Savoie / Jura Flashcards by T Bray

What is the main variety white grape used in Seyssel AOC

Altesse

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What is the main variety used in Roussette de Savoie?

Altesse

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Chasselas is only found in what region?

Haute-Savoie near Lake Geneva

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What grape is planted in Chignin and bottles as cru Chignin-Bergeron

Roussanne or Bergeron as known in Saovie

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What grape is traditionally incorporated into sparkling wines from Seyessel?

Molette

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The rare Gringet grape is only found here?

Ayze - Savoie

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Most important grape in Savoie pre-phylloxera

Monduese

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What is the only grape allowed in crus of Arbin and Saint Jean-de-la-Port?

Monduese

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Requirements for Savoie varietals?

100% of grape stated on label

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What region does Savoie cover?

The entire region known as Revermont

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What does Savoie AOC produce?

Dry white
rosé
red
sparkling white & rosé

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How many crus in Savoie/Vin de Savoie AOC?

16 DGCs

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The Savoie crus of Crépy, Marignan , Ripaille and Marin around Lake Geneva make primarily…

Dry whites from Chasselas

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What are the 2 regional AOCs in Savoie?

Savoie AOC
Roussette de Savoie

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What are the two Savoie AOC cru vineyards that sit on Abymes?

Abmyes

Apremont

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What is the Savoie AOC that produces white Roussanne? What is the local name?

Chignin-Bergeron
Bergeron is Roussanne in Savoie

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How many DGCs does Roussette de Savoie have?

4
Frangy
Marastel
Monthoux
Monteminod

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What does Roussette du Bugey make?

Only dry wines from Altesse
2 DGC
1. Montagnieu
2. Virieu le Grand

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What Bugey DGC makes only sparkling rosé methode ancestral

Cerdon

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What DGC is under both Bugey and Rossette du Bugey? What does it make for each

Montagnieu
Bugey - Montagnieu Brut - traditional with Monduese
Roussette - dry white Altesse

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Where is Bugey AOC?

Between Beaujolais & Savoie
S part of Jura Mountains
Limestone soils

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What does Bugey AOC make?

W/R/Rs sparkling traditional and petillant
W - C

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What Bugey DGC produces whites from Chardonnay and red from Pinot?

Manicle

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What is wine made from 100% Molette in Seyssel called?

Seyssel Molette
Still

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How many AOCs for Jura?

6 total 4 Geographic specific

What are the 5 main grapes in Jura?

W - Chardonnay, Savagnin R - Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir

What grape cannot be used in Vin de Paille?

Pinot Noir

Largest and oldest AOC in Jura?

Arbois = "Fertile Land"

What is the DGC that can add its name to Arbois?

Pupilin

What is the AOC that only produces Vin Jaune?

Château Chalon

What is the 2nd largest AOC in Jura?

Côtes du Jura

What AOC's make Vin Jaune

all but Macvin and Crémant

What AOC in Jura makes Vin de Liqueur either red, white, or rosé?

Macvin du Jura

What grapes are used for Vin Jaune in Chateau Chalon?

Savagnin ONLY

What is the term for "wines for cellaring"

"Vin de Garde"

What are red wines from L'Etoile?

Have to be labeled Côtes du Jura

What AOC only produces dry white, Vin de Paille and Vin Jaune?

L'Etoile

What are the permitted grapes in L'Etoile?

Chardonnay Savagnin Plousard

A fortified sweet grape must in Jura?

Macvin du Jura Vin de Liqueur

What varieties are used to make Macvin?

W - Chardonnay Savagnin R - Pinot Noir Poulsard Trousseau

What is the sparkling wines AOC of Jura?

Crement du Jura

How is Crement du Jura made?

Traditional 9m lees W (88%) - must have Chardonnay (most 100%),Pinot Noir, Trousseau (can add Savagnin) Rose - 50% of Pinot Gris

Main grape used in Cremant du Jura?

Chardonnay

Jura AOC that produces more red than white?

Arbois

Bottle size for Vin Jaune?

620ml

Ouillé wines from Arbois are labelled?

Naturé

What is the typical labelling term for wines Sous Voile?

Traditionel

Wines that are made reductively with minimum O2 exposure?

Ouillé

White wines oxidatively aged 60m with surface yeast?

Vin Jaune

Sweet wines made from dried grapes with 18m aging

Vin de Paille

How long must the Marc be aged in a barrel?

14 months

How long must grapes be dried for Vin du Paille and then barrel aged?

6 weeks 18m

For Vin Jaune, how big is the Clavelin?

620ml

What is used on the bottle for Chateau Chalon rather than Vin Jaune?

Vin de Garde

How many AOCs produce Vin de Paille in Savoie and what are they

3 Arbois L'Etoile Cotes du Jura

What grape in Jura can only be used for Cremant?

Pinot Gris

Seyssel AOC’s sparking grape varieties

Molette >75% Altesse >10%

What is the DGCs of Savoie AOC that produces red and white?

Chignin Chautagne Jongieux

How many DGCs in Bugey?

3 DGCs

What are the grapes in Bugey Sparkling?

Chardonnay Jacquere Molette

What are the grapes in Bugey Red and Rose?

R - Gamay, Monduese Rs - Gamay PN

What dominates Arbois production?

Red - Pinot Noir, Poulsard, Trousseau

What are the soils of Arbois?

Grey, Red marl and heavy clay means

What are the soils of L'Étoile?

Clay-limestone marls (more limestone)

What are the soils of Bugey?

Limestone soils

What is the most widely planted white grape in L'Étoile?

Chardonnay

What is the traditional red grape from Savoie that almost died out?

Persan

What is both the dominate grape and white grape in Savoie?

Jacquère

What is #2/3 grapes and dominate red in Savoie?

Gamay Mondeuse

What is the Savoie white grape that is hardy vine giving consistent yield with light perfume, wildflower and citrus that has high acidity and low sugar?

Jacquère

What grape in Savoie is suitable for Cremant de Savoie since it never achieves high sugar levels?

Jacquère

What is the white grape native to Savoie, low yields, very resistant to rot that is full bodied, ageable, high acidity with hints of honey and almond? Primarily dry, can be sparkling and is used in Roussette de Savoie and Seyssels?

Altesse

What is the Savoie neutral grape native around Lake Geneva and only found in Haute-Savoie?

Chasselas

What is the French grape called Bergeron in the region and suffers from irregular yields, sensitive to rot/mildew but produces elegant aromatic, flora wine that are complex and age worth?

Roussanne

What is the high yielding, fairly neutral Savoie white grape with high sugar and acid that is incorporated into sparkling wines from Seyssel?

Molette

What French red grape that has been planted in Savoie since 18th century?

Gamay

Who was head of state when Savoie became part of France in 1860?

Napolean III

What is the main soil type throughout Savoie?

Clay Limestone Limestone scree Alluvium & molasse

Above what altitude do vineyards stop?

500m

What is the vine training method

Échala for steep slope Monduese, Roussanne and Altesse Single Guyot for flatter and mechanized

What is the overwhelming production of Savoie grapes?

70%

What style can Crémant de Savoie be?

Only white

What is the style of Roussette de Savoie?

Only dry white from Altesse

What can go into Sparkling Seyessel?

3/4 Molette + Altess and Chassels

What does Seyessel produce?

Dry and Sparkling