Jura Quiz Flashcards

1
Q

What is the wine making region in Jura?

A

Revemont
From Salins-les-Bains –>Saint Amour

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2
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Jura climate

A

Continental with Alpine - high diurnal`

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3
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What is the primary geological entity in Jura?

A

Saône Graben
Collapsed 23MYA

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4
Q

5 Principal Grapes of Jura

A
  1. Chardonnay
  2. Savagnin
  3. Poulsard (pale reds)
  4. Pinot Noir
  5. Trousseau (R)
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5
Q

What is a progenitor?

A

Parent grape like Savagnin

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6
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What additional influences are there on the continental climate of Jura?


A

Alpine

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7
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Which is the most planted of the permitted red grapes?

A

Poulsard - 14%

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8
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How much do the top 3 wine producers make?
Top 11?

A

53%
60%

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9
Q

How much crémant is produced?

A

29%

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10
Q

Who wrote an ampelographic compendium in 1897?

A

Charles Rouget

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11
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Soils of Jura?

A

Clay-limestone marls

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12
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What are vines susceptible to?

A

Esca- trunk fungus

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13
Q

How to reduce Esca risk?

A

Minimize pruning
Use Guyot training (cane prunning)

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14
Q

Vin Jaune

A

Yellow Wine - Savagnin
60m solera
1. Arbois
2. L’Etoile
3. Cotes du Jura
4. Chateau Chalon

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15
Q

What is Ullage?

A

Solera system - O2 exposure in semi filled barrels

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16
Q

Sous Voile?

A

Under the Veil
Start as Vin Jaune
Wines removed early from Vin Jaune
Labelled Tradition
Can be from Savagnin and/or Chardonnay

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17
Q

Van Jaune that is “topped up”” without ullage and limited O2 exposure. Made reductively

A

Ouillé

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18
Q

What are Ouillé Savagnin from Arbois AOC labeled?

A

Natural

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19
Q

Jura’s fortified grape must?

A

Macvin
10m barrel
All R&W grapes are authorized

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20
Q

What is the sweet wine of Jura?

A

Vin de Paille

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21
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Generally, what are the soils of Jura?

A

Clay-Limestone Marl

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22
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Which grape variety(ies) is/are is used to produce Vin Jaune?

A

Savagnin

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23
Q

What is excluded from Vin de Pays?

A

Pinot Noir

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24
Q

Largest and oldest AOC

A

Arbois

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25
Q

What does ar-bois mean?

A

Fertile land

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26
Q

Soils in Arbois

A

red marl and clay.
Red wine dominate

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27
Q

What is the DGC in. Arbois?

A

Pupillin

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28
Q

What AOC has more limestone?

A

L’Etoile

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29
Q

What AOC is Vin Jaune only made?

A

Château-Chalon AOC
Only Savagnin

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30
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What are the typical labeling for Château-Chalon AOC?

A

Vin de Garde

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31
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What AOC is Pinot Noir NOT allowed?

A

L’Étoile

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32
Q

Largest AOC in Jura?

A

Arbois

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33
Q

What is Mistelle?

A

Fortified grape must

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34
Q

Vin de Liqueur

A

Macvin sweet fortified grape must
(W) - Chardonnay and Savagnin
(R/Rs) - PN, Poulsard, Trousseau

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35
Q

Main grape in Crement du Jura?

A

Chardonnay - most 100%
>70% required
PN &/or Trousseau

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36
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37
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Which is the only grape allowed in Château-Chalon AOC?

A

Savagnin

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38
Q

Which is the main grape used in the production of Crémant du Jura?

A

Chardonnay

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39
Q

Which is the largest Jura AOC – by volume produced and physical size?

A

Arbois AOC

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40
Q

Whose work was instrumental in Arbois becoming one of the early AOCs?

A

Alexis Arpin

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41
Q

How many AOCs are there in Jura?


A

6

42
Q

What is the name for the traditional bottle used for Vin Jaune in Jura?

A

Clavelin

43
Q

What is the dominate production in Jura?

A

White
C - 43%
Savagnin - 22%

44
Q

How much wine does a Vin Jaune Clavelin bottle hold?

A

620ml

45
Q

One village can add its name to that of Arbois as a dénomination géographique complémentaire – or DGC. Which village is that?

A

Pupillin

46
Q

Aged for 60 months?

A

Vin Jaune

47
Q

Aged with Ullage

A

Vin Jaune

48
Q

Aged under flor

A

Vin Jaune

49
Q

Fortified grape must

A

Macvin du Jura

50
Q

Cannot use any Pinot Noir

A

Vin de Paille

51
Q

Grapes are dried for at least 6 weeks

A

Vin de Paille

52
Q

Bottled in Clavelin (620ML)

A

Vin Jaune

53
Q

Aged in barrel for at least 10 months

A

Macvin du Jura

54
Q

Can be red, white or rosé

A

Macvin du Jura

55
Q

Only made from Savagnin

A

Vin Jaune

56
Q

Aged in oak for at least 18 monts

A

Vin de Paille

57
Q

Which Jura AOC produces more red wine than white?

A

Arbois AOC

58
Q

Which Jura AOCs can only make white wine?

A

Château-Chalon AOC
L’Étoile AOC

59
Q

Vin Jaune minimum aging?

A

5 years

60
Q

What is the term for a wine that is made as though it is a Vin Jaune – but aged for a shorter period of time?

A

Sous Voile

61
Q

A sweet wine made from dried grapes

A

Vin de Paille

62
Q

Fortified grape must

A

Macvin

63
Q

Wines made reductively with minimum O2 exposure

A

Ouillé

63
Q

White wine oxidated for 60 months

A

Vin Jaune

64
Q

Wine oxidatively aged with surface yeast for a short time

A

Sous Voile

64
Q

Ouillé wines from the Arbois AOC

A

Naturé

65
Q

The usual labelling term for Sous Voile wine

A

Tradition

66
Q

What is the minimum time for drying the grapes used to make Vin de Paille wine?

A

6 weeks

66
Q

Macvin du Jura is fortified with Marc from the Jura region. How long must that Marc be aged in barrel before being used to fortify the must?

A

14 months

67
Q

What are correct definitions for Vin de Paille?

A

VdP Arbois
VdP Cótes du Jura
VdP L’Étoile

NOT VdP Chateau-Chalon

68
Q

What is Vin Paille

A

Blend or R&W
“Straw Wine”
Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulard
Equal proportions
Sometimes Trosseau
6 weeks dried grapes
Pressed, 18m age
36months released in 1/2 bottles
Only allowed in Arbois, Cótes du Jura,
L’Étoile

69
Q

What style of wine is Château-Chalon?


A

Vin Jaune

70
Q

Which grape grown in Jura can only be used for the Crémant du Jura AOC ?

A

PINOT GRIS

71
Q

The wines of which Jura AOC must be aged for at least 10 months?

A

Macvin du Jura

72
Q

Which grape is not allowed to be used in Vin de Paille?


A

Pinot Noir

73
Q

Which of these grape varieties are related to Savagnin?

A

Sauvignon Blanc
Petit Manseng
Sylvaner
Chenin Blanc

74
Q

By what name is the pink-skinned and aromatic variant of Savagnin known?

A

Gewurztraminer

75
Q

Define “remembrement”

A

A restructuring of vineyard slopes to consolidate vineyards into workable plots with access roads.

76
Q

From what does the Jurassic geological time period takes its name?

A

The Jura Mountain rock strata

77
Q

What factors led to the downturn of the Jura wine industry in the 19th to 20th centuries?

A

The advent of the railway, mildews, phylloxera, two World Wars and a string of poor vintages

78
Q

Jura enjoys a warm, dry climate with little disease pressure.

True or False?

A

FALSE

78
Q

What is Vin de Paille?

A

“Straw wine” in French; wine made from air-dried grapes and aged. R.S. is typically 6-13% (60-130 g/l)

79
Q

What are the five principal grape varieties grown in Jura?

A

Chardonnay

Savagnin

Poulsard

Pinot Noir

Trousseau

80
Q

What is Vin Jaune?

A

A wine made under a protective layer of surface yeast.

81
Q

What does the word “Ouillé” signify on a bottle of Jura wine?

A

The wine has been made reductively, with minimum oxygen exposure.

82
Q

What does the term “Sous Voile” mean on a bottle of Jura wine?

A

The wine has been made with controlled exposure to oxygen, under a surface layer (or “veil”) of yeast.

83
Q

What does the term “Tradition” mean on a bottle of Jura wine?

A

A wine, usually Savagnin-based, made under a surface layer of yeast. The term is not legally defined by AOC law.

84
Q

What was Louis Pasteur’s contribution to the world of wine?

A

He discovered yeasts and their role in fermentation.

84
Q

What is the primary by-product of sous voile aging?

A

Aldehydes, which contribute the flavors of walnuts, hazelnuts and spice.

85
Q

What is “ullage”?

A

The headspace in a bottle or barrel.

86
Q

What was Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet’s primary contribution to the world of wine?

A

He created a copper sulfate spray to combat mildew.

87
Q

What is the only style of wine produced in Château-Chalon AOC?

A

Vin Jaune

88
Q

What is a “vin de garde”

A

Wine for cellaring; the term is often seen on a bottle of Château-Chalon.

89
Q

What is the only grape variety used to make Jura’s Vin Jaune?

A

Savagnin

90
Q

What is a “clavelin”?

A

A 620 ml bottle used in the Jura for Vin Jaune.

91
Q

The Jura produces more red wine than white. True or False?

A

FALSE.

Jura produces more white wine than red.

92
Q

What is the most widely planted grape in the Jura?

A

Chardonnay

93
Q

What is the largest Jura AOC by volume and geographic size?

A

Arbois

94
Q

Macvin is a fortified wine. True or False?

A

False - Fortified grape must

95
Q

What is the primary grape used to make Crémant du Jura?

A

Chardonnay

96
Q

What is a “reculée”?

A

A blind valley; formed when permeable soil or rock rests atop an impermeable sublayer and the top layer erodes away