This is Chardonnay with incredible power. There’s the energetic line of acidity through the palate that you’d expect from Jura Chardonnay, but the concentration, complexity and depth here is really something. It’s well worth opening this early, or decanting before drinking. La Reine comes from a 1.5 hectare plot planted in 1946 and 1962 on decalcified clay with a bathonien limestone bedrock. A slow ferment was followed by 3 years aging in barrique.

Domaine Labet has emerged as one of the Jura’s most compelling modern voices, combining deep-rooted tradition with a quietly radical, terroir-first approach. Based in Rotalier in the southern Jura, the late Alain Labet pioneered the region's shift to site specific wines in the 1970s. Today the family work their 13 hectares of vines organically and focus on site expression through meticulous vineyard work and low-intervention élevage. Labet’s wines tend toward purity and tension, often vinified ouillé rather than in the region’s more oxidative style, though always with a subtle nod to Jura identity.