Domaine de Montbourgeau Cremant du Jura Brut Zero Austria ground that tends toward finesse

ground that tends toward finesse rather than power

Sand gives pale color and fine tannin and keeps yields naturally low

000-liter foudres for extended aging

wax and honey over nectarine and apricot

served in its own pan juices rather than a sauce

Domaine de Montbourgeau Cremant du Jura Brut Zero Austria ground that tends toward finesseThe Land L'toile is one of the smallest appellations in France, just 52 hectares folded into the southwestern corner of the Jura. The name means star, credited either to the five hills that ring the village or, more likely, to the fossilized starfish scattered through the ground here. Those soils are the whole point: grey and blue marls laced with limestone scree and marine fossils, cool and deeply mineral. The climate is continental and unforgiving