Domaine Desire Petit, Arbois Melon a Queue Rouge, 2023 SO111825 Roilette Grown on limestone-marl soils just

Grown on limestone-marl soils just outside Arbois

Mike's nephew Ivo Jeramaz is now head winemaker

a Japanese winemaker of Chinese origins

and aged in old French oak before being hand-bottled

making this 2019 only the second release

Domaine Desire Petit, Arbois Melon a Queue Rouge, 2023 SO111825 Roilette Grown on limestone-marl soils justThree producers in Arbois grow this grape. Melon Queue Rougethe melon with the red stalkbarely exists beyond Jura, and its identity remains debated (Chardonnay clone? Distinct variety?). Damien Petit's biodynamic version doesn't answer the question; it lives it. Textured, lifted, grounded in limestone, this wine tastes like place meeting mysteryaromatic yet mineral, utterly singular.