Languedoc

Question 1

Languedoc stretches in a crescent shape between ______ and _______

Answer 1

Provence to the east and Roussillon to the south

Question 2

What lies west of Languedoc?

Answer 2

Gaillac and other regions of southwestern France

Question 3

What is the climate of the Languedoc

Answer 3

Mediterranean

Question 4

Where does Languedoc-Roussillon rank in amount of land under vine?

Answer 4

It is the largest region in the world, when considered collectively.

Question 5

What French region is second to Languedoc-Roussillon in plantings?

Answer 5

Bordeaux

Question 6

In 2006, Languedoc-Roussillon accounted for ___ of the French total for wine production

Answer 6

30%

Question 7

Where are the quality wine appellations of Languedoc clustered?

Answer 7

on the western side

Question 8

What is one of Languedoc’s oldest regions? When was it established?

Answer 8

Fitou AOP, 1948

Question 9

What are the two sectors within Fitou AOP?

Answer 9

Fitou Maritime and Fitou Montagneux

Question 10

What styles are produced in Fitou AOP?

Answer 10

Red blends, min. 60% combined Carignan (min. 20%) and Grenache (min. 20%), min. 10% combined Syrah and Mourvedre

Question 11

Which larger AOP are both sectors of Fitou contained within?

Answer 11

Corbieres AOP

Question 12

What styles are made in Corbieres AOP?

Answer 12

Red, white, and rose from a bunch of different grapes

Question 13

Which subzone of Corbieres AOP has achieved individual AOP status? What styles are permitted here?

Answer 13

Corbieres-Boutenac AOP, dry reds from min. 70% combined Grenache, Mourvedre, and Carignan (30-50%), plus Syrah

Question 14

Which AOP lies to the north of Corbieres? Which styles are made here?

Answer 14

Minervois AOP; red, white, and rose

Question 15

Which subzone of Minervois has achieved its own AOP? When did this happen?

Answer 15

The center of the appellation, Minervois-La Liviniere, 1999

Question 16

What are the permitted styles/encepagement for Minervois-La Liviniere?

Answer 16

Reds: Min. 60% combined Grenache, Lladoner Pelut, Mourvedre and Syrah (Min. 40% Mourvedre & Syrah)

Question 17

Which styles are produced in Cabardes AOP and Malepere AOP?

Answer 17

dry, still red and rose wines

Question 18

What is the encepagement for Cabardes?

Answer 18

Min. 40% combined Cab Sauv, Merlot & Cab Franc; min. 40% combined Grenache and Syrah

Question 19

What is the encepagement for Malepere?

Answer 19

min. 50% Merlot for reds, min. 50% Cabernet Franc for Rose

Question 20

When did Malepere receive AOP status?

Answer 20

2007

Question 21

What styles are produced in Saint-Chinian and Fagueres?

Answer 21

wines of all colors, from southern French varieties

Question 22

Where is Limoux AOP located?

Answer 22

South of Malepere and Cabardes

Question 23

What law is unique to Limoux AOP for production of still white wines?

Answer 23

They must be fermented in oak

Question 24

What styles/encepagement are allowed for Limoux AOP?

Answer 24

Merlot-based reds; Chardonnay, Chenin, and Mauzac-based whites

Question 25

What are the sparkling wine appellations within Limoux AOP? What is one that shares the Limoux name but is its own appellation?

Answer 25

Methode Ancestrale: 100% Mauzac
Blanquette de Limoux: 90% Mauzac, plus Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc

Cremant de Limoux: Max. 90% combined Chardonnay & Chenin Blanc, plus max. 20% combined Mauzac & Pinot Noir

Question 26

What is methode ancestrale?

Answer 26

A method of producing sparkling wine wherein wine’s fermentation arrests in the Winter, reawakening in the spring.

Question 27

What is the largest appellation in the Languedoc? Where is it bounded?

Answer 27

Languedoc AOP, the eastern half of the Languedoc, from the Spanish border to the city of Nimes.

Question 28

How many geographic designations are within Languedoc AOP? What styles are made here?

Answer 28

There are 11 geographic designations, they make wine of all three colors.

Question 29

What are general encepagement rules for Languedoc AOP?

Answer 29

Reds/Roses: 50% combined Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre & Lladoner Pelut
Whites: Piquepoul Blanc, Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Tourbat & Vermentino

Question 30

What are two AOPs within the Languedoc that were formerly geographic designations of Languedoc AOP? When were they promoted?

Answer 30

Terrasses du Larzac in 2014, and La Clape in 2015

Question 31

What are the fortified wine appellations of the Languedoc? What is the most well-known?

Answer 31

Muscat de Minerval, Muscat de Lunel, Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, and Muscat de Frontignan. The last one.