Domaine Desire Petit, Arbois Melon a Queue Rouge, 2023 SO111825 Roilette The estate farms 41-45 hectares

The estate farms 41-45 hectares with some plots over 80 years old

Mike's nephew Ivo Jeramaz is now head winemaker

Grown on limestone-marl soils just outside Arbois

and aged in old French oak before being hand-bottled

with aromas of dried cherry

Domaine Desire Petit, Arbois Melon a Queue Rouge, 2023 SO111825 Roilette The estate farms 41-45 hectaresThree producers in Arbois grow this grape. Melon Queue Rougethe melon with the red stalkbarely exists beyond Jura, and its identity remains debated (Chardonnay clone? Distinct variety?). Damien Petit's biodynamic version doesn't answer the question; it lives it. Textured, lifted, grounded in limestone, this wine tastes like place meeting mysteryaromatic yet mineral, utterly singular.