DOMAINE DE LA TOURAIZE - ARBOIS LES VOISINES
DOMAINE DE LA TOURAIZE - ARBOIS LES VOISINES
André-Jean Morin only started making his own wines in 2010. However, his family have been growing grapes in Arbois for 8 generations, since 1704! Previously, he had sold his grapes to a cooperative, in the same way that his father and grandfather had, but in 2009 he decided it was time to start making wine himself. He sold a few hectares to make enough money to build a winery, and has been progressing ever since. In 2016, his wonderful wife Héléana left her nursing job to join him and work full time at the domaine as well.
Today, they cultivate 9 hectares in Arbois. The oldest vines are Chardonnay, and were planted in 1939 - in one of the best sites in the Jura, a lieu-dit known as Les Corvées.
The soil types vary between sites, and are extremely fascinating. Apart from the clay, limestone and marl, you can find many different fossils in each of the vineyards. They come in all shapes and sizes, and some are huge, especially some of the Ammonite fossils, which are used as the symbol of the domaine on their labels.
Since 2010, A-J and Héléana have slowly converted all the vineyards to organic (completed in 2017, with certification since 2019), and in Autumn of 2017, they also began experimenting with biodynamics, and received certification from Demeter in 2020.
- Varietal: Chardonnay
- Region: Jura, France
- Appellation: Arbois
- Vintage: 2021
- ABV: 12.5%
- Size: 750ml
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