Languedoc Flashcards
How much IGP production in Languedoc?
74%
Key red grapes
Grenache
Syrah
Mourverde
Carignan
Key white grapes
Bourboulenc
Clairette
Mauzac Blanc
Piquepol
Muscat à Petit Grains
How many Muscat VDNs are found and what is the style?
4 VDNs
Reductive
What is the annual autumn rain event called?
Épisode Cévenol
How many coops and what is the % or production?
150
70%
When did the 1st French wine Coop in Maraussan begin operating?
1905
What are the 3 zones with in Languedoc
- Atlantic Corridor
- Hinterlands
- Coastal Plains
How many DGCs are found in Languedoc AOC
11 DGCs
What are the Atlantic Corridor 3 AOCs?
Cabardès
Limoux
Malepère
What AOCs are found on the Coastal Plain?
3 Mascat AOCs
Picpoul de Pinet
(La Clape - vineyards are on massif of limestone and clay. There are multiple elevations. So it isn’t on coastal plain most likely)
What AOCs are found in the Mountains and Hillside (Hinterlands)?
Pic Saint-Loop
Minervous
Saint-Chinan
Faugères
Corbières
Fitou
Main training method?
Goblet
What is the percentage of Organic Vineyards?
38%
What is the weather risks in Languedoc?
Drought
Épisode Cévenol
What is France’s largest IGP?
Pay d’Oc
How much varietal wines does Pays d’Oc account for all of France?
92%
How many grape variety’s in Pay d’Oc IGP?
58
include Albariño and Caladoc
What was the 1st sparkling wine create in 1531 at the Abbey Saint Hilaire?
Blanquette de Limoux
What are the rules for Pay d’Oc?
50% of primary grape + 1 more
Red and whites must be fermented together
What is the largest AOC producer?
Corbieres -24%
Languedoc - 23%
What was engineering feat connected Sète to the Garonne River in 1681
Canal du Midi
Who were the prime trading partners in the 17th C
The Dutch for brandywine
What engineer feature connected Toulous to Castets just south of Bordeaux in 1856?
Canal de la Garonne
What is the only Languedoc DGC that produces rose as well as red?
Cabrieres - Rosé
Saint-Saturnin - Rosé
What is the largest Languedoc DGC by production?
Gres de Montpellier
What is the only non-contingous AOC?
Fitou AOC
What is the difference between IGP and AOCs
AOCs blend
IGP varietal
What are the soils of the 2 separate FItou. 1. Fitou Maritime and 2 Haut Fitou?
Maritime has clay and limestone
Haut Fitou has limestone and sandstone
What is Fitou’s production?
RED ONLY from Carignan and Grenache
Which subsection is Limoux?
Atlantic Corridor
What are Limoux main white grapes
Mauzac Blanc
Chardonay*
Chenin Blanc
HAND HARVEST ONLY
Which subsection is Fitou?
Hinterland
What are Limoux red grapes?
Merlot
Cot
Syrah
What AOC in the Atlantic corridor requires 3 varieties in their red blends and aged in tank or barrel?
Limoux
What AOC in the Atlantic corridor requires white wines to be aged?
Limoux
What Atlantic Corridor AOC makes sparkling white and rosés?
Crémant de Limoux AOC
What grape dominates Crémant de Limoux white wines?
Chardonnay
What is the most westerly AOC in Languedoc?
Malepère
Where is Malepère found?
Atlantic Corridor
What does Malepère produce?
Reds and rosé
Where do Bordeaux varieties make a majority of the blends?
Malepère
CabFranc/Merlot
What are Malepère soils?
limestone and clay
Where is Cabardès found?
Atlantic Corridor
What are the main grapes of Cabardès?
CabSav
Merlot
CabFranc
Grenache
Syrah
Where is the AOC where Atlantic winds meet the Mediterranean winds?
Cabardès
Where are Bordeaux and Mediterranean varieties equally split where at least 40% of the blend has to come from each?
Cabardès
Where is Minervous found?
Hinterlands
What is primary red Minervois blends?
Syrah +GM
What does Minervois-La Livinière make?
Only reds