Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 Esthers butterscotch and molasses

butterscotch and molasses

This 375ml half-bottle is a smart way to taste one of California's great Pinot houses at dinner-for-two scale

give Syrah extraordinary intensity

This French aperitif has been made since 1865 using gentian root

Mosel-like slopes

Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 Esthers butterscotch and molassesCaveau de Bacchus, the Aviet family estate in Montigny les Arsures, is one of the Jura's great traditionalists, and Vin Jaune is the region's most singular wine. Made from Savagnin and aged for years under a veil of yeast without topping up the barrel, it develops a deliberately oxidative, savory character utterly unlike anything else. This is the real deal: a 2015 with the long aging Vin Jaune demands. Expect dried walnut, curry spice, green apple