Chateau-Chalon house founded in 1850, working 11 hectares: 8 of Chardonnay in Cotes du Jura and 3 of Savagnin for vin jaune, all raised under voile in 16th-century cellars.
Tip: No website and no walk-ins. Telephone ahead, and expect three cuvees rather than a long list.
Address: 15 Rue de la Roche, 39210 Chateau-Chalon, France, Jura
Estate created in 1985 on 15 hectares, 5 in Chateau-Chalon and 10 in Cotes du Jura, with a vaulted 16th-century cellar holding more than 500 barrels for long vin jaune ageing.
Tasting: Caveau open Saturdays 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm, weekdays by appointment; cellar visit and full-range tasting, French, German and English.
Tip: The cellar keeps a back-catalogue of older vintages, so ask what is open beyond the current release.
Jean-Claude and Annie Credoz opened their Chateau-Chalon caveau in 2002 with 2 hectares and bought back the family vines, reaching 9 hectares inside a decade. Valentin now farms alongside them.
Tasting: Caveau in the village of Chateau-Chalon, open for tasting and direct sales; contact the domaine for current hours.
Tip: The family traces its vines to 1859 and moved down from Menetru-le-Vignoble in 2004; ask about the old parcels.
Estate created in 1985 on 15 hectares, 5 in Chateau-Chalon and 10 in Cotes du Jura, with a vaulted 16th-century cellar holding more than 500 barrels for long vin jaune ageing.
Tasting: Caveau open Saturdays 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm, weekdays by appointment; cellar visit and full-range tasting, French, German and English.
Tip: The cellar keeps a back-catalogue of older vintages, so ask what is open beyond the current release.
Jean-Claude and Annie Credoz opened their Chateau-Chalon caveau in 2002 with 2 hectares and bought back the family vines, reaching 9 hectares inside a decade. Valentin now farms alongside them.
Tasting: Caveau in the village of Chateau-Chalon, open for tasting and direct sales; contact the domaine for current hours.
Tip: The family traces its vines to 1859 and moved down from Menetru-le-Vignoble in 2004; ask about the old parcels.
Cooperative founded in 1957 at the foot of the Chateau-Chalon cliff, collecting 75 hectares across Cotes du Jura and Chateau-Chalon and bottling the full Jura range.
Tasting: Free tasting seven days a week during caveau hours; group visit and tasting by appointment Monday to Saturday, 10 euros for five wines with Comte.
Tip: The easiest place in the Haute-Seille to compare Chateau-Chalon with a Cotes du Jura sous voile side by side.
Mantry grower working 8 hectares across four communes and three geographic appellations, Cotes du Jura, L'Etoile and Chateau-Chalon, with 16th-century cellars under the house.
Tasting: Groups up to 50 by reservation; 5 euros per person for five wines with amuse-bouches, glass included. Bus parking beside the cellar.
Tip: One of the few small domaines holding vines in three separate geographic AOCs, which makes the tasting a tour of the region.
Listed chateau above 22 hectares of old vines in Cotes du Jura, all surrounding the house. The range covers red, white, rose, corail, vin jaune, vin de paille, Macvin and old marc.
Tasting: Cellar door Monday to Saturday, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm; Sundays and holidays by appointment, open 2pm to 7pm in July and August. Groups by reservation.
Tip: From May to October the ticket also buys the romantic park, the fortress ruins and the 17th-century cellar with its old still.
Arlay family estate now in its sixteenth generation, farming 10 hectares entirely in biodynamics and holding one of the deepest old-vintage cellars in the Jura.
Tasting: Cellar visits, tastings and vineyard walks; weekday visits without appointment, weekends and holidays by reservation.
Tip: The family has kept bottles back since the 19th century, and old vintages occasionally come out at tastings.
