Benedicte & Stephane Tissot Chardonnay Rose Massale 2023

Benedicte & Stephane Tissot Chardonnay Rose Massale 2023

Tissot
$90.00

Grape: Chardonnay Rose
Vintage: 2023
Type: White

Sourced from a massal selection of pink-skinned chardonnay rose grapes, this white wine highlights a traditional look at Arbois viticulture. Stéphane and Bénédicte Tissot manage these biodynamic plots on complex limestone and marl soils. The hand-harvested fruit ferments spontaneously with native wild yeasts in neutral French oak casks. The winemaking focuses on long aging on fine fermentation lees to establish natural texture and phenolic stability without wood manipulation.

It displays a bright yellow-straw color, releasing aromas of yellow apple, fresh pear, and subtle hints of rose petal. On the palate, a medium-bodied frame pairs crisp white peach flavors with a pronounced, bright acidity. Subtle notes of raw hazelnut and wild spice develop as the wine sits in the glass. A strong vein of chalky minerality runs through the mid-palate, providing excellent structural tension. It finishes completely dry, leaving a long, saline trace.

Stéphane Tissot and his wife Bénédicte have 35 hectares of vineyards “cultivated in bio-dynamic viticulture (certified by Demeter) to allow the soils to live, to have grapes untouched by chemical products, to allow natural yeast fermentations, to reduce the doses of sulfur in the cellar.”

They produce truly unique, terroir-driven natural wines, wines we love, admire, and cherish. These are without doubt some of our most prized wines. 

André and Mireille Tissot founded their estate in 1962, in the village of Montigny-les-Arsures, in the Jura. Stéphane took over from his father with a new vision and converted it to chemical-free farming, organic and then biodynamic. They are meticulous in their farming and in the cellar, producing up to 28 unique cuvees. 

A wine made with love and passion produces an emotion...
You can find in a wine the personality and the character of those who made it because each gesture, each operation, each decision has its importance.