Jura, Savoie, Switzerland

Question 1

How many Crus of Savoie are there?

Answer 1

16

Question 2

Which Savoie crus permit only white wine production?

Answer 2

Abymes
Apremont
Chignin-Bergeron
Crepy
Cruet
Marignan
Marin
Montmelian
Ripaille
Saint-Jeoire-Prieure

Question 3

Which crus of Savoie permit sparkling?

Answer 3

Ayze (plus white)

Question 4

Which crus of Savoie are red wine only?

Answer 4

Arbin

Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte (100% Mondeuse)

Question 5

Which Savoie crus are explicitly for mono-varietal wines?

What are the grapes

Answer 5

Chignin-Bergeron (100% Roussanne (Bergeron))

Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte (100% Mondeuse)

Question 6

Subzones of Arbois?

Answer 6

Pupillin

Question 7

Subzones of Bugey

Answer 7

Manicle
Monegnieu
Cerdon

Question 8

Subzones of Roussette de Savoie

Answer 8

Frangy
Marestel
Monterminod
Monthoux

Question 9

Styles of Bugey Subzones

Answer 9

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)

Question 10

Roussette is a synonym for what grape?

Answer 10

Altesse

Question 11

Grapes permitted for Macvin du Jura?

Answer 11

White- Chard, Savagnin
Rose- PN, Poulsard, Trousseau
Rouge- PN, Poulsard, Trousseau

Question 12

Aging for Macvin du Jura

Answer 12

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)

Question 13

Communal AOCs of Jura?

What styles are permitted?

Answer 13

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)

Question 14

When was Cremant de Savoie elevated from Mousseaux?

Answer 14

2014

Question 15

Aging for Vin Jaune?

Answer 15

100% savagnin aged until Dec 15 of 6th year after harvest

minimum 60 months under voile without topping up

Question 16

Aging for Vin de Paille in Jura?

Answer 16

Chard + Savagnin dried for 6 weeks
aged until Nov 15 of 3rd year after harvest
minimum 18 months in oak

Question 17

Min Must weigh for Vin de Paille in Jura?

Answer 17

320 g/L after drying for 6 weeks (up to 420 g/L)

Question 18

5 producers of Jura

Answer 18

Overnoy (Houillon)
Tissot
Domaine du Pelican
Jacques Puffeney
Ganevat
Done Berthet-Bondet (Chateau-Chalon only)
Jean Bourdy

Question 19

What year did Puffeney sell his vineyards and to whom

Answer 19

2014

Domaine du Pelican

Question 20

What lakes define the Vin de Savoie area

Answer 20

Lake Geneva (Leman)
Lake Bourget

Question 21

roussanne synonym in Savoie

Answer 21

Bergeron

Question 22

What grape is Roussette?

Answer 22

Altesse

Question 23

What is the most commonly planted white grape in Savoie?

Answer 23

Jacquerre (but it doesn’t make the best wine)

Question 24

What styles does Seyssel AOC produce?

Answer 24

Still White (Sec, Demi-Sec)- 100% Altesse
Varietal Molette (dry, still)
Mousseaux (Altesse, plus Chasselas, Molette)

Question 25

Major French-speaking cantons in Switzerland?

Answer 25

Valais
Vaud
Geneva
Neuchatel

Question 26

Name some German-speaking wine cantons in SUI?

Answer 26

Basel
Thurgau
Schaffhausen (largest in region, southern extension of Baden)
Zurich