Mus'cat Blanc 2021

Mus'cat Blanc 2021,

Domaine de l'Octavin

A white wine to delight in: this Mus'cat is so lovely, both on the nose and on the palate! Muscat of Alexandria harvested in Languedoc, crafted in the Jura style, is something else. Full of fruit and freshness, Mus’cat offers fruity notes that languidly extend across the entire palette of yellow and tropical fruits: peach, apricot, citrus, mango, pineapple… As its name suggests, Mus’cat is vinified from muscats from the Pyrénées-Orientales (50% muscat à petits grains, 50% muscat d’Alexandrie from Vincent Lafage, sixty-six-year-old vines growing in Saint-Jean-Lasseille) cultivated biodynamically on clay-limestone soils, macerated for ten days in whole bunches to promote the extraction of their lovely aromas. Bottled in May 2022, Mus’cat will lend itself to all pairings, including desserts (but not too sweet, please).

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“You don’t need anything,” says Alice Bouvot, winemaker at Domaine de l’Octavin, “just a grape that’s happy in its skin.” Everything is said in favor of natural wine; it’s a perfect description. Created in 2005, Domaine d’Alice is located in Arbois, in this wine-growing Jura region, often described as the most organic vineyard in France. The habit of making – among other things – oxidative wines is a good preparation for natural wine, this type of wine does not allow any chemical additives and especially no sulfites. It’s a secret of this magnificent region. Originally spread over two hectares, the estate, managed entirely biodynamically (Demeter) since 2010, has expanded through the gradual acquisition of plots and now covers seven hectares.
An accomplished musician and passionate music lover, Alice intends to apply her musical sensitivity to the wines she makes. She draws a parallel between the technical perfection of conventional wines, which risks excluding feeling, while "a musician who does not know music theory and plays with his guts creates emotion." For her, living wine is like this: instinctive, improvised, emotional. Introduced to natural wine by Stéphane Planche, sommelier at chef Jean-Paul Jeunet in Arbois, she will faithfully follow this path. The sometimes whimsical titles of her vintages are inspired sometimes by musical art (Dorabella, Zerline), sometimes by the numerous plots of land that make up her vineyard (En Curon, Les Corvées, En Poussot, etc.), and do not disdain a pun from time to time. Likewise, the labels adorned with happy and salacious little gnomes are a signature of the estate. As for the grape varieties, they are the classics of the Jura - Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir for the reds, and Chardonnay, Savagnin for the whites. Alongside her Arbois wines, Alice has created a business of "on the vine" grapes (Ecocert certified) with her winegrower friends from the region. Natural, committed, joyful and highly drinkable, the wines of Alice Bouvot are all the more coveted as the vintages, produced in plot-by-plot mode, appear, disappear and reappear depending on the vintage and inspiration.