Vin jaune is a special and characteristic type of white wine made in the Jura region in eastern France. It is similar to dry fino Sherry and gets its character from being matured in a barrel under a film of yeast, known as the voile, on the wine's surface. Vin jaune shares many similarities with Sherry, including some aromas, but unlike Sherry, it is not a fortified wine. The wine is made from the Savagnin grape, with some of the most premium examples coming from the marl based vineyards in the Château-Chalon AOC. In other French wine regions, there has been experimentation in producing similar style wines from Chardonnay and other local grape varieties using cultured yeast such as the vin de voile wine produced in the Gaillac.
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Vin Jaune is an appellation in Jura, France. Its rules allow Savagnin. We track 54 of its wines in stock at 29 shops, from 20 wine houses, from € 40.06; mostly white.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Jura
- Grapes allowed
- Savagnin
- In our wines
- Savagnin
- Styles
- White 53 · Dessert 1
- Prices
- from € 40.06 · median € 98.00 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +3.4 °C · 1,708 GDD · 48 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,287 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,296 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2023 | – | – | – | – | hot +2.2 °C · 1,606 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2022 | – | – | – | – | hot +2.3 °C · 1,618 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,054 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 1,343 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2019 | 1 | € 49.00 | € 59.27 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,337 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2018 | 7 | € 47.60 | € 91.81 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hotdry harvest +1.7 °C · 1,472 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2017 | 7 | € 49.90 | € 99.19 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,245 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2016 | 12 | € 53.71 | € 100.85 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,110 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2015 | 4 | € 108.00 | € 136.21 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,192 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2014 | 5 | € 95.00 | € 141.53 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,106 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 95.00 | € 114.92 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,041 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 102.36 | € 102.36 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,096 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 69.00 | € 69.00 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,196 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 945 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,192 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2008 | 2 | € 91.66 | € 109.34 | 96.0 (1 wine) | coolwetwet harvest −0.9 °C · 981 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,041 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2006 | 1 | € 92.32 | € 92.32 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,283 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,204 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,192 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +2.0 °C · 1,580 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,130 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,146 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2000 | 1 | € 92.32 | € 92.32 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,099 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1999 | 1 | € 93.66 | € 93.66 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,144 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,033 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,080 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | colddry harvest −1.5 °C · 832 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,050 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,138 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,008 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,152 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,208 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,293 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,130 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,054 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 967 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,081 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 990 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.8 °C · 796 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,073 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,079 GDD · 116 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Vin Jaune's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation (its region's point). The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Tissot 6 · Claude Buchot 6 · Domaine Bornard 5 · Domaine de Savagny 2 · Fumey-Chatelain 2 · Domaine Buronfosse 1 · Domaine de la Borde 1 · Domaine de la Renardiere 1 · Domaine de la Touraize 1 · Domaine de la Tournelle 1 · Didier Grappe 1 · Domaine des Cavarodes 1 · Domaine des Marnes Blanches 1 · Domaine Du Pelican 1 · Didier et Jules Grappe 1 · Domaine Tony Bornard 1