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1
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what are the 4 AOP of Pays Nantais?

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  • Muscadet
  • Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
  • Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu
  • Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
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What is the recommended ABV for Muscadet?

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> 12%

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What are the soils of Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine?

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Gneiss
Silica
Clay
Granite
Schist
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What are the 3 subzones of Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine?

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Clisson
Le Pallet
Gorges

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5
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How much time do the sub zone wines of Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine spend on the lees?

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minimum 18 months - longer than the actual term allows. This precludes them from using the term on the label

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What is Hermine d’Or?

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A badge if quality for better wines in Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine. Initiated by Guy Bossard. This unofficial term promotes terroir and promotes ageability.

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What is Cru Communaux?

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A designation proposed in 2001 requiring eligible wines from schist soils to spend a min of 18 months sur lie

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What region would I find the wines of Domaine de l’Ecu?

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Pays Nantais
Guy Bossard
organic and biodynamic viticulture
terroir driven wines: Hermine d'Or
methode traditionelle made from Gros Plant
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9
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name 3 muscadet producers?

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Domaine de l"Ecu
Domaine de la Louvetrie
Pierre Luneau-Papin
Louis Metaireau
Domaine V. Gunther-Chereau
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10
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What region: Clos Rougeard?

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Saumur-Champigny - Les Poyeux - single vineyard, aged in year old oak. Le Bourg is aged in new oak.

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What style of wines are made by Philippe Delesvaux?

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Anjou Blanc, and Coteau du Layon cuvees: La Moque, and Clos du Pavillon

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What appellation is bottled by Chateau Pierre-Bise?

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Top producer of Coteaux du Layon. He is fascinated by the notion of terroir bottling.

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what are the 3 soils of Sancerre?

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Terres-blanches: kimmeridgian that extends into chablis
caillottes: stony soils with fossils
Silex: high proportion of flint

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what are the 3 soils of Chinon?

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tuffeau
clay
varennes: sandy soils

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what is the soil of savennieres?

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steep southern exposure of blue schist mixed with volcanic debris

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16
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what is the minimum gpl of Chaume?

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80 grams per litre - the wines of Chaume Premier Cru are very rich

17
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How much Cabernet Sauvigon can be added to Chinon, Bourgeuil, and St-Nicolas-de-Bourgeuil?

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10 %

18
Q

What villages can add their name to Touraine?

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Mesland
Amboise
Oisly
Azay-le-Rideau
Chenonceaux
19
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What are the white wine only appellations of Central Loire?

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Pouilly-Fume
Quincy
Pouilly-sur-Loire

20
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what is the grape of Orleans-Clery?

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Cabernet Franc 100 %

21
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What are the grapes for Orleans?

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Whites = Chardonnay
Reds = Pinot Meunier
22
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Where are Alphonse Mellot vineyard holdings located?

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La Moussiere, Sancerre

23
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Name as many Pouilly-Fume producers as you can?

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Didier Dagueneau
Pascal Jolivet -based in Sancerre
Domaine Masson-Blondelet
Michel Redde
Guy Saget
Chateau de Tracy
24
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what are the 7 geographic designations of Coteaux du Layon?

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Beaulieu-sur-Layon
Rablay-sur-Layon
Rochefort-sur-Loire
Fayed'Anjou
St-Aubin de Luigne
St-Lambertdu Lattay
Chaume Premier Cru
25
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Why is this happening?

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several reasons
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