Domaine Jean Bourdy has been a family-owned and -managed operation since 1579. It’s both heart-warming and inspiring to imagine how each generation has carefully carried forward the family tradition and passion for producing wines expressive of the terroir of Jura, France, located between Burgundy and Switzerland.
We’re new to Savagnin, an ancient, subalpine variety indigenous to eastern France. All we can say is “wow” we were floored (no pun intended) by the aromatics of this pale gold wine.
From the outset, it offered a bouquet of dried herbs, anise, licorice, white pepper, Comté cheese rind, bruised apple, toffee, nutmeg, and nuttiness. We gave it some time to decant and open up. Overall, it had a salty, briny, savory character with excellent food-pairing potential. We paired it with sauteed shrimp and it was lovely.
This wine was aged four years in old, neutral oak barrels under a veil of yeast – sous voile – contributing to the secondary and tertiary aromatics.
If you’re a lover of Manzanilla or Fino Sherry, and haven’t experienced this wine yet, you must try it! I hate to even compare, because it offers its own, distinct personality and history, but it shares characteristics associated with maturation below a layer of lees - the flor.
Domain Bourdy, Savagnin, Cotes du Jura AOC. Vintage 2012. ABV 12.5%. — 4 years ago


Deep ruby color. Pronounced aromas of violets and lilies, fresh black fruit (blueberries, blackberries and black cherries) and hints of vainilla and cedar. On the palate it is juicy and fresh with medium acidity, medium(+) fine grained ripe tannin and medium(+) body. The finish is medium(+) and slightly sweet of ripe delicious fruit. The taster for Robert Parker only gave it 90+ but I believe that he is diverging further and further away from what the wine collector and wine consumer really enjoy and is scoring very subjectively based on his own personal preference for Burgundy and Jura wines. In the context of new world wines and Argentina and Malbec, I find this wine fresh and perfectly ripe and with a controlled oak presence and a very solid effort to transmit the terroir of the La Consulta sub-region. #catena #catenazapata #argentina #malbec #mountainwine — 5 years ago

LQV w Nic and Brian.
Chardonnay. Light straw and varnish on the nose. Sweet start and refined, very deep-flavoured wine. Very subtle with the majesty found in the contained, dry finish of old-fashioned burgundy. Worth a look! Real quality. Set up on his own, lower yields. JR17, 2007 — 4 years ago
For acid lovers in their red wine, this $20-25 bottle is phenomenal. Acid, pickled red fruit, unripe fruit, soft tannins, minerality, it’s all there. It’s almost as if Beaujolais and Champagne (the sour and creamy mouthfeel of a champagne) had a lovechild. Trousseau is a grape originated in Jura, France. This is a super food friendly wine, but I am drinking without food and it’s very easy finish a bottle on your own… — 4 years ago

This was really special, dry, funky and different. Drank on its own and honestly worth every sip, 10/10 would buy again. — a year ago
2016 vintage. Savagnin Authentique. Jérôme Arnoux has been working alongside Stéphane Tissot for many years before starting his own business. This traditional Savagnin in the oxidative "non-ouillé"-style is a beauty. Intense perfume of chamomile and walnuts. Powerful in the mouth, bright and energetic with mouthwatering acidity and a long mineral finish. — 4 years ago
Light in color and body with notes of overripe red cherry, dark fruit, herbs, and dead leaves. Mellow tannins and M/M- acidity. A versatile wine for pairing with food or drinking on its own. Served with a slight chill. Purchased at Suburban Wines in Yorktown Heights, NY. — 5 years ago
Brandon Boesch
Brilliant wine. So fresh, tart berries, bright flowers, stone, some herbs, mouth watering acidity from fruit flavors, apple, berries, cherries, hint of tropical fruit. So good with food. So good on its own. This is how I remember more Beaujolais tasting 10-15 years ago. — 3 months ago