Frédéric Lornet is a wine producer who owns and runs the Abbaye de la Boutière in

Montigny-lès-Arsures Montigny-lès-Arsures (, literally ''Montigny near Arsures'') is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography Montigny is located in the heart of the Jura wine region, in the north-east of the Ju ...

; a small village just outside

Arbois Arbois () is a Commune in France, commune in the Jura (département), Jura Departments of France, department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region, eastern France. The river Cuisance passes through the town, which centres on ...

in the

Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; frp, Franche-Comtât; also german: Freigrafschaft; es, Franco Condado; all ) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, ...

/ Jura region of France.

History

Arbois, childhood home to

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, the latter of which was named afte ...

, has for centuries been the wine capital of the Jura. As the name Abbaye de la Boutière indicates, the winery was established near Arbois in a hoary Roman Catholic

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

( White Monk) abbaye.
Frédéric Lornet in the Le Guide Hachette des Vins The Jura is an eastern French winemaking region located between

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and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

- and its location has meant that some unique grape varieties (e.g. the white Savagnin and the reds

Poulsard Poulsard (also Ploussard) is a red French wine grape variety from the Jura wine region. The name Ploussard is used mainly around the town of Pupillin but can appear on wine labels throughout Jura as an authorized synonyms. While technically a ...

and Trousseau that are used to create highly unusual and rare wines. Frédéric Lornet has been working with this palette and other grape types to make classic versions of French wine using

Pinot noir Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...

and

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan ...

grapes. One of the rarest wines made at Abbaye de la Boutière is called vin jaune (''Yellow Wine''), which is made from the Savagnin grape (also known locally as ''Naturé''). Abbaye de la Boutière also makes two sparkling wines: ''Cremant du Jura'' and ''Crémant du Jura Rosé''. It also makes pure Savagnin wine and a Ploussard named ''L’Abbaye'' after the ancient Cistercian abbey where they are made. Moreover, Lornet makes a wine from the rare Trousseau grape he calls ''Trousseau des Dames'', a unique

Vin de Paille Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but is a much older process and suitable for warm climates. The technique dates back ...

and some Macvin. The common Appellations to all the Abbaye de la Boutière wines are: Côtes du Jura, Côtes du Jura Mousseux and a Crémant du Jura along with more localized Appellation such as : Arbois, Arbois

Pupillin Pupillin is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population Geography Pupillin is located in the hills above Arbois, and is famed locally for its extensive vineyards, where monks were already grow ...

, Macvin and

Vin de paille Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but is a much older process and suitable for warm climates. The technique dates back ...

(

straw Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number ...

wine).

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References

*J. Robinson (ed), "The Oxford Companion to Wine", Third Edition, Oxford University Press 2006 *Seward, Desmond. Monks and Wine. London: Mitchell Beazley, Publishers, 1979 *K. MacNeil The Wine Bible, Workman Publishing 2001 *Robinson, Jancis (Ed.) The Oxford Companion to Wine. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, second edition, 1999.
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