France Flashcards
1
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the smallest red wine appellation of the Northern Rhône
A
Cornas
115 ha
2
Q
Lieux-dits of Cornas
4
A
В Cornas на склоне La Cote лисы Les Reynards мажутся Les Mazards луком-шалотом Les Chaillots
3
Q
4 major producers of Hermitage
A
Jean-Louis Chave
Delas
M. Chapoutier
Jaboulet
4
Q
Lieux-dits of Hermitage
6
A
L’Hermite
le Méal
Péléat
les Bessards
Gréffieux
Beaume
5
Q
Soil of Condrieu
A
Arzelle
6
Q
Granite soil of Cornas
A
Gore
7
Q
This producer has long been considered the standard-bearer for the traditional wines of Cornas
A
Auguste Clape
8
Q
Saint Joseph wines
A
Reds and whites
Syrah + up to 10 % of Marsanne and Roussanne
9
Q
Cote Rotie wines
A
Reds
Syrah + up to 20% Viognier
10
Q
Hermitage and Croze-Hermitage wines
A
Whites
Reds
Surah + up to 15 % Marsanne and Roussanne
11
Q
Chateau Grillet
Monopole of?
A
Francois Pinault (from 2011)
12
Q
The acreage of Chateau Grillet
A
3.5 ha
13
Q
Cremant de Die style
A
Min 55% Clairette
14
Q
Clairette de Die blanc mousseux
Style
A
Clairette 100%
Methode Traditionnelle
15
Q
Clairette de Die Tradition
Style
A
75% Muscat blanc a Petits grains
Methode Ancestrale
Min 35 gm sugar
16
Q
What estate released the first estate-bottled Châteauneuf-du-Pape in 1785
A
Château La Nerthe
17
Q
Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s minimum potential alcohol requirement for red wines
A
0.125
18
Q
Gigondas AOP wines
A
White, red and rosé wines
19
Q
Vacqueyras AOP wines
A
All 3 colours
20
Q
2 Vins doux naturels of the Southern Rhône:
A
Rasteau AOP
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise AOP
21
Q
The Southern Rhône Valley’s northernmost appellation
A
Grignan-les-Adhémar AOP,
22
Q
5 subzones of Cotes de Provence
A
La Londe
Pierrefeu
Sainte-Victoire
Fréjus
Notre-Dame des Anges
23
Q
How long are Rasteau Hors d’Age wines aged before release?
A
5 years
24
Q
the northernmost AOP in the Southern Rhône Valley
A
Grignan-les-Adhémar
25
the minimum percentage of Grenache mandated for Vacqueyras AOP red wines
0.5
26
minimum amount of Grenache required in Gigondas
0.5
27
5 subzone designations of Cotes de Provence
La Londe
Pierrefeu
Sainte-Victoire
Fréjus
Notre-Dame des Anges
28
2 subzones of Saint-Chinian
Berlou
Roquebrun
29
IGP of Mas de Daumas Gassac
Saint Guilhem le Desert cite d'Aniane
30
5 subzones of Cotes de Roussillon villages
Caramany
Lesquerde
Tautavel
Les Aspres
Latour-de-France
31
Madiran style
Min 50% Tannat
32
Marcillac style
Min 90% Fer Servadou
33
Cahors style
Min 70% Malbec + Merlot, Tannat
34
Fronton style
Min 50% Negrette
35
Gaillac Methode Ancestrale
Grapes
Mauzac
Mauzac rose
36
Bandol rouge grapes
Min 50% Mourvedre
37
Cremant de Limoux grapes
4
Min 40% Chardonnay
Chenin blanc
Mauzac
Pinot Noir
38
Blanquette de Limoux grapes
Min 90% Mauzac
39
Blanquette de Limoux Methode Ancestrale grape
100% Mauzac
40
Limoux rouge grape
Min 50% Merlot
41
Limoux white grapes
3
Mauzac
Chardonnay
Chenin blanc
42
The largest AOC of Languedoc
Corbieres
13 500 ha
43
4 VDN of Languedoc
Muscat de Frontignan
Muscat de Mireval
Muscat de Lunel
Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois
44
Banyuls traditionnel grape
Min 50% Grenache
45
Banyuls Grand Cru
grape and ageing
Min 75% Grenache
30 months in barrel
46
Name for Banyuls millesime
Rimage
47
Dry wines from the same territory as Banyuls
Collioure AOC
48
The first Premier Grand Cru to be certified organic
Chateau Latour
49
Chateau Haut-Brion owner
Domaine Clarence Dillon
50
Soil of Morgon
La roche pourrie
51
Maximum Chardonnay for Muscadet AOC
0.1
52
White grapes Bordeaux
7
Sauvignon blanc
Semillon
Sauvignon gris
Muscadelle
Ugni blanc
Merlot blanc
Colombard
(max 30%)
53
In which French wine region can Roter Veltliner be planted?
Savoie
54
Sultan grape in Alsace
Pinot Gris
55
All the authorised grapes for Cremant d'Alsace
6
Riesling
PB
PG
PN
Auxerrois
Chardonnay
56
Saint Peray
Northern Rhône
Blanc, blanc mousseux
Marsanne, Rousanne
57
Main grape of Vin de Savoie Ayze
Gringet
58
How many Grand Cru and Premier cru in Champagne
17 GC
42 PC
59
Years Chateau Chalon wasnt produced
4
1974
1980
1984
2001
60
Communes of Chateauneuf du Pape
5
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Orange
Bédarrides
Courthézon
Sorgues
61
Coteaux du Loir grape
Pineau d'Aunis
62
Permitted grapes for Vin de Paille
Jura
White: Chardonnay, Savagnin
Red: Poulsard, Trousseau
(PN is not allowed)
63
Permitted grapes for Vin de Jura
- White: min. 80% Chardonnay & Savagnin
- Rosé & Red: min. 80% PN, Trousseau, Poulsard
64
Pink sandstone in Alsace
gres de Vosges
65
Gentil of Alsace - how much of noble grapes
%
0.5
66
Only Grand Cru of Alsace where Sylvaner is allowed
Zotzenberg
67
The largest Grand Cru of Alsace
Schlossberg
80 ha
68
AOCs of Lorraine
Cotes de Toul
Moselle
69
Cotes de Toul blanc
Grapes
2
Auxerrois
Aubin
70
Francois Raveneau Grand Cru holdings
3
Valmur
Blanchot
Les Clos
71
Francois Raveneau Premier Cru holdings
6
Montee de Tonnerre
Montmains
Vaillons
Chapelot
Butteaux
Foret
72
Vincent Dauvissat Grand Cru holdings
2
Les Clos
Les Preuses
73
Vincent Dauvissat Premier Crus holdings
4
Sechet
Vaillons
Montee de Tonnerre
La Forest
74
Cour Cheverny
Grape
Romorantin
75
3 Grand Crus of Alsace that allowed red wines
Hengst
Kirchberg de Barr
Vorbourg
76
Pouilly sur Loire
Commune of Pouilly-Fume
Chasselas!
77
Name the AOPs within Coteaux du Layon
1) Bonnezeaux AOP (51g/l, chaptalization is OK)
2) Quarts de Chaume AOP (85g/l, NO chaptalization)
78
Which villages can add their names to Touraine for their own AOC?
1) Oisly
2) Mesland
3) Amboise
4) Chenonceaux
5) Azay-le-Rideau
79
What is the wine style of Cour-Cheverny AOP?
Dry (8 g/l ) or off-dry still wine
- White (only): Romorantin
- Yield: 60 hl/ha
80
Name all the main soils in Sancerre
1) Silex (Flint)
2) Terres Blanches (Kimmeridgian clay)
3) Caillottes (Oxfordian limestone)
## Low slopes facing south east & south west
81
Name three subzones in Sancerre AOP
[BBM,SSV]
14 in total:
1) Bannay
2) Bué
3) Menetou-Râtel
4) Saint-Satur
5) Sancerre
6) Vinon
82
Name two subzones in Pouilly-Fumé AOP
7 in total
1) Garchy
2) Pouilly-sur-Loire (Chasselas)
3) Tracy-sur-Loire
4) Saint-Martin-sur-Nohain
5) Saint-Andelain
83
Единственный Гран Крю Луары
Quarts de Chaume
84
Премье Крю Луары
Coteaux du Layon Chaume
85
3 distinct sections of the Coulée de Serrant vineyard
1) Grand Clos de la Coulée
2) Clos du Château
3) Les Plantes
86
Loire became UNESCO site in
2000
87
What is arzelle?
Decomposed mica (雲母) soil (Condrieu)
88
What is gore?
Naked granite soil (Cornas)
89
What is the second wine of Château-Grillet AOP?
Pontcin (Côtes du Rhône Appellation)
- 100% Viognier
- 1st vintage 2011
90
What does Le Râpé mean?
AOP law required that min. 2% of the harvested grapes must be discard/ declassified (Châteauneuf-du-Pape)
91
Where is Château Simone located on?
Palette AOP (Provence)
92
4 AOPs in Corsica
1) Vin de Corse (W,R,Rose)
2) Patrimonio (W,R,Rose)
3) Ajaccio (W,R,Rose)
4) Muscat du Cap Corse (VDN)
93
Name two sub-zones in Saint-Chinian
- Saint-Chinian Berlou (2005)
- Saint-Chinian Roqueborn (2005)
94
Name two sections of Fitou AOP
- Fitou Maritime
- Fitou Haut
95
What is the difference between Blanquette de Limoux & Crémant de Limoux?
# Blanquette de Limoux:
- min. 90% Mauzac + 10% Char, Chenin (9 mths on lees)
# Crémant de Limoux:
- min. 90% Char & Chenin + 10-20% PN & Mauzac (12 mths on lees)
96
What are the wine styles of Gaillac AOP?
1) Dry/ sweet white: min. 50% Len de l'El, Mauzac & Muscadelle
2) VT white: min. 50% Len de l'El & Ondenc
3) Red & Rosé: min. 60% Syrah, Duras & Fer
4) Rouge Primeur: 100% Gamay (Carbonic)
5) Mousseux Blanc & Blanc "Doux": same as white
6) Méthode Ancestrale: Mauzac Blanc, Mauzac Rosé
97
Cassis AOP & Bellet AOP
offer more promising white than red
- Cassis = Clairette and Marsanne (white)
- Bellet = Rolle (white)
98
What was the first estate-bottled Châteauneuf-du-Pape? When was it released?
Château La Nerthe - 1785
99
What is the name for the Châteauneuf-du-Pape bottle embossed with the keys of St. Peter and the papal tiara?
La Bouteille Armoriee
100
What is the name for the bottle used in Chateauneuf-du-Pape that displays the bishop's miter?
La Mitrale
101
Which red grape(s) is/are allowed in Côtes-du-Rhône, but not Châteauneuf-du-Pape?
Carignan - Marselan
102
Who produces Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin
Jean Louis Chave
103
3 top Cuvee CHdP from M. Chapoutier
1) Barbe Rac
2) Croix du Bois
3) La Bernardine
104
How big is Chateau Grillet
3.5ha
105
How many Crus Bourgeois Exceptionnel
Name 5
14
Ch Lestage
Ch Le Boscq
Ch Le Crock
Ch D'Agassac
Ch D'Arsac
106
4 new grapes athorized in Rhone valley
Rolle
Carignan blanc
Floreale
Vidoc
107
Jean Luc Baldes
Cahors
Clso Triguedina
108
French AOC to allow Furmint
Palette
109
Vin de Savoie Crepy
Main grape
Chasselas
110
Cul de Beaujeu vineyard
Where
Sancerre
111
Monts damnes vineyard
Where
Sancerre
112
4 communes of production of Pouilly-Fuissé
Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly, Vergisson, Chaintré.
113
3 subzones of Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine awaiting ratification
Champtoceaux
La Haye Fouassière
Vallet
114
Breze
Saumur
Considered locally as a grand cru site
115
The largest cru of Beaujolais
Brouilly
116
Name 6 lieux-dits of Sancerre
Les Monts Damnes
Cul de Beaujeu
Clos de la Poussie
La Grande Cote
Le Chene Marchand
Le Grand Chemarin
117
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classes A
2 estates
Figeac
Pavie
118
Vinsobres AOP
Rhone valley
Red
Minimum 50% Grenache
119
Subzones of Côtes de Bordeaux AOP
5
Francs
Cadillac
Castillon
Blaye
Sainte Foy
120
Côtes de Bordeaux "Castillon"
Style
Rouge
121
Côtes de Bordeaux "Cadillac"
Style
Rouge
122
Côtes de Bordeaux "Blaye"
Style
Blanc Sec
Rouge
123
Côtes de Bordeaux "Francs"
Style
Blanc Sec
Blanc Liquoreux
Rouge
124
Côtes de Bordeaux "Sainte-Foy"
Style
Blanc: Sec, Moelleux, and Liquoreux
Rouge
125
How many communes can be indicated on labels in addition to the AOC Alsace?
14
126
4 estates that left the classification of Saint-Emilion
Cheval Blanc
Ausone
Angelus
La Gaffeliere
127
The largest appellation of the Loire
Muscadet
128
Unofficial Subzones of Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
3
Champtoceaux
La Haye Fouassière
Vallet
129
the Loire Valley’s largest subregion
Anjou-Saumur
130
Cabernet d'Anjou
Rosé d'Anjou
Rosé de Loire
Difference in sugar content
10
7
3
131
Lieux-dits of Montée de Tonnerre
3
Pied d'Aloup
Chapelot
Côte de Bréchain
132
4 hybrids allowed for Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur
* Floréal (белый)
* Sauvignac (белый)
* Sauvignier Gris (серый)
* Vidoc (красный)
133
The only ancestral sparkling in Loire
Montlouis sur Loire
134
The only AOC in France for cheese and wine
Valençay
Loire
135
Main grapes for Bellet rouge and rose
Min. 60% combined Braquet and Fuella Nera
136
Main grape for Bellet blanc
Min. 60% Vermentino (Rolle)
137
Main grape for Gigondas blanc
Min 70% Clairette Blanc
138
When was classification of crus classes of Provence adopted?
How many estates were classified?
How many are classified now?
1955
23
18
139
The dry wines of Banyuls are produced under this AOC
Collioure
140
Minimum alcohol level for VDN
15
141
The only subzone of Saumur
Puy Notre-Dame
142
Puy Notre-Dame
The only subzone of Saumur
143
En foule=
Provignage
144
Domaine du Pelican owner
Marquis d’Angerville
145
Paul Jaboule aine la chapelle last vintage
2020
From 2021 - Domaine de la Chapelle
146
Seyssuel where
To the north from the Northern Rhône
