TN: 2002 Jacques Puffeney Arbois Vin Jaune (France, Jura, Ar

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  • 2002 Jacques Puffeney Arbois Vin Jaune - France, Jura, Arbois (3/17/2011)
    My first Vin Jaune…one word: FASCINATING! It is not a wine to drink all the time, in fact for me, sometimes hard to drink, as it reminds me of spirits(which I don’t drink). The first thing you notice is the nose…yep sherry! The nose is AMAZING…I could put it in a snifter, and smell it all night! It plays with your mind…you think it should be 80 proof…but it’s only 14%. Waves of nuts, caramel, almond butter, Marsala, Comte’ cheese rind, dried apples, citrus. Then you taste it, and for me, it kind of made me grimus. Really funky at first…yeasty, tart skin, band aid, comte’ cheese(which we did have with it)…but then it really gains on you. The nuts and caramel, maple syrup, dried apples, tart citrus acidity…really well balanced, and SO overly oxidized, but alive. Again, fascinating wine. The nose is 95pts alone…the palate is really hard for me to score. Not a wine I’d drink everyday, and not a refreshing kind of wine…it’s a contemplating, snifter type wine. And I can see why these things last forever. Would love to try one with age. One of the coolest wines I’ve ever had! (90 pts.)

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Brian,

Is this one that you can keep in the fridge and sip on for several days?

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OH YEA…I get the feeling you could sip on this for a month without losing anything. I was only able to check out a small glass on day two…and it was even better. Don’t chill it though…temp it like white burgundy.

Any experts thoughts?

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I’m no expert, but I have loved the few examples I’ve tried. Puffeney is on the powerful end of the spectrum. Try Montbourgeau or Ganevat for a more delicate rendition. I don’t know if they last open for a month; that would surprise me. But I’ve never been able to nurse one for more than a few days, during which time they have improved while open.

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After drinkin a 2011 Michel Gahier Trousseau…another bottle of this Vin Jaune kept calling my name…so I cracked another to sip on, probably for the next week! What an amazing wine! My first note is spot on, as I wouldn’t change a thing in bottle #2! Will be interesting to sip on this for the next week(maybe month, as I can only take just a bit) though…will post an update if anything changes. WILD STUFF!
Note to self…get a hold of an aged bottle(20+yrs)!