{"title":"Domaine Hughes Beguet | Jura Natural Wine","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrice Béguet farms in Mesnay, near Arbois in the Jura, after a career as an IT consultant in Paris. The estate wines carry the Domaine Hughes Beguet label, including parcels on the Côte de Feule in Pupillin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh Yeah is Savagnin kept topped up in barrel rather than left under flor, from vines at 300 metres on grey and blue marls. Straight No Chaser is 60% Chardonnay, 20% Ploussard and 20% Savagnin, direct-pressed, raised in steel, egg and old oak. Silk Blue is 80% Ploussard with Trousseau and Savagnin. Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress is 100% Savagnin, six months on skins, and far paler than that suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore from the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jura\"\u003eJura\u003c\/a\u003e and the rest of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/france\"\u003eFrance\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"domaine-hughes-beguet-silk-blue-2022","title":"Domaine Hughes Beguet - Silk Blue 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilk Blue \u003c\/strong\u003eis the estate wine: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"collections\/patrice-beguet\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrice Béguet \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eworking with his own Jura vines, not the négociant sourcing of Big Bunch Theory. Three indigenous Jura varieties from the Cote de Feule vineyard in Pupillin, one of the most respected red-wine plots in the appellation. This is where the jazz metaphors fall away and what remains is something simpler and more serious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat grapes make up Silk Blue?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e80% Ploussard (also known as Poulsard), 15% Trousseau, and 5% Savagnin\u003c\/strong\u003e, all from the Cote de Feule in Pupillin, harvested by hand. Half the fruit undergoes whole-bunch natural fermentation; the other half goes through a six-month maceration in old oak barrels. The two portions are then blended and transferred to stainless steel and acacia, before bottling without filtration and without added sulphites at any stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have not yet tried this wine but hear the palate is textural and savoury, with a spicy edge from the Trousseau and a savagnin undertone that gives it structure and persistence whilst the Poulsard keeps it light and fresh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e White pepper, clove, and a finish that is long, dry, and quietly complex, is what we expect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Patrice Bégeut \/ Domaine Hughes Béguet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrice Béguet left a career as an IT consultant in Paris to return to Mesnay, near Arbois in the Jura, where he was born. He took the wine diploma at Beaune, became Demeter certified, and now farms around four hectares of Jura vines — Ploussard, Trousseau, Savagnin, and Chardonnay — under the estate label Domaine Hughes Béguet. His ‘Big Bunch Theory’ négociant series sources fruit from biodynamic producers across France, creating experimental cross-regional blends. Every label in the Big Bunch Theory range is painted by artist Aya Sato.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naturweine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54761933504780,"sku":"MORE-5578-SKU","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/6407\/8692\/files\/Hughes-Beguet-Silk-Blue.png?v=1778177207"},{"product_id":"domaine-hughes-beguet-straight-no-chaser-2023","title":"Domaine Hughes Beguet - Straight No Chaser 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrice Béguet farms around four hectares in Mesnay, near Arbois. His estate wines,  released under the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"collections\/patrice-beguet\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDomaine Hughes Béguet \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003elabel,  are grown on his own plots in the Jura AOC, including parcels on the famed Côte de Feule in Pupillin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStraight No Chaser is a direct-pressed blend of\u003cstrong\u003e 60% Chardonnay, 20% Ploussard, and 20% Savagnin\u003c\/strong\u003e: three native Jura varieties \u003cstrong\u003evinified together as a white \u003c\/strong\u003eand aged in a combination of stainless steel, egg vessels, and old oak with no sulphites added. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe have not yet tried this wine but hear it is straight and tense on the palate, exactly as the name promises. The nose is meant to move between citrus and apple, with ginger and a thread of sweet spice woven through. On the palate we expect it to be fresh, persistent, and precise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePatrice Béguet left a career as an IT consultant in Paris to return to Mesnay, near Arbois in the Jura, where he was born. Demeter certified. Around four hectares of holisitic estate vines — Ploussard, Trousseau, Savagnin, and Chardonnay — including plots on the famed Côte de Feule in Pupillin and Les Corvées. Zero synthetics in the vineyard. Natural fermentation. No added sulphites. Every wine is named after a piece of music he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naturweine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54761933537548,"sku":"MORE-5579-SKU","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/6407\/8692\/files\/Hughes-Beguet---Straight-No-Chaser.png?v=1778177056"},{"product_id":"domaine-hughes-beguet-oh-yeah-2023","title":"Domaine Hughes Beguet - Oh Yeah 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name of this\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 60, 60);\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"collections\/patrice-beguet\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Beguet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e wine is a double act. \u003cstrong\u003e‘Oh Yeah’ \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Charles Mingus album from 1962 , and it is also, if you say it slowly enough,\u003cstrong\u003e a pun on ‘ouillé’:\u003c\/strong\u003e the French winemaking term for wines kept topped-up in barrel, protected from oxygen rather than aged under flor. In Jura, where oxidative Savagnin under flor is the (old) tradition, making an ouillé version \u003cem\u003eused\u003c\/em\u003e to be a statement. This is \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"collections\/patrice-beguet\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrice Béguet \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003esaying: oh yeah, you can do that too hehe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is ouillé Savagnin ...and why does it matter here in the name?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrice Béguet farms four hectares of biodynamic vines in Mesnay, Arbois, and harvests Savagnin from three different plots. The vines for Oh Yeah grow at 300 metres above sea level on grey and blue marls, the mineral-rich soils that give Jura Savagnin its distinctive tension. In the traditional old Jura method, Savagnin is left in partially-filled barrels to become used to oxygen under a film of yeast (sous voile), developing the walnut-and-curry character most often seen with Vin Jaune. The Ouillé approach keeps the barrels topped, protecting the wine from oxygen entirely, the result is something fresher, more aromatic, and more immediately drinkable. This is the usual way of making wine nowadays across France and most of the world.. but the Jura old style method is what was known as traditional because this is what the region used to be known for (and still is, but these wines are less common now)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo most wines are made in this topped up style way today, but it is interesting it needs to be referenced because Jura is (or was) so famed for oxidative wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOh Yeah is 85% Savagnin, 15% Chardonnay\u003c\/strong\u003e. And 10% of the fruit sees brief skin contact; the rest is direct-pressed. \u003cstrong\u003eNo added sulphites.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe have not yet tried this wine \u003c\/strong\u003ebut hear it is hazy and pale, with an immediately inviting nose: \u003cstrong\u003egrapefruit, pineapple, a floral lift. On the palate, we expect tension with a mineral, fresh finish that lingers cleanly.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePatrice Béguet left a career as an IT consultant in Paris to return to Mesnay, near Arbois in the Jura, where he was born. Around four hectares of estate vines including plots on the famed Côte de Feule in Pupillin and Les Corvées. No added sulphites. Every wine is named after a piece of music he loves. He also has his own Negoce project too where he gets quite experimental\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naturweine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54761933570316,"sku":"MORE-5580-SKU","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/6407\/8692\/files\/Hughes-Beguet-Oh-Yeah.png?v=1778175686"},{"product_id":"domaine-hughes-beguet-orange-was-the-colour-of-her-dress-2023","title":"Domaine Hughes Beguet - Orange was the colour of her dress 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk’ is a Charles Mingus composition — the kind of title that sounds like a painting and plays like a mood. The wine Jura producer \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"collections\/patrice-beguet\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrice Béguet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enamed after it is something similar: an orange wine that doesn’t look like one, made in a way that reframes what skin contact can mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrange wine from Jura?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrice Béguet farms around four hectares of holistically-farmed estate vines in Mesnay, near Arbois, including parcels on the Côte de Feule in Pupillin. This wine is 100% Savagnin and is given six months of skin contact in large barrels.  The result is a wine with the cloudiness of an amber wine but an ethereally pale colour: not the deep amber most expect from six months of skin contact, but something closer to hazy white gold. No sulphites added too..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe have not yet tried this wine but hear that the nose is enchanting and unhurried with notes of white flowers, melon, a hint of beeswax. The palate is meant to give white apricot, morning dew, and a faint herbal undertone that feels distinctly Jurassic. There is texture, you feel the six months of skin contact in the weight and presence of the wine, but no heaviness, no astringency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePatrice Béguet left a career as an IT consultant in Paris to return to Mesnay, near Arbois in the Jura, where he was born. Demeter certified. Around four hectares of holisitic estate vines, Ploussard, Trousseau, Savagnin, and Chardonnay,  including plots on the famed Côte de Feule in Pupillin and Les Corvées in Arbois. No added sulphites. Every wine is named after a piece of music he loves. He also has a Negoce project where he is quite experimental with his cellar work!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naturweine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54761933603084,"sku":"MORE-5581-SKU","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/6407\/8692\/files\/Hughes-Beguet---Orange-was-the-colour-of-her-dress.png?v=1778175817"}],"url":"https:\/\/morenaturalwine.com\/collections\/domaine-hughes-beguet.oembed","provider":"MORE Natural Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}