Certified both CCOF Organic and Demeter Biodynamic, the vines for this wine come from three strains of Savagnin cuttings sourced from France. The grapes are gently pressed prior to fermentation, which takes place in new, light-toast 500-litre Ermitage Mt. La Vache French oak puncheons, where the wine is then aged for 15 months. What a wine. It’s about as close as you can get to the Jura—opening with high-toned aromas of honey, nutty citrus, and vivid, crunchy sea spray minerality. On the light- to medium-bodied palate, everything melds beautifully: lemon-lime zest, lemon oil, crushed white flowers and a gravelly minerality that is both salty and chalky. For now, the oak is subdued, but it will gain texture and complexity with time in bottle. This is an incredibly focused and mineral-driven expression from the region—hands down, off-the-charts good. Wine geeks will marvel at it; everyday wine lovers will wonder where it’s been all their lives.

Notes from the Winery:

Stolpman’s Jura Inspired Savagnin Inspired by the noble Overnoy, Tissot, and Macle vineyards in the Jura region of France, we began propagating these 3 strains of special Savagnin cuttings back in 2016. In our arid Ballard Canyon conditions, the yields are tiny, and up until the release of the 2023 Savagnin, we only produced one combined barrel from the three prior vintages 2020, 2021, and 2022. While the 8 years of development has been costly, the mono-vintage 2023 debut makes it all worth it, even if it is just one 500L puncheon from 2 acres.