To say that Jean-Claude Masson’s vineyards are in a unique site would be an understatement : they lie under the dramatic cliff of the Mont Granier, the Northern tip of La Grande Chartreuse, the Great Wall of limestone that guards the pre-Alps and the famous monastery who gave us its liquor. Masson pushes the local Jacquère to greatness; there is no oak, no tricks, just a phenomenal energy that seem to come from this very mountain and a natural amplitude that fits like a glove the winemaker’s personality, like a fresh and powerful torrent.