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Anjou.Saumur Flashcards

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Saumur wines may be labeled as Anjou…

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…but Anjou wines may not be labeled as Saumur.

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What is the soil makeup in Savennières?

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Blue schist and volcanic debris

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What are the two former Crus of Savennières, what happened to them, and when?

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Coulée de Serrant (North)
Roche Aux Moines (South), 
in the town of Champboureau
They were elevated to AOP in 2011

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Coulée de Serrant is a monopole of whom?

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Château de la Roche Aux Moines, run by Nicolas Joly

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What are the three climats of Coulée de Serrant?

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Grand Clos de la Coulée
Clos du Château
Les Plantes

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What are the sweet wine AOPs of Anjou?

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Coteaux du Layon AOP
Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP

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What two sweet wine AOPs lie within the Coteaux du Layon?

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Bonnezeaux AOP
Quarts de Chaume AOP

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What are the appending villages of the Coteaux du Layon?

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Faye d'Anjou/Faye
Rochefort-sur-Loire/Rochefort
Rablay-sur-Layon/Rablay
Beaulieu-sur-Loire/Beaulieu
St. Aubin de Luigné/St. Aubin
St. Lambert du Lattay/St. Lambert
Chaume 1er Cru
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What is the minimum must weight and residual sugar for Coteaux du Layon? For SGN?

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Coteaux du Layon Must Weight: 221g/L
RS: 34g/L

CdL SGN Must Weight: 323g/L
RS: 34g/L

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What is the minimum must weight and residual sugar for Chaume 1er Cru?

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Must weight: 272g/L
RS: 80g/L (68g/L pre 2011)

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What is the minimum must weight and residual sugar for Coteaux de l’Aubance? For SGN?

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Must weight: 238g/L
RS: 34 g/L

SGN Must Weight: 323g/L

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What is the minimum must weight and residual sugar for Bonnezeaux AOP?

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Must Weight: 238g/L
Residual Sugar: 51g/L

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What is the french term for botrytis cinerea?

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Pourriture Noble

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What is the minimum must weight and residual sugar for Quarts de Chaume AOP?

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Must Weight: 298g/L
Residual Sugar: 85g/L (34g/L pre 2011)

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What are the three lieux-dits of Quarts de Chaume?

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Les Quarts
Les Roueres

Le Veau

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In what commune is Bonnezeaux AOP located?

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Thouarcé

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In what commune is Quarts de Chaume AOP located?

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Rochefort-sur-Loire

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When was Quarts de Chaume granted the designation Grand Cru?

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2010

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What is the main soil type of Quarts du Chaume?

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Sandstone and Schist

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Is cryoextraction permitted in Quarts de Chaume?

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No, but a transitional agreement allows the practice through 2019.

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What styles of wine are authorized for Anjou-Villages AOP and Anjou-Villages-Brissac AOP?

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Red only - Cab Franc dominant, plus Cab Sauv

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Anjou-Villages-Brissac AOP covers the same ground as what sweet wine AOP?

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Coteaux de l’Aubance

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What styles are authorized for Cabernet d’Anjou AOP and Cabernet de Saumur AOP?

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Rosé only, Cab Franc and Cab Sauv
Cabernet d’Anjou is min. 10 g/L RS
Cabernet de Saumur is max 7 g/L RS

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What styles are authorized for Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire AOP and Coteaux de Saumur AOP?

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Blanc doux only - 100% Chenin Blanc, 34g/L RS. May be botrytis or passillerage
Must weights are:
221g/L for Coteaux de la Loire
238g/L for Coteaux de Saumur

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What is rosé d’Anjou?
An AOP for rosé of Grolleau/Gris, Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Cot, Gamay, Pineau d’Aunis
Minimum RS: 7 g/L
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What is the encépagement of Anjou Blanc?
Chenin Blanc plus max 20% combined Chardonnay/Sauv Blanc
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What styles are authorized for Anjou AOP?
Blanc
Rouge (Primeur/Nouveau also)
Gamay (100% varietal, Primeur/Nouveau also)
Vin Mousseux Blanc (min. 70% Chenin Blanc, max 10% Chardonnay, plus)
Vin Mousseux Rosé (CF, CS, Cot, Gamay, Grolleau/Gris, Pineau d’Aunis)
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What styles are authorized for Saumur AOP?
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc (may include max 20% SB & Chard until 2016)
Rouge: Cabernet Franc plus max 30% Cab Sauv/Pineau d’Aunis
Vin Mousseux Blanc: min. 60% Chenin, max 10% SB
Vin Mousseux Rosé: min. 60% Cab Franc, max 10% SB
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What is Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame?
A sub-appellation of Saumur for red wines of Cabernet Franc plus max 15% Cabernet Sauvignon (no Pineau d’Aunis), lower yields (50 hl/ha v. 57)
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What is the encépagement for Saumur-Champigny?
Cabernet Franc plus max 15% Cab Sauv/Pineau d'Aunis
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What is the major soil type of Saumur-Champigny?
Iron-rich limestone and shale
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What are the varietal requirements for Haut-Poitou?
Blanc: min. 60% Sauvignon Blanc plus Sauvignon Gris
Rouge: min. 60% Cabernet Franc, plus Gamay, Merlot, Pinot Noir
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What changes in the soil between Anjou and Saumur?
Anjou is the end of the igneous volcanic rock that dominates Brittany, the Pays Nantais, and Anjou: slate, schist, phyllite, and other carboniferous rocks. 
With Saumur, the Paris Basin begins: clay, limestone, and other sedimentary/metamorphic rocks.
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What is the residual sugar in Demi-Sec Savennières?
5-18g/L
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What is the residual sugar in Moelleux Savennières?
19-45g/L
30 g/L in Coulée de Serrant and Roche Aux Moines
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What is the residual sugar in Doux Savennières?
46+ g/L
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Nicholas Joly: Wines
-Les Vieux Clos (Les Clos Sacrés in USA, formerly Becherelle), sourced from four separate plots, essentially AOC Savennieres.
-Clos de la Bergerie, sourced from Roches-aux-Moines.
-Clos de la Coulée de Serrant
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What is Château Pierre-Bise named for?
The local name for the volcanic spilite (fine grained, of basaltic origin) in the vineyards (particularly Rouannières)
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Pierre-Bise: Dry Whites
-Anjou Haut de la Garde (single vineyard across the river from CdS and RaM; contains Les Rayelles, source for the Coteaux du Layon)
-Savennières Clos le Grand Beaupréau (within Moulin de Beaupréau)
-Roche aux Moines (since 2005)
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Pierre-Bise: Sweet Whites
-Les Rayelles (Rochefort, high elevation plot within Haut de la Garde)
-Les Rouannières (in Beaulieu, mostly pierre-bise soil)
-Clos de la Soucherie (Beaulieu, carboniferous rock and pierre-carré [aka phthanite: compacted silica])
-L’Anclaie (Beaulieu, schist and phthanite)
-Chaume
-Quarts de Chaume
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What is Clos de Coulaine?
A Savennières vineyard rented by Claude Papin and Joëlle Chevalier Papin of Pierre-Bise; rented vines are bottled under the Papin-Chevalier label.
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Pierre-Bise: Reds
Anjou Gamay
Rouge Schiste
Rouge Spilite
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Eric Morgat: Winemaking
Previously the wines saw 10-20% new oak and possible ML. 
Today fermentation is in fiberglass, the oak is all old and ML is no longer encouraged.
Viticulture is organic.
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Eric Morgat: Wines
-L’Enclos: Savennières cuvée, all domaine fruit from non-contiguous parcels: Moulin de Beaupréau, Roche aux Moines, La Pierre Becherelle. Last vintage 2011.
-Fidès: Savennières from the remaining 2ha (Morgat sold 2.5ha in 2011), all schist. 1st vintage 2012.
-Litus: 1ha vineyard in Layon, fermented dry. Spilite. 1st vintage 2008.
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Baumard: Savennières
-Clos du Papillon (schist, plus other igneous and metamorphic rocks)
-Clos Ste Yves (sometimes marketed as straight Domaine es Baumard). Also schist.
-Trie Spéciale (only made in favorable vintages from Clos Ste Yves fruit)
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What is Baumard Vert de l’Or?
The wines made from 1ha of Verdelho in the Clos Ste Yves vineyard (Savennières).
Ist vintages: 1986 for sec, 1999 for moelleux.
Pulled up in 2007.
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Baumard: Sweet Wines
-Quarts de Chaume: made via cryoselection (freezing the crop until the less-ripe berries are frozen, then pressing).
-Carte d’Or (entry level, from purchased fruit from St. Lambert)
-Clos Ste Catherine (cuvée of fruit from Clos Ste Catherine [Rochefort] and Bourg Chevreau. All domaine fruit.
-Cuvée Le Paon (old vine selection, in good vintages)
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What is vignes hautes et larges?
A planting system unique to Baumard: 3M between rows, 80cm between vines in a row, trained up to 2M high. Illegal as of 2014 for Quarts de Chaume.
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Roche Neuves: Viticulture and Winemaking
Biodynamic. No effeuillage.
Generally whole cluster and indigenous yeasts, small sulphur at bottling.
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Roche Neuves: Wines
RED
-Terres Chaudes: 35-45yo vines, from Dares and Les Poyeux, all Tuffeau limestone, all cement and large old oak.
-La Marginale: mostly Les Poyeux, Turonian limestone, south facing slope.
-Franc de Pied: en gobelet, sandy soil. V. rare, and expensive.
-Les Mémoires: 120yo vines, some grafted, some ownrooted. Destemmed.
WHITE
-L’Insolite: 90yo vines on clay-limestone, sandstone, flint, 1 and 2yo oak
-Clos Romans: single vineyard, high density plantings, on limestone
-Clos de l’Echelier: red and white. Clay soils. Younger vines.
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Clos Rougeard: WInes
-Brézé: Saumur Blanc
-Les Poyeux: 45yo vines, sandy soils, one year old barrels for 18-24mos.
-Le Bourg: 1ha plot of 70yo vines, aged in new oak.

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