本日ご紹介する2016年ヴィンテージは、パーカーポイント「98点」!の大快挙作!! ワイン会でも大注目を浴びそうなこの一本…入手のチャンスを逃すわけにはまいりませんね!≪パーカーポイント 98点!≫ 2016 Domaine Montbourgeau LEtoile Vin JauneThe Wine Advocate RP 98 Reviewed by:Luis Gutierrez Release Price:$120 Drink Date:2026 - 2040The super-young and tender 2016 LEtoile Vin Jaune exacerbated the elegant and subtle character of Montbourgeau with the grapes from a cold and rainy vintage with higher acidity, and the wine has very good conditions for a long elevage under the veil of yeasts. They aged it in a cool cave, where the evaporation and concentration are lower, and the wines keep a fresher and more elegant style. 1,710 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2023.
Many changes are happening at Domaine Montbourgeau, the leading producer in lEtoile in Jura. Cesar Derieux took over from his mom Nicole with the 2019 vintage (he arrived in 2017), and he has started transforming the 10 hectares of vineyards to organic farming and hopes to get the certification in 2026. They are producing more terroir wines from specific vineyards and more ouille (without flor), even experimenting with skin contact. He uses a little sulfur during fermentation, but nothing else is added afterwards, not even at bottling time. Total production is around 50,000 bottles.