Jura

Question 1

Where is Jura?

Answer 1

east of France, near to the border of Switzerland

Question 2

What is the climate here?

Answer 2

Continental

Question 3

How many AOPs in Jura? And what are them?

Answer 3

6 AOPs:

•Arbois
•Chateau Chalon
•Cremant du Jura
•Cotes du Jura
•Macvin du Jura
•L’Etoile

Question 4

When was the AOP first introduced?

Answer 4

1937

Question 5

What are the soils can be found here?

Answer 5

•marl (blue and gray)
•limestone
•clay-limestone mixtures
•gravel and scree

Question 6

What are the grape varieties can be found here?

Answer 6

WHITE:
•Savagnin (Traminer/Nature)
•Chardonnay (Gamay Blanc)

RED:
•Poulsard (Ploussard)
•Trousseau
•Pinot Noir

Question 7

What is the name of the distinctive bottle shape they used in Jura? How much volume?

Answer 7

Clavelin, 62cl (620ml)

why 620ml? Because that’s roughly how much wine remains from 1 litre barrel after the 6+ years of evaporation during barrel aging

Question 8

What is Côtes du Jura AOP?

Answer 8

covers still white, rosé and red wines

WHITE:
Chardonnay & Savagnin

RED:
Poulsard, Trousseau & Pinot Noir

Vin Jaune is only 100% Savagnin
Vin de Paille has no Pinot Noir

Question 9

What is Arbois AOP?

Answer 9

the first AOP, consists of 11 villages, only Pupillin allowed to append its name

grapes and style of wines are the same

Arbois = (Ar - Fertile, Bos - Land)

Question 10

What is L’Etoile AOP?

Answer 10

white wines only
(Vin Jaune & Vin de Paille)

communes:
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1. l’Etoile
2. Plainoiseau
3. Quintigny
4. Saint Didier

Question 11

What is Chateau Chalon AOP?

Answer 11

exclusive to Vin Jaune only

made only in exceptional vintages, the wines are either declassified or not made at all in bad vintages (1974, 1980, 1984, 2001)

Question 12

What is Cremant du Jura AOP?

Answer 12

TRADITIONAL METHOD

-min 70% combined Chardonnay, Pinot Noir & Trousseau (Blanc)
-min 50% combined Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Trousseau & Poulsard (Rosé)

grapes allowed:
•Pinot Gris
•Pinot Noir
•Poulsard
•Trousseau
•Chardonnay
•Savagnin

Question 13

What is the min aging for Cremant du Jura AOP?

Answer 13

min 12 months (9 months on lees)

Question 14

What is Macvin du Jura AOP?

Answer 14

Fortified sweet wines (white / red / rosé)

All 5 grapes are permitted

It is a blend of unfermented grape juice and marc du jura (local grape spirit), spirit is added before fermentation, result wine is sweet and no fermentation at all

Min aging 12 months

Question 15

What is marc du jura?

Answer 15

a local grape spirit to fortify Macvin du Jura AOP, it is 52% abv and must aged min 14 months before added in

Question 16

How is Vin Jaune made?

Answer 16

made from only Savagnin, the wine is aged in wooden casks and never topped up for min 6 years and 3 months. The natural layer of yeast (voile) forms on surface, allowing slow oxidative aging.

It then bottled into Clavelin

Similar to Sherry but is not fortified

Question 17

What is Vin de Paille?

Answer 17

natural sweet wines, Paille = Straw

Dessert wine made by drying grapes

Usually a blend of grapes but can be single-varietal (Pinot Noir not permitted)

Question 18

How is Vin de Paille made?

Answer 18

•grapes are hand-harvested
•laid out to dry for 6+ weeks sometimes up to 3 months
•grapes are gently pressed, yielding very little juice
•juice is fermented slowly, often took several months
•wine is aged in oak min 18 months
•typically around 14% abv

with the labor intensive, time consumption, low yield juice the result wine is expensive and precious (often sold in small bottle 375ml)

Question 19

How to justify if a Jura wine is oxidative or not?

Answer 19

Wines sometimes labelled as ouillé meaning “topped up” hence is non-oxidative style

Voile = yeast veil (oxidative style)