Veine Bleue de Bacchus 2021

On this Château-Chalon hillside, François Rousset-Martin produces a Savagnin ouillé of remarkable intensity. Aging in demi-muids supports the wine without ever slowing its momentum, allowing the terroir to express itself with astonishing freedom.

The 2021 vintage opens with citrus, yellow fruits, fresh herbs, and a delicate hint of dried fruits. The wine then gains verticality. The texture tightens, salinity asserts itself, and the whole progresses with an almost mineral precision, without ever losing its breadth.

La Veine Bleue de Bacchus gives the impression of a continuous flow. A grand Savagnin where the rock is not just a backdrop, but a force that runs through the wine from start to finish.

Estate
François Rousset-Martin

Winemaker
François Rousset-Martin

Cuvée
La Veine Bleue de Bacchus

Vintage
2021

Appellation
Côtes du Jura

Region
Jura

Grape Variety
100 % Savagnin

Terroir
Clos Bacchus, in Château-Chalon. Vines planted in 1976 on a south/south-east facing hillside of blue marl. 

Cultivation
Organic viticulture without certification, manual harvest, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

Aging
30 months in demi-muids, ouillé style. Unfined, unfiltered. Minimal sulfites added at bottling.

Style
An elegant and deeply saline Savagnin, where citrus, yellow fruits, and fresh herbs are carried by remarkable energy and a very long finish.