📜 Côtes du Jura
The general appellation of the Jura, including white wines from Savagnin and vin jaune.
Côtes du Jura is the general name for wines from the Jura, an area in eastern France near the Swiss border. The name is protected as a geographical indication of the European Union and is listed in the eAmbrosia register. The Jura is a small but unusual wine area.
White, red and rosé wines are made here, and sweet ones too. The main local white grape is Savagnin, which makes unusual wines with nutty notes. Chardonnay also grows, along with the reds Poulsard, Trousseau and Pinot Noir. Traminer is another grape of the region that can also be found.
The best-known unusual wine of the Jura is vin jaune, yellow wine. It is made from Savagnin and aged in barrels under a layer of yeast for at least six years. It gains a special nutty taste. It is a separate style, unlike ordinary white wines.
In the Jura the vineyards are small, and wines depend greatly on soils and the winemaker's choices. Côtes du Jura suits those who are interested in unusual flavours.
How it connects to Wine
📜 Côtes du Jura ← main grape of ← 🍇 Pinot Noir → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Where it is
- 📍 Jura
- Main grapes
- 🍇 Chardonnay, 🍇 Savagnin, 🍇 Poulsard, 🍇 Bastardo, 🍇 Pinot Noir
- Wines
- 🍷 Red wine, 🍷 White wine, 🍷 Rosé, 🍷 Still wine, 🍷 Sweet wine
Frequently asked questions
What is Côtes du Jura?
The general appellation of wines from the Jura in eastern France: white, red, rosé and sweet.
What is the best-known grape in the Jura?
Savagnin, which makes nutty white wines and vin jaune.
What is yellow wine?
A special Jura wine from Savagnin, aged in barrels under a layer of yeast for at least six years.
What to read next
- 🍇 Bastardo — A red grape from France's Jura, where it is called Trousseau; in Portugal it goes into Port.
- 🍷 Still wine — Ordinary wine without carbon dioxide bubbles.
- 🍷 Red wine — Wine from dark grapes that ferments with the skins and takes its colour from them.
- 🍷 Sweet wine — Wine with a lot of sugar, drunk with dessert or instead of it.
Similar
📜 Arbois · 📜 Macvin du Jura · 📜 Crémant du Jura · 📜 Côtes de la Charité · 📜 L'Étoile · 📜 Marsannay
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