Cuvée 1966 2023 Amor Per La Terra the far west

the far west

The wine is raised the way they raise everything

Dornfelder and Frühburgunder among others

and unpretentious

which is how everything leaves this cellar

Cuvée 1966 2023 Amor Per La Terra the far westThe 1966 in the name is the planting year, which tells you what Jean Michel and Laurence Petit think matters here. These are among the oldest vines on their seven and a half hectares in Arbois Pupillin, farmed organically since 2010 and certified from 2012. Old vines give less fruit and concentrate what they do give, and it shows in density rather than in weight. Orchard fruit and citrus peel with a nutty edge, a real chalky grip through the middle,