Ugni Blanc, Jura, France

Fun new and wild interesting wine in Ontario! Winemakers Antoine Le Court-Chedevergne (Angers, France) and Julia Naar (Rio, Brazil) are part of an exciting ripple of low-intervention winemaking talent to settle in the Jura. They currently purchase organic and biodynamic grapes from trusted winegrowers all over France. Ugni blanc, aka trebbiano, is originally from Tuscany, Italy and well known for its light, tart and breezy profile. Ugni shows a different side here, grown in the warm breezes of Lubéron, central Provence (it’s giving lavender) before soaking on its sunny skins for three months, bringing out weighty aromas, supple texture & warm, granular fruits. Apples six ways, blended whole lime, unctuous scoby, saline minerality & an emerald green grip on the tongue. An unexpected, cloudy elixir of an orange, pour alongside new experiences: walking a cat, chugging sparkling water or eating kiwis whole.