Jura Flashcards
Climate?
Continental with alpine influence
Wine going region name?
Revermont
Compared to Bourgogne?
more rain and more sun
What’s its lower area called?
Saône Graben (Bresse Plain)
Eastern Uplift, folds in sedimentary bedrock?
Jura Mountains - block moisture and western winds,
Western Uplift
Runs from the Côte d’Or south to Mâconnais
Côte d’Or base rock is?
80% Limestone, 20%Clay
Jura base Rock?
80% Clay, 20% Limestone
Major Grapes?
Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Pinot Noir, Trousseau
Chardonnay Soil?
Limestone
Savagnin Style and soil?
High acidity, prefers gray/blue marl soil, thick skin
Vin Jaune?
Yellow wine, long aged and long lived oxidative wine style. usually made by Savagnin.
Poulsard or Ploussard
Indigenous to Jura. Village of Pupilin. dense prune, difficult to grown. pale colored reds and roses
Pinot Noir?
mainly grown in the southern portion of the region. first grape to be harvested.
Trousseau?
more sunshine to ripen, warm gravel soil or red moarl. south facing slopes
Portugal’s name for Trousseau?
Bastardo
Savagnin significants?
Jura’s signature grape and it is indigenous to Jura.
What is Savagnin related to?
Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Petit Manseng, and Sylvaner
What additional influences are there on the continental climate of Jura?
Alpine
Which is the most planted of the permitted red grapes?
Poulsard
Jura lay under a sea during the ____ Era?
late Triassic to the Middle Jurassic – 230-160 million years ago:
When did Jura have commercial success?
19th century, even had fraudulent bottles
Why did Jura loose market shares
Southern france were making cheaper reds
Pierre Marie Alexis Milardet
Jura born botanist and studied vine diseases. Created the Bordeaux Mixture “bouillie bordelaise”
Charles Rouget
documented Jura grapes, and noted grape varieties often had multiple synonyms
Alexis Arpin
Setup the idea of AOC, he was able to get Arbois to be one of the first to see an AOC status.