Winery Jean-Luc MouillardChâteau-Chalon
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, mild and soft cheese or mature and hard cheese.
Taste structure of the Château-Chalon from the Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Château-Chalon of Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard in the region of Jura is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Château-Chalon of Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard in the region of Jura often reveals types of flavors of apples, toffee or walnut and sometimes also flavors of non oak, microbio or vegetal.
Food and wine pairings with Château-Chalon
Pairings that work perfectly with Château-Chalon
Original food and wine pairings with Château-Chalon
The Château-Chalon of Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard matches generally quite well with dishes of poultry, mature and hard cheese or mushrooms such as recipes of chicken tikka massala, cold vegetable cake or porcini omelette.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard's Château-Chalon.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Château-Chalon from Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard are 2011, 0, 2009
Informations about the Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard
The Winery Jean-Luc Mouillard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Château-Chalon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
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 word of the wine: Ladle
Said of a wine that is not clear due to the presence of colloidal suspensions that prevent the passage of light.
