Bruyere-Houillon Arbois Les Tourillons Blanc 2016 Bottle (75cl)
Bruyère-Houillon Arbois Les Tourillons Blanc 2016 is a white wine from the Arbois appellation in the Jura, produced by Domaine Adeline Houillon and Renaud Bruyère. The Les Tourillons cuvée is 100% Chardonnay. This medium-bodied dry white wine offers a clean and balanced interpretation of Jura Chardonnay in the 2016 vintage.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Jura
- Appellation
- Arbois
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Adeline Houillon et Renaud Bruyère
- Cuvée
- Les Tourillons
- Millésime
- 2016
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Adeline Houillon et Renaud Bruyère
Bruyère-Houillon is a Jura estate founded by Renaud Bruyère and Adeline Houillon in Pupillin, within the Arbois appellation. The vineyard covers five hectares spread across Arbois, Pupillin and Montigny-lès-Arsures, and is planted with varieties including Chardonnay, Savagnin, Trousseau and Ploussard. The two owners manage the vineyard and oversee the winemaking process themselves.
- Owner
- Renaud Bruyère et Adeline Houillon
- Maître de chais
- Renaud Bruyère et Adeline Houillon
- Surface (ha)
- 5.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Renaud Bruyère and Adeline Houillon established their estate in 2011, starting with 75 ares of vineyards. Prior to setting up the estate, Adeline Houillon worked with Pierre Overnoy, whilst Renaud Bruyère trained at the Stéphane Tissot estate in Arbois. Adeline is the sister of Emmanuel Houillon, who took over the Pierre Overnoy estate. The Bruyère-Houillon estate’s first vintage dates from 2011. Renaud Bruyère left the Tissot estate in 2015 to devote himself entirely to his own estate. That same year, the couple were able to make use of a neighbouring disused cellar, which increased their ageing capacity. Through successive acquisitions of plots, the vineyard has grown to five hectares, spread across Arbois, Pupillin and Montigny-lès-Arsures. The estate cultivates its vines using non-certified organic farming methods and following biodynamic practices; Renaud Bruyère and Adeline Houillon make wine together in their cellar, without additives, fining or filtration, according to information published by their distributors.
Les Tourillons
Les Tourillons is an Arbois white wine from the eponymous lieu-dit, predominantly planted with Chardonnay and Savagnin. Both grape varieties are harvested, pressed, and vinified together, then aged in barrels using the ouillé (topping-up) method, without seeking oxidation. This single-plot cuvée expresses the site's light limestone soils over marl.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name comes from the wine-growing lieu-dit "Les Tourillons" in Arbois, the first plot acquired by Adeline Houillon and Renaud Bruyère.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2011
- Style of the cuvée
- Ouillé white, non-oxidative and low-intervention, generally marked by freshness, tension, salinity, and a mineral expression of limestone.
- Position within the range
- The estate's founding single-plot cuvée and emblematic white wine combining Chardonnay and Savagnin.
Histoire de la cuvée
The estate started in 2011 with approximately 0.7 to 0.75 hectare of vines in the lieu-dit Les Tourillons. From its very first vintage, this founding plot produced a white wine primarily combining Chardonnay and Savagnin, subsequently marketed under the name Les Tourillons.
