Château-Chalon is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wines made in the Jura wine region of France, around the village of

Château-Chalon Château-Chalon () is a commune in the Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The commune is perched on a cliff in the first fold of the Jura mountains. It is reached from the west by a road with numerous hairpin curves. Its ...

. Only white wines from the Savagnin grape made in the '' vin jaune'' ("yellow wine") style can be made using this appellation. However, the Château-Chalon wines are not explicitly labeled as ''vin jaune''. It is

bottled A bottle is a narrow-necked container made of an impermeable material (such as glass, plastic or aluminium) in various shapes and sizes that stores and transports liquids. Its mouth, at the bottling line, can be sealed with an internal ...

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

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, and can age for several decades.

Climate and geography

Château-Chalon is located in hilly terrain in the eastern French wine region of Jura. The area has a

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...

, which includes very cold winters. The climate during