The Winery Jean Macle of Château-Chalon of Jura

Winery Jean Macle - Château-Chalon
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Jura.
It is located in Château-Chalon in the region of Jura

The Winery Jean Macle is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Château-Chalon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Macle wines

Looking for the best Winery Jean Macle wines in Château-Chalon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Jean Macle wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Jean Macle wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Jean Macle

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean Macle

How Winery Jean Macle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, mature and hard cheese or poultry such as recipes of macaroonade from sète, county soup or chicken curry and onions.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Jean Macle

On the nose the white wine of Winery Jean Macle. often reveals types of flavors of nutty, caramel or minerality and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, coffee or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Jean Macle. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jean Macle

  • 1995With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.55/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.34/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.31/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jean Macle.

  • Savagnin
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Château-Chalon

The wine region of Château-Chalon is located in the region of Côtes du Jura of Jura of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jean Macle or the Domaine Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot produce mainly wines white, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Château-Chalon are Pinot noir et Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Château-Chalon often reveals types of flavors of smoke, vanilla or citrus and sometimes also flavors of minerality, apricot or ginger.

In the mouth of Château-Chalon is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 33 estates and châteaux in the of Château-Chalon, producing 38 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Château-Chalon go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, mature and hard cheese or poultry.

The top sweet wines of Winery Jean Macle

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Jean Macle

How Winery Jean Macle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of steamed pork chops, mackerel with quick mustard or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Jean Macle

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Jean Macle. often reveals types of flavors of raisin, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or citrus fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Jean Macle.

  • Chardonnay
  • Savagnin

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Jean Macle and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Foxé

An animal odor found in certain reduced or old wines, which are also said to fox, in reference to the fox.

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