AOC Specific Soils Flashcards
Soils of the Vosges lower slopes
Granite
Gneiss
Schist
Volcanic
Sandstone
Soils of the Vosges lower foothills
Limestone
Marl
Sandstone
Soils of the Rhine Plain
Loess/loam
Alluvium
Colluvium
What are the soils of Beaujolais-Village AOC
GRANITE SOILS
What are the soils of Julienas?
Layered and complex with diverse soils
What Beaujolais Crus has volcanic (DIORITE) soils?
Cote de Brouilly AOC
Brouilly AOC
What soils are Cote du Py planted
Roches Pourries or decomposing schist
What are the soils of N Beaujolais?
Granite
Schist w/ Arene and gorrhe
What are the soils of S Beaujolais?
Clay-limestone
What are the general soils of Haut-Medoc?
Gravel topsoils
What are the soils of Pauillac?
Well draining gravel
What AOC would you find iron-pan subsoils in Medoc?
Saint Julien
What does Listrac-Medoc produce?
Merlot dominant due to clay, sand and limestone soils
What are soils of Sauternes AOC?
Sand
Gravel
Clay
Limestone
What are the soils of Barsac
Clay-Limestone plateau
What are Cerons soils?
Higher gravel and sand content
limestone
marl
clay
What is interesting about Sauternais soils?
They are so poor can only support vines and trees.
What are the soils of Medoc?
Clay
Limestone
less gravel
What are the soils of Saint Estephe?
Higher % of clay
What are the soils of Pauillac?
Gravel
What are the soils of Saint Julien?
Gravel mounds
Clay subsoils with
Iron-pan
Marls
What are the soils of Marguax?
Gravel
Sand subsoil
What are the soils of Moulis-en-Medoc?
Clay
Marls
Merlot based
What are the soils of Pessac-Leognan?
Deep gravel soils
What are the soils of Graves de Vayres
Rounded pebbles
Gravel beds from Isle River deposits
What are the soils of Saint-Crois-du-Mont?
More gravel than Cadiallac/Loupiac
Clay
Limestone
Soils of Saint Emilion
Limestone and clay with some sand on the river and iron rich soils
What are considered the Pomerol islands in Saint Emilion?
Iron rich soils
Figeac
Cheval
What are the soils of Pommerol?
Iron rich soils
What are the soils of Fronsac?
Clay
limestone
What are the soils from both Figeac &
Cheval, St Emillion satellites?
Iron-rich like Pommerol
What are the soils of Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux?
Clay
What Cotes de Bordeaux is similar in style to Saint Emilion?
Castillon - Clay soils
What type of soils in Blaye AOC
sandy gravel, clay and limestone
The general soils of Côtes de Bordeaux?
Principally Clay and limestone
What are the soils of Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux?
Clay
Limestone
Pockets of gravel hence they use CabSav
What are the soils of Francs Côtes de Bordeaux?
much more Limestone - CabFranc
What are the 2 types of soils in Chablis?
Kimmeridgean Marl
Portlandian soils
What are the soils of Petit Chablis AOC?
Portlandian soils and are more acidic
Where do soils in Chablis rank in terms of age?
Youngest
Maconnais is the oldest
What are the soils of Irancy?
Kimmeridgean marls
What are the soils of Châtillonnais and Grand Auxerrois?
Portlandian marl
What are the soils of Vèzelay?
Clay
Limestone
What are the soils of Saint-Bris?
Both Kimmeridegean
Portlandian
What are the soils of Côte de Nuits?
Sedimentary Limestone
Limestone rich marl
170-160 MYA
What are the soils of Côte de Beaune?
Limestone
Limstone-rich Marls
160-150 MYA
What are the soils of Côte Chalonnaise?
Similar to Beaune
Limestone
Limstone-rich Marls
160-150 MYA
Where do the soils of Côte Chalonnaise start to transition ro more sandy soils of Maconnais?
Givry
What are the soils of Bouzeron?
Secluded valley with shallow soils
What are the soils of the Mâconnais?
- Limestone and marls (N)
- +
+Granite and Schist (S)
What are the soils of Puilly-Fuisse?
Bioherms of limestone.
1. Rock of Vergisson
2. Mt de Pouilly
3. Solutré
What are the soils of Vesle and Ardre matching with which grape?
Sand, clay and marl
Meunier
What are the soils of Monts de Berru and what is the grape?
Chalk
Chardonnay
What are the soils of Grande Vallee de la Marne and its grape?
Sand, clays and marls, pockets of chalk
Pinot Noir