Les Bottes Rouges

Arbois 'Neo' Pinot Noir

$57.00

Sourced from the same parcels as Menigoz's flagship Pinot Noir: La Pepée, but with an entirely different winemaking plan: four days of whole-cluster maceration before pressing, resulting in a much lighter, fresh, and supple wine.

Jean-Baptiste Menigoz began his career not as a winemaker, but as a teacher in Arbois working with special needs children. During this time, he became fixated on natural winemaking, no doubt with influence from his good friend and fellow vigneron, Raphael Monnier. Jean-Baptiste went about living this double life for ten years or so, devoting all of his free time away from school to working in the vines. It wasn’t until an apprenticeship with Jura-master, Stéphane Tissot, and some encouragement from Raphael, that he decided to bite the bullet and commit fully to trading his classroom for his vineyards.

At the beginning he began to acquire parcels in both Arbois and Abergement, which are quite possibly the closest vineyards in the Côtes de Jura AOC to Arbois. Strict organic principles were applied from the beginning, and experiments with biodynamic treatments are ongoing based on each vineyards individual needs.

Keeping with his experimental tendencies, Jean-Baptiste makes a wide array of wines. The overarching theme is quite simple: native yeasts, no fining or filtration, depending on the cuvée, and low- to no-suplhur. As Jean-Baptiste says, “We make the wines that we like to drink ourselves.”

12.0% ABV
Vintage: 2023

Pickup available at 1510 West Texas Avenue

Usually ready in 2 hours

Vintage: 2023

Product information

We generally make deliveries in the Midland/Odessa area Monday through Friday (unless closed for special occasion).

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DELIVERY ZONE 1 (FREE DELIVERY OVER $150 OTHERWISE $10) :

79701 - 79703 - 79705 - 79707 - 79706

DELIVERY ZONE 2 ($15 Delivery) :

79761 - 79762 - 79765

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