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Domaine de la Tournelle
Fleur de Savagnin
2004
4.1
Region
France › Jura › Arbois › Arbois AOC
Type
white · still
Grapes
Savagnin
Alcohol
12.5%
Volume
750 mL
Tasting Notes(2)
4.1
This bottle showed much better than the previous one. Toasted sesame, sardines with grilled lime, mandarins, yellow fruit, a splash of sea - and yes, a wool sweater, yet not in a bad way haha.
The acidity is spot on, the finish is long and charged, with great minerality running through. It's complex, not exactly easy, but seriously compelling. A wine that keeps you alert and intrigued.
Yeah. Savagnin hits differently compared to Domaine de la Tournelle Terre de Gryphées 2002. That toasted sesame note catches you off guard at first - then unfolds into this whole tapestry of yellow fruits, wisps of smoke, and this... incredible maritime energy. The acidity has this electric current running through it, keeping everything vibrating at just the right frequency. There's good fruit here, concentrated but not heavy. And that hint of honey at the edges... just enough to soften the edges without dulling them. Fascinating stuff, especially considering its age.
About
Fleur de Savagnin is Domaine de la Tournelle's ouillé Savagnin - made since 1994, putting Tournelle among the first Jura estates to bottle Savagnin in the fresh (topped-up, no-voile) style rather than the oxidative sous voile tradition. 100% Savagnin from grey Liassic marl. Hand-harvested at 35-40 hl/ha, strict sorting, whole-cluster pneumatic pressing, twelve-hour static settling without additions, indigenous yeasts. Alcoholic fermentation starts in tank, finishes in 228-litre old barrels; malolactic in barrel the following spring. Aged sous bois, no new oak, on fine lees, ouillé (topped up) roughly every ten days for a minimum of eighteen months. No SO2 added at any point. Bottling follows the Maria Thun lunar calendar. 12.5% ABV. 2004 was a more classically Jurassic, cooler year following the 2003 canicule.
