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Jura Flashcards

1
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Climate?

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Continental with alpine influence

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Wine going region name?

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Revermont

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Compared to Bourgogne?

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more rain and more sun

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4
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What’s its lower area called?

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Saône Graben (Bresse Plain)

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5
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Eastern Uplift, folds in sedimentary bedrock?

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Jura Mountains - block moisture and western winds,

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Western Uplift

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Runs from the Côte d’Or south to Mâconnais

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Côte d’Or base rock is?

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80% Limestone, 20%Clay

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Jura base Rock?

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80% Clay, 20% Limestone

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Major Grapes?

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Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Pinot Noir, Trousseau

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Chardonnay Soil?

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Limestone

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Savagnin Style and soil?

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High acidity, prefers gray/blue marl soil, thick skin

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Vin Jaune?

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Yellow wine, long aged and long lived oxidative wine style. usually made by Savagnin.

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Poulsard or Ploussard

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Indigenous to Jura. Village of Pupilin. dense prune, difficult to grown. pale colored reds and roses

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Pinot Noir?

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mainly grown in the southern portion of the region. first grape to be harvested.

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Trousseau?

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more sunshine to ripen, warm gravel soil or red moarl. south facing slopes

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16
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Portugal’s name for Trousseau?

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Bastardo

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17
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Savagnin significants?

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Jura’s signature grape and it is indigenous to Jura.

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18
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What is Savagnin related to?

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Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Petit Manseng, and Sylvaner

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19
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What additional influences are there on the continental climate of Jura?


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Alpine

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20
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Which is the most planted of the permitted red grapes?

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Poulsard

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21
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Jura lay under a sea during the ____ Era?

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late Triassic to the Middle Jurassic – 230-160 million years ago:

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22
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When did Jura have commercial success?

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19th century, even had fraudulent bottles

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23
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Why did Jura loose market shares

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Southern france were making cheaper reds

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24
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Pierre Marie Alexis Milardet

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Jura born botanist and studied vine diseases. Created the Bordeaux Mixture “bouillie bordelaise”

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Charles Rouget

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documented Jura grapes, and noted grape varieties often had multiple synonyms

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26
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Alexis Arpin

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Setup the idea of AOC, he was able to get Arbois to be one of the first to see an AOC status.

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27
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Louis Pasteur

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Born in Dole, known for his vaccine work but known for fermentation was created by yeast, not a result spontaneous generation. Made wine making more controllable

27
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Jura renaissance? Rememberment

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wholesale restructuring, small parcels to larger, laid down access roads for tractors.

28
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Modern day Jura?

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53% of Jura’s production is carried by 3 wineries (1 co-op and two negociants.

29
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Who wrote an ampelographic compendium in 1897?

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Charles Rouget

30
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Who created “Bordeaux Mixture”?

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Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet

31
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Typical Jura Soil?

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Clay Limestone Marls

32
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Esca Trunk Disease?

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infects Savagnin and Trousseau. Fatal bacterial in pruning wounds.

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Training Method?

34
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AOCs for Vin Jaune

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Arbois, L’etoile, Cotes Du Jura, Chateau - Chalon

35
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What is ullage?

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head space in barrels

36
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What is Flor?

A

the veil of yeast on top of the wine

37
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What is Sous Voile

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wine removed from barrel, that is under the yeast flor. younger then Vin Jaune. can be labeled “Tradition”. They can be made from Savagnin, Chardonnay or blends of the two.

38
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What is Ouille

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It means “topped up” – so without ullage. The term is not legally defined. Wine made in barrel full, labelled “ouille” without ullage. Made reductively – with minimum oxygen exposure

39
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What is Savagnin called made in ouille style

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Nature, if made in Arbois. Typically not made this way in Jura

40
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what is Vin de Paille

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literally straw wine – is the sweet wine of Jura. Vin de Paille is mostly made from Chardonnay, Savagnin and Poulsard grapes – usually in equal proportions. Occasionally Trousseau is used too – Pinot Noir is not allowed.

41
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how do you make Vin de Paille?

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Grape clusters are dried for a minimum of six weeks – this concentrates the sugars. They are then pressed and fermented between December and February. Vin de Paille is aged for at least 18 months in barrel and can be released after 36 months. Vin de Paille is sold in half bottles (375 ml).

42
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what is Macvin?

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It is fortified 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. Macvin is aged for a minimum of 10 months in barrel. All five of the white and red authorized grape varieties in Jura can be used and Macvin can be either red, white or rosé. It is released with a final alcohol content of 16-22% by volume.

43
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Crémant du Jura

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Chardonnay, Savagnin, Pinot Noir, Poulsard and Trousseau are all permitted – Pinot Gris can also be used for Crémant.

Most Crémant du Jura – 88% – is white and much of it is 100% Chardonnay. AOC law requires that white Crémant must contain at least 70% Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and/or Trousseau.

Rosé Crémant du Jura must contain 50% or more of the red varieties and/or the rare Pinot Gris.

44
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Which is the only grape allowed in Château-Chalon AOC?

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Savagnin for Vin Juane only, and labeled “Vin De Garde” for cellaring

45
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Which is the main grape used in the production of Crémant du Jura?

A

Chardonnay

46
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Which is the largest Jura AOC – by volume produced and physical size?

A

Arbois AOC

47
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Whose work was instrumental in Arbois becoming one of the early AOCs?

A

Alexis Arpin

48
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How many AOCs are there in Jura?


49
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What is the name for the traditional bottle used for Vin Jaune in Jura?

50
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T/F: Jura produces more red wine than white.

51
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How much wine does a Vin Jaune Clavelin bottle hold?

52
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One village can add its name to that of Arbois as a dénomination géographique complémentaire – or DGC. Which village is that?

53
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what grape cant be used in Vin De Paille

A

Pinot Noir

54
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Which Jura AOC produces more red wine than white?

A

Arbois AOC

55
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Which Jura AOCs can only make white wine?

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L’Étoile & Château-Chalon

56
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What is the minimum aging time in barrel for Vin Jaune?

57
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What is the term for a wine that is made as though it is a Vin Jaune – but aged for a shorter period of time?

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Sous Voile

58
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What is the minimum time for drying the grapes used to make Vin de Paille wine?

59
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Macvin du Jura is fortified with Marc from the Jura region. How long must that Marc be aged in barrel before being used to fortify the must?

60
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Which of these is not a correct AOC designation for Vin de Paille in Jura?


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Vin de Paille Château-Chalon AOC

61
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What style of wine is Château-Chalon?


62
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Which grape grown in Jura can only be used for the Crémant du Jura AOC ?

A

Pinot Gris

63
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The wines of which Jura AOC must be aged for at least 10 months?

A

Macvin du Jura

64
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By what name is the pink-skinned and aromatic variant of Savagnin known?

A

Gewurztraminer

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