Jura

Question 1

Climate of Jura

Answer 1

Cool Continental
High rainfall- during season flowering, fruit set, harvest, fungus, mud, soil compaction, weeds
Hail

Question 2

Jura vineyards are planted on

Answer 2

W facing slopes
250-400m
Clay/marl soils
Grass cover crop to reduce erosion on slopes - less herbicides
Trained high for frost

Question 3

Most planted Jura varieties

Answer 3

Chardonnay - cremant
Savagnin
Poulsard
Pinot Noir
Trousseau

Question 4

Savagnin

Answer 4

Buds early- frost
Thick skinned- fungus resistant
Thrives on steep marlstone slopes

Question 5

Ploussard

Answer 5

Buds early- frost
Coulure- reduced yield
Prone to fungus- thin skinned
Ripens early- before fall rain

Question 6

Trousseau

Answer 6

Thick skin but susceptible to botrytis bunch rot
Prone to poor flowering and coulure
Vigorous- canopy mgmt
Needs warm site to ripen

Question 7

Vin Jaune

Answer 7

Savagnin fermented to dry
Aged in barrels with headspace (flor)
Aged under flor for 5 years - total 6 in barrel
May inoculate or allow flor naturally
No wine topped off - biological and oxidative aging flavors
High acid, high alcohol, bread dough, ginger, almond, green apple

Question 8

Vin de Paille

Answer 8

Sweet wine from grapes dried off vine
All varieties but PN
18 mos oak
Oxidative or fresh styles

Question 9

Cotes du Jura

Answer 9

Whole region
All styles - mostly white

Question 10

Arbois

Answer 10

All five styles
Mostly red

Question 11

Chateau Chalon

Answer 11

Vin Jaune only

Question 12

L’Etoile

Answer 12

White only includes Vin Jaune and Vin de Paille

Question 13

Wine law and regs in Jura AOC

Answer 13

White - min 80% Savagnin/Chard
Red/Rose- min 80% PN, Ploussard, Trousseau
Vin Jaune- Savagnin only, 5 yrs under flor, no topping up, sold 7 years after harvest, 62cL clavelin bottles