Appellation

Château-Chalon

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About Château-Chalon

Château-Chalon is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wines made in the Jura wine region of France, around the village of Château-Chalon. Only white wines from the Savagnin grape made in the vin jaune style can be made using this appellation. However, the Château-Chalon wines are not explicitly labeled as vin jaune. It is bottled in the traditional bottle called clavelin that is of a peculiar shape and with a capacity of 62 cl, which is, according to local legend, the amount left of a litre of wine after aging in cask for six years and three months - the legal minimum for Chateau Chalon. Once bottled, the wine is of great longevity, and can age for several decades.

From the Wikipedia article Château-Chalon AOC, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Château-Chalon is an appellation in Jura, France. Its rules allow Savagnin. We track 15 of its wines in stock at 10 shops, from 7 wine houses, from € 71.61; mostly white.

At a glance
Country
France
Region
Jura
Grapes allowed
Savagnin
In our wines
Savagnin
Styles
White 15
Prices
from € 71.61 · median € 133.66 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––hotdryso far +3.4 °C · 1,708 GDD · 48 % rain
2025––––warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,287 GDD · 129 % rain
2024––––warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,296 GDD · 133 % rain
2023––––hot +2.2 °C · 1,606 GDD · 98 % rain
2022––––hot +2.3 °C · 1,618 GDD · 88 % rain
2021––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,054 GDD · 107 % rain
2020––––hot +1.1 °C · 1,343 GDD · 96 % rain
20191€ 100.35€ 100.35–hot +1.0 °C · 1,337 GDD · 95 % rain
20182€ 98.87€ 145.10–hotdry harvest +1.7 °C · 1,472 GDD · 79 % rain
20172€ 93.65€ 138.60–warm +0.5 °C · 1,245 GDD · 83 % rain
20165€ 71.61€ 136.69–average −0.3 °C · 1,110 GDD · 125 % rain
20152€ 94.50€ 133.41–average +0.3 °C · 1,192 GDD · 92 % rain
20141€ 75.00€ 75.00–average ±0.0 °C · 1,106 GDD · 112 % rain
2013––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,041 GDD · 125 % rain
2012––––average −0.3 °C · 1,096 GDD · 124 % rain
20111€ 531.84€ 531.84–average +0.4 °C · 1,196 GDD · 86 % rain
2010––––cool −0.8 °C · 945 GDD · 105 % rain
2009––––average +0.4 °C · 1,192 GDD · 79 % rain
2008––––coolwetwet harvest −0.9 °C · 981 GDD · 133 % rain
2007––––average −0.4 °C · 1,041 GDD · 113 % rain
2006––––warm +0.7 °C · 1,283 GDD · 116 % rain
2005––––average +0.3 °C · 1,204 GDD · 92 % rain
2004––––averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,192 GDD · 90 % rain
2003––––hotdry +2.0 °C · 1,580 GDD · 68 % rain
2002––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,130 GDD · 73 % rain
2001––––average −0.3 °C · 1,146 GDD · 87 % rain
2000––––average −0.1 °C · 1,099 GDD · 87 % rain
1999––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,144 GDD · 117 % rain
1998––––coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,033 GDD · 116 % rain
1997––––average −0.4 °C · 1,080 GDD · 96 % rain
1996––––colddry harvest −1.5 °C · 832 GDD · 88 % rain
1995––––coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,050 GDD · 93 % rain
1994––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,138 GDD · 108 % rain
1993––––coolwetwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,008 GDD · 136 % rain
1992––––average −0.3 °C · 1,152 GDD · 108 % rain
1991––––averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,208 GDD · 80 % rain
1990––––warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,293 GDD · 69 % rain
1989––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,130 GDD · 80 % rain
1988––––average −0.3 °C · 1,054 GDD · 104 % rain
1987––––coolwet −0.7 °C · 967 GDD · 133 % rain
1986––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,081 GDD · 108 % rain
1985––––cooldry harvest −0.8 °C · 990 GDD · 90 % rain
1984––––cold −1.8 °C · 796 GDD · 91 % rain
1983––––averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,073 GDD · 147 % rain
1982––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,079 GDD · 116 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Château-Chalon's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.

Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.