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FR: Loire Valley Flashcards

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Loire IGPs

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Val de Loire
* 9% of production
* 5 IGP, the others = ~ .2% of production

[Côtes de la Charité
Coteaux de Tannay
Coteaux du Cher et l’Arnon
Puy de Dôme]

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Loire plantings & production

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56.9k
* 78% locally consumed, 25% exported
* 53 AOC’s count for 75% of production
* 12% VDF

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Vin Gris

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Very pale rosé wines - not legally regulated. Made from very brief skin contact.

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3 frost fighting strategies

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  1. Frost fans
  2. Candles/chauferrettes (not ecologically-friendly)
  3. Water spraying (access to water can be a problem) aka aspersion
  4. Heated electric wires (costly)
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Loire frost vintages since 2015

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2016
2017
2019
2021 (WORST)

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At what temp does photosynthesis start to decrease

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30° C/ 86° F
* photosynthesis decreases, eventually leading to the vine shutting down and delaying maturation

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Melon B parents? Romorantin?

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both Gouais Blanc x Pinot

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Feigentraube

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A German synonym for Sauvignon Blanc

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Cotes de Auvergne AC

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Cotes de Auvergne AC
* runs along Allier River, tributary of Loire - so classified as Loire
* 75% of production is red. Vyd is 50% Gamay, 20% PN
* only Chardonnay-focused Loire Valley AOP
* volcanic! Massif Central

AC since 2012. Puy-de-Dome IGP covers this area.

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Pay Nantais’ synonym for Folle Blanche & reason for high # of plantings

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Gros Plant
* highly productive, highly acidic variety traditionally used by the Dutch in the 17th century to make Cognac

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Côt parents

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Magdeleine Noire des Charentes x Prunelard

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Massif Armoricain

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W Loire: Nantais/half of Saumur
* SOILS: Granite, gneiss, multicolored schist, slate, and pudding stones.
EX: Anjou Noir
* 600 million years of weathering = Hercynian Mtns reduced to gentle slopes

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5 tributaries of the Loire

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Maine
Sèvre
Vienne
Indre
Allier
Loir
Layon
Thouet
Cher

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Sur Lie
- 4 ACs that can use the label
- general timeframe

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Autolysis = flavor, aroma, texture
- Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
- Muscadet Sevre et Maine
- Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu
- Gros Plant du Pays Nantais

5 - 14 months aging on lees - from March 1 until Nov 30/Dec 31 of year after harvest
**Not for Crus

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Muscadet soils

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TOPSOIL: clay, sand, gravel

SUBSOIL: Metamorphic/igneous mix.. gneiss, gabbro, granite, schist, clay

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Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine Elevage

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Basic: none mentioned
Sur Lie: March 1 to Dec 31 for bottling; can be sold as soon as March 8

CRUS:
- Goulaine/ Le Pallet: shortest elevage - fine lees until April 1 of 2nd year
- the rest…. Oct 1 of 2nd year
[Gorges, Clisson, Mouzillon-Tillières, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, Château-Thébaud]

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Muscadet “sur lie” aging requirement

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On lees until March 1 of year after harvest
Can be sold as soon as March 8
Must be off lees by Dec. 31

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Aging requirements for Goulaine and Le Pallet* (less aging than the other crus)

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April 1 of 2nd year
(the rest mandate Oct 1)

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Muscadet Crus
(7)

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Complimentary geographic denominations

2011: Clisson, Gorges, Pallet

2019: Goulaine, Château Thébaud, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, and Mouzillon-Tillières

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Muscadet Cru Communaux with GRANITE

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Clisson

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Muscadet Cru Communaux with GNEISS

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DOMINANT:
- Monnières-Saint-Fiacre
- Château-Thébaud

MIXED:
- Le Pallet: Gneiss, quartz, and gabbro
- Goulaine: Gneiss, schist

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Muscadet Cru Communaux with GABBRO

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  • Mouzillon-Tillières: Gabbro
  • Gorges: Clay and gabbro
  • Le Pallet: Gneiss, quartz, gabbro
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Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP

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SWEET WHITES: 100% Pinot Gris (Malvoisie); 20-40gl RS
ROSÉ/REDS: 90% Gamay + max 10% Cabernet Franc

[Sweet Malvoisie = 2/3 of production, most consumed in region]

Overlaps Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

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Muscadet yields

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  • Muscadet AC: 70 hl/ha
  • Muscadet Sevre et Maine etc: 55 hl/ha
  • Crus: 45 hl/ha
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3 Muscadet Cru on deck for ratification

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  1. Champtoceaux (Coteaux de la Loire)
  2. La Haye Fouassière
  3. Vallet
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Red wines in the Pays Nantais

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  1. Coteaux d’Ancenis (Gamay w max 10% CF)
  2. Fief Vendeens (CF/PN/Negrette blends)
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Dedicated Rosé AC’s in the Loire

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  1. Rosé de Loire (dry)
  2. Rosé d’Anjou (min 7gRS)
  3. Cabernet d’Anjou (min 10gRS)
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Cabernet d’Anjou AOP

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Semi-sweet rosé
Anjou-wide; 45% of region production
* Cab Franc and/or Sauv
* MIN 10gl RS

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Rosé d’Anjou AOP

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Semi-sweet Rosé
Anjou-wide; 17% of region production
* Grolleau, CS, CF, Gamay, Cot, Pineau d’Aunis
* MIN 7gl RS

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Rosé de Loire AOP

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Dry Rosé
Anjou-Saumur + Touraine
* Grolleau, CS, CF, Gamay, Cot, Pineau d’Aunis, PN
* MAX 3 gl RS

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Anjou-Saumur AC’s for DRY WHITES (6)

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Anjou AC
Coulée de Serrant AC
Haut-Poitou AC
Saumur AC
Savennieres AC
Savennieres Roche aux Moines AC

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Anjou-Saumur AC’s for STILL ROSÉ (3)

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Cabernet d’Anjou AC
Rosé d’Anjou AC
Haut-Poitou AC (w/r/r)

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Anjou-Saumur AC’s for ROUGE (6)

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Anjou
Anjou-Villages
Anjou Villages-Brissac
Haut-Poitou
Saumur
Saumur-Champingy

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Anjou-Saumur AC’s for SPARKLING (2)

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Anjou AC
Saumur AC

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Anjou-Saumur AC’s for liquoreux (6)

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Anjou Coteaux de la Loire
Bonnezeaux
Coteaux de l’Aubance
Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux de Saumur
Quarts de Chaume

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Anjou AOP grapes/styles

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WHITES: min 80% Chenin
REDS:
* Cab Franc, Sauv, Grolleau, Pinot d’Aunis
* varietally labelled 100% Gamay
VIN MOUSSEUX: Chenin-based whites, Cab Franc/Sauv, Cot etc Rosé

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Dry whites from Anjou-Saumur’s licoreux appellations

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can use Anjou AOP

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Anjou-Villages AOP- what styles of wine?

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Better Anjou sites recognized
* RED ONLY: Cab Franc and/or Cab Sauv

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Anjou-Villages Brissac
- grapes/styles
- what does it overlap

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Centered on Aubance River area
* a dry microclimate with less humidity
* SAME area as Coteaux de l’Aubance

REDS ONLY: Cab Franc and/or Sauv

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Anjou Noir vs Anjou Blanc

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Noir = dark schists of the Massif Amoricain

Blanc = limestones of the Paris Basin

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Coteaux du Layon AOP RS levels

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100% Chenin Blanc; Blanc & SGN
* min 34gl RS, 54gl RS for village
* min 80gl RS for Premier Cru

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Coteaux du Layon + Village
- yields
- min RS
- villages

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Yields 30hl/ha (vs 35)
min 54gl RS (vs 34)

Beaulieu-sur-Layon
Faye-d’Anjou
Rablay-sur-Layon
** Rochefort-sur-Loire (Chaume)
** Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (“pearl of layon”)
Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay

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Coteaux du Layon Premier Cru Chaume
- min RS
- yields
- village

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Rochefort-sur-Loire
* min 80gl RS
* max 25 hl/ha yields
* No chaptalization at this level, the others can

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Quarts de Chaume AOP
- soils
- styles
- RS
- yields
- claim to fame

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“Only Grand Cru in the Loire”
ROCHEFORT-SUR-LOIRE
* SOILS: sandstone, schist
* 100M - “high” for this area; overlooks the Layon River
* passerillage OR botrytis
* NO chaptalization
* Min RS 85 gl
* max 20 hl/ha

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Bonnezeaux AOP
- min RS
- commune
- river

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  • min 51 gl RS; chaptalization is allowed
  • Thouarcé = sole commune
  • north bank of Layon River
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Rochefort-sur-Loire

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Hill of Chaume aka Quarts de Chaume, Coteaux du Layon Premier Cru Chaume

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Layon River AC’s

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Bonnezeaux
Coteaux du Layon
Quarts de Chaume

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Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP

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Aubance River
* similar to Coteaux du Layon… min 34 gl RS, max yields 35 hl/ha

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Coteaux de Saumur AOP

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Blanc (liquoreux)
* * min 34 gl RS - no chaptalization
* 10 hectares planted - not important
* Limestone soils (rather than Anjou schist)

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Savennieres communes of production

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Bouchemaine
La Possonnière
Savennières

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Savennieres RS

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Sec: max 4gl (8 if TA within 2gl of RS)
Demi-Sec: Max. 18gl
Moelleux: 18 - 45 gl
Doux: 45+

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coulées

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valleys

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Savennieres soils

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Anjou Noir
blue schist with volcanic debris

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Coulée de la Serrant

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Nicolas Joly; Monopole

3 sections:
1. Grand Clos de la Coulee
2. Clos du Chateau
3. Les Plantes

  • Anjou noir: schist, volcanics
  • lower yields than the reg and Roche - 30hl/ha, 25hl/ha for demi/doux
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Savennieres Roche aux Moines
- name
- max RS

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“Monk’s Rock”
* Max 4gl RS for Sec
* MIN Moelleux/Doux 30 gl RS
*S/SW outcrop of Amoricain Massif
* 35hl/ha, 25 for demi/doux

Ch. de Chamboreau, Dom. FL, Dom. aux Moines

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Saumur rivers

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Loire River mainly - all AC’s touch it
Thouet River

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Main style produced in Saumur?

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60% of production is sparkling

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Saumur AOP grapes/styles

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  • WHITE: 100% Chenin
  • REDS: Cab Franc + max Sauv/PdA
  • PUY NOTRE DAME: Cab Franc + max 15% Sauv
  • Chenin-based sparkling, Cab Franc-based sparkling rosé
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Saumur Mousseux
- alternative name
- lees aging
- varieties

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Fines Bulles
BLANC: min 60% Chenin
ROSÉ: min 60% Cab Franc
* min 9 months on lees
60% of total Saumur production

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Cremant de Loire AOP
- styles
- lees/elevage
- grapes (3w/5r)
- min bars

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Saumur + Touraine
Blanc & rosé
* Chard, Chenin, Orbois
* Cab Franc, Sauv, Grolleau, Pineau d’Aunis, Pinot Noir

** 9 months on lees, 12 months from tirage before release
** Min 4 bars pressure
**Must be hand-harvested

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Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame
- where
- styles/grapes

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SUBZONE of Saumur AOP
* Min. 85% Cab Franc, max 15% Sauv
*60ha around the town of that name, highest point in the region @ 80M
* lower yields (50 vs 57 for Saumur) and no chaptalization

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Saumur-Champigny AOP
- meaning of name
- grapes, styles
- forest, river
- soils

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Campus ignis = field of fire
* Min. 85% Cabernet Franc + Cab Sauv, Pineau d’Aunis
* Fontevraud Forest (s), Rivers Thouet + Loire
* clay + tuffeau limestone

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Clos Rougeard
- vineyards/bottlings
- last vintage w the Foucaults

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Saumur-Champigny superstars
Nady & Charly Foucault
* Le Clos: Cab Franc, blended sites
* Les Poyeaux, Le Bourg: single vineyard Cab Franc
* Brézè: Saumur Blanc

2016 was the last vintage before the sale

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Brézè producers

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Saumur AOP

Domaine Guiberteau
Arnaud Lambert
Chateau de Breze
Clos Rougeard
Domaine du Collier

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Haut-Poitou AOP

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Saumur
Sauvignon Blanc-based whites
Cabernet Franc-based rosé, reds

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Touraine soils

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Paris basin
* tuffeau, sand, clay, flint, alluvial terraces

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Touraine AOP subzones

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  1. Amboise (W/R/R: Chenin, Cot)
  2. Mesland (W/R/R: Chenin, Gamay)
  3. Azay-le-Rideau (W/Rose: Cheinin, Grolleau)
  4. Oisly (W: SB)
  5. Chenonceaux (W/R: SB, Cot)
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Touraine Amboise

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WHITE: 100% Chenin
ROSÉ: Cot-based
RED: 100% Cot

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Touraine Oisly

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WHITES only - 100% Sauvignon Blanc, lees-aged
*sand, clay soils

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Touraine Chenonceaux

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Largest Touraine AOP subzone
* 100% Sauv Blanc, Cot-based reds

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Touraine Azay-le-Rideau

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Touraine AOP subzone
100% Chenin Blanc WHITES
Grolleau-based ROSÉ

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Touraine Mesland

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Touraine AOP subzone
Chenin-based whites, Gamay-based Rosé and Red

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Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil AOP
- grapes, styles
- soils

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Touraine, north bank of the Loire
* ROSÉ/RED: Cabernet Franc based
* SOILS: tuffeau-based clay upslope; most vineyards are on sandy gravels on an alluvial terrace

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Bourgeuil AOP
- styles
- soils

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Touraine, north bank of the Loire
* ROSÉ/RED: Cabernet Franc based
* SOILS: tuffeau-based clay upslope; half of vyd on sandy gravels on an alluvial terrace

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Chinon - grapes/styles

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100% Chenin Blanc
Cabernet Franc-based Rosé/Red

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Chinon soils

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varennes (alluvial sand)
tuffeau (soft limestone)
clay

Longer answer:
1. Lower, flatter land by river: sand, silt, gravel alluvial terraces (Véron Peninsula at confluence of rivers = highly sandy)
2. Tuffeau / clay mix: on the cotes. Yellow limestone. BEST SITES
** Le Clos de l’Olive, Le Chêne Vert, and La Croix Boissée = famed vineyards
3. Top of the hillsides: clay and sand mix with flint

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Chinon rivers

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Vienne + Loire Rivers

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Vineyards/lieux-dit of Chinon

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Les Beaux Monts (Breton)
La Croix Boissée (Baudry)
Les Grezeaux (Baudry)
Le Clos de l’Olive
Le Chêne Vert

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Chinon Blanc producers

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Dom. de la Noblaie
Bernard Baudry
Couly-Dutheuil
Pascal Lambert

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Varennes

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Alluvial sand and gravelly soils found along the banks of the Vienne and the Loire in Chinon

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Vouvray AOP grapes/styles

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Blanc: Min. 95% Chenin, max 5% Orbois (encepagement)
Vin Mousseux/Pétillant
*majority Chenin = assemblage

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Vouvray Soils/Lay of the land

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Tuffeau (limestone) basis
Perruches: Clay/flint topsoils
–> Premières côtes

Deeper, richer clay soils on the plateau. Cooler, damper. Sparkling wine grapes

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Premieres Cotes

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Vouvray - “First slope”. The steepest, rockiest section of Vouvray - home to all the “grand cru vineyards”

Huet: Le Mont, Le Bourg, Le Haut-Lieu are here

Clay & silex (perruches) on a limestone (tuffeau) bench above the Loire River

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Perruches

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Chinon
Clay/flint topsoil with limestone underneath

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Vouvray Mousseux

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60% of Vouvray production
* grapes from the cool, damp clay-rich soils of the plateau
* min potential alc = 9.5% (vs 11% for still wines)
* 90% is consumed in France, whereas 65% of still wine is exported

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Vouvray RS
- sec
- demi-sec
- Moelleux
- Doux

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Sec: 8gl (TA within 2gl of RS)
Demi-Sec: 9 - 18
Moelleux: 18 - 45
Doux: 45+
**Sec-Tendre: unofficial sec to demi-sec in between. Just enough sugar to round it out

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Montlouis-sur-Loire
-grapes/styles

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South side of Loire River - opposite Vouvray
* 100% Chenin Blanc
* Blanc, Vin Mousseux/Petillant
* Vin Mousseux Fermentation Unique (aka ancestral)

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Q

Montlouis-sur-Loire rivers

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sandwiched between
Loire River (south bank) and
Cher River

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Montlouis-sur-Loire Vin Mousseux á Fermentation Unique (7 rules)
- lees
- process
- rs

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Ancestral method (single fermentation)
* Native yeast fermentation
* Min. 9 months on lees
* Must be disgorged
* No dosage is permitted
* hand-harvested
* vintage dated
* max 5 gl RS

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Vouvray vineyards/lieux-dit

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  • Clos Naudin (P. Foreau)
  • Le Mont, Clos du Bourg, Haut Lieu (Huet)
  • Les Perrieres
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Q

Silex

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Flint

92
Q

Montlouis-sur-Loire producers

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  • Dom. de la Taille Aux Loups (Jacky Blot)
  • Le Rocher des Violettes
  • Francois Chidaine
93
Q

Cheverny AOP

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Touraine
WHITE: min. 50% Sauv Blanc/Gris + Chard, Orbois, Chenin
ROSÉ/RED: min. 85% comb. Pinot Noir/Gamay
**always blends

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Cour-Cheverny AOP

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Touraine
100% Romorantin

95
Q

Jasnieres

A

Touraine
100% Chenin Blanc

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Coteaux du Vendômois AOC
- river
- grapes/styles

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Touraine (banks of the Loir River)
* WHITES: Chenin Blanc-based
* ROSE/RED: Pineau d’Aunis-based

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Sancerre’s main soil types

A
  1. Terres Blanches: Kimmeridgian marl (clay/limestone)
  2. Caillottes: gravel + Oxfordian limestone pebbles
  3. Griottes: clay + Oxfordian limestone pebbles
  4. Silex: clay with flint. Predominant in villages closer to river on east side of the fault line
98
Q

Les Montes Damnes, Culs de Beujeu, La Cote soil type

A

Terres Blanche: Kimmeridian marl with clay/limestone

(Chavignol)

99
Q

Grand Chemarin, Chene Marchand soil type

A

Caillottes - aka Oxfordian limestone

(Bué)

100
Q

Chavignol
- main soil type
- top 3 vineyards

A

Tiny hamlet right next to Sancerre
TERRES BLANCHE/KIMMERIDGIAN SOILS

  • Les Monts Damnés
  • Cul de Beujeu
  • Côte d’Amigny (aka La Côte, Grand Côte)

Gerard Boulay, Pascal Cotat, Francois Cotat, Vatan

101
Q

Clos la Néore

A

Edmond & Anne Vatan
Chavignol, Sancerre
Les Monts Damnés - parcel near the bottom
Terre Blanche

102
Q

Les Montes Damnès soils

A

Kimmeridgian

103
Q

Bué soils + key vineyards

A

Oxfordian limestone
- Caillottes: gravel + limestone pebbles
- Griottes: clay + limestone pebbles

Grand Chemarin, Chêne Marchand
[Lucien Crochet]

104
Q

Chêne Marchand

A

Bué
Lucien Crochet
Oxfordian limestone
- Caillottes: gravel + limestone pebbles
- Griottes: clay + limestone pebbles

105
Q

Sancerre vineyards - list the top 5

A
  • Chêne Marchand (Bue)
  • Les Montes Damnes (Chavignol)
  • Cul de Beujeu (Chavignol)
  • Grand Chemarin (Bue)
  • Côte d’Amigny (aka La Côte, Grand Côte)
106
Q

Where would you find Silex in Sancerre

A

Land closer to the river - east side of the n-s running fault line.

Bannay, Saint-Satur, Menetreol, Thauvenay, Vinon

107
Q

Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP

A

Overlaps Pouilly-Fume
100% Chasselas
*early-ripening, vigorous. Ripens ~ 7 - 10 days before SB

108
Q

Saint-Andelain

A

Village in Pouilly-Fume - highest point in the AC
* home to D. Dageneau

109
Q

Pouilly-Fume producers

A

Louis Benjamin Dageneau
Ladoucette
Dom. du Bouchot
Gitton

110
Q

Didier Dageneau

A

Louis Benjamin Dageneau (now)
* Saint-Andelain
* VDF since 2017
* Asteroide = Franc de Pied bottling
* En Chailloux, Pur Sang = single parcels
* cigares.. 320L oval barrels

111
Q

Menetou-Salon AOP

A

Central Vineyards
W/R/R - Sauv Blanc, Pinot Noir
* more organic vineyards than any other Central Vineyards AC

112
Q

Quincy AOP
- river
- grapes/styles

A

Central Vineyards
Left bank of the Cher River
WHITES ONLY: Sauv Blanc + max 10% Gris
* sand-based soils with gravel, clay, and silt

66 frost-fighting windmills

113
Q

Why did Quincy fare better with frost in 2021 than other regions?

A

Fans

Left bank of the Cher with sandy gravel, clay, silt. Quincy is cool, humid and prone to frost. The growers purchased 66 windmills in 2000. The whole AC is densely planted and almost wholly covered by the fans

114
Q

Reuilly AOP
- grapes/styles
- river

A

Central Vineyards; Arnon River
WHITES: Sauvignon Blanc
ROSÉ: Pinot Gris/Pinot Noir
RED: Pinot Noir

115
Q

Coteaux du Giennois
- grapes, styles
- river

A

Central Vineyards - across the river from Sancerre, on the east bank
WHITE: Sauvignon Blanc
ROSÈ/RED: Pinot Noir/Gamay blends
SOILS: flint/limestone

116
Q

Orléans AOC

A

Central Vineyards
WHITES: Min. 60% Chard + PG
ROSÈ/RED: Pinot Meunier dominant + Pinot Noir

117
Q

Orléans-Clery AOC

A

Central Vineyards
Right bank of the Loire RIver
100% Cab Franc REDS ONLY

118
Q

Loire Volcanique
- what regions

A

Growers association in the Central France
(Massif Central = volcanic formation)

Côtes d’Auvergne
Côte du Forez
Côte Roannaise
Saint-Pourçain

“Gamay on granite”

119
Q

Central Franc AOPs

A

Saint-Pourçain
(W: Chard/Sacy, R/R: Gamay/PN)

Côtes d’Auvergne
(W: Chard, R: min 50% Gamay +PN)

Côtes du Forez
(R/R: Gamay)

Côte Roannaise
(R/R: Gamay)

“Gamay on Granite” - Massif Central volcanics

120
Q

Saint-Pourçain AOP

A

Central France
WHITES: Chard, Tressalier, SB blends
ROSÈ: 100% Gamay
REDS: Gamay/PN blends

121
Q

Côtes d’Auvergne AOP

A

Varietal Chardonnay, Gamay (w some PN) rosé & reds
* has crus.. Cornet is known for Rosé
* volcanic soils

Loire

122
Q

Côtes du Forez AOP

A

Central France
ROSÉ/REDS: 100% Gamay

123
Q

Côte Roannaise AOP

A

Central France
ROSÉ/REDS: 100% Gamay

124
Q

Central Vineyards - rosé appellations? (6)

A
  1. Orléans
  2. Sancerre
  3. Menetou-Salon
  4. Reuilly
  5. Châteaumeillant
  6. Coteaux du Giennois
125
Q

Central Vineyards red wine appelations (7)

A
  1. Orléans
  2. Sancerre
  3. Menetou-Salon
  4. Reuilly
  5. Châteaumeillant
  6. Coteaux du Giennois
  7. Orléans-Clery
126
Q

Central Vineyards that do NOT make white wine (2)

A

Châteaumeillant AOP (R/R)
Orléans-Cléry AOP (Red only)

127
Q

“pearl of layon”

A

Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné

128
Q

Central Vineyards appellations NOT on the LOIRE River

A
  • Reuilly (Arnon River Valley and by the Cher)
  • Quincy (left bank of Cher)
  • Chateaumeillant (Arnon River)
  • Menetou-Salon (no river)

[Touraine Cher AC’s = Montlouis (S border), Valencay]

129
Q

Anjou-Saumur Liquoreux AC’s (6)
- RS
- which forbid chaptalization

A
  • Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire (min 34gl RS)
  • Coteaux de l’Aubance (min 34gl RS)
  • Coteaux de Saumur (min 34gl)
  • Coteaux du Layon (min 34gl; 54 for village, 80 for 1er cru)
  • Bonnezeaux (min 51gl RS)
  • Quarts de Chaume (min 85gl RS)

** Quarts de Chaume, Coteaux du Layon SGN/Premier Cru, & Coteaux du Saumur forbid chaptalization

130
Q

Name of the fossil in Kimmeridgian soils

A

Exogyra Virgula

131
Q

Fines Bulles

A

Saumur Mousseux

132
Q

Saumur AC’s subzone

A

Saumur Puy Notre Dame

133
Q

Coulee de la Serrant sections

A
  1. Grand Clos de la Coulee
  2. Clos du Chateau
  3. Les Plantes

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