Benedicte et Stephane Tissot Arbois Trousseau Singulier 2022

93 pts Wine AdvocateThe bottled 2022 Trousseau Singulier was harvested a little later and also destemmed by hand, pressed and put into 600-liter barrels, but unlike Poulsard that likes cold, Trousseau likes heat. Sixty percent of the volume was in open-top tanks with one month of maceration, and the rest was in closed tanks with a maceration of three months. This is earthier, toasty and with notes of dry hay and straw, reflecting a warm vintage with dry tannins. It finishes with some hardness that gives it rusticity.Grapes: 40% Poulsard, 40% Trousseau, 20% Pinot Noir – 35 years-old-vinesViticulture: 9 acres single south-west facing plot made of limestone rock slide from the Bajocien era over a marl subsoil from the Trias.Winemaking: Poulsard and Trousseau are destemmed. Whole cluster for the Pinot Noir. Maceration of all 3 varieties in a century old wooden vat for 3 month with no addition of SO2. Wine made the same way than André (or DD), Stéphane’s dad, would do following the ancient