Top 100 natural sweet wines of Côtes du Jura

Discover the top 100 best natural sweet wines of Côtes du Jura of Côtes du Jura as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the natural sweet wines that are popular of Côtes du Jura and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Côtes du Jura

Côtes du Jura is a regional appellation in the Jura wine region of eastern France. Introduced in 1937, it is arguably the largest appellation in the region in terms of geographical extent. In terms of quantity, it is the second largest after Arbois">Arbois. While the vast majority of Jura wines are produced in the Northern half of the region between Etoile and Arbois, the Côtes du Jura catchment area extends some distance to the South.

It covers 105 communes in total, stretching for almost 80 km from Champagne-sur-Loue in the north to Saint-Amour in the south (it is a pure coincidence that these two villages share their names with the appellations Champagne and Saint-Amour). Côtes du Jura wine can be red, white or rosé and the appellation also includes the famous vin jaune and vin de paille du Jura. As a result, the title spans a wide range of the wine Color spectrum, so much so that the Jurassians have added coral (coral) and ruby (ruby) to the red, white and rosé to effectively distinguish the wines by their hue.

News from the vineyard of Côtes du Jura

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

The world’s largest and most influential wine competition, Decanter World Wine Awards results offer a definitive guide to the dynamic world of wine. Each year’s results offer surprises and revelations, highlighting growth in quality and consistency – or lack thereof. An all-time record for wines tasted, discover the results from the 19th edition of the competition. Quick links to DWWA 2022 results Search all Best in Show medals Search all Platinum medals Search all Gold medals Search ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’

A domaine’s long history hoists its inanimate wines into life; biography brings meaning to the simple sensual pleasure of tasting a grower’s efforts. It’s important, though, to know what we are doing when we tell stories. And to know what to tell them about. Winemakers take the messy chaos of natural processes and add discipline, giving shape and direction to produce a stable and enticing wine. This was never nature’s intent. The storyteller takes a messy chaos of random events, either imagined ...