Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Bajocien 2022 JURARARE It's a thinking person's white

It's a thinking person's white

matured 12 months in 20% new oak plus six months in stainless steel

Notes of melon

drawn from the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville

the Sabon family at Clos du Mont-Olivet just refused to play along

Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Bajocien 2022 JURARARE It's a thinking person's whiteDomaine Labet farms ancient vines in the southern Jura, and this is their welcome mat Chardonnay. Bajocien refers to the limestone bedrock under the Les Varros plateau, a rare Burgundian style soil in this region that the family compares to the ground around Chambertin. The fruit comes off four old plots planted between 1949 and 1986, then ages nearly two years in barrel in the topped up (ouille) style, meaning fresh and precise rather than nutty and