2019 Domaine Montbourgeau L'Etoile Vin Jaune, Jura, France Hibiki and photographer Xavier Tera take

and photographer Xavier Tera take readers on an immersive journey into the heart of natural winemaking

and plenty of native Mediterranean herbs

richly textured yet incredibly alive — a wine that feels as much about patience as it is about place

and a bright note of green strawberry & hyacinth ushers in a palate of allspice

2019 Domaine Montbourgeau L'Etoile Vin Jaune, Jura, France Hibiki and photographer Xavier Tera takeMade exclusively from the Savagnin grape, the Vin Jaune of Montbourgeau is always produced from a late harvest. After fermentation the wine is racked into foudres (30 hectoliter size) and then, after six months, racked again into smaller barrels. It is never topped off, the voile appears and the wine is left for at least seven years to age in barrel before being declared Vin Jaune and being bottled. The Jaune of Montbourgeau is more high toned than