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Les Bottes Rouges
tôt ou tard
2018
4.2
Region
France › Jura › Côtes du Jura AOC
Type
red · still
Grapes
Poulsard
Alcohol
11%
Volume
750 mL
Sugar
1 g/L
Tasting Notes(3)
4.2
Every time I taste this wine, I try to be objective. But life is too short and I freaking love this Ploussard. Definitely among my favourites, not that I've tasted that much.
It's just beautiful. It's a sunny Sunday afternoon in the woods with your SO. Red flowers, white pepper, dogwood, forest floor (hehe) and a bit of barnyard to spice things up. Delicate and quaffable. One of those wines I would drink non-stop.
Not my first encounter with Les Bottes Rouges, so let me be a little bit subjective. On one hand, it's simply delicious. On the other hand, it has the right complexity (which I didn't notice before) - not boring yet not overwhelming. Red apple pastille, barnyard, white pepper, dogwood and forest floor. Almost light-bodied, delicate and juicy. The aftertaste is long and flavourful with nice ginger touch in the finish.
About
Poulsard planted in clay soils from a lieu-dit within the Arbois AOC called La Mulatiere. Destemmed, 20 days maceration, without extraction. Then pressed before continuous fermentation and ageing in 600-litre old oak barrels. Aged six months in bottle before release.
