Anjou-Saumur Flashcards
What is the Loire Valley’s largest and most diverse region?
Anjou
-between Pays Nantais and the Touraine
Chateau des Fesles is one of the most respected estates in…
Bonnezeaux
Name the 7 villages that may append their name to the basic Coteaux du Layon AOP.
Beaulieu-sur-Layon Rochefort-sur-Loire Faye d'Anjou St. Lambert du Lattay St. Aubin de Luigne Rablay-sur-Layon Chaume
What are the 2 requirements of wines labeled by village in the Coteaux du Layon AOP?
- must reach higher minimum must weights
- harvested at lower maximum yields
What is the minimum must weight of wines of Chaume?
min. 80 grams per liter
True or False:
Anjou-Villages AOP is a red-wine only appellation.
True!
-producers typically bolster Cabernet Franc with a proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon resulting in sturdier, fuller wines.
What is the Saumur?
an eastern sub-region of Anjou adjacent to Chinon in the Touraine
What is the center for the Loire’s sparkling wine production?
Saumur
What is Pineau de la Loire?
Chenin Blanc
-Anjou can produce both sweet and dry versions
What percentage of Anjou’s production is devoted to rose? What is the main grape varietal?
45%
a blended wine dominated by Grolleau grapes
What grape varietal is nearly one-third of Anjou’s plantings?
Cabernet Franc
What is the unique soil structure of Savenniere’s steep southern exposure?
blue schist mixed with volcanic debris
What 2 AOPs are located within Coteaux du Layon?
Bonnezeaux AOP
Quarts de Chaume AOP
What 2 unoffcial ‘grand crus’ of Savennieres received their own AOCs in 2011?
Roche aux Moines
Colée de Serrant-monopole of biodynamic Nicolas Joly
What style of wine is Coteaux du Layon AOP and Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP?
Sweet
- minimum 34 g/l RS
- ‘tries’ harvesting is mandatory resulting in either healthy grapes with late-harvest flavors or botrytis
From what vintage forward is the Quarts de Chaume AOP entitled to the “Grand Cru” moniker?
2010
-Loire Valley’s first Grand Cru
What is the soil type of Quarts de Chaume AOP?
Sandstone and schist
What river do the vineyards of the Quarts de Chaume AOP bank on?
The Layon River
How many ha is the Quarts de Chaume?
54ha
-production is under 10,000 cases per year
Name 2 Quarts de Chaume producers.
Domaine des Baumard
Chateau Pierre-Bise
What AOP covers the same ten communes that are authorized for Coteaux de l’Aubance?
Anjou-Villages Brissac AOP
-for RED wines: Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
What is the grape varietal of Anjou’s lightest red wines?
Gamay
-Anjou Gamay varietal wines may not be blended in Anjou Rouge bottlings
Saumur AOP blanc is 100%______ as of 2016.
Chenin Blanc
-prior to 2016 Saumur blanc permitted Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
What are the authorized varietals of Saumur Rouge wines?
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pineau d’Aunis
True or False:
Rosé wines may not be produced in Saumur
True
To what style of wine are over half of Saumur’s AOP grapes destined for?
Saumur AOP Sparkling wines or
méthod traditionelle Crémant de Loire AOP
Crémant de Loire AOP allows blending across what 2 regions of the Loire?
Touraine
Anjou-Saumur
What is the soil of Saumur?
soft tuffeau limestone
-resembles those of Touraine
What Saumur AOP is known as the “field of fire”?
Champigny
-the limestone is harder, iron-rich and inflected with shale
What style of wine is Saumur-Champigny and how many villages may produce it?
Red, light, bright, floral Cabernet Franc
8 villages
Where is Haut-Poitou located?
about 50 miles due south of Chinon and the eastern edge of Saumur. Received AOP status in late 2011.
-Sauvignon Blanc/Cabernet Franc
