{"product_id":"alice-bouvot-loctavin-elle-aime-2022","title":"Alice Bouvot l'Octavin Elle Aime 2022","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"593\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEntirely from the Arbois lieu-dit En Arces, this wine is made from 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Chardonnay. The grapes are harvested together and macerated for three weeks prior to pressing. Around 75% of the fruit was kept as whole bunches, with the remaining 25% destemmed. The wine was aged in stainless steel and bottled in April 2023. Certified organic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"593\"\u003eAlice Bouvot originally trained as a classical musician — a passion reflected in the name of her estate and several of her cuvées — before turning to wine. After formal training and travel to deepen her knowledge, she returned to the Jura, where she was born in Besançon, and in 2005 established Domaine de l’Octavin with her then partner, Charles Dagand. Not long after, Alice and Charles separated, and Alice continued running the tiny estate on her own. At the time it covered around 2 hectares; today she farms approximately 6.5 hectares (4 owned and 2 rented) and continues planting more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"1745\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eAs the Jura has become an increasingly difficult region in which to make wine due to the impact of climate change — mainly earlier flowering leading to catastrophic losses from late frosts — Alice has also turned to friends in other regions to source grapes from. As a result, she has built an extraordinary collection of wines drawn from many parts of France. Her energy and commitment are remarkable because for all of her négoce projects — which, depending on the vintage, can extend from Roussillon and Provence in the south, to Alsace in the north and the Loire in the west — she and her team harvest the grapes themselves and transport them back to her cellar in Arbois to make the wines. It means many hours on the road with precious cargo and very little time to rest once back in Arbois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlice’s own vines are closely spread around the outskirts of Arbois. She has plots in some of Arbois’s most famous vineyards including Les Corvées, En Curon, and La Mailloche. Because she doesn’t work in the appellation any more you will never specifically find these names on her wines but often she identifies the vineyard as part of the lot number. (Alice’s lot numbers are an incredibly useful source of information because they also often contain an abbreviation for the variety and\/or vintage as well.)  She has always worked organically and also practises biodynamic viticulture. Similarly the growers she buys from are all certified organic or work organically.\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe adds absolutely nothing to her wines and uses no filtration or fining at the time of bottling. She vinifies almost every cuvée in fibreglass tanks, her preferred vessel because it gives nothing of itself to the wine (plus there are benefits in “sort of” being able to see through the tank).  There are no compromises – they are all “pur jus”. It is the way she began making wines with Charles and she has never veered from those principles, always making wines that she loves to drink rather than chasing wines which will appeal to a broad market.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese wines are available in very limited quantities, and we recommend securing your allocation early to avoid disappointment. We are currently awaiting their arrival from the importer, and please allow approximately two weeks for delivery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Appellance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50261344813249,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/3428\/0897\/files\/elle_aime.webp?v=1779782468","url":"https:\/\/appellance.com\/products\/alice-bouvot-loctavin-elle-aime-2022","provider":"Appellance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}