Jura and Savoie Flashcards
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Jura: What is a wine style vs. an AOC
Wine style = Vin Jaune and Vin de Paille *
AOCs = Cremant du Jura *, Macvin du Jura *, Arbois, Cotes du Jura, Chateau-Chalon, L’Etoile
- Chateau-Chalon produces only vin Jaune*
What are the 6 Jura AOCs and their products?
- Arbois (largest)
- All 5 varieties grown, and all styles are made here - Chateau-Chalon AOC
- Vin Jaune - L’Etoile AOC
- Whites only produced, including Vin de Paille
- Chard, Savagnin and Poulsard used - Cotes du Jura AOC
- All styles produced here
- White and cremant mostly - Macvin du Jura AOC
- Macvin produced, all 5 vars permitted
- Red & white styles made - Cremant du Jura
- Cremant made from all 5 vars
What is Macvin du Jura and how is it made?
How is Macvin du Jura made?
it is a fortified grape must
- Macvin is mae by adding more (1/3 volume) to grape must
- Marc is distilled Jura wine pomace, that spends a min 14 mths in barrel before it can be used.
- The fortified slurry is pressed then aged for amin. of 10 mos; it is released with a 16-20% abv
- All 5 varieties are permitted
Jura: What is Vin de Paille?
How is Vin de Paille made?
A wine made with air-dried grapes
- Unblemished Chard, Savagnin, Poulsard, and/or Trousseau picked
- - left to dry for 6 weeks; traditionally on straw. - Ferment starts with the concentrated grapes
- Wine is naturally sweet with an abv of 14/15 %
- Aged in barrel for 18 months; develops caramel, honey, prune, candied orange characteristics.
- Released only at least 3 years after vintage
- Sold in half bottles - 375ml
* PN is NOT allowed for this wine*
Jura: How is Vin Jaune made?
- Produced soley from Savagnin
- After ferment, the wines transferred to old barrels; not temp controlled
- Wines left for 60 mos, in which time flor develops; flor protects against direct air contact.
- The finished wine cannot be bottled util 6yrs 3mths / or January (7 yrs) after harvest.
- Sold in 620 bottles called clavelin
Make the base wine, put in cask, leave space at top - so it is aged in the presence of oxygen.
Gets a yeasty film of flor, like fino sherry (chemical reaction between yeast and wine creating aldehides), giving briney, salty, olivy, fino character.
What are the 5 permitted / dominant grapes in Jura and their use?
- Chardonnay (Melon d’Arbois, Melon a Queue Rouge, Gamay Blanc) - most of Jura’s white crafter from Chard
- Savagnin Blanc - used for Vin Jaune and for other whites
- Poulsard (Ploussard) - pale reds, roses and cremant rose
- Pinot Noir - used in Macvin du Jura and Cremant du Jura
- Trousseau - identical to Portugals Bastardo grape
Jura:
What do the terms Ouille and Sous Voile mean?
How do the wines differ?
Ouille:
- Without ullage / topped up
- what most whites around the world are made
- wine has been made reductively, with minimum oxygen exposure
Sous Voile:
- Under flor / with ullage (space)
- the wine can age for decades, the wine takkes on sherry characteristics.
What is the role of flor in Jura winemaking?
- Flor is used in making Vin Jaune
- This layer protects the wine from direct air contact
- The wine develops a distinct ‘sherry’ character
What is the climate and growing conditions in Jura?
- Climate is Semi-Continental
- very cold winters
- very warm summers, cool summer nights
- receives a lot of rain which creates disease pressure
Where does Jura sit on the Saone Graben?
Jura lies on the eastern side of the graben.
What is the plain called that seperates Jura and Cote d’Or?
The plain is called Bresse Plain
What impact did Jura have on the Jurassic era?
The Jurassic era takes its name from the Jura mountains, where the limestone-clay (marls) were first identified.
Savoie:
What is the dominant grape in each AOC?
- Vin de Savoie AOC
- Blanc: Jacquere
- Red: any reds
- - Arbin/ St. Jean de la Porte = 100% Mondeuse Noire
- Sparkling: L’Ayze -> 100 Gringet most often - Cremant AOC
- Jacquere and Altesse - Roussette de Savoie AOC
- Altesse - Seyssel AOC
- still Seyssel = 100% Altesse
- sparkling = Altesse, Molette, Chasselas
What are the principle red varieties and their syns and characteristics in Savoie?
- Mondeuse Noire
- late to ripen, rarely exceeds 11% alc, but has great structure and character, age worthy - Gamay
- Plantings in decline - Pinot Noir
- Persan
- coming back
What are the principle white varieties and their syn and characteristics in Savoie?
- Jacuere
- hardy, high yeilding; chaptalisation required to up sugar levels - Altese
- Chasselas
- Roussane (Bergeron)
- Chardonnay
- plantings in decline - Molette
- used in Seyssel sparkling - Gringet
How does the Alpine cliate affect viticulture in Savoie?
- No months ave. temp exceed 10 C
- As altitude increases, temp increases as does wind speed
- Growing season is short, cool and bookended by frost
- Majority of annual precipitation falls as snow
What is the name of the grape indigenous to Jura and known for making almost red wines?
Poulsard
What is the most widely planted grape in Jura?
What are its syns?
Chardonnay
Melon d’Arbois
Melon a Queue Rouge
Gamay Blanc
What is a clavelin?
A 620 ml bottle used in Jura for Vin Jaune
What Jura AOC produces only Vin Jaune?
Chateau-Chalon AOC
What is ullage?
headspace in a bottle or a barrel
What does ouille mean on a bottle of Jura wine?
The wine has been made reductively, with minimum oxygen exposure
What is the main grape used in Cremant du Jura?
Chardonnay
What Jura AOC grows onl Saviagnin Blanc?
Chateau-Chalon AOC
