Basics of Liore Flashcards
Name the four main appellations of the Liore Valley?
Pays Nantais, Anjou-Saumar, Touraine, and Central Vineyards
The Loire Valley produces more white wine than any other French region, and is second only to Champagne in sparkling wine production. True or False
True
Cabernet Franc is known as what in Liore
Breton
What varietal is mostly planted in the Pays Nantais?
Melon de Bourgogne
What are the four appellations that exist for the Melon de Bourgogne varietal in Pays Nantais?
- Muscadet AOP
- Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP
- Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOP
- Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine AOP.
Major Subzones in Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine and their soil layout and elevage requirements.
- Clisson: Granite
- Gorges: Clay and gabbro (igneous rock)
- Le Pallet: Gneiss, quartz, and gabbro
- Le Pallet: Wines must be aged on their fine lees until at least April 2 of the second year following the harvest
- Gorges and Clisson: Wines must be aged on their fine lees until at least November 1 of the second year following the harvest
The Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine wines, which account for over 80% of Muscadet production, are sourced from a collection of 23 communes near the confluence of the Sèvre and Maine Rivers. True or False?
True
What appellation in Liore produces the most sparkling wine?
Saumur is the Loire’s center for sparkling wine production
In Anjou both sweet and dry interpretations of Chenin Blanc are locally called?
Pineau de la Loire
45% of Anjou’s total production is devoted to rosé, a blended wine dominated by what grape?
Grolleau
Anjou AOP, a designation for red, white, and sparkling wines, is the umbrella appellation for the region. Many Saumur wines may be bottled as Anjou AOP. Can you list a wine from Anjou from Saumar?
No
Name the 2 vineyards in Savennières that have their own AOCs (est. 2011)?
- Roche aux Moines
- Coulée de Serrant (monopole of the rigidly biodynamic Nicolas Joly)
Bonnezeaux AOP and Quarts de Chaume AOP are located within what distract of Anjou?
Coteaux du Layon
Chinon AOP, Bourgueil AOP, and St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP set the standard for classic Loire Cabernet Franc. What appellation are they found in within Liore?
Touraine
Chinon has what 3 types of soil?
Chinon soils are broadly divided into three types: tuffeau, clay, and varennes.
What percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon can be added to Chinon AOP, Bourgueil AOP, and St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP?
maximum of 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
Bourgueil and St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil offer only red and rosé wines, whereas Chinon produces a small amount of white wine from ________.
Chenin Blanc
List the range of sweetness Vouvray can be listed.
Vouvray may be produced in a range of sweetness levels: sec, sec-tendre (off-dry), demi-sec, moelleux, and liquereux.
The Romorantin grape is often bottled as?
Cour-Cheverny
Sancerre AOP and Pouilly-Fumé AOP are found in what appellation of the Liore Valley?
Central vineyards
What are the 3 main soils found in Sancerre and what are their features?
silex, terres blanches, and caillottes
Terres blanches is a continuation of the same Kimmeridgian clay that extends into Chablis, whereas caillottes is a stony soil, littered with fossils. Silex has a higher proportion of flint, continuing into the communes of Pouilly-Fumé across the river, where a certain “gunflint” character is implied in the wines.
Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP is reserved to make wine under what grape?
Chasselas
