Jura Flashcards
What is the climate of the Jura?
Continental. Turning harshly cold in winter
Name the communal appellations of the jura
Cotes du Jura AOP
Arbois AOP
L’Etoille AOP
Chateau Chalon AOP
What are the 3 main red grapes of Jura?
Poulsard
Pinot Noir
Trousseau
What are the 2 main white grapes of the Jura?
Chardonnay
Savagnin
What is the local name for savagnin in the jura?
Nature
What is another name for Chardonnay in the Jura?
Gamay Blanc
Where in the Jura is dry still rose made? What are the principal grapes for rose production?
Cotes de Jura / Arbois
Principal Varieties: Min. 80% combined Pinot Noir, Trousseau, and Poulsard
How many communes does the Arbois AOP in the Jura cover?
12
What is the name of the only commune allowed to append its name to Arbois in the Jura?
Pupillin
White type pf wine is made in the L’Etoille AOP of Jura?
lanc:
Principal Varieties: Min. 80% Combined Chardonnay and/or Savagnin
Accessory Variety: Poulsard
Vin de Paille: Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard- 18 months in wood +3 years in barrel
rdb 20hl/ha
Vin Jaune: 100% Savagnin
What is the L’Etoille AOP in Jura named after?
A local fossil found in the soil shaped like a 5 pointed star.
What is the name of the AOP specialising in Vin Jaune?
Chateau Chalon AOP
From which grape is Vin Jaune produced?
100% Savagnin
What process does Vin Jaune go through after fermentation?
Kept in barrel until December 15th of the 6th year following harvest
WIne is not topped up during this period and develops a voile of yeast that covers the wine’s surface
Wines must be aged in oak until December 15 of the sixth year following the harvest without topping, including at least 60 months under the “voile”,, and may be released on January 1 of the seventh year following the harvest
Describe the taste of Vin Jaune
Aldehydic, with nutty almost curried flavour carried on a delicate dry palate. Not fortified.
What is the name and size of the vin Jaune bottle and why is that size?
Clavelin 62 cl
Remainder after aging if you had started with 750ml
What grapes are permitted in the production of Vin de Pailles?
Chardonnay
Savagnin
Poulsard
Trousseau(not in l’etoille)
How is Vin de Paille produced?
Ripe but not botrytised grapes are dried on straw mats
As they shrivel they achieve a must weight surpassing 320 grams per litre
After fermentation wines are aged for min 3 years including an obligatory 18 months in neytral oak barrel
Describe the style of VIn de Paille wines
Every element of structure is concentrated giving wine that maintains acidity giving balance to the high levels of residual sugar and pronounced alcohol content of at least 14%
What is the name of the AOP method traditional sparkling wines are released under in the Jura?
Cremant du Jura AOP
What type of wines are released under the Macvin du Jura AOP?
A Vin de liqueur whereby aged Marc is added to unfermented grape juice (aged at least 14mo in oak) resulting in a sweet, unfermented but alcoholic grape juice.
Macvin du Jura may be red, white or rose and must be aged in oak for 10mo after mutage
Eau-de-vie must be at least 52%abv
What styles of wine are made is the seyssel AOP
Vin Tranquille Blanc (Sec and Demi-Sec): 100% Altesse
Varietal-Labeled Molette (Tranquille): 100% Molette
Vin Mousseux Blanc: Vin Mousseux must include min. 75% Molette and min. 10% Altesse
(Second fermentation occurs in the bottle
Min. 9 months lees aging in the bottle)
What is a synonym for Roussette?
Altesse
What ae the two altesse AOP’s in savoie?
Roussette de Bugey
Roussette de Savoie
only style made in both is still and dry wine from altesse
a wine made of varietal labeled Molette would be coming from where? What style is the wine made in?
Seyssel AOP in savoie, dry still white wine
A wine labeled as Vin Tranquille Blanc is from where? made of what? and made in what style?
Seyssel AOP
100% Altesse
Still and dry white wine (can also be made in demi-sec style)
the best jura vineyards face where? elevation?
west on the slopes of the Jura mountains by the bresse palin
250-450m
Soils of the Jura
grey/blue marl stone (very important in chateau chalon) and limestone
two most planted grapes in jura
chard and savagnin
What is arbois blanc
menu pineau grape
What is nature a synonym for?
savagnin
name two jura aop’s only allowed to make white wine
chateau chalon / l’etoille
Name the most recent vintage in which no chateau-chalon aop wine was produced
2001, 1984, 1980, 1974
what causes the curry leaf flavor in chateau chalon wines?
Sotolon
what style of wine represents over one quarter of all jura wine?
sparkling
what is melon de arbois?
chard
two terms that would indicate a wine was aged under flor in jura
sous-voile / typé
min aging for macvin and for the eau de vie that fortifies it
10 months for macvin in aok and 14 months for the eau de vie in oak prior to fortification - so the eau de vie portion would age for a total of 24 months
what two countries contain a “jura” wine region?
france and switzerland
what is poulsard known as in arbois?
Ploussard
soil of l’etoile
limestone/marine fossils
why are vines trained high off the ground in Jura
- to avoid ground frosts
What aop is nested on the premier plateau? What river influences the vineyards here?
chateau chalon
seille
organize north to south:
Chateau Chalon
L’etoile
Arbois
Arbois
Chateau Chalon
L’etoile
what do the terms ‘corail’ and ‘rubi’ mean?
the Jurassiens have added corail (coral) and rubis (ruby) to red, white and rosé to effectively distinguish the wines by hue. This color diversity is due in large part to the fact that ‘white’ Cotes du Jura may be made from up to 20 percent red grapes – and vice-versa.
what aop of jura produces the most red wine?
cotes du jura (70% of all jura red wine)
name two experimental grapes added to jura vineyards, max encepagement?
Aligoté, Chenin Blanc, Enfariné (allowed for savagnin too), Marsanne, Roussane, Gringet, and Sacy
Aligoté, Chenin Blanc, Enfariné, Marsanne, Roussane, and Sacy
5% max 10% of assemblage
Enfariné and Grignet Allowed for vin jaune as well in CdJura
Enfariné Allowed for vin jaune as well in CdJura
vin de paille aging
3 years with 18 months in oak
vin de paille must weight range and min drying time
320-420 g/l 6 weeks
Rendement de Base for chateau chalon
30 hl/ha
Where may pinot gris be used in the jura?
cremant de jura rose
Rendement de Base for vin de paille in jura
20 hl/ha
Styles allowed in macvin de jura
red white rose vdl
what two aop of the jura allow for no experimental grapes in vin jaune?
l’etoille / chateau chalon
Last vintage of jayer
2001 - cros parantoux / richebourg / echezeaux / vosne village / murgers
What does
Min vine age for clisson
6 years
