French Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Trellis
A
Palissage
2
Q
To prune
A
Tailler
3
Q
Bud break
A
Débourrement
4
Q
Flowering
A
Floraison
5
Q
Bud trimming
A
Ébourgeonnage
6
Q
Desuckering
A
Épamprage
7
Q
Removal of earth at base of vine
A
Déchausser
8
Q
Berry set
A
Nouaison
9
Q
Stopping of vegetative growth
A
Aoûtement
10
Q
When berries change colour and soften, signalling the onset of ripening
A
Veraison
11
Q
Official start date of harvest (decreed by Prefect of the Gironde)
A
Ban des Vendanges
12
Q
Official start date of harvest (decreed by Prefect of the Gironde)
A
Ban des Vendanges
13
Q
The vine
A
La Vigne
14
Q
Layering
A
Marcottage/Provignage
15
Q
Juice setting
A
Débourbage
16
Q
Noble Rot
A
Pourriture Noble
17
Q
Vine planting ‘in crowd’
A
En foule
18
Q
Lees stirring
A
Bâtonnage
19
Q
Sweet/desert wine description
A
Liquoreux
20
Q
Semi-sweet wines description
A
Moelleux
21
Q
Process of arresting fermentation by adding neutral grape spirit
A
Mutage
22
Q
Direct press Rosé
A
Rosé de Presse
23
Q
Rosé ‘bleeding method’
A
Rosé de Saignée
24
Q
Rosé via rapid soak
A
Cuvaison Rapide
25
Tradition Method
Méthode Traditionnelle/méthode champenoise
26
Punching down
Pigeage
27
Pump-over
Remontage
28
Rack and Return
Délestage
29
Free run wine
Vin de goutte
30
Wine following press
Vin de presse
31
Second alcoholic fermentation (champagne)
Prise de Mousse
32
Bottling (champagne)
Tirage
33
Wine cellar where the Méthode Traditionnelle bottles are stored on their side during second ferment
Crayère
34
Strips of wood separating each bottle in crayère (also method)
Lattes, sur lattes
35
Riddling
Remuage
36
"A" shaped racks
Pupitres
37
Disgorgement
Dégorgement
38
Traditional method of disgorgement
A la volée (i.e. Dégorgement à la volée)
39
Process of filling bigger than 750ml bottles in traditional method
Transversage
40
Shape of champagne cork after release from bottle
Juponé
41
Older peg shape of champagne cork
Chevillé
42
Prestige bottling of champagne House
Tête de Cuvée
43
NM
Négociant-Manipulant
44
RM
Récoltant-Manipulant
45
RC
Récoltant-Coopérateur
46
SR
Société de Récoltants
47
CM
Coopérative de Manipulation
48
MA
Marque Auxiliaire, Marque d'Acheteur, ou Marque Autorisée
49
ND
Négociant-Distributeur
50
CIVC
Comité Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne
51
BIVB
Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne
52
INAO
Institut National des Appellations d'Origine
53
Mineral found in sandy soils composed of weathered feldspars in Beaujolais
Arêne/gorrhe
54
Broken yellow limestone in Beaujolais i.e. 'Golden Stones'
Pierres Dorées
55
Oak tree
Chêne
56
Verb describing pinot-like character of Moulin-a-Vent Beaujolais
Pinoter i.e les vins pinotent
57
'Rotted rocks' i.e. decomposed schist found in soils of Morgon
Roches pourries
58
Descriptor for transformation of Morgon wines over time i.e. earthy notes and forest floor
Morgonner i.e. un vin morgonne
59
'Green horns' soil i.e. when decomposed diorite forms blue-green hue in Bouilly
Cornes vertes
60
Blue Marls
Marnes bleues
61
Method of ageing oxidatively in Jura and under flor
Avec 'ullage' i.e. 'Sous Voile'
62
Method without oxidative ageing in Jura
Ouillé
63
620mL bottle used for Vin Jaune
Clavelin
64
Straw wine
Vin de Paille
65
Fortified must in Jura
Macvin (de Jura)
66
'Locally'
Sur place
67
White chalk soil found in Anjou
Tuffeau
68
Fizzy
Pétillant
69
'Fine bubbles'
Fines bulles
70
Flint and clay soil (Touraine)
Perruche
71
Limestone and clay soil (Touraine)
Aubuis
72
Gravels
Gravières
73
Marl rich in oyster fossils (Centre Loire)
Terres Blanches
74
Little limestone pebbles (Centre Loire)
Caillottes
75
Flint (Centre Loire)
Silex
76
Stages (i.e. when Chateaux sell off wine in stages)
Tranches
77
Iron-rich clay subsoil and the clay-sand conglomerates found in it (Fronton)
Rougets and boulbènes
78
Iron-rich limestone soils in Mercillac
Les rougiers
79
'Tawny sands' (Saint-Mont)
Sables fauves
80
Limestone soils in Languedoc
Garrigue
81
DGC
Dénominations géographiques complémentaires
82
VDN
Vins Doux Naturels (AOC)
83
Glass jars used in oxidative production of VDN
Bonbonnes
84
CDR
Côtes du Rhône
85
Trellising used in Northern Rhône
Échalas
86
Pebbles in Southern Rhône
Galets
87
Red sandstone
Grès rouge
88
Southern Rhône Crus of the north
Septentrionnaux
89
Southern Rhône Crus of the south
Méridionaux
90
White VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in reductive style
'Blanc'
91
White VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in oxidative style
Ambré
92
Red VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in reductive style
Grenat
93
Red VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in oxidative style
Tuilé
94
Wines of Rasteau that have undergone 5 years of oxidative ageing
Hors d’âge
95
Wines of Rasteau that have undergone 12 months of oxidative ageing in barrel or bonbonnes outside in sun
Rancio
96
Concrete (tank)
Béton
97
Stainless steel (tank)
Inox
98
Large wooden barrel
Foudre
99
Descriptor of deep salmon colour found in Southern Rhône Rosés
Œil de perdrix
100
Mix of resinous scrub
Maquis
101
Provençal wines - light and early drinking
Vins de Soif
102
Provençal wines for keeping
Vins de Gastronomie/vins de garde
103
Signature wine bottle of Provence
Flûte à corset (skittle)
