The best wines of Jura

Discover the best wines of Jura as well as the best winemakers of Jura and estates of Jura to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Jura and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Jura by region

Looking for a good wine of Jura among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Jura. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Jura with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Jura

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Jura

Red wines from the region of Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal saltimbocca, pork gyros or wild boar stew marinated in red wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Jura

On the nose the red wine of the region of Jura. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, cranberry or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of cherry, minerality or red fruit.

The best vintages in red wine of Jura

  • 1988With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1992With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.03/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Jura

  • Poulsard
  • Pinot Noir
  • Trousseau
  • Grenache
  • Colombard
  • Chardonnay

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Jura

A wine route planned in the region of Jura? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Jura.

Discovering the wine region of Jura

The Jura is a small wine region in eastern France that is responsible for some very special and traditional wine styles. It is close to the Swiss Jura, but quite distinct from it. Wedged between Burgundy to the west and Switzerland to the east, the region is characterized by a landscape of Wooded hills and the winding topography of the Jura Mountains. The Jura vineyards cover just over 1,850 hectares, forming a narrow strip of land almost 80 km Long from North to South.

The total area is steadily increasing, but is still less than one-tenth of the area planted with vines two centuries ago, before Phylloxera decimated the region's vineyards. Jura wines are sold under five main appellations, the most important of which are Arbois">Arbois and Côtes du Jura. Five main Grape varieties are used in the region's wines - three traditional and two more modern imports. The first of the local varieties is Poulsard (or Ploussard as it is called in the communes of Arbois and Pupillin), a red grape that accounts for about a fifth of the region's plantings.

Great white wines of Jura

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Jura

White wines from the region of Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of poultry, mushrooms or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of traditional welsh dark beer, beef with dark beer or capellini with prosciutto.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Jura

On the nose the white wine of the region of Jura. often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone fruit or cheese and sometimes also flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or tropical. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Jura. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Jura

  • 2013With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.99/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Jura

  • Chardonnay
  • Savagnin
  • Poulsard
  • Gamay

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Jura

A wine route planned in the region of Jura? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Jura.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Great sparkling wines of Jura

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Jura

Sparkling wines from the region of Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of chicken and shrimp jambalaya, express chicken skewers with spices or salted muffins with bacon and grated cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Jura

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Jura. often reveals types of flavors of apples, spices or honey and sometimes also flavors of melon, straw or yeast. In the mouth the sparkling wine of the region of Jura. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Jura

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Jura

  • Chardonnay
  • Colombard
  • Trebbiano
  • Pinot Noir
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Jura

A wine route planned in the region of Jura? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Jura.

The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea

This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".

Great pink wines of Jura

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Jura

Pink wines from the region of Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, ramadan berber soup (harira) or thai beef wok.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Jura

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Jura. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, watermelon or red fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Jura

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Jura

  • Pinot Noir
  • Trousseau
  • Savagnin
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Poulsard

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Jura

A wine route planned in the region of Jura? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Jura.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great sweet wines of Jura

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Jura

Sweet wines from the region of Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, mature and hard cheese or poultry such as recipes of salmon steak on a bed of leeks, pizza with beef and comté cheese or chicken wok with chinese noodles.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Jura

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Jura. often reveals types of flavors of caramel, black fruit or clove and sometimes also flavors of ginger, apples or oaky.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Jura

  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.07/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Jura

  • Chardonnay
  • Savagnin
  • Poulsard
  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Jura

A wine route planned in the region of Jura? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Jura.

The word of the wine: Dry extract

Non-liquid constituents of wine.

Great natural sweet wines of Jura

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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Jura

Natural sweet wines from the region of Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of homemade pork curry, coulibiac of salmon or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of natural-sweet wine of Jura

On the nose the natural sweet wine of the region of Jura. often reveals types of flavors of microbio.

The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Jura

  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Jura

  • Savagnin
  • Chardonnay

The best wineries and winemakers for natural-sweet wine of Jura

A wine route planned in the region of Jura? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best natural-sweet wine of Jura.

Discover the grape variety: Savagnin

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.

Great unknow wines of Jura

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Food and wine pairing with a unknow wine of Jura

Unknow wines from the region of Jura go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, mature and hard cheese or poultry such as recipes of currywurst, shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon) or coconut chicken.

News from the vineyard of Jura

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

Many wine styles can seem perplexing at first: imagine the first bottle of Barolo if you only know Barossa Shiraz, or the first bottle of Jura Savagnin if you were brought up on California Chardonnay. With time, thought and repeated tasting, though, comes understanding. You learn each wine’s syntax and lexicon, its hints and inferences. You grasp the ways in which each style communicates. Its beauty dawns, then grows. Rosé wine sales grew 23% worldwide between 2002 and 2019. Its fuel has come fr ...

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 ...

Laggan Bay whisky distillery to open on Islay

Plans have been approved for what will become Islay’s 12th Scotch malt whisky distillery. Laggan Bay is set to be developed by whisky bottlers and brewers The Islay Boys, in association with Ian Macleod Distillers. Argyll and Bute Council has granted planning permission for the distillery, which The Islay Boys said will produce ‘a traditional, double-distillation Islay whisky’, at Glenegedale in Laggan Bay, close to the island’s airport. The new development, on a two-hectare site, will also incl ...

Discover other regions and appellation of Jura

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    • Abergement-le-petit
    • Aiglepierre
    • Arbois
    • Arbois cedex
    • Arbois-mesnay
    • Arlay
    • Chalon
    • Château-chalon
    • Cramans
    • Crancot
    • Darbonnay
    • Davaye
    • L'etoile
    • Le chateley
    • Le vernois
    • Les arsures
    • Mantry
    • Mathenay
    • Menétru-le-vignoble
    • Montigny-les-arsures
    • Nevy sur seille
    • Orbagna
    • Passenans
    • Poligny
    • Port-lesney
    • Pupillin
    • Quintigny
    • Rotalier
    • Route de champagnole
    • Saint germain les arlay
    • Saint-lothain
    • Trenal
    • Vernantois
    • Vincelles
    • Vougeot