Savagnin
The savagnin (one says also savagnin white ) is a type of vine with green or yellow bunches. He is close cousin of the type of vine Gewürztraminer. One almost exclusively cultivates it in the the Jura, where he is the type of vine-king. One also finds some traces in Switzerland of them, in the High-Were worth, where it is known under the name of heida and where it is used for the development of the pagan Vin.
In the Jura, the savagnin is used for the development of the yellow wine, a wine of veil as one also finds some with Jerez, Madeira and in some cellars of Gaillac. After a wine making in dryness, the wine ages during 6 years and more was open. On the surface of the liquid, is formed a yeast veil which nourishes wine and transforms it very slowly to give a particular beverage where the green nut flavor dominates; heady, dry, persistent and powerful, it is one of the aromatic wines which are; it can be preserved one century without failing. The yellow wines most famous come from names Castle-Trawl-net, Arbois, the Star and the Coast-of-Jura.
Apart from the Yellow wine, the type of vine savagnin is also vinified in dry white, in general with an oxydative style; it is noted however that a new generation vine growers promotes a more traditional wine making - in and out of the Jura - out of ullaged barrels (closed, full level). One finds also the savagnin assembled with chardonnay in vintages known as " tradition".
Lastly, the savagnin can also enter another curiosity of the Jura: the Wine of straw. It is liqueur-like made with grape passerillé on a bed of straw, from where its name.
The savagnin would be identical to the Traminer, formerly very cultivated in Germany.
External bonds
The site of the wines of the Jura
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