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ARBOIS POULSARD EN GEILLON 2025

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2023   2025  
Several generations have been necessary to patiently built one of the largest and greatest estates in the area, focused on key appellations such as Château-Chalon, l’Étoile and Arbois. The Domaine MAIRE & Fils covers nowadays around 240 hectares of vines producing all the area grapes varieties.

Poulsard.

The Poulsard, an old native grape variety, also known as Ploussard, appreciates strong soils, with marl and clay.
- A typical orange-clear red colour, with coral highlights of a light intensity coming from the grape variety,
- The nose offers aromas of small red fruits and fine notes of spices.
- The mouth is elegant, generous with some wildness and underwood notes.
Serve with appetizers and cured meats, or with veal chops and Comté cheese, pork roast with prunes, lamb in curry sauce, young cheeses.
13 to 17°C / 55-62°F.
2 to 5 years.
The Jura wine region is small in size but large in its remarkable diversity. It covers 80 kilometres between Burgundy and Switzerland, in the eastern France.

The Arbois AOC is the oldest and largest of the Jura's four geographic AOCs. In particular, it was France's first AOC (created in 1937).  

Its name originates in the Celtic words "ar" and "bois" that would mean "fertile land".
Terroir & cultivation mode

In order to create this harmonious Arbois Poulsard, we identified and selected one of the best plot adapted to this grape variety in the historical family Maire’s estate: The “En Geillon” parcel located in the south of the Domaine and to the southwest of the Arbois village along the famous “Route des vins du Jura” (the Jura wine road) RN 83:

- Surface: 2,43 Ha
- West and North West exposure
- Average age of vines :  26 years ( 1992 )
- Soils: marls from the Triassic period

The work in the vines, is based on the respect of the nature and the soil. For young vines, located on steep slopes, to avoid erosion, we cultivate a row out of two, practice soil reassembly to aerate the lands subjected to settlement due to moisture, and grass with plants. Such as clover, which, by competing on the vine, can modulate its mineral and water supply and control its vigour and yield.

The Guyot double size is necessary to better control its performance.
Reception of the manual harvest followed by a total maceration of 12 days in thermos-regulated stainless steel tanks. Then, regularly throughout the fermentation, incorporating some pumping and pigeage (punching). At the moment of pressing, the press and drop juices are assembled and withdrawn for malolactic fermentation on fine lees. Ageing, partially in oak barrels, and the rest in tank, for 2-3 months allowing to keep the fruity and typical character of the grape. Light filtration before bottling.
The 2025 vintage will be remembered as a year marked by earliness and quality in the Jura vineyard. The first grapes were harvested at the Domaine for Crémant as early as August 19. Still wines followed in early September, with a staggered harvest schedule running through September 15 depending on grape varieties and parcels.

Flowering proceeded smoothly overall, and the grape clusters showed excellent sanitary conditions. Chardonnay and Savagnin display outstanding potential, while red varieties such as Poulsard and Trousseau came through the early-summer heatwaves without difficulty. The vineyard experienced a few very localized hail events in July, but the overall harvest remains highly promising.

Thanks to its earliness, the vintage shows great promise, with well-balanced sugar levels and acidity. Managing harvest dates was a key challenge and made it possible to bring in the full diversity of Jura varieties at their optimal potential.

Harvesting concluded on September 15, and the 2025 vintage may well leave a lasting impression.