France-Pays Nantais

Question 1

Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP

Answer 1

*Red, white, rose
* 100% Pinot Gris
* 90% minimum Gamay with 10% max Cab Franc
* Two-thirds of the appellation focuses on semisweet Pinot Gris, locally known as Malvoisie, with 20 to 40 g/l rs

Question 2

Fiefs Vendeens AOP

Answer 2

• Red, rose, white permitted
• All wines must be blends
• Whites are blends of a majority of Chenin Blanc with Chardonnay
• Rosés are blends of Pinot Noir and Gamay; reds are from Pinot Noir or Cabernet Franc blended with Négrette

Question 3

Gros Plant du Pays AOP

Answer 3

• 70% minimum Folle Blanche or Picpoul
• Gros Plant may be aged on lees for a few months in a similar fashion to Muscadet sur lie. Most wines are 100% Folle Blanche but may include up to 20% Colombard.

Question 4

Muscadet AOP

Answer 4

90% min Melon B
10% max Chard
* To be labeled “Sur Lie” wine must spend no more than 1 winter on lees and may not be bottled before March 1st of the year following aging and separated from the lees no later than July 31st
* Muscadet cru wines with longer minimum aging can not be labelled “Sur Lie”
Minimum alcohol-
* Muscadet: 9.5%
* Muscadet “Sur Lie”: 10%

Question 5

Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

Answer 5

100% Melon B for whites.
Red, white and rosé wines are also made in the same zone under the Coteaux d’Ancenis appellation.

Question 6

Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu AOP

Answer 6

100% Melon B
Sur lie

Question 7

Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

Answer 7

100% Melon B

• Subzones:
  Clisson, Gorges, Le Pallet, Goulaine, Mouzillon- Tillières, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, Château-Thébaud
• To be labeled “Sur Lie” requirements:
  The wine must be kept on its lees (in either tank or barrel) after fermentation until at least March 1 of the year following the harvest. The wine is bottled directly off its fine lees between March 1 and December 31 of the year following the harvest, and not marketed until at least March 8
• Minimum alcohol:
  Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine: 10%
  Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine (with subzone designation): 11%
• Wines labeled by subzone may not include “Sur Lie” on the label
• Goulaine and Le Pallet- must be aged on lees until at least April 1 of the second year following the harvest
• All others- Gorges, Clisson, Mouzillon-Tillières, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, and Château-Thébaud must be aged on lees until at least October 1 of the second year following the harvest
• Soil-
  Clisson: Granite
  Gorges: Clay and gabbro (igneous rock)
  Le Pallet: Gneiss, quartz, and gabbro
• Producers-
  Domaine de la Pepiere
  Domaine de Bellevue

Question 8

Pinot Gris is grown where and called what in the Loire?

Answer 8

• Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP- Pays Nantais
  Labeled-Malvoisie
• Reuilly AOP- Central Vineyards
  Made in Vin Gris style

Question 9

Which AOP requires a minimum 60% Chenin Blanc?

Answer 9

Fiefs Vendeens AOP

Question 10

Which AOP requires a minimum 70% Folle Blanche?

Answer 10

Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP

Question 11

What is Folle Blanche known as in the Pays Nantais?

Answer 11

Picpoul or Gros Plant

Question 12

Which AOP requires 100% Pinot Gris?

Answer 12

Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP
Labeled here as Malvoisie

Question 13

3 most important communes of Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine AOP

Answer 13

• Clisson
• Le Pallet
• Gorges