Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Blanc Cuvee du Hasard N°2 2018 GERAUS and within a decade the

and within a decade the wine was sitting alongside Napa's most coveted bottlings

aged mostly in old barriques with a touch of clay amphora

Distributed in the U

Planted in 2019 on iron-rich volcanic soils and barrel-fermented with wild yeasts in 53% new oak

It’s all there

Domaine Labet Cotes du Jura Blanc Cuvee du Hasard N°2 2018 GERAUS and within a decade theThe name means "cuvee of chance," and that's exactly the spirit here. At Domaine Labet, the Rotalier based family that helped rewrite the rules for modern Jura whites, this Chardonnay gets the old school treatment: aged roughly six years in old barrels under a veil of yeast (the N2 is the extra long sous voile bottling) (the same flor that gives Vin Jaune its magic), without topping up the barrels. The result is a white that trades freshness for