Alexandre Plassat: The Comfort of the Very Long Press

And macerated savagnin and whole-cluster poulsard. A chat with Lot-et-Garonne-born vigneron Alexandre Plassat, on breaking the unwritten rules of Jura vinification.

Born in Agens, raised in Toulouse, Alexandre Plassat studied agronomy, before taking an interest in wine in 2012 while doing seasonal vineyard work in the Jura. He followed this with a job at the cave cooperative in Arbois, during which time he discovered the natural wine scene thanks to Poligny caviste Sylvain Oudet. He completed viticultural studies w…