L'Oiseau Rôdeur

Jura, France

L'Oiseau Rôdeur is a natural wine estate founded in 2021 by Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier, based in Poligny, Jura, France. The duo — career-changers drawn to wine — trained with respected Jura estates including Les Pieds sur Terre, Les Bottes Rouges, and Nicolas Jacob before launching their own project. Working across approximately 4–5.5 hectares in Poligny and Grozon, they produce clean, terroir-driven wines using organic farming and minimal-intervention winemaking. Their first vintage was released in 2023, sourced in part from a treasured 50-year-old parcel that anchors the domaine's range.

Winemaking Philosophy

Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier's approach is rooted in a clear, uncompromising vision: to produce wines that faithfully and precisely reflect the Jura terroir. Their goal is not stylistic intervention but transparency — wines that speak of their place with clarity and honesty. In the cellar, fermentations are conducted exclusively with indigenous yeasts, and wines are bottled without filtration or fining, with sulfites kept to a strict minimum.

At a Glance

2021

Founded

5.5 ha

Hectares

Region

Jura, France

Grapes

Savagnin, Chardonnay, Trousseau, Pinot Noir, Poulsard

Farming

L'Oiseau Rôdeur practices organic agriculture across all parcels, converted from the very first year of establishment.

Harvest

Harvests are carried out by hand to preserve fruit integrity and ensure only healthy, intact grapes enter the cellar..

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Décors

2023 · Still · White · 12%

Trousseau

Décors is L'Oiseau Rôdeur's white-from-Trousseau bottling, a direct-press of the Jura's red grape that pulls a pale, savoury wine out of fruit normally vinified for the cellar's reds. Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier founded the 4-hectare Poligny estate in 2021 after training at Les Pieds sur Terre, Les Bottes Rouges and Nicolas Jacob. The cellar follows a strict natural template: native-yeast fermentation, no fining or filtration, no added sulphur. The Triassic marl substrate around Poligny gives the wine its salinity and tension. 12% alcohol; an unusual pale white for sommeliers wanting Jura provenance with a non-textbook starting point.

Direct press of Trousseau

Jours Brumeux

2023 · Still · White · 12%

75% Chardonnay 25% Savagnin

Jours Brumeux is L'Oiseau Rôdeur's classic Jura white blend, 75% Chardonnay and 25% Savagnin, the canonical pairing of the region. Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier started the 4-hectare Poligny estate in 2021 after training at notable Jura natural-wine cellars (Les Pieds sur Terre, Les Bottes Rouges, Nicolas Jacob). The cellar protocol on every cuvée is identical: native-yeast fermentation, no fining or filtration, no added sulphur. The Triassic-marl substrate around Poligny lends the saline, almost bitter-edged tension that distinguishes serious Jura whites from their Burgundian cousins to the west. 12% alcohol gives a brisk, low-key white built around acid and minerality rather than ripeness or oak.

Direct press of Chardonnay and Savagnin

Bagatelle

2023 · Still · Red · 12%

Pinot Noir

Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier started L'Oiseau Rôdeur in 2021 in Poligny (Jura), now farming around 4 hectares. Both trained at notable Jura natural cellars (Les Pieds sur Terre, Les Bottes Rouges, Nicolas Jacob) before going independent. The estate's stated aim is clean, precise wines built on the Jura's marl-and-limestone substrate. Bagatelle is the cellar's red, vinified destemmed and macerated for around a week before ageing in tank on the iridescent Triassic marls of the En Trouillot Bâtard lieu-dit. The 2023 release leans on Pinot Noir; the cuvée has since evolved into a four-grape co-ferment in subsequent vintages. Native yeasts, no fining or filtration, no added sulphur. 12% alcohol; bright, light, savoury, very Jura.

2-week maceration, whole-bunch

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