Vin Jaune is famous even though it represents only 5% of the production in the Jura. It is an extraordinary wine, exceptionally dry and fresh, with a unique, slightly oxidized character.

Vin Jaune (which translates either as yellow wine or golden wine) is considered a specialty of the Jura and is only made from Savagnin that is kept in oak barrels for a minimum of 75 months.

Virot had lived near the Jura and also shared a fondness for cooking with Vin Jaune. Using the same chicken recipe as Ducasse, Virot chose to subbed fish in as the protein.

More notably, savagnin is the variety behind vin jaune – "yellow wine" – a Jura specialty that shares a kinship with sherry in that it is matured, for six or more years, in partly empty ...

2 Preheat oven to 180C. Heat a casserole over medium-high heat, add two-thirds hazelnut oil. Dust chicken in seasoned flour, shake off excess, add to pan, seal on all sides until golden (6-8 minutes), ...

Bottles brought into the U.S. are a fraction of the 13% total, with non-sparkling wine (red, white, rosé, Vin Jaune, Vin de Paille, and Macvin de Jura) being an even smaller fraction of that.

I recently came across Vin Jaune in the wonderful Hedonism wine shop in Mayfair, where they currently have a bottle for sale from 1774 priced at a very reasonable £72,553.80.

Life & Luxury Food & Wine Comté and vin jaune: An Australian winemaker’s tribute to Jura Crittenden Estate in Victoria planted savagnin grapes quite by accident. The result is a superb wine ...

From its world-class natural wines to beautiful mountains and lakes, this is where to go and what to do in the Jura region of France.