2012 Joseph Dorbon Arbois Vin Jaune Jura, France Tiberio The indigenous Falanghina is grown

The indigenous Falanghina is grown for white and Piedirosso for red

Wine-making: Fermented and matured in stainless steel vats and large oak barrels

one of which is Alessandro Viola whose eponymous imprint is well-known both on our shelves and across the natural-wine-world

with pressed late-ferment carbonic Carignan)

and continuing to work hard to acquire what little she can each year

2012 Joseph Dorbon Arbois Vin Jaune Jura, France Tiberio The indigenous Falanghina is grownFlagrantly exceeding the appellations six years and three months minimum, Dorbon releases his Vin Jaune only after a full ten years under the veil, and only in certain vintages. The result is an oceanic wine of seemingly impossible power, with raging acidity wed to luscious, salt caked yellow fruits, and given additional complexity by a raw almond character that stops short of overt oxidation.