Jura wines

[wondersofwine]

Bon jour, Bienvenue,
I'm afraid your question exceeds my expertise. Maybe one of the board members has the answer. Was it a red or white wine?
Some description of Jura wines can be found at the following site: http://web.veronafiere.it/slowines/Catalogue/FranceJura.html
It does mention the Savagnin variety of grape which is similar to Traminer and is used for the famous yellow wine. It mentions the slow process of oxidation as the wine ages in the barrel. However, you said this was not the yellow wine. There is also a macvin du Jura which is made from grape juice of savagnin fortified with Marc de Franche-Comte (old Brandy). However the suggested foods with this fortified drink are melon, desserts or vanilla ice cream. The macvin du Jura is described at http://www.tonovermars.nl/tissot/macvin.html.
Bonne chance!


[This message has been edited by wondersofwine (edited 10-04-2002).]