2015 Cotes du Jura Cuvee du Hasard
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The 2015 Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Cuvée du Hasard comes from their Les Singuliers range of unusual wines that are not produced every vintage. This could be described as a mini Vin Jaune, dark golden, with a spicy nose and very tasty, salty, long and fresh, with notes of smoky peat, iodine, morels and a touch of curry. It's a Chardonnay from two plots of old vines (60+ years old) planted with a massal selection. It aged for over six years in "ancient" barrels, four of those under a veil of flor yeasts. They seem to do a barrel selection of the ones with better flor and bottled this cuvée, which is pungent and powerful, with 15.3% alcohol from concentration through evaporation, while keeping a very low pH (3.09) and some minor volatility that will lift up the wine. This 2015 was bottled in June 2022 after a very long élevage.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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100% Chardonnay, flor aged. Not quite as vivacious and vital as some but certainly a valid style. Mouth-filling with a certain vegy note. (JR)
The complex 2015 Côtes du Jura Chardonnay du Hasard aged for six years in old oak barrels, including four years sous voile . Clocking in an alcohol level of 15.5%, the 2015 entices with pronounced walnut and almond aromas lifted by subtle curry nuances. Full-bodied, concentrated and savory, this is such a tasty long-élevage Chardonnay from the talented Labet siblings.