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Domaine du Pélican 2019s

Julia Harding
Julia Harding MW

A progress report on a famous Burgundian's foray into Jura to the east.

Wednesday, 7 April 2021
Francois Duvivier in the Dom du Pelican cellar

Now in its eighth vintage, Guillaume d'Angerville and François Duvivier's estate in Montigny-lès-Arsures in the Jura may not yet have the track record of the Domaine Marquis d'Angerville in Volnay but the wines are consistently excellent, with a promising future in particular for the Grand Curoulet bottlings as those vines mature. For more background, see Dom du Pélican's polished Jura diamonds. (Duvivier is pictured above in the crowded Dom du Pélican barrel cellar.)

Savagnin in the S part of the Clos St-Laurent
Savagnin in the southern part of the Clos St-Laurent, close to the new winery

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