{"title":"Valentin Morel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2014, Valentin Morel walked away from his post as a government officer in a French prefecture and returned to the land his father had spent thirty years farming in Poligny, in the heart of Jura. He was twenty-six years old. He renamed the estate Les Pieds sur Terre, a double meaning that translates as both feet on the ground and vines in the earth, and began converting the 6-hectare property to biodynamic practices inspired by Rudolf Steiner and the agrarian philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValentin is not simply a winemaker. He is an ideologue who believes that manual labor, agriculture, and artisanal work are political acts. To farm, he argues, is one of the most important pursuits available to a human being. That conviction shows in how he farms: biodynamic preparations applied according to lunar cycles, no synthetic inputs, cover cropping, hand harvesting. He works with conviction rather than certification, though his practices exceed what most certified organic estates require.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/valentin-morel\"\u003eValentin Morel producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"valentin-morels-cotes-du-jura-chardonnay-les-trouillots","title":"Valentin Morel Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Les Trouillots 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eValentin Morel's Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Les Trouillots 2021 is a notable wine from the Jura region of France. Taking over the family estate in 2014, Morel has embraced organic and biodynamic farming practices inspired by Rudolf Steiner and Masanobu Fukuoka. The estate spans 6 hectares in Poligny, focusing on minimal intervention in the winemaking process, which includes using native yeasts and minimal sulfites. This approach ensures the wines reflect their unique terroir, characterized by marl and clay-limestone soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Valentin Morel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45187480649944,"sku":"MOREL-TROUILLOTS","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/valentin-morels-cotes-du-jura-chardonnay-les-trouillots-deslop.png?v=1784585837"},{"product_id":"valentin-morel-albinos-poulsard-natural-wine","title":"Valentin Morel Albinos Poulsard 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eValentin Morel Albinos Poulsard is a unique blanc de noirs (more like rosé de noirs) from Domaine Les Pieds sur Terre in Poligny, Jura. Made from 100% Poulsard grapes grown on marl-limestone soils, this wine undergoes direct pressing without maceration, creating a light, almost rosé-style white wine. The estate practices organic and biodynamic viticulture on 40-45 year-old vines. The wine ferments and ages in stainless steel tanks, bottled without added sulfites, fining, or filtration at 12% alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valentin Morel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50700667486424,"sku":"MOREL-ALBINOS","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/valentin-morel-albinos-poulsard-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784588055"},{"product_id":"valentin-morel-cotes-du-jura-poulsard-en-boutasse-natural-wine","title":"Valentin Morel Côtes du Jura Poulsard en Boutasse 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eValentin Morel Côtes du Jura Poulsard en Boutasse is produced at Domaine Les Pieds sur Terre in Poligny, Jura, from 100% Poulsard grapes grown on the \"En Boutasse\" terroir. The vines, approximately 35-40 years old, are cultivated using biodynamic farming practices on marl-limestone soils. Manual harvest and indigenous yeast fermentation preserve natural character. The wine undergoes eight months of aging in stainless steel tanks and is bottled unfiltered with no added sulfur.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valentin Morel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50700711755992,"sku":"MOREL-POULSARDBOUTASSE","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/valentin-morel-cotes-du-jura-poulsard-en-boutasse-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784588063"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/valentin-morel.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}