Cuvée 1966 Magnum 2022 Franconia it has softened at the

it has softened at the edges without losing the line

Les Vianderies is one of the parcels Jean-Michel and Laurence Petit work inside Arbois-Pupillin

Jean-Michel and Laurence Petit make theirs at Domaine de la Renardière in Pupillin

and the marc leaves a faint grip that stops the sugar from settling

Grégoire and Judi Perron farm at Journans on the edge of the Bugey

Cuvée 1966 Magnum 2022 Franconia it has softened at theThe vines behind Cuve 1966 were planted that year by Jean Michel's father, the same vines he once sold off to the cooperative without knowing what they might become. Now Jean Michel's son Lo tends and vinifies them, which makes this quietly a wine with three generations of Petit in the glass. Old vine Chardonnay from Pupillin's limestone rich soils, aged in wood, rich and precise in equal measure: a creamy depth held in check by real mineral tension.