Domaine du Pelican Savagnin Grand Curoulet 2020
Domaine du Pelican Savagnin Grand Curoulet 2020
Varietal - Savagnin
Country - France
Region - Jura
Vintage - 2020
Size - 750 ml
The Domaine du Pélican bought this plot in 2012 from Jean-Marc Brignot. Before Brignot, it belonged to Robert Aviet , a well-known name in Arbois and among Jura wine lovers. Grand Curoulet is one of the best terroirs in Arbois. It is a plot facing north, located on the side of a hill overlooking Arbois and the plain of the Saône. Grand Curoulet is known to be the place where the first Arbois vines were planted. The harvest is lightly crushed before being pressed and the fermentation takes place in tuns and barrels. A third of the harvest macerates with the skins overnight before being pressed. Half the aging continues in 500-litre barrels (20% of which are one-wine barrels), and half in tuns . Bottling later than in previous vintages (February 2022) helped give this wine its accomplished character. This is the most accomplished non-oxidative Savagnin from the Domaine du Pélican.