Ploussard La Sombarde, Daniel Dugois, Jura

Ploussard La Sombarde, Daniel Dugois . Dugois mainly makes red from Trousseau. But also a small amount of Ploussard (= Poulsard) . His version is wonderfully light and spicy, with red currant, raspberry. This wine is beautifully classic, accessible and perfectly balanced. And also nicely priced. Fine to drink quite young. But you can also let it mature longer.

• Serving: 15 °C
• Drink: Now until 2031+

Daniel Dugois, rising line in the Jura

The Domaine Daniel Dugois measures over 10 hectares of vineyards in the area of ​​Arbois. Of these, 40% is planted with Trousseau (besides Poulsard the other typical Jura grape for red wine). Especially in recent years the quality has increased significantly. Dugois makes beautiful wines for a reasonable price.

Today, Phillippe Dugois, son of Daniel, is in charge of the daily management. He makes wines in the traditional Jura style. So with longer maturation, mostly in foeders (large wooden barrels of hundreds of litres).

Dugois: "We are looking for fruity wines with a fine structure. That is why we harvest and sort manually on the sorting table in the vineyard. The harvest is also 100% destemmed and lightly crushed. Fermentation is spontaneous and takes about 15 days. The wine then matures for 8 months in oak barrels to add finesse. The wine is filtered and then bottled.

Geology: red clay soil on red marl. Yields are limited by green harvest in June.

Ploussard La Sombarde, Daniel Dugois, Arbois, Jura