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Domaine de la Pinte Trousseau Arbois 2018

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By Daniel Min · Tasted 2023-09-22 · Published 2026-09-30 · Updated 2026-09-30

In one paragraphDomaine de la Pinte Trousseau Arbois 2018 is a light red made from Trousseau by Domaine de la Pinte in Arbois, in France's Jura. The domaine was founded by Roger Martin in 1953, certified organic in 1999 and biodynamic in 2009, and now farms 34 hectares in Arbois and Pupillin (iDealwine). In May 1936 Arbois came first, alphabetically, among the six inaugural French AOCs. On Vivino the 2018 averages 3.9 from 153 ratings; Wine-Searcher lists one critic review at 90 and a world average of US$39 / 750ml (ex-tax, Sep 2026). I drank it with a grain dish in September 2023 and gave it 4.5 stars.

Domaine de la Pinte Trousseau Arbois 2018 bottle — my own photo, 2023.09 — Photo: Daniel Min, 2023.09 (Vivino log)

4.5

Father's rating / 5 ★★★★½

3.9

Vivino 2018 vintage average (153 ratings)

90 / 100 (one critic review on Wine-Searcher)

US$39

World average price (Wine-Searcher)

At a glance

Producer

Domaine de la Pinte

Region

France · Jura, Arbois

Grapes

100% Trousseau

Alcohol

13.5% (Vivino)

Style

Medium-bodied, high-acid light red (Vivino: French Jura Red)

Drinking window (Vivino)

2022–2028

Food pairing

Game (deer, venison), Appetizers and snacks, Mushrooms, Mild and soft cheese, Cured meat

World average price

US$39 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher world average, ex-tax, Sep 2026) · overseas retail US$43.05 (Ottawa, Canada, incl. 13% tax) to US$47.17 (Norway, incl. 25% tax)

In one line

4.5/5 — higher than Vivino's 3.9 average · world avg price US$39 · Arbois in the Jura, first in line on France's first list of AOCs in 1936.

One critic review on Wine-Searcher, at 90. Vivino shows no critic score.

Market note: World average US$39 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher, ex-tax, Sep 2026). Only three overseas sellers: Ottawa, Canada at US$43.05 and two in Norway at US$47.17 (tax included). The house's Savagnin is US$41 (89), its Vin Jaune US$103 (89), and its cheapest Poulsard US$21 (88).

Father's note — Daniel Min

Original author of the notes

2023-09-22 4.5 ★★★★½

“갯장어와 곡물(숭늉 느낌의)을 함께한 음식을 함께 마리아주했다. 소믈리에 분께서 쥐라의 특성이 곡물과 잘 어울린다고 해서 추천을 해주셨는데 너무 잘 어울려서 깜짝 놀랐다. 와인만 먹었을 때는 꽤 괜찮은 정도라고 생각했는데 곡물과 만나니 훌륭한 와인으로 변해있었다. 쥐라도 궁금해졌다. 역시 페어링은 하는 재미가 있다.”

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“갯장어와 곡물(숭늉느낌의)을 함께한 음식을 함께 마리아주했다. 소믈리에 분께서 쥐라의 특성이 곡물과 잘어울린다고 해서 추천을 해주셨는데 너무 잘 어울려서 깜짝 놀랐다. 와인만 먹었을때는 꽤 괜찮은 정도라고 생각했는데 곡물과 만나니 훌륭한 와인으로 변해있었다. 쥐라도 궁금해졌다. 역시 페어링은 하는재미가 있다.”

Min Haru Aspiring sommelier Level 1 · Cork

Red fruitSpiceEarth & leatherA memory from September, at twenty-five

In the scent column: 'raspberry, cherry, pomegranate, white pepper, clove — rounder after the scorched rice.' At the end of the line I added one more, in Dad's way of speaking: now I'm curious about the Jura too.

Saturday. As I sat down, Master Seo set a small dish beside my glass: a few pieces of golden, crisp scorched rice. 'Wine alone first. Then chew a piece of this, and drink again.'

The wine was clear and pale red. Raspberry, cherry, pomegranate seeds, white pepper, a little clove at the end. The first sip was tart and light. Fine — just about that. But after chewing the scorched rice and drinking again, the same glass turned round. The fruit rose up sweet, and the acidity leaned back against the toasty, nutty taste. That toasty smell opened the kitchen on a September night when I was twenty-five.

Twenty-five, a Friday night in the fourth week of September. Dad came home close to midnight. Without taking off his coat he opened the rice cooker and scraped the rice stuck to the bottom with the paddle. Would I make some sungnyung, he asked — the tea you boil from scorched rice. While I poured water into a pot and dropped in the rice, Dad sat at the table. Tonight a red wine, paired with a grain dish, had turned into someone else, he said. The sommelier there had recommended it, and he'd been startled. He took a spoonful of the sungnyung and laughed: this was the taste. I wasn't there, and I never saw the bottle. I don't know its name. I only remember the steam rising from the pot.

In the notebook, that day had four lines. The second was long. He'd drunk it with conger eel and a grain dish like sungnyung. On its own it had seemed fairly good, but 'meeting the grain, it had turned into a great wine.' Four and a half stars. The bottle was Domaine de la Pinte Trousseau Arbois. I stuck on the wine-name Post-it. The fourth line was the name from page fifty-two, Far Niente. The night I boiled sungnyung and the morning his butter knife stopped were the two ends of one night. Probably Dad wanted sungnyung because he wanted to check once more, at home, why the taste had changed.

When I'd finished the glass I asked where this wine came from. Master Seo answered briefly, and Minjae, beside me, added something from the supermarket.

After closing, page fifty-three of the new notebook. In the scent column: 'raspberry, cherry, pomegranate, white pepper, clove — rounder after the scorched rice.' At the end of the line I added one more, in Dad's way of speaking: now I'm curious about the Jura too.

Haru — Saturday. A dish of scorched rice beside the glass. 'Wine alone first. Then chew a piece, and again.' — **Haru** Saturday. A dish of scorched rice beside the glass. 'Wine alone first. Then chew a piece, and again.'

What this wine is

The Jura is a small region on the mountain slopes east of Burgundy, running toward the Swiss border. Its main town is Arbois. When France legally created its first six AOCs on 15 May 1936, Arbois came first on the list, alphabetically (Wine with Seth; wein.plus calls it the first area classified). It is also where Louis Pasteur grew up and did his fermentation research. The vineyard Pasteur bought in 1874 still belongs to the French Academy of Sciences (Wine with Seth).

Domaine de la Pinte was founded in 1953 by Roger Martin on a piece of land in Arbois called 'La Pinte à la Capitaine'. His son Pierre Martin expanded it to 34 hectares across Arbois and Pupillin. It was certified organic in 1999 and biodynamic in 2009 (iDealwine). Savagnin makes up half of those 34 hectares; Trousseau covers just two.

Trousseau is one of the Jura's three red grapes. Compared with its neighbour Poulsard it gives deeper colour, riper fruit and firmer structure, and it ripens best on the warm gravelly soils near the town of Arbois (Wine with Seth).

Haru — Twenty-five, a Friday night in late September. While I boiled sungnyung, Dad said: 'With the grain it became someone else.' — **Haru** Twenty-five, a Friday night in late September. While I boiled sungnyung, Dad said: 'With the grain it became someone else.'

What the world says

Wine-Searcher lists one critic review, at 90. Vivino shows no critic score.

On Vivino the 2018 averages 3.9 from 153 ratings: four fives, 87 fours, 57 threes, four twos and one one. The label as a whole averages 3.9 from 623, and every vintage with more than 30 ratings sits between 3.8 and 4.1. The suggested drinking window is 2022–2028.

"Red fruit, cherry, raspberry, clove, nutmeg." — Vivino review, Jul 2022, 3.9 stars

Red fruit (31) leads the keywords, followed by cherry, raspberry, pomegranate and cranberry. Spices such as pepper and menthol (9), earthy and mineral notes (8), clove and nutmeg (8), and cheese and yeast (6) also appear. Structure shows high acidity at 4.4, intensity 2.9, tannin 3.1 and sweetness 1.9 — a light, tangy red.

The world average is US$39 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher, ex-tax, Sep 2026). There are only three overseas sellers: Ottawa, Canada at US$43.05 and Norway at US$47.17 (both tax included).

Minjae — Seo: 'It's the Jura. Where Pasteur grew up.' Minjae: 'Serve light reds a little cool.' — **Minjae** Seo: 'It's the Jura. Where Pasteur grew up.' Minjae: 'Serve light reds a little cool.'

How I drank it

September 22, 2023, 4.5 stars. I logged four lines that day: Paques et Fils Origine Brut Premier Cru 2014 (4.5), this one, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020 (3.5, paired with Ibérico pork), and Far Niente Chardonnay 2019 (4).

I drank this with a dish of conger eel and grains that tasted like sungnyung, the Korean scorched-rice tea. The sommelier recommended it, saying Jura wines go well with grains. On its own I thought it was fairly good; with the grain it had turned into a great wine. It matched so well that I was startled, I wrote. Now I was curious about the Jura too — pairing really is fun.

My 4.5 is 0.6 above the community's 3.9. The difference came from the plate, not the bottle. My 'fairly good' was probably close to the community's 3.9; the other 0.6 was the grain's share. Before this entry, there was no Jura wine in my notes.

Haru — Page fifty-three. 'Rounder after the scorched rice.' And one line in Dad's voice: now I'm curious about the Jura too. — **Haru** Page fifty-three. 'Rounder after the scorched rice.' And one line in Dad's voice: now I'm curious about the Jura too.

Vivino community data

2018 vintage rating distribution (153 ratings, average 3.9)

5★		4 (3%)
4★		87 (57%)
3★		57 (37%)
2★		4 (3%)
1★		1 (1%)

Most-mentioned aromas

Family	Mentions	Top keywords
Red fruit	31	red fruit 12 · cherry 7 · raspberry 5 · pomegranate 3 · cranberry 2
Spice	9	pepper 3 · menthol 2 · white pepper 2 · mint 1 · savory 1
Earth & leather	8	earthy 3 · minerals 3 · smoke 1 · tree bark 1
Oak	8	clove 3 · nutmeg 2 · oak 2 · tobacco 1
Aging & yeast	6	cheese 3 · yeast 2 · cream 1

Structure: Acidity 4.4/5 · Intensity 2.9/5 · Tannin 3.1/5 · Sweetness 1.9/5

Average by vintage (all vintages: 623 ratings, average 3.9)

Vintage	Average	Ratings
2014	4.1	31
2015	3.8	63
2016	4	66
2017	4	65
2018	3.9	153
2020	3.8	68
2022	3.8	32
2023	4	33

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of wine is Domaine de la Pinte Trousseau?

A light red made from Trousseau by Domaine de la Pinte in Arbois, Jura (founded 1953, biodynamic certified 2009). The 2018 averages 3.9 on Vivino (153 ratings), with one critic review at 90 on Wine-Searcher.

How much does it cost?

Wine-Searcher's world average is US$39 per 750ml (ex-tax, Sep 2026). Overseas retail: US$43.05 in Canada and US$47.17 in Norway (tax included).

What food goes with it?

The Vivino community suggests game, snacks, mushrooms, mild cheese and cured meat. I drank it with conger eel and a scorched-rice-style grain dish, and it was far better than on its own.

How is Trousseau different from Poulsard?

Both are Jura red grapes. Poulsard is very pale and light. Trousseau is deeper in colour, riper in fruit and firmer in structure, and ripens well on the warm gravelly soils near Arbois (Wine with Seth).

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Domaine de la Pinte Trousseau Arbois 2018

At a glance

In one line

Father's note — Daniel Min

What this wine is

What the world says

How I drank it

Vivino community data

2018 vintage rating distribution (153 ratings, average 3.9)

Most-mentioned aromas

Average by vintage (all vintages: 623 ratings, average 3.9)

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