Producer Guillaume Overnoy

FRANCE, JURA

Overnoy is a family-run business in the Jura region, a spectacular area for aromatic wines. Jean-Louis Overnoy took over the reins of the family farm in agricultural polyculture in 1982 and specialized in the cultivation of the vine. Jean began his adventure by first planting a few vineyards and then gradually expanding his production, which today has 5.5 hectares of property. With the introduction of his son Guillaume into the company in 2013, the entire production becomes organic, and the entire wine production takes a fresh turn, always maintaining a classic flavor and typicality. The land is cultivated in two different municipalities: most of Orbagna (4.6 hectares) and 1 in Cesancey, where the classic area vines are grown: Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Pinot Noir. Vin de Paillè is also produced, a raisin wine on straw for at least 4 months and the famous Vin Jeaune, a wine aged in deliberately full barrels, where a veil forms on the surface with consequent controlled oxidation for 7 years, an oxidized wine is born. , incredibly aromatic, with notes of chamomile and hay, flowers and dates, a real rare pearl.