Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal with violet and red fruit

with violet and red fruit aromatics more reminiscent of a northern Côt than a heavyweight southern Malbec

Forge is an oenologist of some twenty years who keeps a wine bar in Angers besides

This is pressed on a basket press from the 1920s and fermented in sixty-year-old oak

six to eight months in old oak depending on the year

The colour is a pale salmon pink that deepens toward copper at the rim

Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal with violet and red fruitMacvin du Jura is the region's old trick. Grape must is stopped in its tracks with marc, the spirit distilled from pressed skins, so the wine never ferments dry and keeps its sugar intact. Jean Michel and Laurence Petit make theirs at Domaine de la Renardire in Pupillin, where they have farmed organically since 2010 across seven and a half hectares. It is sweet and warming, with dried apricot, honey and a nutty edge that comes from the spirit, and the