Jura

Question 1

Where is Jura located?

Answer 1

Just south of Alsace, the Jura département shares a small portion of its eastern border with Switzerland and east of Burgundy.

Question 2

Jura’s soils and climate?

Answer 2

Jurassic limestone and marl, with a substantial amount of clay at the lowest sites. The Jura’s climate is continental, turning harshly cold in the wintertime and high rainfall.

Question 3

Which is the wider appellation of Jura?

Answer 3

Côtes du Jura AOP, covering wines of all three colors

Question 4

Which are the 3 main red grape varieties of Jura?

Answer 4

Poulsard (Ploussard), Trousseau, and Pinot Noir

Question 5

The dry whites are made from?

Answer 5

Chardonnay (Gamay Blanc) and Savagnin—known locally as Naturé and elsewhere as Traminer, the relative of Gewurztraminer—may be added as a blending partner. (Chardonnay and/or Savagnin must equal at least 80% of the blend.)

Question 6

Rose is made from which grapes and in which style?

Answer 6

Rosés can include all five grapes (Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Savagnin) and are usually made in the vin gris style.

Question 7

Which grapes are used in Vin de Paille and Vin Jaune?

Answer 7

Pinot Noir is excluded from vin de paille production, and vin jaune is exclusively made from Savagnin

Question 8

Name the three communal appellations of Jura

Answer 8

Arbois AOP, L’Etoile AOP, and Château Chalon AOP

Question 9

What style of wine is produced in Arbois AOP?

Answer 9

all styles and its the main village of Jura

Question 10

What did Louis Pasteur and where was from?

Answer 10

Arbois and discoverd mollecular asymetri and pasteuriazation

Question 11

How many communes has Arbois and which is the only one permitted on labels?

Answer 11

12 with only Pupillin permitted

Question 12

L’Etoile’s meaning and what style is being produced?

Answer 12

only whites including Vin Jaune and Vin de Paille and wines may contain Chardonnay, Poulsard, and Savagnin and are generally bottled late in an oxidative style and takes its name from a local fossil, shaped like a five-pointed star

Question 13

Yields in Jura?

Answer 13

Blanc: 60 hl/ha
Rouge/Rosé: 55 hl/ha
Vin de Paille: 20 hl/ha
Chateau Chalon: 30 hl/ha

Question 14

Chateau Chalon produces?

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

Vin jaune is released after?

Answer 15

is kept in barrel under flor 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

Question 16

Describe the style of Vin jaune

Answer 16

The resulting wine is aldehydic, with nutty, almost curried flavor carried on a delicate, dry palate

Question 17

Chateau Chalon is bottled in?

Answer 17

Château Chalon wines must be bottled in a clavelin, a squat, 62-centiliter bottle

Question 18

What happens in poor vintages (eg 1980 or 84) in Chateau Chalon?

Answer 18

wines may be declassified to the less-specific Côtes du Jura AOP

Question 19

The golden vin de paille, or “straw wines,” may be labeled as?

Answer 19

Arbois, L’Etoile, or Côtes du Jura

Question 20

How vin de paille is produced?

Answer 20

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 residual sugar levels are typically 70–120 g/L) 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.

Question 21

What is the vin de liquer of Jura, how is made and grape varieties and requirements

Answer 21

Vin de liqueur is produced as Macvin du Jura AOP, for which 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 10 months in oak after mutage.

Question 22

Méthode traditionelle sparkling wines are released under?

Answer 22

Crémant du Jura AOP, a designation established in 1995. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and/or Trousseau must comprise a minimum of 70% of the cuvée. Rosés must contain a minimum of 50% gray or black varieties.

Question 23

Name some top producers of Jura

Answer 23

Anne et Jean Francois Ganevat, Benedicte &Stephane Tissot, Jacques Puffeney, Lucien Aviet, Emmanuel Houillon, Maison Pierre Overnoy, Caves Jean Bourdy, Domaine de Montbourgeau, Domaine Jean Macle, Domaine Berthet-Bondet, Domaine de l’Aigle à Deux Têtes

Question 24

Name some top producers from Chateau Chalon

Answer 24

Domaine Berthet-Bondet, Domaine Jean Bourdy, André et Mireille Tissot, Fruitière Vinicole de Voiteur (one of the oldest cooperatives), Domaine de Montbourgeau

Question 25

Which is Jura’s largest producer?

Answer 25

Fruitière Vinicole d’Arbois with 270 ha under vine

Question 26

Name the 2 top producers from L’Etoile

Answer 26

Domaine de Montbourgeau and Nicolas Jacob

Question 27

Name some top producers from Arbois

Answer 27

Benedicte &Stephane Tissot, Jacques Puffeney, Emmanuel Houillon, Henri Maire, Lucien Aviet

Question 28

A few words on Jean Francois Ganevat

Answer 28

Jean-François Ganevat (known as Fanfan) is a well-regarded, minimal interventionist wine producer based in the commune of Rotalier (more precisely in the hamlet of La Combe de Rotalier), in the mountainous Jura wine region of eastern France. The domaine has been family-owned since 1650 and is currently run by Jean-François Ganevat, who previously trained and worked at Domaine Jean-Marc Morey in Chassagne-Montrachet. The 8.5-hectare (21-acre) estate is certified biodynamic and planted to 17 different local red and white varieties and creates a stunning number of cuvées, ranging between thirty-five and forty every year. While the domaine produces single varietal Côtes du Jura AOP wines from estate-grown fruit, it also sources wine grapes from Alsace, Savoie, and Beaujolais to make appellation Vin de France cuvées. These cuvées, blended with purchased and estate-grown grapes, allow the winemaker the ability to use all indigenous varieties and craft unique, albeit declassified, wines. While in the Jura many of the wines go through a traditional, intentional oxidation Jean-François aims to lend a greater lightness and elegance to wines of this style than are typical. He gravitates toward the Burgundian style ageing and the whites mature on the less from two to eleven years!