Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 Esthers This is the bottle Marques

This is the bottle Marques de Caceres makes when it wants to prove a point

saline and mineral-driven

butterscotch and molasses

The result tastes like nothing else in Bordeaux: pure

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

Lucian Aviet (Caveau de Bacchus) Arbois Vin Jaune 2015 Esthers This is the bottle MarquesCaveau 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