France, Alsace

Question 1

only AOC in France

Answer 1

allowed to label by grape name

Question 2

grapes

Answer 2

Riesling

Gewürztraminer

Pinot Gris

Muscat

Sylvaner

Pinot Blanc

Chasselas

Question 3

grapes allowed for Grand Cru

Answer 3

Riesling

Gewürztraminer

Pinot Gris

Muscat

Question 4

chaptalization

Answer 4

allowed in Alsace for dry wines

sometimes referred to as enrichment

named after the French chemist Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal

Question 5

élevé en fûts

Answer 5

aged in barrel

Question 6

Vendange Tardive

Answer 6

late harvest

Alsace wines were the first to be described as vendange tardive but the term is now used in other regions of France; also an official wine designation in Luxembourg

• wine must be from one vintage of the approved varietals – Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Muscat, Pinot Gris
• NO chaptalization
• doesn’t have to be botrytized

Question 7

Sélection de Grains Noble

(SGN)

Answer 7

“selection of noble berries”

botrytized - la pourriture noble

Alsace wines were the first to be described as SGN, with the legal definition introduced in 1984, but the term is also seen in some other wine regions France, such as Loire.

Question 8

malolactic fermentation

Answer 8

generally avoided