Jura and Savoie

Question 1

Wine style of Côtes du Jura

Answer 1

white, red, rosé, vin jaune, vin de paille

-W: chardonnay, savagnin
-R: PN, poulsard, trousseau
(max.10% experimental variety: aligoté, chenin blanc, sacy, gamay, enfariné)
-vin jaune: 100% savagnin
-vin de paille: all 4 grapes but No PN

Question 2

Synonym of chardonnay, savagnin, and Vin Jaune in Jura

Answer 2

Gamay Blanc
Naturé
Vin de Garde

Question 3

Regulation for Vin Jaune

Answer 3

100% savagnin
min. aged 6 yrs in barrel without topping (60 months under voile)
min.14% ABV

Question 4

Name and capacity of the special bottle for Vin Jaune

Answer 4

Clavelin
620ml

Question 5

Regulation for Vin de Paille

Answer 5

can be white, red
-W: chardonnay, savagnin
-R: poulsard, trousseau

min. aged 3yr (18months in barrel)
min. must weight 320-420g/L
(max. press yield 20 hl/ha)

Question 6

Terms in Jura:

Topped-up
Aged under flor

Answer 6

Ouillé
Naturé

Typé
Sous Voile

Question 7

Wine style of Crémant de Jura

Answer 7

white, rosé
-all 5 grapes, PG
-Rosé: 80% red grape varieties

Question 8

Wine style of Macvin de Jura

Answer 8

VDL white, red, rosé
-aged min. 10month in barrel after mutage
(Eau-de-vie must be aged in barrel for 14months+)

Question 9

Subzone and key producer in Arbois

Answer 9

Pupillin

Jean-François Ganevat
Pierre Overnoy
Domaine Jean Bourdy

Question 10

Wine style of L’Etoile, and its famous soil

Answer 10

white only
(still, vin jaune, vin de paille)
-chardonnay, savagnin, poulsard

“Pentacrines”: star-shaped fossils

Question 11

Key producer in Château-Chalon

Answer 11

Domaine Berthet-Bondet

Question 12

What is Melon à Queue rouge and where is it found

Answer 12

a chardonnay mutation that has red stem during maturation

Arbois

Question 13

2 lakes in Savoie

Answer 13

Lac Léman (Lake Geneva)
Lac de Bourget

Question 14

Wine style of Vin de Savoie

Answer 14

white, red, rosé, vin de mousseux

-W: jacquère (most planted), altesse, chardonnay, roussanne, chasselas, mondeuse blanche, gringet, aligoté

-R: mondeuse, PN, gamay, persan

-Rosé: 90% PN/gamay/mondeuse

-Vin Mousseux (W, rosé)

Question 15

Special geographical designation in Vin de Savoie

Answer 15

CMR
Crépy
Marignan
Ripaille
-W only: min.80% chasselas

Chignin-Bergeron
-W only: 100% roussanne

Arbin
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte
-R only: 100% mondeuse

Question 16

Synonym of:

Altesse
Roussanne
Chasselas

Answer 16

Roussette
Bergeron
Gutedel

Question 17

Mondeuse Blanche is parent of what common grape variety

Answer 17

syrah

Mondeuse Blanche + Dureza

Question 18

Wine style of Roussette de Savoie

Answer 18

white only
100% altesse

4 geographical designation (FM3)
-Frangy
-Marestel
-Monthoux
-Monterminod

Question 19

Wine style of Seyssel

Answer 19

white only
(still, Molette, vin mousseux)

-Still: 100% altesse
(sec: 4g/L, demi-sec: 15g/L)
-Molette: 100% molette
-Vin Mousseux (W): 75% molette, 10% altesse + chasselas

Question 20

Wine style of Bugey

Answer 20

white, red, rosé, vin mousseux

-W: 70% chardonnay
-R: mondeuse, gamay, PN
-Rosé: 70% PN/gamay
-Vin Mousseux (W, rosé)

3 geographical designation (CM2)

Cerdon
-Vin Mousseux rosé from gamay and poulsard; ancestrale method (2month on lees)
(RS 22-80g/L; 3 atm)

Manicle
-W: 100% chardonnay
-R: 100% PN

Montagnieu
-R: 100% mondeuse
-Vin Mousseux (W): chardonnay, altesse, mondeuse; traditional method

Question 21

Wine style of Roussette du Bugey

Answer 21

white only
100% altesse

2 geographical designation
-Montagnieu
-Virieu-le-Grand

Question 22

Name two department IGP and zonal IGP in Savoie

Answer 22

Isère
Coteaux de l’Ain

Vin des Allobroges

Question 23

Name two producers base in Savoie

Answer 23

Domaine de Chevillard
Domaine des Ardoisières

Question 24

Regional IGP in France (7)

Answer 24

Val de Loire (Loire Valley, Chablis)
Atlantique (Bordeaux, Cognac, Dordogne)
Comté Tolosan (Southwest)
Pays d’Oc (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Torres du Midi (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Méditerranée (Rhône Valley, Provence)
Comtés Rhodaniens (Northern Rhône, Savoie)