With its beautiful minerality and an almost briny quality, this Chardonnay is full of depth, oscillating between tension and richness. On the palate, it is ripe, with a hint of oxidation and a touch of pear, and a long, salty, and mouth-watering finish.
100% Chardonnay, from a single plot of old vines over 60 years old, planted by Yves’s father, on very heavy, highly mineral Triassic marl soils. Organic viticulture, of course. Hand-harvested and naturally vinified: whole clusters are pressed directly, then transferred to barrels for fermentation and aging—half in 220-liter barrels and half in 500-liter demi-muids (without new oak)—for two years. Bottled without fining or filtration, and with no added sulfites.
Yves Roy, born in 1970, is a Jura winemaker based in Poligny, where he runs the small Novice estate. After a career in industry and digital printing, he went back to school and earned his BTS in viticulture and oenology through a work-study program with Valentin Morel at Domaine Les Pieds sur Terre (needless to say, he learned from the best!), and released his first vintage in 2020. Novice is...
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