About the Wine
A micro-Jura gem coming care of the talented young grower Thomas Jacquin. Thomas is part of the next generation of growers making a name for themselves in the Jura, and here we have his first vintage of Savagnin that has been aged in barrels. The result is fantastically complex with yellow citrus, nutty spice and minerals aplenty, with just the right amount of grip that indicates it will evolve beautifully over time. A wine very much built for the long haul.
Fromenteau is made with 100% Savagnin from a 25-year-old parcel planted over clay and marl in Arbois. The majority of the grapes were pressed directly, whilst a small percentage was destemmed and macerated for three weeks, lending a little flesh and grip. The wine was aged in old barriques for thirty months. The extended élevage has lent the wine wonderful depth and complexity. Needless to say, production is tiny, we have just a few bottles to go around.
About Thomas Jacquin
Having completed his winemaking studies in Burgundy, Thomas spent half a decade under the tutelage of one of the Jura’s most learned vignerons in Stéphane Tissot, before acquiring a tiny plot in Arbois in 2017 and beginning his own project. Thomas farms just under a hectare of Poulsard, Savagnin and medicinal plants in the lieu-dit of ‘En Chamblin’. The vines face west, a real boon in the age of climate change, and are planted over Triassic marl, which lends structure and depth to his wines. He farms biodynamically, using infusions from the plants grown in the vineyard to give the vines the strength they need to survive the increasingly unpredictable Jurassic weather. In his tiny chai and cave in the village of Cramans, Thomas works with little equipment and a simple, no nonsense approach to produce decidedly old fashioned, soulful wines in a style that suggests they possess a great capacity to age.
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