L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder and acidity that holds everything

and acidity that holds everything upright

rich and precise in equal measure: a creamy depth held in check by real mineral tension

with crunchy red fruit

or aged soft cheese

Today this wine carries red cherry and wild strawberry fruit supported by a savoury thread and faint saline edge

L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder and acidity that holds everythingL'Aristocratte would be a Macvin if the rules allowed it. Macvin du Jura is grape must arrested with marc, the spirit distilled from pressed skins, and the appellation is strict about that. The Rattes use both marc and fine du Jura, the fine being distilled from wine rather than pomace, and that second spirit puts them outside the rules. So it goes out as a vin de liqueur, which describes it just as well and costs it nothing. Sweet without turning