Definition of vin jaune in English:
vin jaune
nounPlural vins jaunesvã ˈʒəʊn
mass nounA strong yellowish white wine made in the Jura region of eastern France.
Example sentencesExamples
- Film-forming yeasts perform a vital function in the production of wines such as flor sherry, vin jaune, and Tokaji
- The region's most profound wine, vin jaune, or yellow wine, is hard to find in the United States.
- The onions and nuts in caramel highlight its sweetness, the endives offer a contrasting texture, the vin jaune added to sea bass fumet punctuates the different tones of sweetness in the dish.
- Tip: buy a bottle of vin jaune in a wine shop or supermarket and try it on its own.
- Jura wines have their own special characteristics, especially the most outstanding one, the mysterious vin jaune
- The vin jaune gives the sauce a distinctive, underlying taste that is hard to duplicate with other wines.
- In Franche-Comté the bird is simmered in vin jaune; and in Alsace in Riesling.
- The appellation produces a wide variety of wines including red, rosé, and white wines, sparkling wines, sweet vins de pailles and of course the distinctive vins jaunes.
- Luckily for me and his other friends, he brings back Jura wines - especially macvin and micro-cuvée vins jaunes - that are never imported into Quebec.
Origin
French, literally 'yellow wine'.