Central Vineyards

Question 1

Soil types of Sancerre

Answer 1

Terres Blanches- kimmeridgian clay
Caillottes- stony
Silex- flinty

Question 2

Appellations of the Central Vineyards (9)

Answer 2

• Sancerre
• Pouilly-Fumé/Fumé de Pouilly
• Pouilly-sur-Loire
• Menetou-Salon
• Quincy
• Reuilly
• Coteaux du Giennois
• Orléans
• Orléans-Cléry

Question 3

other Central France appellations

Answer 3

• Châteaumeillant
• Côte Roannaise
• St-Pourçain
• Côtes du Forez
• Côtes d’Auvergne

Question 4

Grapes and wine styles of Cote Roannaise AOP

Answer 4

Red and Rose, 100% Gamay

Question 5

Grapes and wine styles of Cote du Forez AOP

Answer 5

Red and Rose, 100% Gamay

Question 6

Grapes and wine styles of Chateaumeillant AOP

Answer 6

◦Vin Gris: Min. 60% Gamay plus Pinot Noir and a max. 15% Pinot Gris
◦Rouge: Min. 60% Gamay plus Pinot Noir
◦The proportion of Gamay may be a min. 30% from 2011, a min. 40% from 2016, and a min. 50% from 2021, with a min. 60% mandatory from 2027 onward.

Question 7

Grapes and wine styles of Cotes d’Auvergne AOP

Answer 7

◦Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
◦Rosé: Min. 50% Gamay plus Pinot Noir
◦Rouge: Min. 50% Gamay plus Pinot Noir

Question 8

Grapes and wine styles of St. Pourcain AOP

Answer 8

◦Blanc: 50-80% Chardonnay, 20-40% Sacy (Tressalier), max. 10% Sauvignon Blanc
◦Rosé: 100% Gamay
◦Rouge: 40-75% Gamay, and 25-60% Pinot Noir

Question 9

grapes and wine styles of Orléans AOP

Answer 9

◦Blanc: Min. 60% Chardonnay, plus Pinot Gris
◦Rosé: Min. 60% Meunier, plus Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
◦Rouge: 70-90% Meunier, plus Pinot Noir

Question 10

grapes and wine styles of Orléans-Cléry AOP

Answer 10

◦Rouge: 100% Cabernet Franc

•Minimum Potential Alcohol: 9.5%
max RS 2g/l

Question 11

grapes and wine styles of Sancerre AOP

Answer 11

◦Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
◦Rosé: 100% Pinot Noir
◦Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

Question 12

grapes and wine styles of Pouilly-Fumé/Fumé de Pouilly AOP

Answer 12

◦Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
min alc 10.5%
max RS 4 g/l

Question 13

grapes and wine styles of Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP

Answer 13

◦Blanc: 100% Chasselas
min pot alc 9.5%
max RS 4 g/l

Question 14

grapes and wine styles of Menetou-Salon AOP

Answer 14

◦Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
◦Rosé: 100% Pinot Noir
◦Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir
◦Sauvignon Gris permitted for white wine but may not be replanted

min alc 10.5%

•Maximum Residual Sugar:
◦Blanc/Rosé: 4 g/l
◦Rouge: 2.5 g/l

Question 15

grapes and wine styles of Quincy AOP

Answer 15

◦Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc, plus a max. 10% Sauvignon Gris

min pot alc 10.5%

max RS 4 g/l

Question 16

grapes and wine styles of Reuilly AOP

Answer 16

◦Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
◦Rosé: Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
◦Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

•Maximum Residual Sugar:
◦Blanc/Rosé: 4 g/l
◦Rouge: 2.5 g/l

min pot alc 10.5%

Question 17

grapes and wine styles of Coteaux du Giennois AOP

Answer 17

◦Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
◦Rosé: Pinot Noir and Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)
◦Rouge: Pinot Noir and Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)

min pot alc 10%
•Maximum Residual Sugar: ◦Blanc/Rosé: 4g/l
◦Rouge: 2.5g/l

Question 18

What is the soil type in the Le Monts Damnes vineyard and to which village is it attached?

Answer 18

Terres Blanches, giving broader wines and it is located outside Chavignol

Question 19

What is the soil type in the Le Chene Marchand vineyard and to which village is it attached?

Answer 19

Caillots, giving finely etched wines, located outside Bue

Question 20

name some leading producers in Pouilly Sur Loire who also experiment with oak aging?

Answer 20

Alfonse Mellot, Henri Bourgeois, Didier Dagueneau, Vincent Pinard

Question 21

name an area of Sancerre that has Silex soils

Answer 21

Menetreol sous Sancerre. Bands of silex run NW-SE in both Sancerre and Pouilly Fume