Languedoc Flashcards
1
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How much IGP production in Languedoc?
A
74%
2
Q
Key red grapes
A
Grenache
Syrah
Mourverde
Carignan
3
Q
Key white grapes
A
Bourboulenc
Clairette
Mauzac Blanc
Piquepol
Muscat à Petit Grains
3
Q
How many Muscat VDNs are found and what is the style?
A
4 VDNs
Reductive
4
Q
What is the annual autumn rain event called?
A
Épisode Cévenol
5
Q
How many coops and what is the % or production?
A
150
70%
6
Q
When did the 1st French wine Coop in Maraussan begin operating?
A
1905
7
Q
What are the 3 zones with in Languedoc
A
- Atlantic Corridor
- Hinterlands
- Coastal Plains
8
Q
How many DGCs are found in Languedoc AOC
A
11 DGCs
9
Q
What are the Atlantic Corridor 3 AOCs?
A
Cabardès
Limoux
Malepère
10
Q
What AOCs are found on the Coastal Plain?
A
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)
11
Q
What AOCs are found in the Mountains and Hillside (Hinterlands)?
A
Pic Saint-Loop
Minervous
Saint-Chinan
Faugères
Corbières
Fitou
12
Q
Main training method?
A
Goblet
13
Q
What is the percentage of Organic Vineyards?
A
38%
13
Q
What is the weather risks in Languedoc?
A
Drought
Épisode Cévenol
14
Q
What is France’s largest IGP?
A
Pay d’Oc
14
Q
How much varietal wines does Pays d’Oc account for all of France?
A
92%
15
Q
How many grape variety’s in Pay d’Oc IGP?
A
58
include Albariño and Caladoc
16
Q
What was the 1st sparkling wine create in 1531 at the Abbey Saint Hilaire?
A
Blanquette de Limoux
17
Q
What are the rules for Pay d’Oc?
A
50% of primary grape + 1 more
Red and whites must be fermented together
18
Q
What is the largest AOC producer?
A
Corbieres -24%
Languedoc - 23%
19
Q
What was engineering feat connected Sète to the Garonne River in 1681
A
Canal du Midi
20
Q
Who were the prime trading partners in the 17th C
A
The Dutch for brandywine
21
Q
What engineer feature connected Toulous to Castets just south of Bordeaux in 1856?
A
Canal de la Garonne
22
What is the only Languedoc DGC that produces rose as well as red?
Cabrieres - Rosé
Saint-Saturnin - Rosé
23
What is the largest Languedoc DGC by production?
Gres de Montpellier
24
What is the only non-contingous AOC?
Fitou AOC
25
What is the difference between IGP and AOCs
AOCs blend
IGP varietal
26
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
26
What is Fitou's production?
RED ONLY from Carignan and Grenache
26
Which subsection is Limoux?
Atlantic Corridor
27
What are Limoux main white grapes
Mauzac Blanc
Chardonay*
Chenin Blanc
HAND HARVEST ONLY
28
Which subsection is Fitou?
Hinterland
29
What are Limoux red grapes?
Merlot
Cot
Syrah
30
What AOC in the Atlantic corridor requires 3 varieties in their red blends and aged in tank or barrel?
Limoux
31
What AOC in the Atlantic corridor requires white wines to be aged?
Limoux
32
What Atlantic Corridor AOC makes sparkling white and rosés?
Crémant de Limoux AOC
33
What grape dominates Crémant de Limoux white wines?
Chardonnay
34
What is the most westerly AOC in Languedoc?
Malepère
34
Where is Malepère found?
Atlantic Corridor
35
What does Malepère produce?
Reds and rosé
36
Where do Bordeaux varieties make a majority of the blends?
Malepère
CabFranc/Merlot
37
What are Malepère soils?
limestone and clay
38
Where is Cabardès found?
Atlantic Corridor
39
What are the main grapes of Cabardès?
CabSav
Merlot
CabFranc
Grenache
Syrah
39
Where is the AOC where Atlantic winds meet the Mediterranean winds?
Cabardès
39
Where are Bordeaux and Mediterranean varieties equally split where at least 40% of the blend has to come from each?
Cabardès
40
Where is Minervous found?
Hinterlands
41
What is primary red Minervois blends?
Syrah +GM
42
What does Minervois-La Livinière make?
Only reds
42
What are the soils of Minervois?
Clay and limestone
43
Where is Minervois-La Livinière found?
N Minervois
Foothills of Mt Noire
43
What are the soils of Minervois-La Livinière
All vineyards on Schist
44
What is the largest non-regional AOC?
Corbières AOC
44
What are the soils of Corbières AOC?
Schist
Red Clay
Galets
Marl
44
What is the dominant grape in Minervois-La Livinière red blend?
Syrah +GM
44
What is the 4th largest AOC by volume in France?
Corbières AOC
44
What is the dominant red grape in Corbières AOC?
Carignan
44
What style does Corbières Boutenac AOC make?
RED ONLY
45
Where would Corbières AOC be located?
Hinterlands
45
What are the soils of Corbières Boutenac?
Iron-rich Clay
Limestone
Galets
46
What mountains protect Corbières Boutenac?
Alaric
Fontfroide
46
What AOC does Blanquette Méthode Ancestral part of?
Limoux
46
Where would you find galets in Languedoc?
Corbières and Corbières Boutenac
Mascad de Lunel
Muscat de Mireval
47
What is the worlds oldest sparkling?
Blanquette de Limoux
48
What is Blanquette Methode Ancestrale?
100% Mauzac
6-7% ABV
Delicate sweetness after a minimum of 2 months aging
49
What is the primary grape of Blanquette de Limoux?
Mauzac
9m Lees
50
What is the hottest, driest, sunniest parts of France?
La Clape
51
What dominates the landscape of La Clape?
Mt La Clape and between town of Narbonne
52
What are the soils of La Clape?
Only Stones
53
Where is the AOC where you would only find stones?
La Clape
54
What are the dominate white grapes in La Clape?
Bourboulenc
Greneche Blanc
54
What are the dominate red grapes in La Clape?
GSM
54
Where is La Clape?
Hinterlands
55
What AOC sits at the foothills of the Espinouse Mountains?
Saint-Chinian AOC
56
What is the main production in Saint-Chinian?
Red and rosé
57
What are the 2 DGCs of Saint-Chinian?
Belou
Roquebrun
57
Aside GSM in Saint-Chinian, what other grape is commonly used?
Lledoner Pelut
58
What are the soils of Saint-Chinian?
Schist
Limestone
59
What does Saint-Chinian Belou DGC make?
ONLY RED
GSM + high Carignan
60
What does Saint-Chinian Roquebrun DGC make?
ONLY RED - Grenache and Syrah
61
Where is Saint-Chinian?
Hinterlands
62
Where is Faugères?
Hinterlands
63
What are the soils of Faugères?
Schist
64
What is required in the white blends for Faugères?
Roussanne
64
What is the overall production of Faugères?
Red
65
Where does Faugères sit?
At foothills of Cévennes Mt
65
What are the 2 AOC is Languedoc known for white?
Clairette du Languedoc
Picpoul de Pinet
66
What produces more whites than any other AOC in Languedoc?
Picpoul de Pinet
67
Where is Picpoul de Pinet found?
Coastal Plain
67
What does Picpoul mean?
Grape
67
The Picpoul de Pinet vineyards descend to what lake?
Étang de Thau
68
What is the only grape in Picpoul de Pinet?
Piquepol
68
When are grapes harvest in Picpoul de Pinet?
At night by machine
68
How much to coops account for production in Picpoul de Pinet?
80%
68
What is the style of Clairette du Languedoc?
Clairette only
Dry white
Semi-Sweet
Fortified
69
What is the style of Picpoul de Pinet?
Dry white only
70
What are the soils of Clairette du Languedoc?
Limestone
70
Where can Clairette du Languedoc be found?
Hinterlands
Near Cévennes Mt
71
Where is Terrasses du Larzac?
Hinterlands
72
What foothills does Terrasses du Larzac sit?
Larzac Plateau
72
What are the soils of Terrasses du Larzac?
clay
limestone
73
Where in Languedoc are there 45F/25C diurnal temperature swings?
Terrasses du Larzac
74
How much of the vineyards in Terrasses du Larzac are organic?
50%
75
Where is Pic Saint Loop?
Hinterlands
Between Pic and Cliffs of Hortus
76
What is the style Terrasses du Larzac?
Red only GSM
77
What is the climate of Pic Saint Loop?
More continental
78
What is always required in Pic Saint Loop blends?
Syrah
79
What is the base sugar content and ABV?
11% sugar
15% ABV
79
Which VDN has a higher sweetness requirement?
Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois
79
What VDN has more continental influence?
Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois
79
What AOC is known for garrigue?
Pic Saint Loop
79
What is the single variety only allowed for VDNs?
Muscat à Petit Grains
79
What is the most powerful Muscat AOC?
Muscat de Frontignan
80
What is the eastern most VDN?
Muscat de Lunel
80
What is the oldest VDN?
Muscat de Frontignan
80
What are the soils of Muscat de Frontignan?
Clay
Limestone
some sand
81
What are the soils of Muscat de Lunel?
Rocky
Galets
82
Which VDN can be described as floral and fragrant with higher levels of acidity?
Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois
83
How are all VDNs made?
Reductively
83
Climate of Muscat de Lunel ?
Full Mediterranean
83
Largest of the VDNs?
Muscat de Frontignan
84
What are the soils of Muscat de Mireval?
Clay
Limestone
some gallets
85
What commune do Muscat de Mireval and Frontignan share?
Vic-la-Gardiole
86
Which VDN is harvested the earliest?
Muscat de Lunel in August
87
How many IGPs does Languedoc have?
20
88
Which AOC produces dry white, semi-sweet and fortified WHITE wines?
Clairette du Languedoc
