Smith-Haut-Lafitte's 2014 captures the opulent softness and approachability that this cru classé achieved in that warm vintage
This 2022 base shows complex aromatics of crushed stone
It’s pure and polished without feeling buttoned-up
or keep on hand for whenever the mood strikes
An additional twelve months of bottle aging precedes release
Domaine Andre et Mireille Tissot (Benedicte et Stephane Tissot), Arbois Chardonnay 'Patchwork', 2024 no050620 Smith-Haut-Lafitte's 2014 captures the opulentThe Jura's calling card is the oxidative style, but Stephane Tissot builds his Chardonnays the other way, topped up and reductive so the fruit stays vivid, and 'Patchwork' is the easiest, friendliest door into his world. As the name promises, it's a patchwork of parcels in and around Arbois, drawn from clay and limestone and blended into a spicy, mineral white that plays like affordable white Burgundy. It's biodynamically farmed by one of France's