Château-Chalon AOC is the flagship wine style of the Jura region of eastern France. The wine comes from the commune of Château-Chalon and three neighbouring ones. It must age 6 years and 3 months before release.

Communes: Château-Chalon. | Domblans. | Menétru-le-Vignoble. | Nevy-sur-Seille.

Terroir: Marnes noires du Lias (Guide Hachette des Vins 2004, p.682), or Lias black marls is a hard, black marl formed 200 to 180 million years ago.

Vineyard area & wine production: 1974 None made. | 1980 None made. | 1984 None made. | 2001 None made. | 2002 1,647hl from 45ha (Guide Hachette des Vins 2004, p.682).

Bibliography

Oxford Companion to Wine 4th edition ed. Jancis Robinson MW and Julia Harding MW (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Tom Stevenson, The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia 5th Edition (Dorling Kindersley, 2011).

Wink Lorch, Jura Wine (Wine Travel Media 2014).