All About Jura Flashcards
Just south of Alsace, the ____ département shares a small portion of its eastern border with Switzerland.
Jura département
To the west of Jura lie the____and ____ départements of Burgundy.
Saône-et-Loire and Côte d’Or
The forested ____Mountains dominate the province, and provide a geographical measure of detachment that allows certain traditional wine styles and grapes to grow. The region lends its name to the Jurassic Era, where the geologic limestone formations of the age were first studied.
Jura Mountains
The region’s vineyards, found on the mountains’ lower slopes, rest upon these soils ____ and ____, with a substantial amount of ___ at the lowest sites. The Jura’s climate is continental, turning harshly cold in the wintertime.
Jurassic limestone and marl, with a substantial amount of clay at the lowest sites
Côtes du Jura AOP, has 3 main red grapes allowed for red wines which are?
Poulsard (Ploussard), Trousseau, and Pinot Noir
The dry whites of Jura AOP are typically__% Chardonnay (Gamay Blanc), although Savagnin—known locally as Naturé and elsewhere as Traminer, the relative of Gewurztraminer—may be added as a blending partner. Rosés can include all five grapes, and are usually made in the vin gris style.
100%
What is this local specialties of Jura? Describe vin jaune?
vin jaune is exclusively made from Savagnin– (French for “yellow wine”) is a special characteristic type of white wine made in the Jura region in eastern France. It is similar to dry fino Sherry and gets its character from being matured in a barrel under a film of yeast, known as the voile, on the wine’s surface. Vin jaune shares many similarities with Sherry, including some aromas, but unlike Sherry, it is not a fortified wine.
What is vin de paille?
Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but suitable for warmer climates. Sweet to very sweet white wines, similar in density and sweetness to Sauternes and capable of long life.
In Jura, this film is called the ____ , but it is similar to the more familiar “flor” in Sherry production. The yeast has many similar properties to “flor” but thrives better in a lower alcohol environment and develops less heavily and thickly than “flor” does.Takes two to three years to develop fully
voile (veil)
What is vin Gris style?
Vin gris is white wine made from red grapes, in particular pinot noir. Pinot noir is a black grape, but can also be used to make rosé or white wine. When the grapes are brought to the winery and crushed, the juice is run off and removed from contact with the skin, leaving the colour and flavour compounds from the skin behind. The juice is then typically fermented in stainless steel tanks before being bottled shortly after, without any aging in oak barrels.
What are some principle grapes of the Arbois AOP in Jura?
Styles and Encépagement W Varieties: Min. 80% combined Chardonnay and Savagnin
Accessory Varieties: Pinot Noir, Poulsard (Ploussard), and Trousseau
Rosé: Min. 80% combined Pinot Noir, Poulsard, and Trousseau
Accessory Varieties: Chardonnay and Savagnin
Rouge: As for Rosé
Vin de Paille: Poulsard, Trousseau, Chardonnay, Savagnin
Blanc “Vin Jaune”: 100% Savagnin
Arbois “Pupillin”
Assemblage: Blanc, Rouge, Rosé, and Vin de Paille wines may be single varietal wines or blends. Principal varieties must account for a majority of any blend.
What are some predominant grapes of the l’Etoile AOP of Jura?
Blanc: Min. 80% Chardonnay and/or Savagnin, plus Poulsard
Vin de Paille: Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard
Vin Jaune: 100% Savagnin
Assemblage: For blanc wines, Savagnin and/or Chardonnay must account for the majority of the blend.
Grapes of Chateau-Chalon AOP of Jura?
Blanc “Vin Jaune”: 100% Savagnin
Élevage: Wines must be aged until December 15 of the sixth year following the harvest, including at least 60 months under the “voile,” without topping up, and may be released on January 1 of the seventh year following the harvest. Château-Chalon wines must be bottled in a 62 cl “Clavelin”
Arbois, Jura’s leading wine village and home of Louis Pasteur, covers 12 communes producing all styles of Jura wine. A single commune, Pupillin, may append its name to Arbois? T or F
True
________, a white wine-only appellation in Jura, takes its name from a local fossil, shaped like a five-pointed star. The wines may contain Chardonnay, Poulsard, and Savagnin, and are generally bottled late in an oxidative style. Unfortunately, Jura requires intimate familiarity as producer styles vary—particularly with regard to freshness and oxidation in the whites.
L’Etoile AOP
_________ AOP is a commune—not a producer—specializing in the vin jaune, or yellow wine, of the Jura. Produced exclusively from Savagnin grapes grown on the local limestone and marl, the wine is deliberately oxidized and may age for decades. After fermentation, Savagnin—also called Naturé—is kept in barrel until December 15 of the sixth year following the harvest. The wine is not topped off during this period, and a voile, or veil, develops.
Château Chalon
Château Chalon wines must be bottled in a ______, a squat 62 cl bottle, and represent the classic vin jaune style. In poor vintages like 1980 or 1984, the Château Chalon wines may be declassified to the less-specific Côtes du Jura AOP.
clavelin
The golden ______, or straw wines, may be labeled as Arbois, L’Etoile or Côtes du Jura. To produce this rare nectar, ripe but not botrytised grapes are left to dry for a minimum of six weeks after harvest. Traditionally, the grapes are dried on straw mats, although they are often hung to dry or boxed in modern winemaking. As the grapes shrivel and raisinate, they achieve a must weight surpassing 320 grams per liter. Every element of the structure is concentrated; thus, the final wine maintains acidity, giving balance to the high levels of residual sugar and pronounced alcohol content of at least 14%. After fermentation, the wines are aged for a minimum three years before release, including an obligatory 18 months in neutral wood barrels.
vin de paille
Méthode traditionelle sparkling wines are released under the __________ AOP, a newer designation established in 1995.
Crémant du Jura
_________is produced as Macvin du Jura AOP, wherein aged Marc is added to unfermented grape must, resulting in a sweet, unfermented but alcoholic grape juice. Macvin du Jura may be red, white, or rosé, and must be aged for one year in oak after mutage.
Vin de liqueur
Which of the following communes produces vin jaune? • Crépy • Château Chalon • Seyssel • Heiligenstein • Bugey Cerdon
Château Chalon
Which of the following appellations produces vin de paille? • Alsace Grand Cru • Bugey • Vin de Savoie • Côtes de Jura • Château Chalon
Côtes de Jura
What is the Vin de Liqueur appellation of the Jura? • Crémant du Jura • Côtes du Jura • Macvin du Jura • L'Etoile • Floc de Gascogne
Macvin du Jura
Gewurztraminer is genetically linked to the grape of the Jura.
Savagnin
