L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder Orchard fruit and citrus peel

Orchard fruit and citrus peel with a nutty edge

working vines he had already turned organic in the 1990s

Today this wine carries red cherry and wild strawberry fruit supported by a savoury thread and faint saline edge

with crunchy red fruit

L'Aristocratte N.V 2Naturkinder Orchard fruit and citrus peelL'Aristocratte would be a Macvin if the rules allowed it. Macvin du Jura is grape must arrested with marc, the spirit distilled from pressed skins, and the appellation is strict about that. The Rattes use both marc and fine du Jura, the fine being distilled from wine rather than pomace, and that second spirit puts them outside the rules. So it goes out as a vin de liqueur, which describes it just as well and costs it nothing. Sweet without turning