Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal A long maceration on the

A long maceration on the skins

This is pressed on a basket press from the 1920s and fermented in sixty-year-old oak

split across amphora

and the wine leans that way: lifted

The colour is a pale salmon pink that deepens toward copper at the rim

Macvin du Jura 2018 Sous Le Vegetal A long maceration on theMacvin du Jura is the region's old trick. Grape must is stopped in its tracks with marc, the spirit distilled from pressed skins, so the wine never ferments dry and keeps its sugar intact. Jean Michel and Laurence Petit make theirs at Domaine de la Renardire in Pupillin, where they have farmed organically since 2010 across seven and a half hectares. It is sweet and warming, with dried apricot, honey and a nutty edge that comes from the spirit, and the