Domaine des Cavarodes, Rastafia Vin de Liqueur NV

Chardonnay, Savagnin

Jura, France

A sweet wine made in the style of Macvin de Jura. Fresh grape juice is boiled and condensed, then fortified with distilled grape spirit to 17% ABV. It then ages in oak casks for two years. The finished product is a rich amber-hued Vin doux with notes of dried fruits - orange, quince, and plum. Unfined, unfiltered VEGAN. A great dessert/after dinner sipper!

Etienne Thiebaud began Domaine des Cavarodes in 2007 when he was just 22 years old, after working for several years with Pascal and Evelyne Clairet of Domaine de la Tournelle. He was fortunate to acquire a few very old parcels of vines between 60 and 120 years of age. These vines are just on the north side of the Loue, and therefore just outside the appellation of Arbois. The parcels are planted to several extremely old and rare Jura varieties that are great curiosities to nurseries in the Jura and beyond. Etienne’s vineyard work has been organic since the beginning. For such a small Domaine, Etienne makes a wide range of wines, some named for soil types or fossils and others for the vineyards that produce them.