A cliff-top village above the Seille whose 60 hectares of AOC make vin jaune and nothing else, from Savagnin, under a yeast veil for six years and three months.
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.
Tasting: Tasting and retail sales Monday to Saturday, 9am to 12pm and 2.30pm to 6pm, by appointment; closed Sunday.
Tip: No website and no walk-ins. Telephone ahead, and expect three cuvees rather than a long list.
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.
Jean-Claude, Annie and Valentin Credoz work nine hectares from the cliff village. The estate describes itself as en conversion bio, so the certified label is not there yet and the bottles say so.
Tip: Conversion takes three years in France, so ask at the cellar which cuvees are already through it. The Cotes du Jura Blanc Vieilles Vignes is already labelled BIO on the estate's own list.