Jura

Question 1

What grape is used in Vin Jaune?

Answer 1

Savagnin

It’s ideal due to its high acidity

Question 2

Why style of wine does the Poulsard grape produce?

Answer 2

Pale-colored reds and rosés
Sparkling Crémant du Jura Rosé
Part of the blend in Vin de Paille

Question 3

Who wrote an ampelographic compendium in 1897?

Answer 3

Charles Rouget

Question 4

Who created the Bordeaux Mixure?

Answer 4

Millardet

Question 5

Who discovered the fact that identical grapes had different names in different areas?

Answer 5

Charles Rouget

Question 6

Who determined that yeast were the cause of alcoholic fermentation?

Answer 6

Louis Pasteur

Question 7

Who championed the AOC system in France?

Answer 7

Alexis Arpin

Question 8

What is the most common vine training method in Jura?

Answer 8

Guyot - to reduce the number of pruning cuts, which could lead to Esca trunk disease

Question 9

How much of the vineyard area in Jura is certified organic or biodynamic?

Answer 9

17%

Question 10

What is Vin Jaune

Answer 10

• A long aged, long lived, oxidative wine
• Must be made from Savagnin

Question 11

What 4 AOCs in Jura produce Vin Jaune?

Answer 11

Arbois
L’Étoile
Côtes du Jura
Cháteau-Chalon

Question 12

How is Vin Jaune made?

Answer 12

• Wine is matured in old barrels with ullage allowing oxygen exposure and surface yeast to develop
• aged in barrel for a minimum of 60 months (5 years)
• may not be sold until 6 years and 3 months after the vintage
• must be bottled in Clavelin

Question 13

What is Sous Voile?

Answer 13

Wines that have been maturing under floor as with Vin Jaune, but are removed early from the barrel. They have spent a shorter time that Vin Jaune gaining flor characteristics.

Usually labeled “tradition”

Question 14

What is Ouillé?

Answer 14

Wines aged without ullage (topped up, no oxygen). Aka “reductively”

This is not typical for Savagnin in Jura. Wines made this way in Arbois are often labeled “nature”

Question 15

What 3 AOCs produce Vin de Paille?

Answer 15

Côtes du Jura
Arbois
L’Étoile

Question 16

What grapes are used in Vin de Paille?

Answer 16

Chardonnay, Savagnin, and Poulsard

occasionally Trousseau, but NO Pinot Noir

Question 17

How is Vin de Paille made?

Answer 17

• grapes are dried for 6 weeks
• pressed and fermented between Dec-Feb
• aged for at least 18 months in barrel
• can be released after 36 months
• sold in half bottles (375mL)

Question 18

What is Macvin?

Answer 18

Fortified grape must.
- fortified with marc from Jura that has been barrel aged for 14 months
- Aged for min 10 months in barrel
- all 5 grapes are allowed and can be white, red, or rosé
- alcohol content is 16-22%

Question 19

Generally, what are the soils of Jura?

Answer 19

Clay-limestone Marl

Question 20

What is the only grape allowed in Château-Chalon AOC?

Answer 20

Savagnin

Question 21

Which is the main grape used in the production of Crémant du Jura?

Answer 21

Chardonnay

Question 22

Which is the largest Jura AOC by volume and size?

Answer 22

Arbois AOC

Question 23

Whose work was instrumental in Arbois becoming one of the early AOCs?

Answer 23

Alexis Arpin

Question 24

How much wine does a Vin Jaune Clavelin hold?

Answer 24

620ml

Question 25

Which Jura AOC produced more red wine than white?

Answer 25

Arbois AOC

Question 26

Which Jura AOCs can only make white wine?

Answer 26

L’Étoile
Château-Chalon

Question 27

What are the variants of Savagnin?

Answer 27

Aromatic: Gewurztraminer
Non-aromatic: Savagnin Rose