More importantly, chardonnay is used as the base wine for the increasingly popular cremant du jura. The wines are made in the traditional method and have notes of apples, lemons and brioche. But jura offers easier options, including wonderful standins for wine drinkers priced out of bordeaux. Cremant can be made from all five jura grapes, though the majority of cremant du jura are made from 100% chardonnay grapes. The wine is not fortified chateau chalon wines must be bottled in a clavelin, a squat 62 cl bottle, in poor vintages like 1980 or 1984, the chateau chalon wines may be declassified to cotes du jura. Reds, roses, sparkling or sweet desert wines, the wines of the jura are as varied as the cultural and culinary heritage of the region. Food type matching with this wine are desserts, cheeses, crustaceans and seafoods, main dishes. Chateau darlay is a local landmark, founded in the th century and now one of the top producers in the jura. More typical varieties include trousseau, poulsard and savagnin. Dec 03, 2015 jura is a small wine region in eastern france which is responsible for some traditional and highly idiosyncratic wine styles. It is close to, but quite distinct from the swiss jura. To all who love jura wine, i wish you a happy new year. Cotes du jura learn more about cotes du jura read more cotes du jura is an aoc in the jura wine region producing red and rose wines from poulsard, trousseau and pinot noir grapes, and white wines from chardonnay known locally as melon darbois and savagnin which bears similarities with the aromatic gewurztraminer. Cremant du jura these are beautiful sparkling wines from jura.
The best wines of the jura david williams food the guardian. Getting to know the jura expertise explore the wine society. Created in 1995, the title covers the style of sparkling wine which has been made here since the 18th century. Though borrowed from their neighbor burgundy, chardonnay and pinot noir have been growing in jura since the middle ages.
In new york, i launched a kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the book, as well as providing the motivation of hundreds of people waiting for it. How chefs brought jura wine to the united states sommelier darlings today, the wines of the jura were once completely ignored in this country. Dec 29, 20 jura is a department in eastern france, located at the border with switzerland and at the foot of the jura mountains. The oddlynamed macvin is a wine fortified with local marc brandy made from grapeskins, etc. Discover two of the most beautiful villages of france. Of these, chateauchalon is the smallest at 690 hectares, and focuses exclusively on making vin jaune, the prized sweet wine that was f. If any jura wine can be said to be famous, it would be vin jaune, or yellow wine, a powerfully nutlike, almost punishingly austere white. It has been known for a long time that savagnin was part of the traminer family, but the book will reveal much more including not only an array of synonyms for savagnin, but also that it is the parent of such diverse and much more fashionable grape varieties as sauvignon blanc, chenin blanc and gruner veltliner. Vin jaune french for yellow wine is a special and characteristic type of white wine made in the jura region in eastern france.
Jura is a small wine region in eastern france which is responsible for some traditional and highly idiosyncratic wine styles. More than one in four bottles of wine sold from jura is sparkling and sold under the appellation cremant du jura, created in 1995 and one of the seven cremant designations in france. Jun 15, 20 juras big commercial success is light, fizzy cremant du jura made the same way as champagne but generally younger, cheaper and simpler. Winner of the drink prize in the andre simon food and drink book awards 2014, jura wine uncovers the secrets of the fascinating wines of. Jura is a french wine region that lies between burgundy and switzerland. This is a coolclimate region, with clay and limestone soils and plenty of jurassic era fossil matter, hence the name. Sandwiched between burgundy and switzerland, the region is characterized by a landscape of wooded hillsides and the twisting topography of. The wines of the jura traditional products that are especially popular worldwide, particularly in china have a promising future beyond french borders precisely because they have a long and beautiful history, as jia peng explained in a previous post. Oh if most other wine books were of similar quality.
The book will be in the same style as the jura wine book but delving, at last, into the wines of savoie and bugey, and covering a few smaller alpine areas further south. If snow lies over the land, try a deeply nutty 15yearold vin jaune, or yellow winedeep golden in color, but dry. Getting to know the jura expertise the wine society. On 14 november 1991 it received its aoc designation. How chefs brought jura wine to the united states eater. Mar 08, 2017 the result is a wine liqueur that has plenty of spice and raisin flavor notes, and is usually served as an aperitif. If you are a wine buff, and keen to learn more about jura wines then this is the book for you. If its summer, it might be a fruity, floral savagnin, or a jura red with surprising notes of blossoming rose. It is similar to dry fino sherry and gets its character from being matured in a barrel under a film of yeast, known as the voile, on the wines surface. The big news from me is that more stock of the jura wine book is now available after i pushed the button for a third printing three thousand copies sold to people based in over 50 countries makes me proud and im only sorry that i cant find the time to create a new edition. The latest export figures exports represented 7% of total jura sales in the.
Lorch was extolling jura wines long before they were. These wine attractions are complimented by many excellent and charming. Sometimes known as nature or fromentin, savagnin is the most famous jura grape responsible for making its greatest wines. The latter is famous for being used in two typical local wine products. Theyre likely the most approachable of all jura s wines, and generally a good value. Trusted by millions to discover and buy the right wine every time. A daily postcard with a few simple words of wine wisdom. This sparkling wine is produced from the chardonnay, poulsard, and pinot noir grapes and follows the same strict rules as champagne. This means that jura is often overlooked, and so are two other nearby wine regions. Sparkling white cremant du jura is a wine of france from jura region. Get snooth s free wine newsletter for a daily dose of what to drink right now, pairing ideas, wine country travel tips, and more. Arbois meaning fertile land, is the heart and capital of jura wine region. The weekend festival is a celebration of the unique wine. Cotes du jura all styles made in designated regions from north to south.
Juras most popular varieties are burgundys most representative ones. Jura wine routes france, wine trails france, wine tours. A glass of cremant du jura is about the most easily recognizable style of. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, the most famous being vin jaune, which is made by a similar process to sherry, developing under a florlike strain of yeast. In 2014 she selfpublished her first book jura wine which is the definitive guide in english to the wines of the region. Jura also produces its own style of sparkling wines. Jun 19, 2015 how chefs brought jura wine to the united states sommelier darlings today, the wines of the jura were once completely ignored in this country. Theres also a separate section dedicated to the people who made a difference. Jura wines with altitude oxidative white wine, vin jaune. It comes in brut or demisec, white or rose, from letoile, arbois or cotes du jura. It is similar to dry fino sherry and gets its character from being matured in a barrel under a film of yeast, known as the voile, on the wine s surface. An hours drive east of beaune lies the 1,450hectare jura umbrella appellation, comprising the arbois, arboispapillon, cotes du jura, chateauchalon and letoile viticultural zones. Jura is a department in eastern france, located at the border with switzerland and at the foot of the jura mountains. There are three major aocs, all of which are enclosed by the larger cotes du jura aoc.
The wines produced here are very unique, some would say funky, meant in the nicest possible way. Cotes du jura aoc, best known for its white wines and its cremant. The best wines of the jura david williams food the. Most folks associate jura with the regions famously strange, strong oxidative wines. The resulting wine is aldehydic, with nutty, flavour. I cant praise this book enough i rarely give a wine book 5 stars but here it is most definitely deserved. It was in the smallest wine region in france that one of the most famous white wines was created. Domain benoit badozs arrogance is 100% chardonnay and delivers a creamy punch with great minerality, perfect for salmon or other fish in cream sauce. With the launch of the wine grapes book, jancis robinson mw has dubbed juras famous white grape savagnin a founder grape variety.
Chardonnay can also be aged under flor to create a vin jaunelike wine. Every february, a different village in the jura region hosts the percee du vin jaune. With its delicate rose colour and feminine label, desire petit cremant du jura is a wine built for romance that wont gut your wallet. Tissot gets a finessed, almost lacy, wine out of this southfacing parcel of triassic claylimestone atop blue marl. Jun 24, 2015 tissot gets a finessed, almost lacy, wine out of this southfacing parcel of triassic claylimestone atop blue marl. Jura wine, food and travel wink lorch explores this. The ideal temperature to serve this wine is between 8 and 10c 46 and 50f.
Many characterful, oldworld wine styles emerge from the jura but quantities. Jura wine is french wine produced in the jura departement. Macvin du jura is an appellation dorigine controlee producing late harvest vin du jura fortified with marc du jura. Wines carrying the four jura appellations of arbois, cotes du jura, letoile and chateauchalon are still pretty rare in the uk in my experience, even though those of natural wine pioneer pierre overnoy and gavenat can be found on some of our more adventurous wine lists.
Living partly in the french alps, only a couple of hours from the jura region, she has written about the regions wine, food and tourism for many international magazines and books. A little thin on the finish results in this wine coming in a shade under 90 points. Were on the lookout for great wine deals and when we see them, well send you an email. Chardonnay is the largest planted grape in jura and is the other recognized grape to make white wine in jura, alongside savagnin. Sandwiched between burgundy in the west and switzerland in the east, the region is characterized by a landscape of wooded hillsides and the twisting topography of the jura mountains. Vin jaune shares many similarities with sherry, including some aromas, but unlike sherry, it is not a fortified wine. Much like the poulsard grape, vin jaune is also unique to this region, and holds a special place in the culture of the native people. At 2 000 hectares 5 000 acres, only slightly more than 0. The history of the wine region is a fascinating story of survival of the fittest, with a multitude of issues impacting the jura wine, from world wars to black rot.
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