Jura

Question 1

What does “Sous Voile” signify on a bottle of Jura wine?

Answer 1

The wine has been made with controlled exposure to oxygen, under a surface layer (or veil) of yeast

Question 2

What is Louis Pasteur’s contribution to winemaking?

Answer 2

Pasteur discovered that a microbe he named “yeast” is responsible for fermentation

Question 3

What is Jura’s “Vin de Paille?”

Answer 3

Wine made with air-dried grapes

Question 4

What is Macvin du Jura?

Answer 4

Fortified grape must

Question 5

Does the Jura produce more white or red wine?

Answer 5

white

Question 6

What are the five permitted grapes in the Jura?

Answer 6

Chardonnay, Savagnin Blanc, Poulsard, Pinot Noir, Trousseau

Question 7

Name of the grape indigenous to the Jura and known for making “almost-red” wines?

Answer 7

Poulsard

Question 8

Which Jura region produces more red than white wine?

Answer 8

Arbois AOC

Question 9

What grape is the most widely planted in Jura?

Answer 9

Chardonnay

Question 10

What was Charles Rouget’s contribution to winemaking?

Answer 10

Rouget noted that the same grape variety can be given different names in different places

Question 11

What two Jura AOCs represent styles of wine rather than geographic locations?

Answer 11

Macvin du Jura AOC
Crémant du Jura AOC

Question 12

What is the climate of the Jura?

Answer 12

Semi-continental

Question 13

What is “ullage”?

Answer 13

The controlled exposure of oxygen to wine in a barrel that is not filled completely

Question 14

A Vin Jaune labeled “vin de garde” is intended for:

Answer 14

cellaring

Question 15

What Jura AOC grows only Sauvignon Blanc?

Answer 15

Château- Chalon AOC

Question 16

What’s the largest Jura AOC by volume and geographic size?

Answer 16

Arbois AOC

Question 17

What Jura AOC produces only Vin Jaune?

Answer 17

Château-Chalon AOC

Question 18

What Jura native created “Bordeaux Mixture” for treating mildew and pioneered the grafting of French vines onto American rootstock?

Answer 18

Alexis Mllardet

Question 19

Melon d’Arbois, Melon a Queue Rouge, and Gamay blanc are all the same name for what grape?

Answer 19

Chardonnay (the main grape in Crémant du Jura)

Question 20

What does “Ouillé” mean on a bottle of Jura wine?

Answer 20

wine that has been made reductively, with minimum oxygen exposure

Question 21

What three Jura AOCs produce Vin de Paille?

Answer 21

Arbois AOC
L’Etoile AOC
Côtes du Jura AOC

Question 22

What is the sole grape used in the production of the Jura’s Vin Jaune?

Answer 22

Savagnin Blanc

Question 23

What is a “clavelin”?

Answer 23

A 620 ml bottle used in the Jura for Vin Jaune

Question 24

This small town takes its name from two Celtic words, which translates as “fertile land”.

Answer 24

Arbois: (towns of “ar” and “bos”) Largest AOC of the Jura (volume & size)

Question 25

Who was Alexis Arpin and why is he so important?

Answer 25

He was secretary of the Arbois Viticulture society. He is important as he set the stage for AOC approval. (He initiated a certificated of origin for the Arbois winegrowers back in the 1906 in order to protect the region against fraud.)

Question 26

True of False: Soil in Arbois has more outcrops of red marl and heavier clay than growing areas further south.

Answer 26

True. (Classic gray marl is here as well)

Question 27

What are the %’s for reds and whites respectively for Arbois?

Answer 27

70% - red/ 30% whites; all five grape varieties are grown and all styles are made here

Question 28

What are the two authorized white grapes for Arbois?

Answer 28

Chardonnay (66%)
Savagnin (34%)

Question 29

What are the three authorized red grapes?

Answer 29

Poulsard (40%)
Pinot Noir (37%)
Trousseau (23%)

Question 30

What is the name of Pupillin’s sub-appellation?

Answer 30

Arbois-Pupillin

Question 31

What is the name of the AOC that comprises 125 acres/50 ha of Savagnin and the AOC name may only be used for wine made as “Vin Jaune”.

Answer 31

Château-Chalon AOC

Question 32

True of False: Declassified Château-Chalon can be bottled as AOC’s: Côtes du Jura Vin Jaune or Côtes du Jura Savagnin

Answer 32

True- vineyard is evaluated each year with regard to the grape’s alcoholic potential, state of health and yield. If it’s found to be unsatisfactory- it’s declassified to one of two AOC’s

Question 33

Name four years where vineyards of Château-Chalon AOC got “declassified”

Answer 33

1974, 1980, 1984, 2001

Question 34

Wines made from grapes other than Savagnin must also be bottled as:

Answer 34

Côtes du Jura

Question 35

How doe “L’Etoile” derive it’s name? (Hint: there are two ways)

Answer 35

1) wine region is surrounded by five hills that form points of a star

2) vineyards, while comprised of the usual clay-limestone marls, have more limestone than other areas and are dotted with star-shaped “pentacrin” fossils

Question 36

What is the second and third most planted variety in L’Etoile after Chardonnay?

Answer 36

followed by Savagnin & then Poulsard

Question 37

True of False: Vin de Paille falls into the “white” category even if red grapes are incorporated

Answer 37

True

Question 38

What are red wines labeled as in L’Etoile AOC?

Answer 38

Côtes du Jura AOC

Question 39

What appellation is the second largest AOC? (is this AOC in the northern or southern Jura region?)

Answer 39

Côtes du Jura AOC (southern region)

Question 40

How many villages and acres/ha does Côtes du Jura AOC have?

Answer 40

105 villages and 1,600 acres/ 640 ha