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Which river flows through Bergerac?

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Dordogne

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What styles of wine are produced in Bergerac? What is Côtes de Bergerac?

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R, W, R from BDX varieties

Côtes=higher min Alc (11.5%, 11% whites)

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Where is Pécharmant AOP? Styles of wine?

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Bergerac

“ageable” reds

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What are the sweet wine appellations of Bergerac?

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Monbazillac
Saussignac
Rosette
Haut-Montravel
Côtes de Montravel
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What is the primary varietal of Monbazillac? Is mechanical harvesting allowed?

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Muscadelle

Nah, dawg

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What style of wine is Montravel?

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R, W, must be dry

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What river runs through Cahors? What styles of wine?

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Lot River

70% Malbec (Cot) w/ Tannat and Merlot

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What style of wine is in Madiran?

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Reds from Tannat w/ CF, CS, and Fer

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What is the sweet wine appellation of Madiran? What varietals?

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Pachereac de Vic-Bilh AOP

Petit Manseng, Petit Corbu, Arrufiac

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What styles of wine in Jurançon?

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Wines from Gros and Petit Manseng
Petit best for passerillage wines
Gros best for tangy dry wines
Also Petit Courbu, Camaralet, Louzet as secondary varietals

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What style of wine are in Irouégly and Béarn AOPs?

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Blanc=Petit and Gros Manseng, Courbu, Petit Courbu

R+R=CF, Tannat, CS (Béarn req’s 80% Tannat)

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What styles of wine are in Gaillac AOP?

How many Premières Côtes cummunes are there?

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Blanc=Mauzac, Muscadelle, Lende l’El

R+R=Duras, Fer, Syrah, Gamay (small amount of BDX varieties allowed)

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What is Méthode Gaillaçaise?

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a variant of methode ancestrale used to make Gaillac mousseaux

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What style of wine is in Marcillac AOP?

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Reds from Fer (min 90%)

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What styles of wine in Buzet and Côtes de Duras AOP?

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R, W, R from BDX varieties

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What style of wine in Côtes de Marmandais?

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R, W, R from BDX varieties, regional grapes, and Syrah (particularly for reds)

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What style of wine is in Fronton AOP?

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R+R from 50% Negrette

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What style of wine is in Bugey-Cerdon?n

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Methodé Ancestrale rosés

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When did Bugey gain AOP status? What styles of wine are produced there?

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May 2009

R,W,R (still) and Bugey-Cerdon

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What style of wine is created in Roussette de Bugey AOP? Which communes may append name?

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100% Altese

Montagnieu and Virieule Grand

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What is a skittle?

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traditional hourglass shaped bottle used in Provence

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What are the 4 sub-zones for red and rosé wines of Côtes-de-Provence?

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La Lande
Pierrafeu
Sainte-Victoire
Fréjus

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Where is Domaine de Trevallon?

What is the basis for their red wine?

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Les Baux de Provence

CS

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What is the most notable producer in Coteaux Carois en Provence? What is unique about the estate?

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Dom. Triennes

release wines as vin de pays

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What are the 2 communal AOPs of Corsica?
Ajaccio | Patrimonio
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How many GC estates are there in Provence?
23 originally classified in 1855
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What is the VdN AOP of of Corse?
Muscat du Cap Corse AOP
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Where is Fitou AOP? What are 2 sectors? What style of wine?
W. Languedoc Fitou Maritime and Fitou Montagneux Blends dominated by Carignan
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What style of wine is in Corbières-Boutenac?
reds from Carignan
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What style of wine is in Minervois-la-Livinère?
60% blend of Grenache, Lladon-Pelut, Mourvedre, Syrah (40% min Syrah+Mourv.)
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What style of wine is in Caburdès AOP?
R+R from Grenache, Syrah, BDX varietals
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What style of wine is in Malpère AOP?
min 50% Merlot, CF for red and rosé
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What styles of wine are in St.-Chinian AOP?
blanc=clairette, Carignan Blanc, Viognier | R+R=GSM+accessory varieties
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what style of wine is in Faugères AOP?
blanc=roussane, grenache blanc, marsanne, vermentino, clairette, viognier R+R=GSM, lladone-pelut
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What are the main Communal AOPs of Jura?
Côtes du Jura l'Etoile Arbois Chateau Chalon
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What styles of wine are produced in Moselle?
R, W, R from Auxerrois, PN
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What are 2 sub-zones of St-Chinian?
Berlou | Roquebrun
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The crus of Marignan, Ripaille, and Crépy require min 80% of which varietal?
Chasselas
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What is Roussette de Savoie AOP? Which 4 communes can append to AOP?
100% Roussette (Altese) | Frangy, Marestel, Monterminod, Monthoux
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What styles of wine are produced in Seyssel AOP?
dry to off-dry still=100% Altese Mousseaux=Molette, Chasselas, min 10% Altesse
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Which cru of Savoie produces 100% Roussane?
Chinin-Bergeron
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What are the red and white varietals of Savoie
W=Jacquere (most), Altese, Roussane (Bergeron) and Chard. | R=Gamay, Mondeuse, PN
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What is the VdL AOP of Jura? What are it's req's?
MacVin de Jura | R, W, R aged 1yr in oak after mutage
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What is a clavelin?
a squat 62cl btl used for vin jaune
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What style of wine is produced in l'Etoile?
Whites only may be Chard, Savagnin, Poulsard generally bottled late in oxidative style
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Which commune may append it's name to Arbois AOP?
Pupillin
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What styles of wine in Limoux AOP?
White=Chard, Chenin, Mauzac (ferm in oak) Red=Merlot based Blanquette de Limoux=MT sparkler from 90% Mauzac
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What is the oldest purposefully made sparkling wine in France?
Banquette de Limoux
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What are the varietals of Crémant de Limoux?
Chard, Chenin w/ Mauzac and PN
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What are the 2 recent AOP additions of the Languedoc?
``` Terrasses du Larzac (2014) La Clape (2015) ```
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What are the fortified wine AOPs of Languedoc?
Muscat de Mireval Muscat de Lunel Muscat de St-Jean-de-Minervois Muscat de Frontignan (VdL or VdN)
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What style of wine is most important in Rousillon?
VdN, 90% of country's production is here
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What are the styles of wine in Rivesaltes AOP?
VdN Ambré and Tuille=oxidative style/aging Grenat=aged reductively 1yr Rosé Extended aging for oxidative styles (up to 20 yrs) varietal wines or blends (Mediterranean varietals) Less than 5yrs aging="hors d'age"
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What style of wine is in Maury AOP?
VdN from Grenache Noir/Gris/Blanc
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What is continental France's southernmost AOP?
Banyuls AOP
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What are req's for Banyuls and Banyuls GC AOP?
Reggae=min 50% Grenace GC=75% Grenache, 30 mo in barrel if vintage dated, bottled in 1 yr, labelled "rimage"
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What are the unfortified wines of Banyuls released as?
Collioure AOP (R, W, R)
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What styles of wine in Côtes du Rousillon Les Aspres
reds from Syrah and Mourvedre
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Which 4 communes of Côtes-du-Rousillon-Villages may append to the name?
Latour de France Caramany Lesquerde Tautavel
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What is the overarching VdP AOP for Languedoc-Roussillon?
Vin de Pays d'Oc
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Château Chalon AOP specializes in what style of wine?
``` vin jaune (yellow wine) oxidative style Savagnin presence of yeast (voile) unfortified ```
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What is vin de paille?
Straw wine specialty of Jura labelled as Arbois, l'Etoile, Côtes du Jura ripe (but unbotrytised) grapes dried 6 weeks aged min 3yrs (18mo neutral oak) RS+alc=approx 14%
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Primary varietals of Bandol rosé and rouge?
Mourvèdre (50% min) Grenache, Cinsault
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Where is Patrimonio AOP? | Primary varietals?
Limestone coast of Corse (Corsica) blanc=100% Vermentinu rosé=75% Nielluccio + (Grenache, Sciaccarello, Verm.) Rouge=90% Nieulluccio + (Grenache, Sciaccrello, Verm.)
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Primary red varietals of Palette?
GSM blends
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What are primary varietals of Cassis?
Marsanne Clairette SB Ugni Blanc
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What are primary red varietals of Bellet?
Braquet | Fuella Nera
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What is primary white varietal of Bellet?
Rolle (Vermentino)
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Primary white varietals of Palette?
Picardin, Clairette (+Rosé), Bourboulenc
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Jura soil type?
Jurrassic Limestone
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Where is Bandol?
South in Provence Borders Med. Ocean SE of Marseille
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Where is Cassis?
in Provence South, Coastal, Borders Med. Ocean SE of Marseille
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Where is Palette?
Landlocked in middle of Provence
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Where is Bellet?
Provence | small AOP offset from rest of the region, surrounds Nice
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What are primary varietals of Vin de Savoie?
Blanc=Aligoté, Altesse, Chard, Jacquère, Mondeuse Blanc, Velteliner Rouge R+R=PN, Mondeuse, Gamay, CS, CF, Persan (in some apps)
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White varieties of Jura?
Chard and Savagnin
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Main red varieties of Jura?
Poulsard Trousseau PN
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which AOP of France requires the longest aging requirements?
Bandol
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What is the difference between Montravel and Côte de Montravel?
Montravel is dry | Côtes de Montravel requires higher must weights and RS

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