Benjamin Benoit is one of the most talked-about young growers in the Jura, and with good reason. Named the Guide Hachette Winemaker of the Year 2021—while only in his 20s!—he continues to turn heads today for his pioneering work on Ploussard, bottling multiple vineyard plots separately, to show just how nuanced this Jurassic grape can be, and that doesn’t take anything away from his superb work with Chardonnay, Savagnin, Trousseau and Pinot Noir. Both his work in the vines and the wines he is coaxing out of his hillside vineyards around the village of Pupillin remind us as much of top Burgundy as they do Jura. This should come as no surprise. A lot of Benoit’s inspiration and training was in Burgundy, with the likes of Charles Lachaux, Amélie Berthaut and Nicolas Faure. Despite his quick rise to fame, Benoit remains the epitome of a modest and grounded vigneron, never happier than when he is working in the vines. He farms organically, but with an intensity and attention to detail that is setting new standards for the Jura. Rows are worked carefully, canopies are allowed to grow high and untrimmed, and yields are kept in check. In the glass, the wines combine the energy and lift that define Jura with a level of precision and polish rarely found so early in a domaine’s life. There is clarity to the fruit, fine natural tension, and an unforced sense of detail that makes each cuvée feel distinctly shaped by site rather than technique. The Ploussards are particularly compelling—perfumed, savoury and finely detailed—while the whites balance texture and mineral drive.