AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Jura

Styles and Encépagement

  • Blanc: 
    • Principal Varieties: Min. 80% combined Chardonnay and Savagnin
    • Accessory Varieties: Pinot Noir, Poulsard (Ploussard), and Trousseau
  • Rosé: 
    • Principal Varieties: Min. 80% combined Pinot Noir, Trousseau, and Poulsard
    • Accessory Varieties: Chardonnay and Savagnin
  • Rouge: As for Rosé
  • Vin de Paille: Chardonnay, Poulsard, Savagnin, and Trousseau
  • Vin Jaune: 100% Savagnin

Assemblage

  • Blanc, Rouge, Rosé, and Vin de Paille wines may be single varietal wines or blends.  Principal varieties must account for a majority of any blend.

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • Blanc/Vin Jaune: 10.5%
  • Rouge/Rosé: 10%
  • Vin de Paille: 19% (14% acquired)

Minimum Must Weights

  • Red Grapes (including grapes destined for Vin de Paille): 153 g/l
  • White Grapes (including grapes destined for Vin Jaune or Vin de Paille): 161 g/l

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • 3 g/l (except Vin de Paille)

Harvest Method

  • Grapes for Vin de Paille must be harvested manually in successive tries.

Élevage

  • Vin Jaune: Must be aged until December 15 of the sixth year following the harvest, including at least 60 months under the „voile“, without topping up, may be released on January 1 of the seventh year following the harvest
  • Vin de Paille: Must be aged until November 15 of the third year following the harvest, including at least 18 months in oak, may be released on December 1 of the third year following the harvest

Bottle Shape

  • Vin Jaune wines must be bottled in a 62 cl „Clavelin“.

Vin de Paille Requirements

  • Grapes destined for Vin de Paille must be dried for a min. 6 weeks, achieving a must weight of 320-420 g/l

Minimum Planting Density

  • 5,000 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

  • Blanc: 60 hl/ha
  • Rouge/Rosé: 55 hl/ha
  • Vin de Paille: 20 hl/ha

AOC Established

  • 1937  (last updated 2011)

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