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Jura/Savoie/Bugey/Switzerland Flashcards

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Climate in the Jura

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  • Semi-Continental
  • a bit like Burgundy but cooler and wetter with more jumbled terrain
  • winters can be even more severe
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Soil in the Jura

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  • Limestone marl soils

- blue and grey marls are especially prized for the Savagnin (aka Traminer) grape

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T or F? Château-Chalon cannot produce vin de paille

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True!

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4 appellations that can produce Vin Jaune in Jura

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  • Château Chalon
  • Côtes du Jura (+vin de paille)
  • Arbois (+vin de paille)
  • l’Etoile (+vin de paille)
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2 AOPs in Jura that can make still white, still rosé, still red, vin de paille, vin jaune

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  • Côtes du Jura, Arbois
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Synonym for Savagnin in the Jura

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Naturé or Fromentin

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Main white/red/rosé grapes for Côtes du Jura and Arbois AOP

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  • White: both majority savagnin, chardonnay (+pinot noir, ploussard, trousseau)
  • Red/Rosé: both majority trousseau, poulsard, pinot noir (+chardonnay, savagnin)
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Vin de Paille grapes in Jura

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  • Côtes du Jura and Arbois: Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau
  • L’Etoile: Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard (Trousseau NOT allowed)
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Single commune that can be added to Arbois AOP

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Pupillon

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Years where Château Chalon NOT made

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1974, 1980, 1984, 2001

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Min alc % and aging for Vin de Paille in Jura

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  • Min 14%

- 3yrs (18m in oak)

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Highest number of plantings in the Jura

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Arbois AOP

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T or F? Vin Jaune and Château Chalon AOP are both made with 100% Savagnin

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True!

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Min alc % for Vin Jaune in Château Chalon AOP, and Côtes du Jura/Arbois/l’Etoile AOPs

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  • Château Chalon: min 12%

- Côtes du Jura/Arbois/l’Etoile: min 10.5%

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T or F? L’Etoile AOP can only make dry whites, paille and jaune (no reds)

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True!

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4 communes that can make Château Chalon

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  • Château Chalon
  • Menetru le Vignoble
  • Nevy-sur-Seille
  • Domblans
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Min and Max Alc % for Macvin du Jura AOP

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16%-22%

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Fortification/Mutage of Macvin du Jura: A) min abv % of eau-de-vie; B) the eau-de-vie must be aged ____ months prior to mutage; C) the eau-de-vie must come from this region in France

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A) 52%
B) 14m
C) Franche-Comté region

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Name of the bottle and size for Vin Jaune

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Clavelin, 62cl

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Requirements for Vin de Paille in the Jura

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  • Savagnin, chardonnay, poulsard, trousseau (only these 4 grapes!!!)
  • Min Alc: 14%
  • Dried for min 6 weeks, 20hl/hc, pressed between christmas and february
  • Min 3 yrs aging including a min 18 months in neutral wood barrels - (until Nov.15 of the 3rd year following harvest)
  • may be released on December 1 of the third year following the harvest
  • 100 kg of grapes give about 18l of vin de paille.
  • may be labeled as Arbois, L’Etoile or Côtes du Jura
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Requirements for Vin Jaune

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  • 100% Savagnin
  • Min 6 years and 3 months in barrel (228l) without ouillage (topping off). (Dec 15 of the 6th year)
  • may be released on January 1 of the seventh year following the harvest
  • Château Chalon: min 12%
  • Côtes du Jura/Arbois/l’Etoile: min 10.5%
  • Aging includes min 60 months ’sous voile’ — a yeast blanquet (voile) develops on top of the wine and protects it against oxidation.
  • The voile may take 2-3 years to fully develop, which is why the wines show a degree (but not total) of oxidation
  • Not fortified
  • May be declassified to Côtes du Jura AOP for poor vintage — 1974, 1980, 1984, 2001
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Synonym for Chardonnay in the Jura

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Gamay Blanc, Melon d’Arbois, Melon Blanc

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T or F? Pinot noir is not allowed for Vin de Paille in the Jura

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True!

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4 commune appellations in the Jura

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Arbois, Côtes du Jura, L’Etoile, Château Chalon

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T or F? Macvin du Jura AOP only makes Vin de liqueur or mistelle and can be either white, red or rosé

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True!

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Potential finished alcohol for Vin Jaune results in this range

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Ideally btw 13-15%

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Synonym for Savagnin in Switzerland

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Heida

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What is the French name for Lake Geneva?

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Lac Léman

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What is the regional Savoie AOP?

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Vin de Savoie AOP

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What is the most planted white grape in Savoie?

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Jacquère

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There are 16 crus in Savoie, name the ones that make only still whites and also requires a min 80% Jacquère (5)

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  • Abymes
  • Apremont
  • Cruet
  • Montmélian
  • Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré
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Which 2 Savoie crus only allow 100% Mondeuse?

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  • Arbin

- Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte

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Name the only Savoie cru that can make still white and sparkling, what are the grapes?

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  • Ayze

- For both styles: Min. 50% Gringet (plus max. 30% each of Altesse and Roussette d’Ayze)

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34
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Name the 3 Savoie crus that make both still white and still red. What are the main white and red grapes?

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  • Chautagne
  • Chignin
  • Jongieux
  • Whites: min 80% Jacquère
  • Reds: min 90% combined Pinot Noir, Gamay and/or Mondeuse (plus Cab. Franc, Cab. Sauvignon, and Persan)
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Grapes and styles for Chignin-Bergeron cru?

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Still white only, 100% Roussanne (Bergeron)

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Name the 4 Savoie crus that are Chasselas-based (min 80%), and are also on Lac Léman, in Chablais

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  • Crépy
  • Marignan
  • Marin
  • Ripaille
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Which 5 crus of Savoie are clustered around Chambéry in the southerly La Cluse de Chambéry?

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  • Chignin
  • Chignon-Bergeron
  • Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré
  • Apremont
  • Abymes
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What is Savoie’s other regional AOP?

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Roussette de Savoie AOP, 100% Roussette (or Altesse)

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Synonym for Roussette

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Altesse

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Which 4 communes may append their names to Roussette de Savoie AOP?

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  • Frangy
  • Marestal
  • Monthoux
  • Monterminod
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Styles allowed in Seyssel AOP, in Savoie?

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  • White and sparkling only
  • Tranquille blanc, sec, demi-sec (100% Altesse)
  • Mousseux blanc (min 10% Altesse)
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Varietal requirement for Seyssel Tranquille Blanc (Sec and Demi-Sec)

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100% Altesse

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Varietal requirement for Seyssel Mousseux

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Min. 10% Altesse, plus Chasselas and Molette

44
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Bugey is East or West of Lac du Bourget?

45
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The lake near Jongieux cru and Marestal

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Lac du Bourget

46
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Styles and varietal requirements for Bugey AOP

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  • Blanc: min 70% chardonnay
  • Rosé: min 70% gamay+pinot noir
  • Rouge: 100% Gamay, Pinot Noir, or Mondeuse
47
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Styles and varietal requirements for Bugey “Cerdon”

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  • sparkling rosé through method ancestrale
  • only Gamay and Poulsard are allowed
  • may not be produced solely from Poulsard
  • min 2 months on lees, min 3 atm pressure
48
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Styles and varietal requirements for Bugey “Manicle”

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  • Blanc: 100% Chardonnay

- Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

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Styles and varietal requirements for Bugey “Montagnieu”

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  • Vin Mousseux/Pétillant Blanc: Min. 70% combined Mondeuse, Chardonnay, and Altesse
  • Red: 100% Mondeuse
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Bugey-Cerdon is made with the Ancestrale method. Name 2 other French AOPs that employ this method also

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  • Blanquette de Limoux Méthode Ancestrale

- Clairette de Die-Méthode Dioise Ancestrale

51
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Subzones of Bugey (3)

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Manicle, Montagnieu, Cerdon

52
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2 communes may append their names to Roussette de Bugey AOP

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  • Montagnieu

- Virieu-la-Grand

53
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River that flows out of Lac Léman, through Savoie

54
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Petite Saint-Marie is a synonym for this grape in Savoie

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Chardonnay

55
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What is the IGP of Savoie, and what styles of wine does it cover?

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  • IGP Allobrogies

- still white, red and rosé

56
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Which Savoie Cru was its own communal appellation until 2008?

57
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What town of Savoie has its own AOP for vermouth?

58
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What Crus of Savoie lie east of La Cluse de Chambéry along the Isére river in La Combe de Savoie?

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  • Montmélian
  • Arbin
  • Cruet
  • Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte
59
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The largest Vin de Savoie Cru

60
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Savoie’s only single-village appellation

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Seyssel AOP

61
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Grapes for Crémant de Savoie

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Min 40% Jacquère (min 60% combined with Altesse)….max 20% red varieties

62
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This lake borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland

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Lake Constance (aka Bodensee in Baden, Germany)

63
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Where does the Rhine river start and end?

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river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps, flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and empties into the North Sea

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Most planted grape in Switzerland

65
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Highest vineyard in Europe is in this Swiss region

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Visperterminen (Valais); across the Alps in France is Valle d’Aosta

66
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Synonym of Sylvaner in Switzerland

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Johannisberg

67
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What is Chasselas called in Valais, Vaud and Geneva

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  • Valais: Fendant
  • Vaud: Dorin
  • Geneva: Perlan
68
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Grapes for Dole

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min 85% combined pinot noir, gamay (+gamaret, merlot, syrah, garanoir…)

69
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Synonym for Marsanne in the Valais

70
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Synonym for Savagnin in Switzerland, and then specifically in the Valais

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  • Paien: Switzerland

- Heida: Valais

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Top 3 producing cantons in Switzerland

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Valais, Vaud, Geneva

72
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T or F? Most of Swiss wine comes from the western, French-speaking side of the country

73
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Where is the highest vineyard in Europe?

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Visperterminen (GC), Switzerland-Valais; 1150m

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The Rhône river passes through this canton ____ and then through this lake ____ and then through southeastern France

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  • Valais, Lake Geneva (Lac Léman)

- Valais is the river’s northernmost appellation

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What is Vin du Glacier and what is the grape?

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  • a maderized wine stored in high altitude soleras, aged in large barrels (meleze), made from RÈZE grape
  • also called “Gletscherwein” (rock glacier wine)
  • intense, sharp and resiny; similar to Sherry or Jura’s Vin Jaune
  • Not a legal category, a stylistic designation
76
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Name the 3 Swiss GCs that allow Dôle

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Vétroz, Ville de Sion, Saviése

77
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What 4 countries border Switzerland?

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  • Germany (North)
  • Austria (East)
  • Italy (South)
  • France (West)
78
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What 4 French-speaking cantons produce wine in western Switzerland?

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Valais, Vaud, Geneva and Neuchâtel

79
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The only GC where Pinot Noir and Gamay may be bottled individually, AND as Dôle to be labelled as ‘Grand Cru’

80
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Amigne de Vétroz Sweetness Indicators (1 bee, 2 bees, 3 bees)

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  • 1 bee (sèche/trocken): 0-8 g/l
  • 2 bees (légèrement/halbsuss): 9-25 g/l
  • 3 bees (douce/suss): 25+ g/l
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What is the Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel in Valais?

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  • a label seal of quality for traditional sweet wines, created in 1996
  • allowed grapes (6): ermitage (marsanne), petite arvine, amigne, johannisberg (sylvaner), malvoisie (p-gris), Paien (heida, savagnin blanc)
  • min 15 yov
  • min 130 Oechsle (no chaptalization)
  • min Aging: 12 months in wood
82
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This GC is on the north shores of Lake Geneva, borders’ France’s Jura region

83
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6 regional AOCs in Vaud GC

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Lavaux, La Côte, Chablais, Vully, Côtes de l’Orbe, Bonvillars

84
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2 GCs within Lavaux AOC (Vaud)

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Dézaley AOC, Calamin AOC

85
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3 “suns” or “Les Trois Soleils” of Lavaux

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  • what makes Lavaux and special, and what conjures some of the finest wines in the country
  • Jean Rosset “the sun in the sky” — the sun that rises and falls from E to W
  • Le Miroir du Lac “the sun reflected off the lake” — the vast blue water of Lac Léman becomes a mirror, reflecting light and heat on the steep slopes of Lavaux, doubling the “sunshine” that penetrates the grapes in the vyds
  • Les Murs des Terrasses “the sun reflected off the vineyards’ stone walls” — stones reflecting sunlight back onto the plants from the N side of the vyds, and retaining heat by day so that even at night, the grapes are exposed to the sun’s lingering warmth
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Min % grapes in Vaud (regional, regional with commune, and Grand Cru)

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  • Regional: min 90%
  • Regional with commune: min 60%
  • Vaud Grand Cru: min 90%
87
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T or F? SGN, VT, and VdN are allowed for Vaud GC

88
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Vaud Premier Cru based on the following grapes (4)

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Chasselas, Gamay, Pinot Noir and Merlot

89
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Vaud Traditional AOP “Salvagnin” grape blend

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  • Min 50% gamay, min 10% pinot noir, min 20% gamaret and/or garanoir
  • Vaud’s answer to Valais’ Dôle
90
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This Swiss GC surrounds Lake Geneva

91
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2 lakes in Neuchâtel canton

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Neuchâtel and Bienne

92
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Neuchâtel allows PN for these 2 wine styles

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  • Oeil-de-Perdrix: Rosé of Pinot Noir

- Perdrix Blanc: Still Blanc de Pinot Noir

93
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Local name for Chasselas in Neuchâtel canton

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Neuchâtel

94
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“La Gerle” is a Neuchâtel specialty, what is the grape?

95
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Swiss canton closest to Italy (borders Lombardy) and its main grape

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Ticino, Merlot

96
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2 subregions of Ticino

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  • Sopraceneri: North of Monte Ceneri

- Sottoceneri: South of Monte Ceneri

97
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2 lakes in Ticino

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  • Lake Maggiore, closest to Sopraceneri

- Lake Lugano, closest to Sottoceneri

98
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Where is the Gotthiard Massif?

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  • mountain range in the Swiss Alps, located at the border of 4 cantons (Valais, Ticino, Uri and Graubünden)
  • where the Rhine and Rhône river both rise
99
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Main concern for Swiss winemakers?

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Erosion, rainfall makes soil erosion the prime concern

100
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Synonyms for Pinot Noir in Switzerland

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Blauburgunder or Clevener

101
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First GC in Switzerland

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Salquenen/Salgesch

102
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First AOC in Switzerland

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Geneva, 1988

103
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The biggest contiguous winegrowing area in Switzerland, but also the smallest wine region

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  • Three Lakes region (bordering Jura in France)

- Lakes Neuchâtel, Biel, and Murten

104
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Valais growers use this _____ (steep channels of mountain water), to irrigate their vines since the Middle Ages

105
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In Valais a style of wine is Flétri; what type of wine is it and what grape is it made from?

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  • Malvoisie (pinot gris)

- strong, sweet wines from raisined grapes

106
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Traditional red of the La Côte region in Vaud

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Servagnin grape, a local clone of pinot noir

107
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Biggest wine commune in Switzerland

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Satigny, in Geneva

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