KEY NATURAL FEATURES | FRANCE

Question 1

Bordeaux

Answer 1

Moderate Maritime climate
Gulf Stream (warming)
Landes Forest (protection)
Rain

Question 2

Médoc

Answer 2

Clay and gravel soils

Question 3

Dordogne

Answer 3

Moderate Maritime climate

Question 4

South West France

Answer 4

Moderate Maritime climate
River Lot
Pyrenees mountains

Question 5

Burgundy (North)

Answer 5

Cool continental
Rain
Spring frosts
Hailstorms

Question 6

Burgundy (South)

Answer 6

Moderate continental
Rain
Spring frosts
Hailstorms

Question 7

Chablis

Answer 7

River Serein

Question 8

The Côte d’Or

Answer 8

Massif Central hills

Question 9

Beaujolais

Answer 9

Moderate continental climate
Granite soils
Hills

Question 10

Alsace

Answer 10

Cool to Moderate continental climate

Vosges Mountains

Question 11

Loire Valley

Answer 11

Cool climate (Central Vineyards = continental; Nantais = maritime)
Anjou = protected by Mauges hills; stony soils
Touraine = wetter with clay soils
Rain
Loire river

Question 12

Northern Rhône

Answer 12

Moderate continental climate
River Rhône
Narrow and steep valleys (protect)
Mistral winds

Question 13

Southern Rhône

Answer 13

Warm mediterranean climate
Rhône river
Stony soils (galets)
Drought
Mistral winds (low-trained vines or trellised to protect)

Question 14

Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Answer 14

Flat vineyards
Bank of the Rhone river
Galets cover the soil

Question 15

Southern France
(Languedoc and Rousillon; Provence)

Answer 15

Warm Mediterranean climate
low rainfall = drought
Mountains surround (foothills = protection)
Winds (mistral, tramontane)