Benoit 🌟 and more Jura arrivals

09/07/24
CELLIER SAINT BENOIT
In 2019, Benjamin Benoit was already making a name for himself in Burgundy (via apprenticeships with Amélie Berthaut and Charles Lachaux) when fate suddenly called him back to his home in Pupillin. When he was just 23, his father passed away unexpectedly and overnight the family estate was in his care.
 
And, just as suddenly, 2 hectares of conventionally-farmed vines became 6, starting with ​​lutte raisonnée and working towards increasingly natural farming and winemaking (and all with just one employee).
Benjamin in 2019 📷 via @benjamin.benoit_
 
Immediately, Benjamin’s 2019s were met with (positive) shock: achieving a high thread count from the start, they’re sophisticated, Burgundian, and somehow still very Pupillin.
Fast forward just a couple vintages and he’s working in a new cellar, with fresh equipment and growing his barrel count. The whole operation is very refined, but never condescending: he’s particularly humble, simply doing what he knows to be best.
The new cellar 📷 via @benjamin.benoit_
 
Benjamin may be young but he works very, very hard – combined with incredibly natural talent, the result is a lineup well-worthy of its roots in Burgundy and Pupillin’s small circles.
The range of what he's making can be dizzying (6 Ploussards alone!) so we've done our best to select a wide representation of his work:
 
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NEW PRODUCER!
From former cooper Pascal Thereau (who also studied in Beaune and had Stéphane Tissot as a mentor...), Arbois Pinot Noir from pedigreed lieu-dit 'Les Bodines.' 40 year old vines fermented & aged in stainless steel.
 
 A low intervention, especially-fresh-fruited bouncy bottle of wine that's everything we love in Jura Pinot.
 
 
 
LABET 👏
. . . is here! These are extremely limited; this release includes his racy Savagnin and 15 year old Vin de Paille. SHOP LABET