Domaine Berthet-Bondet : Tradition 2021

2021 was a special year with almost no grapes, so a very small volume. The 2021 Côtes du Jura Tradition was produced with 60% Chardonnay and 40% Savagnin, much more Savagnin than in “normal” years, because Chardonnay suffers more from frost, so the balance is very different. The varieties were blended and aged together in barrel for three years. The nose is perfumed, spicy and mushroomy, more like Sherry, and the palate is dry, chalky, sharp, due to the “liposuction” from the flor that eats the fat from the wine. It has good ripeness, with 13% alcohol, and very good acidity. I also tasted a bottle of 2001, and the wine had a fantastically developed nose, spicy, with green walnuts and curry, and a fresh, balanced palate. If the 2021 goes the same way, I’m being too harsh with my score… Bravo!