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France Flashcards

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1
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Biologique

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Organically produced

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Bland de Blanc

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100%white grapes in a white sparkling wine

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Blanc de Noirs

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100% black grapes in a white sparkling wine

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Brut

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Dry style of sparkling wine

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Sec

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Dry (not sweet)

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Demi-Sec

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Off-dry (lightly sweet)

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Doux / Moelleux

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Sweet

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Cépage

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Grapes used in the wine (Encépagment is the proportions of the blend)

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Château

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A winery

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Clos

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A walled vineyard or vineyard on the site of an ancient walled vineyard. Commonly used in Burgundy

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Côtes

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Wines from a slope or hillside (contiguous)-usually along a river

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Coteaux

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Wines from a grouping of slopes or hillsides (non-contiguous)

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Cru

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‘Growth,’ indicates a vineyard or group of vineyards typically recognized for quality

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Grand Cru

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‘Great Growth,’ used in BURG and CHAMP to distinguish the region’s vest vineyards

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Premier Cru

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‘First Growth,’ top-tier designation for producers in BRDX and second best designation for vineyards in BURG and CHAMP

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Grand Vin

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Used in BORDX to indicate a winery’s ‘first label’ or best wine they produce (their opinion of best wine). Common for BORDX to have 1st, 2nd, 3rd label at varying price tiers.

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Cuvée

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‘Vat’ or ‘Tank’ but is used to denote a specific wine blend or batch

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Domaine

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A winery estate with vineyards

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Élevé en fûtus de chêne

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Aged in Oak

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Millésime

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The vintage date. more commonly used in CHAMP

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Mis en bouteille au château/domaine

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Bottled at winery

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Mousseux

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Sparkling

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Non-Ffiltré

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Unfiltered wine

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Pétillant

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Lightly sparkling

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Propriétaire

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owner of winery

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Supérieur

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A regulatory term used in BRDX to describe a wine with higher minimum alcohol and aging requirements than the base

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Sur Lie

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A wine that is aged on lees (dead yeast particles), which are known to give a creamy/bready taste and increased body. Mostly found in Muscadet of the Loire

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Vendangé à la main

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Hand harvested

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Vieille Vignes

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Old vines

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Vignoble

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Vineyard

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Vin Doux Naturel (VDN)

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A wine that is fortified during fermentation (usually a sweet dessert wine)

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