A Sud Revermont estate carrying both the Demeter and the AB organic marks. The family says it has farmed biodynamically since 1991, when the seventh generation took over, and an eighth joined in 2022.
Tip: The cellar is called the Cellier des Chartreux because Carthusian monks worked these slopes in the 13th century and the family bought the holding in 1794. Open Monday to Friday 14h to 18h30 and Saturday 9h30 to 12h.
Address: 11 Place Rouget de Lisle, 39570 Montaigu, France, Jura
Founded in 1953 by Roger Martin and now 34 hectares at Arbois. The estate converted all its surfaces to organic farming in 1999 and started biodynamics in 2009, and appears on the Biodyvin member list.
Tip: The estate address is on the RN83 but the shop is in town at 8 rue de l'Hotel de Ville, open Tuesday to Saturday 10h to 12h30 and 14h30 to 19h. Go to the shop unless you have booked the cellar.
Guillaume d'Angerville's Jura estate, started in 2012 at Montigny-les-Arsures. Biodyvin lists it among its members, alongside Domaine Tissot in the same village and La Pinte at Arbois.
Tip: Three of the four Biodyvin estates in France's Jura section sit within a few kilometres of Arbois, so a biodynamic day here needs almost no driving.
Benedicte and Stephane Tissot work 35 hectares from Montigny-les-Arsures with a shop on the main square in Arbois. Biodyvin carries the estate as Domaine Tissot, Montigny les Arsures.
Tip: The estate publishes technical sheets for its cuvees, which is rarer in the Jura than it should be and makes it the easiest place to check what a parcel wine is actually made of.
Michel-Henri and Francoise Ratte farm nine hectares at Arbois and describe their wines as made en bio et biodynamie, across Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau and Pinot Noir.
Tip: The estate calls Savagnin by its other local name, Nature, on its own grape pages. Useful to know when you are reading a Jura label that does not say Savagnin anywhere.
A Poligny family making wine since 1659, with most of the current list labelled BIO: the Tradition, the Cuvee Arrogance, the Savagnin Type, the Trousseau Marnes Rouges and the Macvin all carry it.
Tip: The organic range spans 15.50 to 35.90 euros, so this is the cheapest single place in the vineyard to taste a certified organic Jura line from Chardonnay through to vin de paille.
Nathalie and Emmanuel Grand at Passenans state that all their wines come from organic agriculture and show the AB and Eurofeuille marks, across Cremant, ouille whites, sous voile whites, vin jaune and Chateau-Chalon.
Tip: Cellar visits are by appointment on 03 84 85 28 88. Passenans is between Poligny and the Haute-Seille, so book it as the pivot of a day that ends at Voiteur.
