Domaine Andre et Mireille Tissot (Benedicte et Stephane Tissot), Cotes du Jura Chardonnay 'En Barberon', 2023
Stéphane Tissot's En Barberon parcel sits on the Côtes du Jura side of his domaine — east-west exposed, fifty-year-old vines on Lias clay and marl with a fine veneer of limestone scree. The site is shared between Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; this is the topped-up (ouillé) white, fermented spontaneously and raised about two years in 228L barrels with a small fraction new and no added sulfur. The clay subsoils give En Barberon a famously smoky, almost gunflint character — creamier and spicier than Tissot's purer limestone cuvées, with a citrus-pith bitterness on the finish that pulls everything taut. A serious, terroir-driven Jura Chardonnay built for the table and for the cellar.
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Stéphane Tissot's En Barberon parcel sits on the Côtes du Jura side of his domaine — east-west exposed, fifty-year-old vines on Lias clay and marl with a fine veneer of limestone scree. The site is shared between Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; this is the topped-up (ouillé) white, fermented spontaneously and raised about two years in 228L barrels with a small fraction new and no added sulfur. The clay subsoils give En Barberon a famously smoky, almost gunflint character — creamier and spicier than Tissot's purer limestone cuvées, with a citrus-pith bitterness on the finish that pulls everything taut. A serious, terroir-driven Jura Chardonnay built for the table and for the cellar.
