2020 Hughes Beguet 'Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress' Savagnin

JuraOrangeInternationalPrivate Cellar

$ 90.00 AUD

Named after the Charles Mingus song ‘Orange was the colour of her dress’. Patrice is experimental in the cave with this wine. 100% Savagnin ouillé (topped up) Made from the "Champ Fort" vineyard (blue and white marl) and " Les Saules " ( Bajocian ) in Mesnay , " Côte de Feule " in Pupillin ( red and grey marl). It consists of Savagnin macerated on skins for 5 and a half months in old oak barrels. Indigenous yeast fermentation, no sulfites and no filtration.

Region - Jura

Type - Orange

Year - 2020

Winery - Jura

Grape - Savagnin

Volume - Standard - 750ml

About the wine

Tasting notes

A complex, funky, balanced and oxidative orange wine, aged in oak and given an extra dimension of texture. A great balance of salty, sweet, bitter and sour, making this very food friendly!

Wine descriptors

Captivating and Complex, Earthy and Savoury, Elegant and Fine, Funky and Wild, Juicy and Fruity, Minimal Intervention, Something Special, Totally Smashable, Vibrant and Exciting

Fruit aromas & flavour

Apples and Pear, Citrus, Dried Fruits, Stonefruit

Other aromas & flavour

Earth, Florals, Minerality, Nuttiness, Oak, Spices, Struck Match, Toastiness, Vanilla

Body type

full

Acidity

medium

Food pairings

Pork

Cheese

Pizza

Fish

Red Meat

Pasta

BBQ

Vegetables

Poultry

Shellfish

Oysters

Spicy Foods

Cured Meats

Desserts

The Grape

Savagnin

A white grape variety with a home in the Jura, France, and is responsible for wines of great purity, complexity and uniqueness. When made as a dry white, the wines are floral and aromatic with citrus, apples, chewy stonefruit, salinity with a hint of tropicals, but it can also become wildly complex when made in an oxidative manner and develops delicious nutty, mineral and sherry-like notes unlike anything else in the world. Vin Jaune is a heavily oxidative expression of Savagnin and is becoming a highly sought after and age worthy style for collectors. It might be illegal to have this wine without a generous slab of Comté cheese...