Jura Flashcards
Red wines made in L’Etoile cannot be labeled as L’Etoile AOC.
What appellation most red wines produced in L’Etoile labeled as?
Cotes du Jura AOC
What is the largest AOC in Jura?
What is the second largest AOC?
- Arbois AOC
- Cotes du Jura AOC
Describe “Sous Voile”
- Not Vin Jaune aging process
- Wines removed early from the barrel are known as “Sous Voile” (under the veil)
- They have spent a shorter time than Vin Jaune gaining flor characteristics
- Wines made this way are usually labeled as “Tradition”
Name the winegrowing region associated with Revermont
Jura
Its narrow strip of land stretches around 100 km from Saint Amour in south to Salins-les-Bains.
What grape variety is used to make Cremant du Jura?
Chardonnay
What grape variety must be used for Vin Jaune in Cotes du Jura and Arbois AOC?
What grape variety cannot be used for Vin de Paille in Cotes du Jura and Arbois AOC?
- Savagnin
- Pinot Noir
What is the percentage of Jura’s total production carried out by the top three producers - on Co-Operative and Two Negociants)?
53%
(the top 11 producers are responsible for 60%)
True or False
Macvin can be produced with all five of the white and red authorized grape varieties in Jura
True
Name the grape variety that Savagnin’s pink skinned and aromatic variant.
And the pink skinned but non-aromatic variant.
- Gewurztraminer
- Savagnin Rose
Which three AOCs in Jura allow Vin de Paille (Straw wine - the sweet wine of Jura)?
- Cotes du Jura
- Arbois
- L’eEtoile
Which AOC in Jura only produces White wines?
L’Etoile AOC
- Dry White
- Vin de Paille (falls into “White” category even if red grapes are used (Poulsard)
- Vin Jaune
Define “OUILLE”
- Means “Topped Up” i.e. without Ullage (head space in barrel)
- Not legally defined
- Made reductively with minimum oxygen exposure
- Ouille appears most often on Savagnin labels as Savagnin is traditionally made oxidatively in Jura
- Ouille Savagnin wines in AOC Arbois are often labeled “NATURE”
- Chardonnay wines are normally topped up so Not typically labeled OUILLE
Who was the famous chemist and microbiologist born in the town of Dole which was at the heart of the Jura wine region in the nineteenth century?
Louis Pasteur
True or False
‘The lable of Vin Jaune from Chateua-Chalon may indicate the wine is for cellaring in French.
True
What is the percentage of Jura’s production in the France’s total wine production?
Less than 0.5% of France’s total wine production
What grape variety is considered to be the signature grape of Jura and native to Jura?
Savagnin
List FIVE grape variety in order of plantings in Jura (as of 2018).
- Chardonnay (43%)
- Savagnin (22%)
- Poulsard (14%)
- Pinot Noir (13%)
- Trousseau (8%)
Define “SOUS Voile”
- Means Under the Veil
- Aged under flor, with ULLAGE
- Start out being made like VIN JAUNE but are removed before they fully become VIN JAUNE
- Usually labeled TRADITION but like Oouille, the rerm is not legally defined
- Can be made from Savagnin, Chardonnay or blends of the two
Why is Guyot the most common training method used in Jura?
To minimize the number of pruining cuts and so to reduce the risk of Esca.
Most vines are cane pruned
Which grape variety in Jura makes up 37% of all the red varieties planted and is used for making Macvin du Jura nad Crement du Jura?
Pinot Noir
What wine style is the main focus of Jura today?
Cremant (29% of production)
Who was Jules Emile Planchon?
Along with Millardet, Planchon pioneered the grafting of French vines onto American rootstock. This is still how vines are protected from phylloxera.
What is the principal geological feature of Jura?
Saone Graben (Bresse Plan) (formed 23 million years ago) uplifted 5- 6 million years ago.
However the area was under water 160 million years ago with marine and sedeimentary deposits.
What is the most famous and unique of Jura specialities?
Vin Jaune
Define “Macvin”
- Macvin is fortifed grape must (a Mistelle like Pineau des Charentes and Floc de Gascogne)
- The must is either fresh or partially fermented and is fortified with marc - this marc has to be made from Jura wine and be barrel aged for 14 months
Which AOC region outside Jura is known for its Vin Jaune (aka Vin de Voile)?
Gaillac in South-West
How long Marc from the Jura region (to make Mcvin du Jura fortified wine) needs to be aged in barrel beofre being used. to fortify the must?
14 Months
DGC Pupillin in Arbois AOC, what name is Poulsard is known as?
Ploussard
Name an indigenous grape to Jura and makes up 40% of all the red grapes grown.
It also forms part of the blend for the sweet Vin de Paille.
Poulsard (site sensitive and difficult to grow)
What three factors that make Jura viticulture a difficult venture?
- Long, cold winters
- Steep slopes
- Risk of too much rain
What wine style and grape variety are permitted in Chateau-Challon AOC?
- Vin Jaune
- Savagnin
What are the four geographical AOCs in Jura?
- Arbois
- Chateau -Chalon
- L’Etoile
- Cotes du Jura
What is the aging requirement for Vin Jaune?
What is the requirment for the bottling?
- Not sold until 6 years and 3 months after the vintage
- Bottled in “CLAVELIN” - 620 ml bottle
Which are the top thee AOCs by production in Jura?
- Arbois AOC (31%)
- Cotes du Jura (30%)
- Cremant du Jura (29%)
Which Jura AOC has the wines that must be aged for at least 10 months?
Macvin de Jura AOC
What red grape variety planted in Jura in grown is Portugal as Bastardo?
Trousseau
Which DGG in Arbois AOC may be added to the village name on the label?
Pupillin
Describe “Ouille”
- Not a Vin Jaune aging process
- Wines aged with the barrel full are not typical for Savagnin in Jura
- These may be labeled “OUILLE” (without Ullage)
- Savagnin wines made this way in Arbois are often labled “NATURE”
Which grape variety is mostly used to make Cremant du Jura?
Chardonnay
88% pf Cremant is white
Traditional method, Aged on lees for a minimum of 9 months
What three grape varieites usually make up Vin de Paille?
Which grape variety is NOT allowed to be included in Vin de Paille?
- Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard (occasionally Trousseau may be sued)
- Pinot Noir is NOT allowed
Name the five principal grapes of Jura
- Chardonnay (2/3 of Jura’s white wine) - most in Cremant du Jura
- Savagnin (ideal for Vin Jaune - Yellow Wine)
- Poulsard (Ploussard in the village of Pupillin) -makes pale colored reds and roses including the sparkling Crement du Jura Rose
- Pinot Noir - mainly grown in the southern portion of the region
- Trousseau - 23% of all the red grapes planted in Jura
Who was Alexis Arpin (1867-1946) and what did he do to help Jura wines?
- Winegrower and Secretary of the Arobirs Viticulture Society
- Campainged against fraud
- Championed ideal of an appellation of controlled origin for Arbois
- Set the stage for Arboir to be among the firtst to receive AOC status in 1936
Who was Charles Rouget (1828-1899)?
What did he do in 1897?
- Winegrower from Salins-les-Bains
- Published a book about the grapes that were then grown in Jurai n 1897.
- Dealt with their synonyms, descriptions and histories
- Noted that identical grape varieties often had multiple synonyms - especially when grown on different sites and soils.
What is “CLAVELIN”?
620 ml bottle Vin Jaune must be bottled
What are typical soils in Jura?
Clay-Limestone-Marls
What is Vin Jaune?
Yellow wine of Jura
Long aged
Long lived
Oxidative wine
What grape variety native to Jura is related to all the following grape varieties:
- Sauvginon Blanc
- Chenin Blanc
- Petit Manseng
- Sylvaner
- Gewurztraminer
Savagnin
True or False
OUILLE, TRADITION and NATURE on Jura wine labels are NOT legally defined
True
How many AOCs in Jura?
Six AOCs
- Four cover geographical areas - two cover specific styles of wine across the enitre region
What is the second largest AOC in Jura after Arbois in size and volume?
Cotes du Jura AOC
What is typical soils of Jura?
Clay-Limestone marls
List the process of Vin Jaune winemaking process
- The grapes are fermented as for any white wine before the “Vin Jaune” aging process beings
- The wine is matured in old barrels with ullage allowing oxygen exposure and surface yeast to develop
- Aged for a minimum of 60 months
- The ULLAGE (Head Space) must remeain for the whole aging process
- The veil of yeast (Flor) covering the wine imparts sherry-like characteristics
- Barrels are stored above or below ground at ambient temperatures
Which grape grown in Jura can only be used for the Cremant du Jura AOC?
Pinot Gris
What is the aging requirement for Vin de Paille?
- After a minimum of 6 weeks to dry, it is then pressed and fermented between Dec and February
- At least 18 months in barrel and can be reasled after 36 months
- It is sold in 375 ml bottle
What grape varieties (2) White Macvin are used?
What grape varieties (3) Red and Rose Macvin are used?
- Chardonnay
- Savagnin
- Pinot Noir
- Poulsard
- Trousseau
Chateau-Chalon AOC only produces Vin Jaune but rarely stated on the label.
What term do Chateau-Chalon wines carry on the labels?
Vin de Garde (wine for cellaring)
What is the climate of Jura?
Continental climate with Alpine influences
Define “Ullage”
The ULLAGE (Head Space) is the space intentionally left in a barrel for oxygen exposure for aging Vin Jaune wine
Which two AOCs in Jura can only make white wines?
- L’Etoile
- Chateau-Chalon
What is the difference between the wines labeled with “TRADITION”, “OUILLE” and “NATURE”?
- TRADITION : Sous Voile (under the veil) aging shorter than Vin Jaune (wines removed erly from the barrel)
- “OUILLE” - Wines aged with the barrel full, not tyupical of Savagnin in Jura - (Without ULLAGE)
- “NATURE” - Savagnin wines makde with the :full: barrel and made this way in Arbois
What are TWO non-geogrpahical AOCs in Jura?
- Cremant de Jura AOC
- Macvin du Jura AOC
Jura is sandwitched by Switzerland and what wine growing area.
Burgundy
Chateau-Chalon AOC only permits Vin Jaune and Savagnin.
What appellation will be used if any other style or grape variety is made in Chateau-Chalon?
Cotes du Jura AOC
Is Red or White wine production dominated in Arbois AOC?
Red wine
What grape variety is used to produce Vin Jaune?
Savagnin (Natural high acidity makes it ideal for Jura’s long aged and long lived oxidative wine style)
Both Savagnin and Trousseau are susceptible to this disease.
What is it?
Esca Trunk disease
Fatal bacteria infection that develops from pruning wounds
What did Louis Pasteur discover to make winemaking more controllable than before?
Pasteur discovered yeast was responsible for fermentation.
True or False
Macvin be either red, white or rose.
True
Who was Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet and what achievement he is well known for?
- Jura born botanist and mycoloogist who studied vine diseases and taught at the University of Strasbourg, Nancy and Bordeaux
- While working in Bordeaux, he created the famous “bouillie bordelaise” - “Bordeaux Mixture” for spraying on the vines to combat mildew
Name four AOCs for Vin Jaune
- Arbois
- L’Etoile
- Cotes du Jura
- Chateau-Chalon