2023 Nicolas Jacob L'Etoile La-bas Chardonnay Jura, France Pinhook La Soupe Populaire is equal

La Soupe Populaire is equal parts:

mineral driven experssion of Schiava aka Vernatsch in the local dialect

powerfully dry wine has arrived from the estate as a libary wine

manual harvest and stringent grape selection

The soils are tilled by a horse named Vénus

2023 Nicolas Jacob L'Etoile La-bas Chardonnay Jura, France Pinhook La Soupe Populaire is equalBiodynamic. 100% Chardonnay from a single vineyard parcel in LEtoile; liassic marl soils (limestone w lots of fossils & paper shale). Barrel fermented in a mix of demi muids and Burgundy barrels, aged in same vessels for 18 24 months, depending on barrel. Unfined unfiltered, zero SO2. 1 btl max.