Jura and Savoie Flashcards
1
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Jura climate
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-Continental [harshly cold winters]
2
Q
Jura Topography
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-Jura Mountains provide number of aspects
3
Q
Jura Soils
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-limestone, marl, clay (in lower sites)
4
Q
Jura White Grapes
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- Chardonnay [aka Gamay Blanc]
- Savagnin
5
Q
Jura Red Grapes
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- Poulsard
- Trousseau
- Pinot Noir
6
Q
Jura AOPs
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- Cotes du Jura AOP
- Arbois AOP
- L’Etoile AOP
- Chateau Chalon AOP
7
Q
Cotes du Jura AOP Grapes/Style
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- red/white/rose’
- all jura grapes
8
Q
Arbois AOP Grapes/Style
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-all grapes/styles of Jura wines
9
Q
L’Etoile AOP Grapes/Style
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- Chardonnay, Poulsard, and Savagnin
- generally made in oxidative style
10
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Chateau Chalon AOP Grapes/Style
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- exclusively Vin Jaun,
- must use Clavelin bottle (62cl)
11
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Vin Jaune Grapes/Style/Aging
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- Exclusively Savagnin
- deliberately oxidized
- kept in barrel until Dec 15th following 6th year of harvest
- not topped up and Voile forms [like Flor]
12
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Vin de Paille Grapes/Style
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- straw wines from ripe grapes [think white amarone] but not botrytis
- 14% min abv
- 3 years aging (18mo barrel)
13
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Marcvin du Jura AOP grapes/style
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- Vin de Liquer
- Marc (pomace) added to unfermented must= sweet/unfermented grape juice
- red/white or rose’
- aged 1 year in oak
14
Q
Jura Producers
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Tissot
15
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Savoie Climate
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-Continental [moderated by Lake Bourget and Lake Geneva]
