Macvin de Jura

This is Macvin de Jura, a "wine" made by mixing grape juice and Marc de Jura. This is the same way as Pineau de Charentes and Ratafias de Champagne is made (see earlier blogs). The spirit for the Macvin must be distilled from the marc of wine of the region and by the same winery which produces the grape juice for the fortification. I tried this wine recently. The vendor wrote that there are notes of various Chinese pickles on the nose. Tasting it, I could certainly smell pickled flowering cabbage (梅菜) and pickled swede (蔥菜) emanating from this golden yellow wine. The sweetness was more evident on the palate than the nose and the pickle notes defocused into something generally vegetal, on top of a fruity nutty palate. The nutty notes teamed up with acidity to produce good support.