Jura, Savoie, Switzerland Flashcards
How many Crus of Savoie are there?
16
Which Savoie crus permit only white wine production?
Abymes Apremont Chignin-Bergeron Crepy Cruet Marignan Marin Montmelian Ripaille Saint-Jeoire-Prieure
Which crus of Savoie permit sparkling?
Ayze (plus white)
Which crus of Savoie are red wine only?
Arbin
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte (100% Mondeuse)
Which Savoie crus are explicitly for mono-varietal wines?
What are the grapes
Chignin-Bergeron (100% Roussanne (Bergeron))
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte (100% Mondeuse)
Subzones of Arbois?
Pupillin
Subzones of Bugey
Manicle
Monegnieu
Cerdon
Subzones of Roussette de Savoie
Frangy
Marestel
Monterminod
Monthoux
Styles of Bugey Subzones
Manicle: still/ dry white (chard), red (Pinot Noir)
Montagnieu: Still/ dry red (Mondeuse), mousseaux (dry)(based on Mondeuse, chard, altesse)
Cerdon: method ancestral, sweet, rose (gamay + poulsard) (min 40 g/L RS, 3 atm, 2 months lees)
Roussette is a synonym for what grape?
Altesse
Grapes permitted for Macvin du Jura?
White- Chard, Savagnin
Rose- PN, Poulsard, Trousseau
Rouge- PN, Poulsard, Trousseau
Aging for Macvin du Jura
The Macvin (post-mutage) is aged for a min. 10 months in oak The Eau de Vie it is fortified with is aged for 14 months (must be 52' abv)
Communal AOCs of Jura?
What styles are permitted?
Arbois: white, rose, rouge, Vin de Paille, Vin Jaune
Chateau-Chalon: Vin Jaune only
l’Etoile: white styles only (white still, vin de pail, vin jaune)
When was Cremant de Savoie elevated from Mousseaux?
2014
Aging for Vin Jaune?
100% savagnin aged until Dec 15 of 6th year after harvest
minimum 60 months under voile without topping up
Aging for Vin de Paille in Jura?
Chard + Savagnin dried for 6 weeks
aged until Nov 15 of 3rd year after harvest
minimum 18 months in oak
Min Must weigh for Vin de Paille in Jura?
320 g/L after drying for 6 weeks (up to 420 g/L)
5 producers of Jura
Overnoy (Houillon) Tissot Domaine du Pelican Jacques Puffeney Ganevat Done Berthet-Bondet (Chateau-Chalon only) Jean Bourdy
What year did Puffeney sell his vineyards and to whom
2014
Domaine du Pelican
What lakes define the Vin de Savoie area
Lake Geneva (Leman) Lake Bourget
roussanne synonym in Savoie
Bergeron
What grape is Roussette?
Altesse
What is the most commonly planted white grape in Savoie?
Jacquerre (but it doesn’t make the best wine)
What styles does Seyssel AOC produce?
Still White (Sec, Demi-Sec)- 100% Altesse Varietal Molette (dry, still) Mousseaux (Altesse, plus Chasselas, Molette)
Major French-speaking cantons in Switzerland?
Valais
Vaud
Geneva
Neuchatel
Name some German-speaking wine cantons in SUI?
Basel
Thurgau
Schaffhausen (largest in region, southern extension of Baden)
Zurich
