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France, Vallée de la Loire Flashcards

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bloom / flowering

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6-8 wks after bud break, usu in May; spring frost

sprinkle w water; fans; smudge pots

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red varietals

(les cépages rouges)

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Cabernet Franc (most planted)

Gamay (central)

Pinot Noir (upper)

Cabernet Sauvignon

Malbec

Chenin Noir

Pinot Meunier

Grolleau

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white varietals

(les cépages blancs)

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Melon de Bourgogne (Nantais)

Chenin Blanc (central)

Sauvignon Blanc (upper)

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le crémant de Loire

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un vin mousseux d’appellation d’origine contrôlée produit sur les aires d’appellation anjou, saumur et touraine

la Vallée de la Loire: 2nd to Champaigne in sparkling production in France

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Pays Nantais

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Western Loire

Muscadet (made from Melon de Bourgogne)

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Central Loire

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Anjou / Saumur

Touraine

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Anjou

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famous AOCs:

  • Savennières (Chenin Blanc)
  • Coteaux du Layon (botrytized Chenin Blanc)
    • Quarts de Chaume
    • Bonnezeaux

Anjou wines:

  • rosé d’Anjou
  • Cabernet d’Anjou
  • Anjou Mousseux
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Saumur

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best AOC: Saumur-Champigny (finest red, Cabernet Franc)

Saumur wines:

  • Saumur Mousseux (= Saumur d’Origine)
  • Cabernet de Saumur
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Touraine

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Garden of France

birth place of René Descartes, François Rebelais

les châteaux:

  • Château d’Amboise (sciècle XV)
  • Château d’Azay-le-Rideau (early French renaissance)
  • Château de Chenonceau (Diane de Poitiers)
  • Château de Loches (Philippe II)
  • Château de Chinon (Philippe II)
  • Château de Langeais (late medieval)
  • Château de Villandry (Renaissance gardens)
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Touraine AOCs

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  • Bourgueil (Cab. Franc)
    • Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourguil
  • Chinon (Cab. Franc)
  • Vouvray (Chenin Blanc)
  • Montlouis
  • Coteaux du Loir
    • Jansnières
  • Cheverny

reds and whites equal quantities; small amount Touraine Mousseaux (Chenin Blanc)

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Upper Loire

(le Centre)

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(Sauvignon Blanc; a little Pinot Noir)

Pouilly Fumé

Sancerre

Quincy

Ménetou-Salon

Reuilly

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