France, Other Flashcards
What is the wine made using Méthode Ancestrale?
Gaillac Mousseux Méthode Gaillaçoise
What is méthode gaillaçoise?
Local variant of Méthode Ancestrale
The appellations of Southwest France draw influence from what areas?
Spain, Bordeaux and Southeastern France.
What are the sweet wine appellations of Bergerac?
Monbazillac AOP, Saussignac AOP, Rosette AOP, Haut-Montravel AOP, and Côtes de Montravel AOP
What grape performs well for sweet wines in the sandy soil of Monbazillac, the most notable sweet wine appellation?
Muscadelle
What river cuts through Bergerac AOP?
Dordogne
What are the most important wine appellations south of the Bordeaux satellites of the Dordogne?
Cahors, Madiran (tannic reds from Tannat), Jurançon (whites) and Gaillac.
What river runs through Cahors AOP? Describe the wines.
The Lot river. Robust, rustic reds from 70% Malbec with Tannat and Merlot.
What other AOPs are contained within the Basque-influenced Pyrénées-Atlantique département?
Irouléguy and Béarn
Describe the wines of Gaillac?
RWÉ from Duras, Syrah, Gamay and Fer/ Mauzac, Muscadelle and Len de L’El.
What is the difference between Bergerac and Côtes de Bergerac?
RWÉ but with higher minimum alcohol for Côtes de Bergerac.
The semi-sweet and sweet white wines of Madiran are named Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOP. True or False
True.
Who developed the technique of micro-oxygenation for tannic wines in the late 1990’s?
Patrick Ducournau, a Madiran winemaker.
What are the sweet wines of Gaillac labeled?
Gaillac Doux
What constitutes the majority of wines under the Côtes de Provence AOP?
Rosé.
What are the two methods of rosé production for Provence!
-Saignage- short skin contact
-immediate pressing of whole clusters of grapes.
Blending of white and red still wines is not allowed.
What are the grapes of red and rosé production in Provence?
Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, and the local, garrigue-scented Tibouren
What are the 4 sub zones of Côtes de Provence for red and rosé?
La Londe, Pierrefeu, Sainte-Victoire and Fréjus
What is the only AOP that focuses on Mourvèdre? Describe the wines and other grapes.
Bandol AOP.
Plummy, full bodied, dense and animal.
50% M, Grenache, Cinsault with a little bit of Syrah and Carignan
Sustainable and organic farming are prevalent in this sub-appellation of Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence?
Les Baux de Provence?
Name three more AOP in Provence that produce red, white and rosé.
Cassis, Palette, Bellet.
What is the traditional, hourglass shaped bottle for rosé called?
Skittle
