‘Gibus’

Trousseau, Arbois, France

A lush, food-craving and berried Jura trousseau for the delights of our inner child. For the first time in Ontario, and after a lengthy courting ritual, GWI is ECSTATIC to welcome Les Bottes Rouge! Winemakers Jean-Baptiste Menigoz and Florien Kleine Snuverink are a spirited pair growing vines and fermenting low-intervention wines in the heart of Jura’s Arbois region. Their seven hectares of regionally beloved grapes include chardonnay, pinot noir, ploussard, trousseau and savagnin, all grown organically with biodynamic treatments when needed. Grown on limestone scree soils, the trousseau vines for ‘Gibus’ are between 5 and 75 years-old, and are destemmed by hand for three weeks of texture-pulling skin contact before pressing. Old fashioned strawberry ice cream on rhubarb olive oil upside down cake, cellar air, baskets of herbs, HOT sugar & and a bit of star anise tickles your tongue-sides. Pour alongside a feast of every fungus, vegetable and beast, this gastronomic delight is as versatile as they come.