For a companion with a hint of extra character, why not a savagnin that has not undergone any oxidation thanks to the ouillage technique preferably pick a wine that has spent a fair while in the cellar. Pairings matches for 4765 foods recipes and 1635 wines from 23 countries. The regions recent surge in popularity on american wine lists lies in contrast with how strange its wines come across to the uninitiated, with many of its indigenous production methods and quirky winemakers requiring more than an introduction for one to fully savor their virtues. Jura wines with altitude oxidative white wine, vin jaune. Known since the fourteenth century, macvin jura is made from unfermented grape juice, grape must, which is integrated third grounds. In 2014 she selfpublished her first book jura wine which is the definitive. In 1936, the jura wine region of arbois was awarded. Cotes du jura aoc, best known for its white wines and its cremant. It comes in brut or demisec, white or rose, from letoile, arbois or cotes du jura. I cant praise this book enough i rarely give a wine book 5 stars but here it is most definitely deserved. The name ploussard is used mainly around the town of pupillin but can appear on wine labels throughout jura as an authorized synonyms. I use quotations because it can hardly be called wine as we know it.
Nv domaine macle macvin du jura, france, jura, macvin du. If its summer, it might be a fruity, floral savagnin, or a jura red with surprising notes of blossoming rose. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, the most famous being vin jaune, which is made by a similar process to sherry. Harvest arrived early in fabulous weather, but it delivered an average 50% crop level, with this figure varying from 10% 90% across the region. Which wine goes well with food, dish, meal, recipe. On my latest visit to fort des rousses i discovered two other really good pairings for a fullflavoured 3 year old comte juraflore. Macvin sweet fortified wine, from a mixture of grape juice and brandy all over the region. Chateauchalon only vin jaune named after the village of the same name. Macvin du jura liqueur, cremant du jura sparkling wine and marc du. Macvin du jura is a sweet wine appellation of the jura region in eastern france. Cremant du jura white or rose sparkling wine made in the traditional method all over the region.
The remaining two appellations cover specific wine styles rather than specific sites. It is made in the mutage method, where grape spirit is added to fermenting wine to stop fermentation and preserve natural sweetness. If snow lies over the land, try a deeply nutty 15yearold vin jaune, or yellow winedeep golden in color, but dry. Cotes du jura all styles made in designated regions from north to south. Previously known as les chais du vieux bourg, lulu vigneron is introducing a new look for their wines. Jura wine is french wine produced in the jura departement.
Macvin du jura buy wine, spirits and beer online or. Macvin du jura rouge wine advocate 91 points there are also some 3,000 halfbottles of a nv macvin du jura rouge produced exclusively with pinot noir must, which was blended with marc and aged for four years shorter than the white. Vieux macvin du jura is an organic sweet wine produced by jeanfrancois ganevat. The jura wine world is a fascinating, mysterious, and at times confusing one.
This sparkling wine is produced from the chardonnay, poulsard, and pinot noir grapes and follows the same strict rules as champagne. If you are a wine buff, and keen to learn more about jura wines then this is the book for you. Located between burgundy and switzerland, this cool climate wine region produces wines with some similarity to burgundy and swiss wine. Come see why the wall street journal says is one of the best websites for. Macvin du jura jeanfrancois ganevat domaine jeanfrancois. Located in darbonnay, in the cotes du jura appellation, the domaine is owned by christian and. Macvin du jura, produced since the fourteenth century, is a blend of grape must and of marc du jura. Ludwig bindernagel is known to his friends and colleagues as lulu. Macvin du jura is a sweet, fortified wine vin doux naturel produced in the jura region of france. White, red, yellow, straw, or sparklingthe jura wines are always surprising. France, jura, macvin du jura jura is frances smallest wine region, with about 4,000 acres of vineyards, and one of its least wellknown. Macvin du jura is an appellation dorigine controlee producing late harvest vin du jura. While technically a darkskinned noir grape, the skins of poulsard are very thin with low amounts of color phenols and produces very pale colored red wines, even with.
It is best served chilled as aperitif, dessert or with foie gras goose liver. Quite rare and expensive, this wine is a great pick me up with medicinal benefits. Domaine du chateau darlay bienvenue au domaine jura. Here, producers use a blend of 23 unfermented juice which is muted with a third marc the distilled lees and the french equivalent to grappa. This is a sweet wine made from dehydrated grapes traditionally dried on straw mats, hence the name paille, or straw whose sugar levels become very concentrated. The jura wine region was awarded the appellation cremant du jura in 1995. The jura, france every year, in the depths of winter, the newest vintage of a littleknown wine is unveiled in a weekend of festivities in the jura mountains of eastern france. Jura wine, food and travel wink lorch explores this. Jura wine regions academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Oh if most other wine books were of similar quality. The juice and must of savagnin grapes are reduced in half by boiling, and the resulting liquid is then fortified with brandy. Producer notes the domaine pecheur began producing wine in 1976 from a single hectare of vineyards. The jura experienced a very challenging 2017 season, with debilitating spring frosts in many areas and a hot, overly dry summer. Manhattan office 48 w 25th st 9th floor new york, ny 10010 212.
They have completed their conversion to 100% organic viticulture and believe the occasion deserves a modern, simplified name and label. A mix of 23 grape must and one third marc grape spirit is aged for at least 12 months in oak. When bottled, its alcohol level generally reaches between 1520%. Poulsard also ploussard is a red french wine grape variety from the jura wine region. Each of the jura appellations, grape varieties and wine styles is interesting in its own right, and you can. Getting to know the jura expertise the wine society. Macvin jura belongs to the french club very closed mistelles or liqueur wine aoc, the only one from a grape brandy, not wine. Sign up for bassins email list and be the first to know about our amazing wine sales. Macvin du jura is a sweet wine appellation of the jura region in eastern. Domaine rolet macvin du jura rouge macarthur beverages. Macvin du jura wine a guide to the wines of macvin du jura.
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