Jura and Savoie

Question 1

Select there wine style(s) permitted in Bugey Manicle AOP.
A. White only
B. White and red
C. White, red and rose
D. Red and sparkling
E. Sparkling wine only

Answer 1

White and red

Question 2

Wines from the Ayze cru must contain a minimum 50% of the _____ grape.

Answer 2

Gringet

Question 3

What is the maximum yield for vin de paille wines?
A. 15 hl/ha
B. 20 hl/ha
C. 25 hl/ha
D. 30 hl/ha

Answer 3

20 hl/ha

Question 4

What is the average rainfall in Savoie?
A. 10 in
B. 25 in
C. 50 in
D. 100 in

Answer 4

50in

Question 5

All of the following are located in Savoie, except:
A. Lake Bourget
B. Lake Annecy
C. Lakea
D. Saone River

Answer 5

Saone River

Question 6

Vin de _____ is the IGP of Savoie.

Answer 6

Allobroges

Question 7

Pinot Noir, Trousseau, Poulsard, and _____ must make up at least 50% of Cremant du Jura rose wines.

Answer 7

Pinot Gris

Question 8

What is the grape of still Seyssel wines?
A. Molette
B. Altesse
C. Chardonnay
D. Jacquere
E. Chasselas

Answer 8

Altesse

Question 9

Considerable ullage (loss of liquid) is most commonly associated with which of the following?
A. Cremant du Jura
B. Macvin du Jura
C. Vin de paille
D. vin jaune

Answer 9

Vin Jaune

Question 10

What is the sole grape of the Arbin cru?

Answer 10

Mondeuse

Question 11

Scree soils are found primarily in which Savoie cru?
A. Marin
B. Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte
C. Ayze
D. Apremont

Answer 11

Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte
Scree is loose gravel formed through the weathering process as water freezes in stone crevices and slowly breaks large rocks apart and accumulates at the base of mountain slopes.

Question 12

What is the average annual rainfall in Savoie?
A. 10 inches
B. 25 inches
C. 50 inches
D. 100 inches

Answer 12

50 inches

Question 13

What river flowers through the heart of Bugey AOP?

Answer 13

Ain

Question 14

Select the grape(s) used to produce Arbois ‘White Table Wine’.
A. Chardonnay
B. Pinot Noir
C. Pinot Gris
D. Savagnin
E. Poulsard

Answer 14

Chardonnay
Savagnin

Question 15

Which Savoie cru has the largest production output?

Answer 15

Apremont

Question 16

The name of which cru translates to “broken stones?”
A. Abymes
B. Apremont
C. Jongieux
D. Monterminod

Answer 16

Abymes

Question 17

Select the southernmost of the following Savoie crus.
A. Jongieux
B. Ayze
C. Marignan
D. Arbin

Answer 17

Arbin

Question 18

Gamay Blanc is otherwise known as ______ in Jura.
A. Pinot Gris
B. Chardonnay
C. Savagnin
D. Trousseau

Answer 18

Chardonnay

Question 19

Crépy, Marin, Marignan, and _____ mandate a minimum 80% of Chasselas.

Answer 19

Ripaille

Question 20

In what century was the Treaty of Turin signed?
A. 17th century
B. 18th century
C. 19th century
D. 20th century

Answer 20

19th century
The Treaty of Turin was signed on March 24, 1860, between Napoleon III, Emperor of France, and Victor-Emmanuel II, sovereign of the Kingdom of Sardinia. The result of the treaty was to transfer the city of Nice and the Region of Savoie from the Kingdom of Sardinia to France.

Question 21

The 2 geographic designations of Roussette de Bugey include Virieu-le-Grand and _____.

Answer 21

Montagnieu

Question 22

Who produces ‘Les Perles du Mont Blanc’?
A. Domaine Dupasquier (Your Answer)
B. Jean- Quenard
C. Jean Vullien
D. Domaine Belluard

Answer 22

Domaine Belluard

Question 23

Select the grape(s) permitted to be produced as varietal wines in Vin de Savoie AOP.
A. Chardonnay
B. Chasselas
C. Gringet
D. Gamay
E. Jacquère
F. Molette

Answer 23

Gamay
Jacquère
Chardonnay

Question 24

Vin de paille wines must achieve a minimum ___% alcohol by volume.
A. 12%
B. 14%
C. 16%
D. 19%

Answer 24

14%

Question 25

What is the minimum residual sugar in g/l of Bugey Cerdon?

Answer 25

40g/l

Question 26

The majority of La Chautagne is planted to which grape? A. Altesse B. Chasselas C. Gamay D. Mondeuse E. Pinot Noir

Answer 26

Gamay

Question 27

Acetaldehyde is most likely to be found in which of the following? A. Macvin du Jura B. Crémant du Jura C. Vin jaune D. Vin de paille

Answer 27

Vin jaune

Question 28

Which of the following grapes is permitted in Crémant du Jura AOP? A. Gamay B. Pinot Gris C. Jacquère D. Chasselas

Answer 28

Pinot Gris

Question 29

Grapes destined for vin de paille wines must achieve a minimum ______ must weight after drying.

Answer 29

320 g/l

Question 30

Approximately how many acres of the Gringet grape remain in Savoie? A. 50 B. 100 C. 500 D. 1,000

Answer 30

50

Question 31

Match the Savoie cru to the permitted wine style. A. Arbin B. Crépy C. Ayze 1. Sparkling 2. White 3. Red

Answer 31

A. Red B. White C. Sparkling

Question 32

What is the capital of Savoie?

Answer 32

Chambéry