white grape Jura (Château-Chalon, Arbois) serve 12–14 °C ages 5–30 years
Savagnin is a white grape: full-bodied, very high acidity, usually dry. 26 Savagnin wines from £32.00. Typical aromas: walnut, curry, apple, green almond.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
dry · 1/5
Body
lightfull
full · 4/5
Acidity
lowhigh
very high · 5/5
Oak
noneheavy
little · 2/5
Alcohol
lowhigh
moderate-high · 4/5
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Savagnin sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
Comté, walnuts, chicken in vin jaune, morels. the Jura pairing: oxidative white with mountain cheese
Where it grows
Jura (Château-Chalon, Arbois), France — vin jaune under flor: oxidative, 13%+; also ouillé (topped-up) dry whites