AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Jura

Communes of Production

  • Château-Chalon, Domblans, Menétru-le-Vignoble, Nevy-sur-Seille 

Styles and Encépagement

  • Blanc „Vin Jaune“: 100% Savagnin

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • 12%

Minimum Must Weights

  • 204 g/l

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • 3 g/l

Élevage

  • Wines must be aged until December 15 of the sixth year following the harvest, including at least 60 months under the „voile,“ without topping up, and may be released on January 1 of the seventh year following the harvest

Minimum Planting Density

  • 5,000 vines per hectare

Training System

  • Single or Double Guyot and Cordon de Roya

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

  • 30 hl/ha

AOC Established

  • 1936 (last updated 2011)

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