La Haute Ronzé 2019 Jura with only tiny plantings of

with only tiny plantings of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir alongside

six to eight months in old oak depending on the year

Michael Völker works with local bat expert Christian Söder to keep colonies in the vineyard: bat boxes go up among the vines

The Radicalement wines are the direct ones in the range at Les Vignes du Fresche

working vines he had already turned organic in the 1990s

La Haute Ronzé 2019 Jura with only tiny plantings ofLa Haute Ronze is a lieu dit in Rgni, close to the Morgon border in the north of the cru. What separates this parcel from Nicolas Chemarin's lighter cuves is the soil. Here the sandy pink granite gives way to deeper, clay rich earth, and the Gamay off it comes out more structured and more complex as a result. At 400 metres the vines give small yields of concentrated fruit, which Nicolas macerates for around twenty days before splitting the wine