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Fundamentals - White Grapes Flashcards

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1
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What gapes crossed to make Aligoté?

A

Pinot
Gouais Blanc

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2
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Where can Auxerrois be found?

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Alsace

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3
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Auxerrois is a cross of…?

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Pinot
Gouais Blanc

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4
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Where can Bourboulenc be found?

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Rhône Valley
Provence

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5
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Chardonnay is a cross of…?

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Pinot
Gouais Blanc

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6
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What is a synonym for Chardonnay in Bourgogne?

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Beaunois

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7
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The Gamay Blanc grape found in Jura is known by what more common name?

A

Chardonnay

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8
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What is Pineau de la Loire more commonly known as?

A

Chenin Blanc

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9
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Where can Clairette be found?

A

Provence
Rhône Valley
South-West

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10
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Colombard is a cross of which two grapes?

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Chenin Blanc
Gouais Blanc

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11
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The Hondarrabi Zuri grape of Pais Vasco is know as what in France?

A

Courbu Blanc

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12
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Folle Blanche is known as what in the Loire?

A

Gros Plant

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13
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What grape, found in Champagne in the Middle Ages, is the parent of many other, more famous white grapes?

A

Gouais Blanc

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14
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Where could one find Gringet as a grape?

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Savoie

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15
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Where could one find Jacquere as a grape

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Savoie

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16
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What’s the synonym for Melon de Bourgogne?

A

Muscadet

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17
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Mondeuse Blanche crossed with Dureza to produce which red grape?

A

Syrah

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18
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True or False: Muscadelle is related to the Muscat grape.

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False

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19
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What are the three Muscat grapes found in France?

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Muscat a petit grains blanc
Muscat d’Alexandrie
Mucat Ottonel

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20
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What is the synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?

A

Klevner or Pinot Vrai

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21
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Name a parent of Riesling

A

Gouais Blanc

22
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What is a synonym for Vermentino?

A

Rolle

23
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True or False: Rousanne is genetically linked to Marsanne

A

True

24
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What’s the synonym for Sacy in the Loire

A

Tressallier

25
Q

What is Trebbiano Toscano known as in France?

A

Ugni Blanc

26
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What were the most commonly grown varieties in NE France in the Middle Ages?

A

Pinot
Savagnin
Gouais Blanc

27
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Where is Altesse planted

A

Savoie

28
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Which region is indigenous for Chardonnay?

A

Bourgogne

29
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True or False: Chasselas is native to France.

A

False: It’s native to Switzerland

30
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What is Pineau de la Loire?

A

Chenin Blanc

31
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True or false: Clairette is prone to oxidation?

A

True

32
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Colombard is a natural cross of which two grapes?

A

Chenin Blanc
Gouais Blanc

33
Q

Corbu Blanc is known as what is Spain?

A

Hondarrabi Zuri

34
Q

Folle Blanche is known as what in the Loire?

A

Gros Plant

35
Q

Where was Gouais Blanc grown in the Middle Ages?

A

Champagne

36
Q

True or False. Grenache Blanc is not prone to oxidation.

A

False

37
Q

True or False. Grenache Blanc is related to Grenache Noir?

A

True - it has the same DNA but different phenotypes

38
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True or false: Marsanne is native to the Rhône

A

True

39
Q

What are the parents of Melon de Bourgogne?

A

Pinot
Gouais Blanc

40
Q

Which grape is a cross between Muscat a petit grains blanc and Axina de tres Bias?

A

Muscat d’Alexandria

41
Q

Muscat Ottonel is a cross between which two grapes?

A

Chasselas
Muscat d’Eisenstadt

42
Q

True or false: Petit Corbu is not related to Corbu Blanc

A

True

43
Q

Romorantin is grown exclusively in which Loire AC?

A

Cour-Cheverny

44
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True or false. Sauvignon Blanc is native to the Loire.

A

True

45
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Name the parent of Sauvignon Blanc

A

Savagnin Blanc

46
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What grape is Gewurztraminer a variant of?

A

Savagnin Rose

47
Q

True or false: Semillon is native to Sauternes

A

True

48
Q

True or false. Sylvaner is native to Alsace

A

False - believed to be Austrian

49
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True or false: Viognier is native to the Rhône.

A

True

50
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What grape is Viognier related to?

A

Mondeuse Blanche

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