Trousseau ‘Sous la Roche’ Arbois-Pupillin, Domaine de la Borde, Julien Mareschal, Arbois 2023 coteaux du layon principally Cabernet Sauvignon

principally Cabernet Sauvignon

unlike many other French estates

natural green cover between the rows

ripe fruit and structure thanks to both hard work in the vineyard by Denis (who insists on low yields and a strict grape selection) and to a fermentation and barrique elevage carefully controlled by Bertrand

Trousseau ‘Sous la Roche’ Arbois-Pupillin, Domaine de la Borde, Julien Mareschal, Arbois 2023 coteaux du layon principally Cabernet SauvignonDOMAINE DE LA BORDE, JULIEN MARESCHAL, Arbois Julien Mareschal is one of the only people to make wine in the Cte de Caillot, right outside of Pupillin. He works organically and has been in conversion to biodynamics since 2012. Each of his wines has a vineyard name. Proportionately, he has a lot of Savagnin, almost 50% of his vineyard holdings, grown on grey marls. His Savagnin called Foudre a Canon is ouille, fermented in foudres and bottled a little