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
How many AOCs are there in Jura?
6
What is the name for the traditional bottle used for Vin Jaune in Jura?
Clavelin
What is the dominate production in Jura?
White
C - 43%
Savagnin - 22%
How much wine does a Vin Jaune Clavelin bottle hold?
620ml
One village can add its name to that of Arbois as a dénomination géographique complémentaire – or DGC. Which village is that?
Pupillin
Aged for 60 months?
Vin Jaune
Aged with Ullage
Vin Jaune
Aged under flor
Vin Jaune
Fortified grape must
Macvin du Jura
Cannot use any Pinot Noir
Vin de Paille
Grapes are dried for at least 6 weeks
Vin de Paille
Bottled in Clavelin (620ML)
Vin Jaune
Aged in barrel for at least 10 months
Macvin du Jura
Can be red, white or rosé
Macvin du Jura
Only made from Savagnin
Vin Jaune
Aged in oak for at least 18 monts
Vin de Paille
Which Jura AOC produces more red wine than white?
Arbois AOC
Which Jura AOCs can only make white wine?
Château-Chalon AOC
L’Étoile AOC
Vin Jaune minimum aging?
5 years
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?
Sous Voile
A sweet wine made from dried grapes
Vin de Paille
Fortified grape must
Macvin
Wines made reductively with minimum O2 exposure
Ouillé
White wine oxidated for 60 months
Vin Jaune
Wine oxidatively aged with surface yeast for a short time
Sous Voile
Ouillé wines from the Arbois AOC
Naturé
The usual labelling term for Sous Voile wine
Tradition
What is the minimum time for drying the grapes used to make Vin de Paille wine?
6 weeks
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?
14 months
What are correct definitions for Vin de Paille?
VdP Arbois
VdP Cótes du Jura
VdP L’Étoile
NOT VdP Chateau-Chalon
What is Vin Paille
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
What style of wine is Château-Chalon?
Vin Jaune
Which grape grown in Jura can only be used for the Crémant du Jura AOC ?
PINOT GRIS
The wines of which Jura AOC must be aged for at least 10 months?
Macvin du Jura
Which grape is not allowed to be used in Vin de Paille?
Pinot Noir
Which of these grape varieties are related to Savagnin?
Sauvignon Blanc
Petit Manseng
Sylvaner
Chenin Blanc
By what name is the pink-skinned and aromatic variant of Savagnin known?
Gewurztraminer
Define “remembrement”
A restructuring of vineyard slopes to consolidate vineyards into workable plots with access roads.
From what does the Jurassic geological time period takes its name?
The Jura Mountain rock strata
What factors led to the downturn of the Jura wine industry in the 19th to 20th centuries?
The advent of the railway, mildews, phylloxera, two World Wars and a string of poor vintages
Jura enjoys a warm, dry climate with little disease pressure.
True or False?
FALSE
What is Vin de Paille?
“Straw wine” in French; wine made from air-dried grapes and aged. R.S. is typically 6-13% (60-130 g/l)
What are the five principal grape varieties grown in Jura?
Chardonnay
Savagnin
Poulsard
Pinot Noir
Trousseau
What is Vin Jaune?
A wine made under a protective layer of surface yeast.
What does the word “Ouillé” signify on a bottle of Jura wine?
The wine has been made reductively, with minimum oxygen exposure.
What does the term “Sous Voile” mean on a bottle of Jura wine?
The wine has been made with controlled exposure to oxygen, under a surface layer (or “veil”) of yeast.
What does the term “Tradition” mean on a bottle of Jura wine?
A wine, usually Savagnin-based, made under a surface layer of yeast. The term is not legally defined by AOC law.
What was Louis Pasteur’s contribution to the world of wine?
He discovered yeasts and their role in fermentation.
What is the primary by-product of sous voile aging?
Aldehydes, which contribute the flavors of walnuts, hazelnuts and spice.
What is “ullage”?
The headspace in a bottle or barrel.
What was Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet’s primary contribution to the world of wine?
He created a copper sulfate spray to combat mildew.
What is the only style of wine produced in Château-Chalon AOC?
Vin Jaune
What is a “vin de garde”
Wine for cellaring; the term is often seen on a bottle of Château-Chalon.
What is the only grape variety used to make Jura’s Vin Jaune?
Savagnin
What is a “clavelin”?
A 620 ml bottle used in the Jura for Vin Jaune.
The Jura produces more red wine than white. True or False?
FALSE.
Jura produces more white wine than red.
What is the most widely planted grape in the Jura?
Chardonnay
What is the largest Jura AOC by volume and geographic size?
Arbois
Macvin is a fortified wine. True or False?
False - Fortified grape must
What is the primary grape used to make Crémant du Jura?
Chardonnay
What is a “reculée”?
A blind valley; formed when permeable soil or rock rests atop an impermeable sublayer and the top layer erodes away
