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Languedoc Flashcards

1
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Mutage

A

Adding spirt to fermenting sweet wine

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2
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Episode Cevenol

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Warm and cold fronts meeting
Warm air from the Mediterranean and cold air from the cevennes
Lots of rain (autumn)

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3
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Garrigue 3 definition

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1 Plants
Thyme, rosemary, rockrose, aleppo pine… etc
2 aroma of plants
3 limestone soil

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4
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Languedoc AOC

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Dry red, white rose
Must blend
W-bourboulene, clairette, Grenache blanc, marsanne, pic poul, roussanne, tourbat, vermentino
R-Grenache, lledoner pelut, Syrah, Mourvèdre

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5
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11 DCGs languedoc

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All red
Cabrieres (rose too)
Gres Montpellier 
La mejanelle 
Montpeyroux
Pezenas 
Quatourze
Saint christol 
Saint drezery 
Saint Georges d orques 
Saint saturnin 
Sommieres
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Picpoul de pinet AOC

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Only dry white

Piquepoul

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7
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Clarirette du languedoc AOC

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Dry white, semi, fortified

Clairette

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8
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pic saint loup AOC

A 
Red rose
GSM
Must blend (always has to have Syrah)
Limestone 
More continental
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9
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Terrasses du larzac AOC

A 
Similar to pic saint loup climate 
GSM and carignan 
Red only 
Largest diurnal swing
50% organic
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Faugeres

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Dry red white rose
W-Grenache marsanne Roussanne vermentino
R-GSM and lledoner
Shist 
Elevation and wins moderate the temp
Must blend (white must contain Roussane)
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Saint chinian AOC

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Dry white red rose
W-same as faugeres
R-same as faugeres
Schist/clay limestone 
Elevations 1320ft
Two DCGs Berlou and Roquebrun (mail reds)
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Minervois AOC

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Clay limestone sandstone
Dry red white rose
Lots of white varieties 80% primary
Reds GSM lledoner

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Minervois La liviniere AOC

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Schist
Red GSM
Trying to drop Minervois name

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14
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La Clape AOC

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Dry red rose white
W- same as Minervois (main bourboulenc & Grenache blanc)
R-GSM
Hard area to grow, one of the driest hottest sunniest parts of France
Lots of stone

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15
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Corbieres aoc

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Dry red white rose
W-see La clap
R-GSM and carignan
Jagged limestone hills, clay marl galets 
Wild boar
Mostly Carignan!
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16
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Corbieres Boutenac AOC

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Red only
Within Corbieres
GSM &carignan
No one varietals can exceed 80%
But 30% must be Carignan
17
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Fitou AOC

A 
Two areas
Fitou maritime clay limestone 
Haut Fitou inland limestone sandstone 
Grenache and Carignan 
Red only
18
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Cabardes AOC

A 
Red and rose
CS, merlot, CF, Grenache, Syrah 
Windy
Atlantic wind meets Mediterranean wind
Granite/gneiss
40% must be CS CF merlot 
40% must be Syrah and/or Grenache
19
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Malepere AOC

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Red rose
Flatter land
Limestone clay 
CF Merlot 
40% min Merlot 
20% min Cot and/or CF
40% CF for rose
20
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Limoux AOC

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Dry white red sparkling
W-mauzac blanc, chard, Chenin B (hand harvest)
R-merlot (hand or machine)
Clay limestone
Whites can not be released until May after harvest
Min 3 varietals in blend red (April 15 release)

21
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1 Blanquette de Limoux

2 Blanquette methode Ancestral

A

1 mainly Mauzac, small chard or chenin
Sur lie. Oldest in the world

2 100% Mauzac 6-7% sweetness, 2 month aging

22
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Cremant de Limoux AOC

A

60% chard, 30% Chenin 10% Mauzac
Not a prescribed blend
Pinot Noir approved for mix
Rose 15% PN

23
Q

Vins Doux Naturels

A 
Muscat 100g/l 15% ETOH
1 muscat de Lunel
2 muscat de mireval
3 muscat de frontignan
4 muscat de saint jean de minervois (highest acid) 125g/l
24
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Pays d Oc IGP

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Dry red white rose and sweet white
80% Merlot, CS, Syrah,
85% Chardonnay, SB, Viognier
80% rose- Grenache cinsaut Syrah
-Tasting approval
-Non varietals labeled must be 50% primary
-15% grape varietals labeled for principle
-white grapes can I’ve incorporated into red or rose if fermented together 20% only

25
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Via Domitia

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Romans built a road
Gaul to Italy
Grapes on both sides

26
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Vineyard orientation

A

East to west

Max sun

27
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Drought tolerant vines

A

Marselan

Also using Greek vines

28
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Heritage grapes

A

Aramon and Aspiran Noir = Rivairenc

29
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John Bojanowski

A

Carignan renaissance

30
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Saint Chinian AOC DCGs

A

Berlou

Roquebrum

31
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Falaise de l’ Hortus

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Cliff of Hortus
Limestone outcrop
Pic saint loup AOC

32
Q

Mildew resistance grapes

Experimental

A 
Cab Cortis
Souvignier gris
Muscats 
Floreal 
Soreli
33
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white wine only

A

Picpoul de pinet

Clairette du languedoc (sweet, dry and fortified)

34
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Red wine only

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Terrasses du larzac
Minervois La liviniere
Corbieres boutenac
Fitou

35
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Rose or Red wine

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Pic saint loup
Cabardes
Malepere

36
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Dry white, red rose wines

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Faugeres
Saint chinian
Minervois
Corbieres

37
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Dry white and red only

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