Jungpana Tea Estate

Jungpana Tea Estate's distinctive contribution to Darjeeling is their focus on clonal variety tea plants — specific cultivar selections (AV2, B157, TV1) chosen for exceptional muscatel character expression. Their second flush clonal muscatel, produced from specific cultivar blocks at optimal elevation, achieves a precision of character impossible with the more variable Chinese-type (sinensis) seed-grown plants.

Jungpana's clonal expressions represent a kind of precision that is unique in the Darjeeling landscape — rather than blending across the estate, they produce cultivar-specific teas that demonstrate how individual plant genetics shape character within a single terroir. For sommeliers, this maps directly to the concept of clonal selection in viticulture.