Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 Esthers Mosel-like slopes

Mosel-like slopes

saline and mineral-driven

butterscotch and molasses

Les Athletes du Vin is a negociant project from the Loire's natural-wine collective Vini be Good

Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 Esthers Mosel-like slopesCaveau 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