Benedicte & Stephane Tissot Cremant du Jura BBF NV - 1.5L

1.5L Magnum 93 pts Wine Advocate The forthcoming release of the NV Crémant du Jura Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs BBF (2018-2019) was disgorged in January 2024 and is to be sold at the end of the year. It's Chardonnay with one year in barrel, 80% of the wine from 2019 and 20% from 2018. This is still refermented with Champagne yeast, and it has some apple character, notions of fine lees and a smoky profile. This will be the last vintage with Champagne yeasts; the next one will be refermented with Tissot's own yeasts. This is a fairly typical Chardonnay, a little more Champagne than Jura, and it’s balanced and fresh and can age nicely. Tissot uncorked a bottle of the first BBF they made with a blend of wines from 2005 and 2006 that had been on the lees for seven years and was disgorged the week before we tasted it. That is the real McCoy! It's what he's looking for, something completely different from the young wines. It had lots of complexity, and it was yeasty and smoky, with a hint of mu