Structure
Drinking window
Best 3 to 30 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs30 yrs32 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: candied apricot, quince, honey, beeswax
Palate: dried fruit, honey, sweet spice
A blend of Poulsard, Chardonnay and Savagnin dried for weeks on racks. The estate describes a golden to amber robe, candied apricot and quince, honey, dried fruit, soft spice and beeswax, and a rich, unctuous palate held up by an acid freshness that keeps it from turning heavy.
What it pairs with
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Duck or goose foie gras
The estate puts foie gras at the top of its own pairing list. -
Aged Comte
Comte affine is named by the domaine. -
Blue cheese with dried fruit
The estate suggests veined cheeses served with dried fruit. -
Walnut tart
Tarte aux noix is on the domaine's dessert list. -
Roast apricots or poached pears
The estate closes its list with roasted fruit desserts.
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine Jean-Louis Tissot · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Poulsard, Chardonnay, Savagnin
- Classification
- Arbois AOC
- Oak
- Ripe bunches are left to dry for several weeks on racks, historically on straw, which concentrates the sugars and aromas before pressing and a long cask ageing.
- Drinking window
- 3-30 from vintage