Jura Quiz Flashcards
What is the wine making region in Jura?
Revemont
From Salins-les-Bains –>Saint Amour
Jura climate
Continental with Alpine - high diurnal`
What is the primary geological entity in Jura?
Saône Graben
Collapsed 23MYA
5 Principal Grapes of Jura
- Chardonnay
- Savagnin
- Poulsard (pale reds)
- Pinot Noir
- Trousseau (R)
What is a progenitor?
Parent grape like Savagnin
What additional influences are there on the continental climate of Jura?
Alpine
Which is the most planted of the permitted red grapes?
Poulsard - 14%
How much do the top 3 wine producers make?
Top 11?
53%
60%
How much crémant is produced?
29%
Who wrote an ampelographic compendium in 1897?
Charles Rouget
Soils of Jura?
Clay-limestone marls
What are vines susceptible to?
Esca- trunk fungus
How to reduce Esca risk?
Minimize pruning
Use Guyot training (cane prunning)
Vin Jaune
Yellow Wine - Savagnin
60m solera
1. Arbois
2. L’Etoile
3. Cotes du Jura
4. Chateau Chalon
What is Ullage?
Solera system - O2 exposure in semi filled barrels
Sous Voile?
Under the Veil
Start as Vin Jaune
Wines removed early from Vin Jaune
Labelled Tradition
Can be from Savagnin and/or Chardonnay
Van Jaune that is “topped up”” without ullage and limited O2 exposure. Made reductively
Ouillé
What are Ouillé Savagnin from Arbois AOC labeled?
Natural
Jura’s fortified grape must?
Macvin
10m barrel
All R&W grapes are authorized
What is the sweet wine of Jura?
Vin de Paille
Generally, what are the soils of Jura?
Clay-Limestone Marl
Which grape variety(ies) is/are is used to produce Vin Jaune?
Savagnin
What is excluded from Vin de Pays?
Pinot Noir
Largest and oldest AOC
Arbois
What does ar-bois mean?
Fertile land
Soils in Arbois
red marl and clay.
Red wine dominate
What is the DGC in. Arbois?
Pupillin
What AOC has more limestone?
L’Etoile
What AOC is Vin Jaune only made?
Château-Chalon AOC
Only Savagnin
What are the typical labeling for Château-Chalon AOC?
Vin de Garde
What AOC is Pinot Noir NOT allowed?
L’Étoile
Largest AOC in Jura?
Arbois
What is Mistelle?
Fortified grape must
Vin de Liqueur
Macvin sweet fortified grape must
(W) - Chardonnay and Savagnin
(R/Rs) - PN, Poulsard, Trousseau
Main grape in Crement du Jura?
Chardonnay - most 100%
>70% required
PN &/or Trousseau
Which is the only grape allowed in Château-Chalon AOC?
Savagnin
Which is the main grape used in the production of Crémant du Jura?
Chardonnay
Which is the largest Jura AOC – by volume produced and physical size?
Arbois AOC
Whose work was instrumental in Arbois becoming one of the early AOCs?
Alexis Arpin