Domaine de Montbourgeau, Cremant du Jura, NV new store SKU to order VJP with aromas of Seville orange

with aromas of Seville orange and dried fruits

you'll find cooked agave

roasted hazelnuts

with lingering notes of dark fruit

where gentian—the root that bitters this distinctive spirit—grew wild on the volcanic slopes of Puy Mary

Domaine de Montbourgeau, Cremant du Jura, NV new store SKU to order VJP with aromas of Seville orangeFrom L'Etoile, the star, one of the tiniest appellations in France, named for the star shaped fossils buried in its ancient seabed soils. Domaine de Montbourgeau was founded a century ago and is famed for its complex Jura whites, but this white sparkler might be the smartest buy in the house. It's all Chardonnay from the estate's younger vines, grown on clay and limestone and bottled with zero dosage, so nothing gets in the way of that chalky, saline