Les Valseuses, Echoes 2024

Les Valseuses is an exciting and daring négociant project in Jura and France, run by Antoine Le Court-Chedevergne and Julia Naar. The couple met in Brazil while Antoine was learning the making of both wine and beer. Based in the in the small village of Les-Planches-près-Arbois, they took over Casa Antolia around five years ago when they planted the first vines on the domaine. They found their spot by chance - by searching wine cellar Jura into Google Maps. While their vines mature, they source (and handpick) grapes from friends and like-minded growers from across France. The resultant wines are pure, wild and wonderful. Echoes 2024 is 100% Ugni Blanc, originally imported as Trebbiano from Italy and commonly used in the making of cognac. Grapes are macerated on the skins for around three months in whole bunches. This maceration is felt through the crunchy green, almost saline notes of the wine. Fresh and crisp with a saline undercut. Echoes 2024 would pair well with Tamagoyaki and mushroom ketchup.