Savagnin

**Savagnin** is a white grape from the Jura region of eastern France, best known as the grape behind the region's remarkable oxidative wines. **In the glass** — in its dramatic *vin jaune* form, aged for years under a veil of yeast, it develops intense curry, walnut, dried apple and bruised-fruit aromas with a bone-dry, almost sherry-like intensity. Made in a more conventional, protected style it is fresher and more floral, with firm acidity. **Where it grows** — the Jura is its heartland, where it stars in Château-Chalon and other vin jaune appellations. It is genetically linked to the wider Traminer family and appears under various names across Central Europe and increasingly among niche growers elsewhere. **At the table** — vin jaune is a classic with Comté cheese and chicken in cream sauce. **Cellaring** — vin jaune is famously long-lived, keeping for decades; fresher styles are best drunk younger.

Wines

• Arbois — Domaine Rolet
• Arbois Premier Vin de l'Arbois — Fruitière Vinicole d'Arbois
• Arbois Pupillin — Bruyère Renaud & Houillon Adeline
• Arbois Tradition — Domaine Rolet
• Arbois Vin Jaune Série Limitée — Domaine Maire et Fils
• Blanc — Château d'Arlay
• Chambines Savagnin Naturé — Cellier Saint Benoit
• Château Chalon — Domaine Stéphane Tissot
• Château Chalon Vin Jaune — Domaine Maire et Fils
• Château d'Arlay — Château d'Arlay
• Château de l'Étoile — Château de l'Étoile
• Crémant du Jura Millésimé — Domaine de la Touraize - André-Jean et Héloana Morin
• Cuvée Académie des Sciences — Fruitière Vinicole d'Arbois
• Côtes du Jura Blanc — Château Grèa
• Côtes du Jura Savagnin — Domaine Cabelier
• Côtes du Jura Savagnin Grand Minéral — Domaine Maire et Fils
• Heida — Varonier
• Heida Visperterminen — St. Jodern Kellerei
• Hip Hip J Savagnin — l'Octavin
• Ju Sa — Zeroine