted in red marl soils, this wine is fully destemmed and fermented with native yeasts before spending seven months aging in concrete tanks. Poulsard is the lightest of the 3 red grapes (Pinot Noir & Trousseau the other 2) principally grown in Jura.
Pinte’s bottling presents a light ruby hue with super vibrant red fruits and subtle warm spices on the palate. It delivers a wonderfully balanced, with fresh acidity and silky tannins that glide effortlessly across the palate. Seriously…. the charm factor here is off the charts!
WOW....light, plush, elegant, layered, deceptively voluminous and dangerously drinkable! TC
The Details
Variety - Poulsard
Country - France
Region - Arbois, Jura
Extra - Cork
Year - 2023
Volume - 750ml
About the Wine Maker 
The vineyards on the site of Domaine de la Pinte in Arbois have a long pre-phylloxera vine growing history. But it was in the 1950s that the modern age began, and Domaine de La Pinte was started. At the time, the planting of 14ha of Savagnin was considered madness. This is now an unparalleled stock of old vine Savagnin, completed with plenty of Chardonnay and old vine reds.
After a quiet period up to the end of the last century, the Domaine was reanimated by progressive big and positive decisions. In 1999, the 34 hectares were converted to organic viticulture, then in 2009, to biodynamic culture. The wines are made in concrete tanks or enormous old-style oak fermenters with a Burgundian style rigour, seeking to provide only controlled micro-oxygenation in topped-up various sized oak barrels. SO2 is used sparingly, only during the final stages of racking prior to bottling, with the aim to have zero free So2 in bottle.
Certified organic/biodynamic, Member of renaissance des Appellations (“return to terroir”).
