Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal six to eight months in

six to eight months in old oak depending on the year

This is pressed on a basket press from the 1920s and fermented in sixty-year-old oak

Pigalle 2021 is a pure Malbec from the Bordeaux hinterland — the grape’s ancestral home before Argentinian sunshine made it globally famous

framed by finely poised tannins and a distinctive mineral freshness drawn from the granite soils

Forge is an oenologist of some twenty years who keeps a wine bar in Angers besides

Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal six to eight months inMacvin du Jura is the region's old trick. Grape must is stopped in its tracks with marc, the spirit distilled from pressed skins, so the wine never ferments dry and keeps its sugar intact. Jean Michel and Laurence Petit make theirs at Domaine de la Renardire in Pupillin, where they have farmed organically since 2010 across seven and a half hectares. It is sweet and warming, with dried apricot, honey and a nutty edge that comes from the spirit, and the