A&M Tissot, Crémant du Jura BBF, Arbois, Jura '23

A&M Tissot, Crémant du Jura BBF, Arbois, Jura . With this "BBF" (Blanc de Blancs élevé en Fût), Stéphane Tissot demonstrates the Jura's great potential, including for sparkling wines. This is a 100% Chardonnay , a blend from two vintages. Disgorged in 2023. Last bottle of the year!

• Serving: 8-10 °C
• Drinking: now 2030+

Tissot, Crémant du Jura BBF vinification

The Chardonnay grapes are first destemmed. Then, they are gently pressed pneumatically, followed by a light settling (debourbage). This is followed by spontaneous fermentation in barriques and a year of aging in barrels. After the second fermentation in the bottle (for the prise de mousse ), this sparkling wine is aged for at least another 52 months sur lattes (literally, "sweetened"). This extended aging on the lees (dead yeast cells) creates tremendous depth.

Beats many Champagnes. Hands down.

Tissot's BBF isn't a full-bodied or expansive sparkling wine. It's rather refined and deep, rich, and complex. Plenty of tension, toast, brioche, apples, orange peel, wild berries, chalky minerality, and flint. Officially Extra Brut , but in fact entirely dosage-free .

This crémant is among the best sparkling wines in the world, including Champagne:

Winner of the best sparkling wine - Proefschrift Wine Competition

Leading French wine magazine RVF: “BBF is one of the rare crémants capable of measuring aux belles cuvées champenoises par sa finesse et son longe crémeuse”.

*** Perswijn