Jura Flashcards
Jura has what % of land under vine in France?
0.5%
It was once ten times this size
Account for radical reduction in Jura land under vine
Century after 1850: mildew, phylloxera, railway between Paris and south, world wars
Important local grapes in Jura: one white, two red
white: Savignin
red: Poulsard, Trousseau
Vin Jaune accounts for what % of Jura production
5%
Climate in Jura
Moderate continental
Relatively high rainfall (1,100mm)
Lots of rain during growing season
Jura: what is the impact of rain during growing season?
Early summer: flowering and fruit set (reduce yield); excess rain make vines hard to work
Long periods of wet (with heavy clay soils) = weed control and combat fungal, add cost
Topography of Jura vineyards
West-facing slopes of the Jura Mountains
250-400m
Clay and marl, limestone
Jura: grass between rows enables what
Limit use of herbicide to ground immediately below the vines
Vine training in Jura
Replacement cane pruned (high enough off ground to prevent frost)
VSP (airflow = less fungal pressure)
Hand or machine harvest in Jura
Both
Machine increasingly popular except where slopes too steep
How are yields performing in Jura
Generally much lower than permitted
red wine; 23hl/ha in 2017 (less than half permitted amount)
A lot of Jura Chardonnay used for what?
Crémant de Jura
Savagnin makes what wine styles
Conventional and oxidative styles (including Vin Jaune)
Savagnin style (conventional wines)
High acid
Medium (-) lemon and apple
Medium body
Medium alcohol
Savignin grape characteristics
Buds early (spring forst) Thick-skinned, good resistance to fingal
Poulsard aka
Ploussard
Most planted black variety in Jura?
Poulsard
When does Poulsard bud?
Very early
Threat of frost
Poulsard is thin skinned. So what?
Prone to fungal disease
Needs a lot of attention in vineyard = cost
Poulsard wine style
Very pale ruby Low intensity red fruit (redcurrant, cranberry) low tannins high acid medium (-) alcohol light body
Second most platned black variety in Jura?
Pinot Noir
Trousseau has thick skins. So what?
Resists fungal disease (but can suffer from BBR)
Issues with Trousseau in the vineyard
Prone to poor flowering
Coulure
Vigour (needs careful canopy mgmt)
Trousseau wine style
Pale ruby Low intensity red fruit (cherry) Low to medium tannins Medium to high acid Medium (-) alcohol Light to medium (-) body
Jura: Savagnin and Chardonnay (conventional) fermented in what? What temp?
Stainless steel/old wood
Mid-range temeprature (fruity ester not desired)
Malo common
Malo in conventional Jura whites?
Common
Jura reds: macerate on skins?
5-10 days for most red wines (short)
Carbonic or semi-carbonic maceration in Jura reds?
Sometimes for Poulsard
Fruity style
Make a more structured Jura red (from e.g. Trousseau or Pinot Noir) how?
Keep on skins for longer = more falvour concentration, more tannin
How is Vin Jaune made?
Ferment Savagnin to dryness Age it in barrels with a headspace Thin layer of flor-type yeast (Le Voile) develops Minimum 5 years of voile Minimum 6 years in barrel
Name of flor-type yeast in Jura for Vin Jaune?
le voile
Jura: Le Voile created naturally or artificially?
Either
Cultured yeast can create it or else let it happen nature: well-ventilated cellar with seasonal temperature changes
Vin Jaune style
Medium lemon to medium gold Pronounced bread dough, walnuts, ginger, green apple High acid Dry High alcohol Medium body
Vin de Paille in Jura: what grape is not allowed?
Pinot Noir
Jura: Vin de Paille made how?
Sweet, grapes are dried off the vine
Age in oak 18 mths
Release no sooner than 3 years after vintage
Name of regional AOC in Jura
Cotes du Jura AOC
Land under vine Cotes du Jura AOC
560ha
(5) styles of wine made in Cotes du Jura AOC
White Red Rosé Vin Jaune Vin de Paille
(presumably Cremant too)
Most wine in Cotes du Jura AOC is what colour/style
White
Normal
Most of Jura’s red wines made in what AOC
Arbois AOC
Chateau Chalon AOC produces what wine style only
Vin Jaune
L’Etoile AOC produces what wine styles
Whites only
inc. Vin Jaune and Vin de Paille
For whites in Jura (exc. Vin Jaune and Vin de Paille), which grape varieties combined must be 80%
Savagnin
Chardonnay
Max yields in Jura
White: 60hl/ha
Red: 55hl/ha
Vin Jaune: 60hl/ha
Vin de Paille: 20hl/ha
Jura: Clavelin capacity
62cl
What is a Clavelin
62cl bottle for Vin Jaune
Breakdown of producers in Jura
Estates: 50%
Negociant: 30%
Co-ops: 20%
Which three companies account for nearly 50% of Jura wine?
La Maison de Vigneron (GCF)
Fruitiere Vinicole d’Arbois
Henri Maire (Boisset)
% of organic viticulture in Jura?
20%
twice French national average
Annual wine fair held in Jura?
Percée du Vin Jaune
