Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Pinot Noir Aux Melinaux 2022 NO20230712 and Emrich-Schonleber

and Emrich-Schonleber

and floral lift

foot-crushed

and 2011 was an excellent vintage there

Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Pinot Noir Aux Melinaux 2022 NO20230712 and Emrich-SchonleberBurgundy is barely an hour west, and the Jura has been growing Pinot Noir for about as long as anyone can remember it's just that nobody outside France thinks to look here for it. Aux Melinaux comes from a single Arbois parcel planted in 2002, on clay studded with fossilized oyster shells. Marin Fumey works it the gentle way: whole clusters, a slow three week infusion, a year in barrel, very little poking and prodding. The result is silky and savory,