Michel Gahier
Montigny-lès-Arsures, Arbois
Arbois Blanc, Chardonnay, “Les Follasses”
SKU GHLF
From 45-year-old Chardonnay planted in marne blanche (white marl), “Les Follasses” is topped up in cask, but nonetheless delivers an unhinged expression of saline minerality. The marl here—a layer of decomposed limestone mixed with clay—pre-dates the limestone that dominates Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, and it is this marl (in varying iterations of color and mineral composition) that dominates the terroir of the Jura.
About Michel Gahier
The Gahier family has been resident in the Jura since 1525, and Michel lives right off the main square of Montigny-lès-Arsures, known charmingly as “The Capital of Trousseau.”
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