Reserve du Caveau, 2016

Savagnin aged under a veil of yeast like a vin jaune, then bottled under its own name instead.

Savagnin from the Aviet family's grey-marl vines at Montigny-lès-Arsures, made the old Jura way. It ages in barrel under a veil (a film of yeast that lets the wine take on air slowly). The 2016 spent long enough there to be called vin jaune. The family decided it wasn't quite that, and released about 2,200 bottles as Réserve du Caveau instead.