Jules & Didier Grappe | Wine from Jura

In 2007 Didier returned to his home in Jura and found a few hectares and space for his winery in Saint-Lothain. These holdings have grown since then and now stand at 4.7 hectares including plots of Pinot Noir, Trousseau, Chardonnay, Savagnin and around 1.3 hectares of his newly found viticultural passion - hybrid grape varieties, such as Leon Millot or Seyve Villard. Hybrids allow Didier to follow his vision of pure, chemical-free farming with no spraying and deliver wines which for him are the future of winemaking.

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.