Cuvée 1966 Magnum 2022 Franconia and the marc leaves a

and the marc leaves a faint grip that stops the sugar from settling

it has softened at the edges without losing the line

Jurassique names the rock

with citrus

Grégoire and Judi Perron farm at Journans on the edge of the Bugey

Cuvée 1966 Magnum 2022 Franconia and the marc leaves aThe vines behind Cuve 1966 were planted that year by Jean Michel's father, the same vines he once sold off to the cooperative without knowing what they might become. Now Jean Michel's son Lo tends and vinifies them, which makes this quietly a wine with three generations of Petit in the glass. Old vine Chardonnay from Pupillin's limestone rich soils, aged in wood, rich and precise in equal measure: a creamy depth held in check by real mineral tension.