2003 Domaine J.P. et J.F. Quenard Chignin Vin de Savoie

Wine trivia question: Name a white wine grape that’s grown only in the mountainous Savoie region of France.

Answer: Jacquerre.

The wine is Chignin, the name of a village near Lake Geneva in the foothills of the Alps. This one from J.P. and J.F. Quenard is 100% Jacquerre from 40-year-old vines, which may be why it has more grip and weight than many mountain wines.

Pale gold with a glint of green, it tastes like a juicy Granny Smith. This refreshing summery wine, something exotic, comes in at about $10. Not bad for a lovely little wine that’s made it all the way here from the Savoie, where most of it is usually drunk up by hikers and skiers.

--S. Irene Virbila

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Quick swirl

Region: Savoie

Price: About $10

Style: Crisp and juicy

Food it goes with: Summer salads and pastas, picnic fare, grilled fish, cheese

Where you find it: Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa, (949) 650-8463; Mission Wines in South Pasadena, (626) 403-9463; Wine Exchange in Orange, (714) 974-1454 or (800) 76WINEX; Woodland Hills

Wine Company in Woodland Hills,

(818) 222-1111.