Fundamentals - White Grapes Flashcards
What gapes crossed to make Aligoté?
Pinot
Gouais Blanc
Where can Auxerrois be found?
Alsace
Auxerrois is a cross of…?
Pinot
Gouais Blanc
Where can Bourboulenc be found?
Rhône Valley
Provence
Chardonnay is a cross of…?
Pinot
Gouais Blanc
What is a synonym for Chardonnay in Bourgogne?
Beaunois
The Gamay Blanc grape found in Jura is known by what more common name?
Chardonnay
What is Pineau de la Loire more commonly known as?
Chenin Blanc
Where can Clairette be found?
Provence
Rhône Valley
South-West
Colombard is a cross of which two grapes?
Chenin Blanc
Gouais Blanc
The Hondarrabi Zuri grape of Pais Vasco is know as what in France?
Courbu Blanc
Folle Blanche is known as what in the Loire?
Gros Plant
What grape, found in Champagne in the Middle Ages, is the parent of many other, more famous white grapes?
Gouais Blanc
Where could one find Gringet as a grape?
Savoie
Where could one find Jacquere as a grape
Savoie
What’s the synonym for Melon de Bourgogne?
Muscadet
Mondeuse Blanche crossed with Dureza to produce which red grape?
Syrah
True or False: Muscadelle is related to the Muscat grape.
False
What are the three Muscat grapes found in France?
Muscat a petit grains blanc
Muscat d’Alexandrie
Mucat Ottonel
What is the synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?
Klevner or Pinot Vrai
Name a parent of Riesling
Gouais Blanc
What is a synonym for Vermentino?
Rolle
True or False: Rousanne is genetically linked to Marsanne
True
What’s the synonym for Sacy in the Loire
Tressallier
What is Trebbiano Toscano known as in France?
Ugni Blanc
What were the most commonly grown varieties in NE France in the Middle Ages?
Pinot
Savagnin
Gouais Blanc
Where is Altesse planted
Savoie
Which region is indigenous for Chardonnay?
Bourgogne
True or False: Chasselas is native to France.
False: It’s native to Switzerland
What is Pineau de la Loire?
Chenin Blanc
True or false: Clairette is prone to oxidation?
True
Colombard is a natural cross of which two grapes?
Chenin Blanc
Gouais Blanc
Corbu Blanc is known as what is Spain?
Hondarrabi Zuri
Folle Blanche is known as what in the Loire?
Gros Plant
Where was Gouais Blanc grown in the Middle Ages?
Champagne
True or False. Grenache Blanc is not prone to oxidation.
False
True or False. Grenache Blanc is related to Grenache Noir?
True - it has the same DNA but different phenotypes
True or false: Marsanne is native to the Rhône
True
What are the parents of Melon de Bourgogne?
Pinot
Gouais Blanc
Which grape is a cross between Muscat a petit grains blanc and Axina de tres Bias?
Muscat d’Alexandria
Muscat Ottonel is a cross between which two grapes?
Chasselas
Muscat d’Eisenstadt
True or false: Petit Corbu is not related to Corbu Blanc
True
Romorantin is grown exclusively in which Loire AC?
Cour-Cheverny
True or false. Sauvignon Blanc is native to the Loire.
True
Name the parent of Sauvignon Blanc
Savagnin Blanc
What grape is Gewurztraminer a variant of?
Savagnin Rose
True or false: Semillon is native to Sauternes
True
True or false. Sylvaner is native to Alsace
False - believed to be Austrian
True or false: Viognier is native to the Rhône.
True
What grape is Viognier related to?
Mondeuse Blanche
