Grapes Flashcards
Jacquère
White
Savoie primary (50%)
Hardy vines / high yields
Perfumed
High Acid
Wildflowers, citrus
Crémant de Savoie
Altesse
White -
mostly dry still in Roussette de. Savoie AOC and Seyssel AOC
But Cremant de Savoie uses it.
Savoie, L-R IGP
Low yields
Very rot resistant
High acidity
Honey, almond
Long lived`
Chasselas
White
Lake Geneva
Alsace, Loire Savoie
Neutral, abundant, inconsistent yields
Smoke, Hay, Flowers
Victor Pulliat 1800s used as baseline
Most common grapes grown in France during the Middle Ages
Pinot
Savagnin
Gouais Blanc
Roussanne
White
Irregular yields, sensitive to rot/mildew
Elegant, aromatic & Floral
Honeysuckle, quince, apricot, peach
High acidity
Age worthy
Native to Rhône
L-R, Provence, Rhône Savoie
Bergeron
Savoie name for Roussanne
Molette
White
Native Savoie
High Yield
Neutral
High sugars / High Acid
Used in sparkling Seyssel but Cremant de Savoie uses Altesse not Molette
Gringet
White
Savoie indigenous
Floral, aromatic, bright acidity yellow plum
EXCLUSIVELY grown in AYZE
Sparkling
Mondeuse Noire
was important in which region?
Once most important in Savoie pre-phylloxera
Used as varietal
Allowed in Arbin and St Jean-de-la Porte
Persan
Region and color?
Savoie red grape
Almost extinct
Gouais Blanc
Big clusters/berries
Dominant in Middle Ages
Parent to many
Aligote
Auxerrois
Chardonnay
Riesling
Melon Bourgogne
Romorantin
Colombard
Folle Blance
Sacy
Grollea Noir
Arbois
Gamay Noir
Riesling
Aromatic Noble
Native to Rhine Valley
Gouais Blanc
Winter Hardy / Late Bud
Age Worthy
Floral, citrus, blossom / petrol / pine
Alsace (most planted always dry unless dessert), L/R IGP
Alsace Names for Pinot Blanc
Klevner
Pinot Vrai
Pinot Gris
Alsace Noble
Performs better Alsace than other locations
Rich / Opulent
High extract, High sugar, L-M Acid
Mutation of Pinot Noir
Aromatic
-Alsace - Tokay d’Alsace
-Bourgogne – Pinot Beurot
-Loire – Malvoise
-Champagne 16-19c Fromenteau
Regions – Champagne, Corse IGP, Jura, L/R IGP, Loire, SW IGP
Bouchy
Cabernet Franc in Madiran
Breton
Cabernet Franc in Loire
- SW native varieties
- SW only
Natives
-Cot côt (Cahors is home for )
-Duras
-Tannat (native around Adour River basin)
-Magdeleine Noire des Charentes (x Cabernet Franc = Merlot)
-Prunelard (x MNdC = Cot côt Malbec)
Only
-Duras
-Tannat
-Courbu
-Petit Courbu
-Len de I’el (gaillac)
Acheria
Cabernet Franc in Irouléguy Irouleguy
Cahors AOC is home for which variety? And the synonym?
Allowed blending partners in Cahors AOC
Home for Cot côt Malbec
Auxerrois
Only Merlot and Tannat
No Cabernet Franc allowed
2 primary red grapes of Irouléguy irouleguy
Tannat
Cabernet Franc
2 most important grapes of Jurançon Jurancon
Petit Manseng
Gros Manseng
Makes dry white, semi-sweet, sweet, VT
Cot côt Malbec died for what reasons?
1956 Freeze in Bordeaux
Phylloxera in SW
Negrette négrette known for
Fronton AOC’s red and rose
Sub-region for:
-Gros Manseng
-Petit Manseng
-Tannat
Pyrenees
rivers (AOCs):
Adour (Madrian/Paucherenc du Vic-bilh),
Gave de Pau (Jurançon),
Gave d’Oloron,
Nive (Irouléguy)
Sub-region for:
Len de I’el
Mauzac
Negrette
Cot côt
Fer Servadou
Garonne, Tarn and Lot