Ch 14 Flashcards
1
Q
Jurancon
A
south west France
- foot hills of pyrenees
- dry and sweet
- Pest Manseng –> complex, sweet, high acid
- undergoes Passerillage
- pronounced apricot, grapefruit, sometimes spicy notes from new oak
2
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Madiran
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South west france
toward the pyrenees
-Tannat deeply colored, high tannin, used in red blends
-need long periods of bottle ageing and best have concentrated black fruit and high levels of soft ripe tannin
3
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Cotes de gascogne
A
South west France
- south east of Bordeaux
- IGP
- Ugni Blanc–> dry light bodied white wine
- green apple aroma and flowers
4
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Cahors
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south west France
- east of bordeaux on the River Lot
- black wines, tannic, long lived
- malbec most important grape
- – merlot and tannat
- best aged in oak deeply colored, high tannin, intense dark berry fruit
- matured slowly, cedar and earthy
5
Q
describe monbazillac
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a major appalation of the Dordogne east of Entre Doux Mers
south of river
-climate has less moderate maritime influences than bordaux
-Gross Semillon and Sauv Blanc
-botrytised sweetness
6
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describe bergerac
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a major appellation of the Dordogne
- east of Entre Deaux Mer’s
- norm of the river
- climate has less moderating maritime influences as Bordeaux
- grow red and white Bordeaux varieties
