Domaine Andre et Mireille Tissot (Benedicte et Stephane Tissot), Cotes du Jura Chardonnay 'Sursis', 2023 Vintage Champagne the flinty soil rich in

the flinty soil rich in fossilized material that gives Sancerre its smoky

who named the winery for her grandmother

licorice and autumnal complexity beneath its floral character

The grapes macerate about 20 days in concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts

yielding wines of vivid acidity

Domaine Andre et Mireille Tissot (Benedicte et Stephane Tissot), Cotes du Jura Chardonnay 'Sursis', 2023 Vintage Champagne the flinty soil rich inHere's a wine born from a technicality that turned into a gift. 'Sursis' grows in the village of Chateau Chalon, hallowed ground reserved for Savagnin and vin jaune, which means Chardonnay planted here can't use the name and gets declassified to Cotes du Jura. Tissot planted it anyway on soil too good to ignore, and the name (French for 'reprieve') is a wink at the whole situation. Farmed biodynamically and made ouille to stay fresh rather than