Jules Chauvet (1907-1989) was a wine ''

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''. He worked from La Chapelle-de-Guinchay in the

Beaujolais Beaujolais ( , ) is a French ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which mak ...

. Jules Chauvet was a

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and a taster. He also possessed the skills of a

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, which he obtained at the school of chemistry at Lyon, then with

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, with whom he maintained a long correspondence. He worked particularly on

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malolactic fermentation Malolactic conversion (also known as malolactic fermentation or MLF) is a process in winemaking in which tart-tasting malic acid, naturally present in grape must, is converted to softer-tasting lactic acid. Malolactic fermentation is most often p ...

and

carbonic maceration Carbonic maceration is a winemaking technique, often associated with the French wine region of Beaujolais, in which whole grapes are fermented in a carbon dioxide rich environment before crushing. Conventional alcoholic fermentation involves crush ...

. He also was a teacher in winemaking. As such he later inspired the movement of

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s. He leaves books of quality, including ''The aroma of fine wine'', the text of a lecture he delivered at the wine fair of

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in 1950.

Own books

*''L'Esthétique du vin'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 104 p., *''Études scientifiques et autres communications (1949-1988)'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 193 p., *''L'Arôme des vins fins'', in ''Le Vin en question'', an interview with Hans Ulrich Kesselring,Originally published in the ''Chemische Rundschau Magazin'' n° 50, 9 December 1981 Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 1998, 108 p., *''Vins à la carte'', tome 1, Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 1998, *''La dégustation des vins, son mécanisme et ses lois'' in Évelyne Léard-Viboux & Lucien Chauvet, ''Jules Chauvet, naturellement...'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 2006, 113 p.,

Bibliography

* Sébastien Lapaque, ''Chez Marcel Lapierre'', Stock, collection Écrivins, Paris, 2004, *J.-Camille Goy, ''Jules Chauvet. L'homme du vin perdu'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, coll. « Magenta », Paris, 2002, 110 p., *Jacques Néauport, ''Jules Chauvet ou le talent du vin'', Jean-Paul Rocher publisher, Paris, 1997, 332 p.,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chauvet, Jules French winemakers 1907 births 1989 deaths

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