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France - Lorie Valley Flashcards

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Lorie Valley - How many cases of wine do the Loire Valley AOC’s produce annually?

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45 million

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Lorie Valley - What percentage of Loire Valley wine is at the AOC level?

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3/4ths of total production.

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Lorie Valley - What area in France is known primarily for crisp white wines, light red wines, roses and some fine sweet and sparkling wines?

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Loire Valley

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Lorie Valley - The Loire Valley originates in the

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Massif Central

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Lorie Valley - How long is the Loire Valley wine region in miles?

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300 miles

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Lorie Valley - What are the four Loire Valley regions?

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Pays Nantais, Anjou-Saumur, Touraine, The Upper Loire

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Lorie Valley - The Pays Nantais is also sometimes called

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Muscadet

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Lorie Valley - What is the climate of Pays Nantais?

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Maritime

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Lorie Valley - What is the climate of the Upper Loire?

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Continental

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Lorie Valley - What are the wine styles of the Loire Valley?

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Dry and sweet whites, dry and sweet roses, dry reds, sparkling wines

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Lorie Valley - What are the key white grapes of the Loire Valley?

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Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne

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Lorie Valley - What are the secondary white grapes used in the Loire Valley?

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Chardonnay, Folle Blanche and Arbois

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Lorie Valley - What grape is used only in the Pay Nantais region of the Loire Valley and no other region?

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Melon de Bourgogne

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Lorie Valley - What is Chenin Blanc sometimes called in the Loire Valley?

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Pineau de la Loire

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Lorie Valley - Melon de Borgogne is used to make what wine will known in the Pays Nantais area of the Loire Valley?

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Muscadet

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Lorie Valley - What are the two most well-known Chenin Blanc based wines of the Loire Valley?

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Vouvray & Savenierres

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Lorie Valley - The skin of Chenin Blanc is thick or thin, making it highly susceptible to botrytis?

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Thin

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Lorie Valley - Where in the Loire Valley would you most likely find well known Sauvignon Blanc wines?

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Sancerre and Pouilly Fume

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Lorie Valley - In what two appellations in the Loire Valley does Sauvignon Blanc produce it’s classic flavor profile with acidity and aromatics?

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Sancerre and Pouilly Fume

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Lorie Valley - What is the local name for Cabernet Franc in the Loire Valley?

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Breton

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Lorie Valley - What is the local name for Malbec in the Loire Valley?

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Cot

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Lorie Valley - Chinon is made from what grape?

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Cabernet Franc

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Lorie Valley - Loire Valley’s cool climate produces what style of red wine?

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dry, zesty, light reds

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Lorie Valley - Sparkling Loire Valley wines are marketed under what name?

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Fines Bulles

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Lorie Valley - Fines Bulles Loire Valley wines are made using what method?
Traditional
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Lorie Valley - Loire Valley Fines Bulles wines are generally based on what white grape?
Chenin Blanc
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Lorie Valley - What styles of sparkling wines are produced in the Loire Valley?
White and rose, dry and sweet
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Lorie Valley - Why is there no top quality level AOP that covers all of the Loire Valley?
Too many different climates and grapes
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Lorie Valley - Melon de Bourgogne is often called?
Muscadet, after the general appellation of the region.
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Lorie Valley - What are the 4 appellations in the Pays Nantais that ONLY allow the Melon de Bourgogne grape?
Muscadet AOC, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOC, Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu AOC and Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOC
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Lorie Valley - What are the 3 new Pays Nantais AOC's as of 2011?
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOC, Coteaux d/Ancenis AOC, and Fiefs Vendeen AOC.
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Lorie Valley - Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOC is based on what grape?
Folle Blanche, aka Gros Plant
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Lorie Valley - Coteaux d'Ancenis AOC's Pinot Gris is sometimes called
Malvoisie
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Lorie Valley - Coteaux d'Ancenis AOC's reds and roses come from what grape?
Gamay
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Lorie Valley - Anjou AOC allows what percentage of Sauvivnon Blanc or Chardonnay in it's Chenin Blanc based white wines?
up to 20%
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Lorie Valley - Anjou AOC's primary white grape is
Chenin Blanc
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Lorie Valley - What are the primary red grapes of Anjou AOC?
Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
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Lorie Valley - Anjou AOC's premier dry white wine made from Chenin Blanc is
Savennieres
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Lorie Valley - Savennieres AOC grapes are ____% of _______.
100% Chenin Blanc
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Lorie Valley - The "most cerebral" wine in the world is from
Savenniers AOC
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Lorie Valley - Rose de Anjou AOC is generally made from what grapes?
Grolleau
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Lorie Valley - Cabernet de Anjou AOC is generally made from what grapes?
Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
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Lorie Valley - Rose de Loire AOC produces what style of rose's?
dry with 30% Cab Sauv or Cab Franc.
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Lorie Valley - Cabernet de Anjou produces what style of rose's?
sweet
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Lorie Valley - What style of wine is a specialty of Anjou AOC?
sweet dessert wines
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Lorie Valley - What is the name of the primary sweet wine AOC of Anjou?
Coteaux du Layon AOC
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Lorie Valley - The two subregions of Coteaux du Layon AOC which produce sweet white dessert wines are?
Bonnezeaux and Quarts-de-Chaume
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Lorie Valley - What is the new appellation, as of 2011, which has become the Loire Valley's first Grand Cru?
Coteaux dy Layon Premier Cru Chaume
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Lorie Valley - Bonnezeaux AOC and Quarts-de-Chaume must use _____% of ________ grape.
100% Chenin Blanc
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Lorie Valley - Pinot d'Aunis is also known as
Chenin Noir
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Lorie Valley - What is the small red wine only AOC in Saumur?
Saumur-Champigny
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Lorie Valley - The main sparkling wine AOC in Saumur is
Saumur Brut
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Lorie Valley - Saumur Brut may also be known as
Saumur Mousseux or just Saumur
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Lorie Valley - Crement de Loire sources its grapes from what region in the Loire Valley?
Saumur
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Lorie Valley - Saumur Brut always contains a proportion of what grape?
Chenin Blanc
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Lorie Valley - Vouvray is found in what region of the Loire Valley?
Touraine
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Lorie Valley - Vouvray makes wines using ____% of _____ grape.
100% Chenin Blanc
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Lorie Valley - What AOC is just across the river from Vouvray?
Montlouis -sur-Loire
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Lorie Valley - What are the known red wine AOC's of Touraine?
Chinon, Bourgueil, and St. Nicolas de Bourgueil
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Lorie Valley - Red wines from Chinon, Bourgueil and St. Nicolas de Bourguel wines must be made from ?
Majority of Cab Franc | with Cab Sauv for structure and complexity
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Lorie Valley - AOC Touraine white grapes are typically
100% Sauvignon Blanc
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Lorie Valley - What are the two most famous appellations of the Upper Loire region?
Sancerre - west bank | Pouilly Fume -east bank
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Lorie Valley - Sancerre and Pouilly Fume use _____% of ______ grape?
100% Sauvignon Blanc
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Lorie Valley - The soil of Sancerre is described as
chalky limestone
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Lorie Valley - The soil of Pouilly Fume is described as
flinty which gives a smoky flavor
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Lorie Valley - What Upper Loire AOC produces red wine from what grape?
Sancerre from Pinot Noir
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Lorie Valley - Menetau-Salon, Quincy & Reuilly are located where in the Loire Valley?
Upper Loire
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Lorie Valley - Chenin Blanc is produced how in Lorie?
Dry white sweet white sparking botrytis
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Lorie Valley - What grapes are generally used in making Rose?
Majority is Cab Franc | Minority include Sauv, PN, Gamay, Grolleau, Malbec
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Lorie Valley - Chief source of grapes for Cremant de Lorie?
from Saumur
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Lorie Valley - beyond red wine, what does Chinon , Bourgueil, and St. Nicolas de Bourgueil produce?
Chinon- small amount of white from 100% Chenin Blanc | Bourgueil and St Nicolas de Bourgeil make rose
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Lorie Valley - Touraine AOC allows for what productid style?
red, white, rose, sparking (white or rose) White wine majority is from Sauv Blanc Red & Rose majority is from Cab Franc and Malbec
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Lorie Valley - where is Cheverny AOC and what does it produce?
Easternmost Touraine White- based on Sauv Blanc and Sauv Gris Red- Pinot blended with gamay or malbec is optional

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