Winery Yves JacquierDemi-Sec
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The Demi-Sec of the Winery Yves Jacquier is in the top 0 of wines of Crémant du Jura.
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Discover the grape variety: Optima
Intraspecific crossing between sylvaner x riesling (perhaps rieslaner) and müller-thurgau obtained in 1930 by Peter Morio (1887-1960) and Bernhard Husfeld (1900-1970) at the Siebeldingen Research Institute (Palatinate) in Germany. It can be found in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, England, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, ... very little known in France. Note that Optima is the mother of the Orion grape variety.
Informations about the Winery Yves Jacquier
The Winery Yves Jacquier is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Crémant du Jura to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Crémant du Jura
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.
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: Muscat blanc à petits grains
A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.
