Les Valseuses Cargo Culte White 2022

Country: France

Region: Jura

Type: Orange Wine

Grape: Grenache Blanc

Antoine Le Court-Chedevergne (from Angers, France) and Julia Naar (from Rio, Brazil) are part of an exciting new wave of winemaking talent to come through in the Jura region. Antoine’s journey has taken him across the world making both wine and spontaneous ferment beer — from Australia to California and Brazil, where he met Julia. He spent a year working with Alice Bouvot in Arbois and it was in her cellar that he made his first vintage of ‘Les Valseuses’ wines. 

Now the couple have a stunning guesthouse in the small village of Les-Planches-près-Arbois and are using the centuries-old cellar beneath the property. They have been planting their own vines nearby but in the meantime have travelled around France to harvest fruit from friends in different regions. Theirs is among the most unique négociant projects in France. In the cellar, gentle but long macerations are favored, and blends of red and white varieties are common. Everything is done by hand, including bottling. The resulting wines are concentrated and startlingly pure.

Cargo Culte is Grenache Blanc macerated whole cluster for about 3 months. Herbaceous aromas with juicy pineapple on the palate followed by a surge of acidity. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfur.