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L'Aigle à Deux Jura

Guidance From Ganevat: New Jura Unicorns From L'Aigle à Deux Têtes!

We've just been given a tiny lot from a new to the U.S., red hot Jura producer--L'Aigle à Deux Têtes. 

While studying in Beaune in 2004, Henri Le Roy purchased just a few scattered parcels surrounding the famed slopes of Rotalier and Grusse. Soon after an unexpected, and fortunate meeting with Jura Icon, Jean-Francois Ganevat, Henri was assured and guided of his path toward non-oxidative (ouillé) style of winemaking. Those of you familiar with Ganevat's style know this pristine, pure, mineral, Chablisienne style of Jura whites that brought him to superstardom years ago.  Domaine  L’Aigle  à  Deux Têtes was born in 2004, named as a tribute to the Habsburg crest that once guarded this frontier of the Jura from the 16th to the 18th century.

Henri farms a mere 3.5 hectares on the famed limestone‑rich white and grey-blue marls that impart a firm, saline edge to his plantings of Chardonnay, Savagnin (locally called naturé), Poulsard, Pinot Noir, Trousseau and the incredibly rare Muscaté Blanc, of which he makes a singular bottling. Henri’s signature parcels include Derrier la Roche (chardonnay planted on prized blue marl), Vernambaud (chardonnay and Pinot Noir), and Le Clous (poulsard and savagnin).  These are the same soils that have given Ganevat's wines their tension and depth.

It’s here in the winemaking that Henri follows the lead of Jean-Francois Ganevat, pursuing Burgundian methods and avoiding the oxidative “sous voile” traditions that made Jura famous, choosing instead to vinify ouillé: barrels are meticulously topped up to preserve purity and tension. Native yeasts guide both fermentations and malolactic conversions, and élevage unfolds undisturbed in neutral wood with mindful sulfur additions₂ at bottling. Current production is around 15 thousand bottles in a good growing vintage but are regularly less than ten thousand, most of which quickly disappear into the cellars of Europe’s most exacting restaurants and into the hands of the most astute collectors.

We are very lucky to have a small allocation to offer today.  We have just bottles of each, join us in being some of the first to have these wines stateside!

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