The 237-year-old Vin Jaune (yellow wine), which was entered for the auction by Badoz, dates from the reign of King Louis XVI and was auctioned by Pierre Chevrier on behalf of a Swiss group of wine lovers who want to remain anonymous. „The price was ok for my clients,“ said Chevrier. “It is their passion is to buy old, yes very old wines and then taste them together. This Vin Jaune will give them great pleasure.”
The “yellow wine”, in French “Vin Jaune”, is a special feature produced by winemakers from the Jura, a region in eastern France along the Swiss border, for centuries, but usually only sell on the regional market. The inhabitants of the Jura region do not only love the Vin Jaune, which not only in their opinion is considered precoius, as an aperitif or as an accompaniment to cheese or pâté de fois gras.
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In terms of taste, the Vin Jaune rather reminds of a sherry, with no additional alcohol added and not blended what makes it a very fine wine. It is made from Savagin grapes, possibly a relative of the Alsatian Gewurztraminer, and remains six years in the barrel. About one third evaporates during maturation, the barrels are not topped up and a film of yeast grows over the wine protecting it from oxidation. The wine acquires its characteristic yellow color less from the wood, but ultimately from the yeast.
The distinctive Vin Jaune from the Jura appellations Côtes du Jura, Arbois, L’ Etoile and Château-Chalon, which is bottled in the typical Clavelin bottles (0.62 liters) and which costs between 30 and 50 Euros, has a legendary reputation as for its durability - a century is considered normal. Certainly that is the reason why the Swiss wine enthusiasts can expect an unusual treat. (a.wirtzfeld)
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