Domaine Desire Petit, Arbois Melon a Queue Rouge, 2023 SO111825 Roilette Mike's nephew Ivo Jeramaz is

Mike's nephew Ivo Jeramaz is now head winemaker

and aged in old French oak before being hand-bottled

a proprietary yeast

making this 2019 only the second release

Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged on fine lees

Domaine Desire Petit, Arbois Melon a Queue Rouge, 2023 SO111825 Roilette Mike's nephew Ivo Jeramaz isThree producers in Arbois grow this grape. Melon Queue Rougethe melon with the red stalkbarely exists beyond Jura, and its identity remains debated (Chardonnay clone? Distinct variety?). Damien Petit's biodynamic version doesn't answer the question; it lives it. Textured, lifted, grounded in limestone, this wine tastes like place meeting mysteryaromatic yet mineral, utterly singular.