Tissot, Stéphane 2019 Arbois Savagnin Sous Voile
This is an enchanting, old school oxidative Savagnin that spent 42 months sous voile. As Stephane explained to me earlier this year, the "finesse of oxidation starts in the vines. If your grapes are diluted the oxidation has no finesse." The Tissot vineyards are farmed meticulously, that we know, but this remark was not so much to praise his own farming but to point out that not all oxidative wines are alike. There is painstaking and dedicated work that goes into obtaining ideal grapes for oxidative wines, and this dedication to great farming has resulted in a beautiful wine, that we would highly recommend to any fan of Vin Jaune who is also a fan of exquisite white wines. 14.5% in 2019, but you would never know, as it is just an impressive wine through and through, with so much complexity and breadth of expression!
"Aged for 42 months under a layer of yeast called flor. Bottled Fevrier 2023"