The wine region of Crémant du Jura is located in the region of Côtes du Jura of Jura of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot or the Domaine Marcel Cabelier produce mainly wines sparkling, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Crémant du Jura are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Poulsard, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Crémant du Jura often reveals types of flavors of cream, black fruit or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of smoke, chalk or raspberry.
In the mouth of Crémant du Jura is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble. We currently count 77 estates and châteaux in the of Crémant du Jura, producing 135 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Crémant du Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks.
Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.
wines from the region of Crémant du Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of penne with shrimp and zucchini, chicken fillets with mustard and cream or lebanese hummus.
On the nose in the region of Crémant du Jura often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth in the region of Crémant du Jura is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
