Why it matters
The producer
Domaine L'Aigle À Deux Têtes is Henri Le Roy's small southern Jura estate, built from scattered parcels around Grusse and Vincelles. Its most clearly documented wine, Les Clous Poulsard, links a local grape to a named marl parcel and a cellar method designed to limit oxidative contact. The bottle is light in colour, bright in acidity and carried by red fruit rather than weight.
Le Roy studied oenology in Beaune, bought Jura parcels in 2004 and made his first vintage in 2005. The estate now produces about 15,000 bottles in a favourable growing vintage, and regularly fewer than 10,000. That scale keeps the range close to the vineyards, with each documented bottle carrying a specific place and grape instead of a broad industrial blend.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Grusse and Vincelles place the domaine in the southern Jura, where white and grey-blue marls are rich in limestone. Those soils are described as giving the plantings a firm, saline edge, a useful contrast to the generous red-fruit character of Poulsard. The documented bottle is named Les Clous Poulsard, joining parcel and grape in the label rather than relying on a stated village classification.
The grape is Poulsard, a red variety presented here in a wine so clear that it could pass for rosé. At 13% alcohol, Les Clous Poulsard carries strawberry, raspberry and floral aromas while bright acidity keeps the palate dry and mobile.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
The vineyard work begins with herbicide-free rows and organic principles, but no formal certification claim is attached to that practice. In the cellar, native yeasts carry fermentation, while ouillé vessels are kept topped up to limit air contact. Sulfur dioxide is added only at bottling. These decisions favour a wine profile built around red fruit, floral lift, bright acidity and a clean, dry finish.
Les Clous receives the most complete vineyard description: 100% Poulsard, planted in 2010, south-facing, and rooted in blue-grey and white marl at 250 to 280 metres. The parcel gives the bottle its pale colour and red-fruited shape, while the cellar keeps the palate lively rather than oxidative.
Wines to know
The range in view
Les Clous Poulsard 2023 is the fully documented centre of the range. It is a dry red made from 100% Poulsard, with a colour light enough to resemble rosé, red and purple flowers, bright acidity and measured grip. Raspberry, wild strawberry, redcurrant and forest floor place the fruit in a distinctly Jura register, while the 13% alcohol keeps the wine light on its feet.
The range also includes Les Clous Savagnin Naturé 2023. Its name establishes a separate cuvée, but the available detail does not establish its complete grape treatment, cellar method or tasting profile. Les Clous Poulsard remains the bottle with enough documented vineyard, winemaking and sensory information to describe the estate's range with confidence.
A useful way in
A bottle to begin with
Choose Les Clous Poulsard 2023. It comes from the south-facing Les Clous parcel, planted entirely to Poulsard in 2010 on blue-grey and white marl at 250 to 280 metres. In the glass, its 13% alcohol, pale colour, strawberry and raspberry fruit, floral lift and bright acidity show how a red Jura wine can feel vivid without heaviness. The stated drinking period is 2025 to 2035, giving the bottle a useful window from immediate freshness into a more developed expression of its red fruit and earthy notes.