Didier Grappe | Wine from Jura
Didier Grappe is an innovator and not afraid to do things differently. He bottles all his bottles by screwcap, farms hybrid grapes and has vowed to never plant traditional Jura grapes ever again. Popular bottles include his Longefin, Pif and Traminer (which is the same grape as Savagnin, hence the name).
Chardonnay Longefin (Jura)
Didier Grappe
VERY reductive, needs lots of air
Hybrid grapes - the future of winemaking in Jura?
In the winery, which Didier now runs together with his son Jules, they approach the process in a hands-off way, using a traditional basket press and fermenting spontaneously in stainless steel tanks followed by ageing in tank or oak barrels/casks depending on the Cuvee. All of Grappe’s wines are bottled without clarification or filtration and with absolutely no sulphur added. This delivers wines with directness, vibrancy and freshness which makes them dangerously drinkable.