Bénédicte and Stéphane TISSOT - Rose Massale - Chardonnay 2023
Domaine Stéphane Tissot has become an essential reference for Jura wines for years now. Maurice Tissot, André Tissot's father and Stéphane's grandfather, owned 3 hectares of vines (vinified in a cooperative) and 25 hectares of farmland. In 1956, he decided to plant vines for each of his four sons: Jacques, Jean-Louis, Daniel and André. The latter inherited 38 ares, which would become the André and Mireille Tissot estate, now run by their son Stéphane. Stéphane Tissot is a rebellious spirit who appropriates traditions while sublimating them. After studying Viticulture/Oenology, he joined his father at the family estate in 1989. He gradually took over the management of the estate and adopted organic farming in 1999, then switched to biodynamics in 2004. Today, they own 43 hectares planted with classic Jura grape varieties: Savagnin, Chardonnay, Poulsard, Trousseau and Pinot Noir.
Rose Massale is an exclusive cuvée produced from a rare grape variety , Chardonnay Rose . It comes from young vines planted with a massale selection on clay and limestone terroirs: La Mailloche, Curon, Valière and Bruyères. After a manual harvest, the harvest is destemmed and then put into direct pressing. After a light settling, fermentation occurs spontaneously in vats with indigenous yeasts. The aging lasts 12 months in 228-liter barrels , without any proportion of new wood.
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay Rose
