La Haute Ronzé 2019 Jura old wood and old vines

old wood and old vines left to get on with it

Bright orchard fruit

six to eight months in old oak depending on the year

with only tiny plantings of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir alongside

La Haute Ronzé 2019 Jura old wood and old vinesLa 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