Languedoc Flashcards
Which ocean has an influence on the easternpart of the Languedoc?
Mediterranean
When was Fitou granted AOP status?
1948
What are the 2 distinct sectors of Fitou? Min elevage for Boutenac?
Fitou Maritime
2 years + 2 months in bottle
Fitou Montagneux
What was the first appellation in the Languedoc?
Fitou in 1948
Describe the Fitou Maritmie sector
A clay limestone band around the saltwater lagoons on the coast
Describe the Fitou Montagneux sector?
A patch of mountainous schist 15 miles (24k) inland
What wine styles are allowed in Fitou?
Rouge Rouge: Min. 60% combined Grenache (min. 20%) and Carignan (min. 20%); min. 10% combined Syrah and Mourvèdre
What is the encepagement for Fitou wines?
Min. 60% combined Grenache (min. 20%) and Carignan (min. 20%);
min. 10% combined Syrah and Mourvèdre
Min 4 grapes present
What AOP is Fitou embedded in?
Corbieres AOP
What is the minimum percentage alcohol for Fitou AOP wines?
12%
Name a producer of Fitou AOP?
Maria Fita
Bertrand Berge
What styles of wine are allowed in Corbieres AOP?
Blanc
Rose
Rouge
What are the principal varieties for white wine in the Corbieres AOP?
Min. 90% combined Bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Macabeu, Roussanne, and Vermentino
What are the principal varieties for red wine in the Corbieres AOP?
Min 2 grapes Min. 50% combined Grenache, Lladoner Pelut, Mourvèdre, and Syrah; plus Carignan
Soil types of Corbieres AOP?
Varied. Limestone alternates with schist, clay, marl and sandstone
What wine are produced in the Corbieres-Boutenac subzone?
Red wines
What is the Encepagement of wines produced in the Corbieres-Boutenac subzone?
Min 70% combined Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Carignan (30-50% Carignan); plus Syrah
No variety may exceed 80% of the blend.
Name the AOP directly north of Corbieres?
Minervois AOP
What wine styles are allowed in Minervois AOP?
Blanc
Rose
Rouge
Minervois -La Liviniere received it’s own appellation for what type of wine?
Red wines
min 40% combined mouvedre/syrah
What are the principal and accessory grape varieties in Minervois-La Liviniere AOP
At least 2 varieties must be present in the blend. Principal varieties compose at least 40% of the blend. Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Cinsault and Carignan together compose at least 80% of the blend.
Principal Varieties: Min. 60% combined Grenache, Lladoner Pelut, Mourvèdre, and Syrah (min. 40% Mourvèdre and Syrah)
Accessory Varieties: Carignan, Cinsault, Terret Noir, Rivairenc, and Piquepoul Noir
What are the principal and accessory grape varieties allowed in white wines from the Minervois AOP?
Principal Varieties: Min. 80% combined Bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Macabeu, Marsanne, Roussanne, and Vermentino
Accessory Varieties: Clairette, Terret Blanc, Piquepoul Blanc, and a max. 10% Muscat à Petits Grains
What wine styles are allowed in Cabardes AOP?
RosePrincipal Varieties: Min. 40% combined Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot; min. 40% combined Grenache and Syrah
Accessory Varieties: Cot, Cinsault, and Fer
Rouge same as rose
What are the principal and accessory grape varieties for red and rose wine in Cabardes AOP?
Principal Varieties: Min. 40% combined Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot; min. 40% combined Grenache and Syrah
Accessory Varieties: Cot, Cinsault, and Fer
What is unique about the Cabardes AOP?
It’s one of three appellations in which Mediterranean and Atlantic (Bordeaux) grapes and mandatorily combined
What wine styles are allowed in the Malapere AOP?
Rose
Rouge
What are the grape varieties for red wine allowed in Malapere AOP?
Rouge: Min. 40% Merlot, min. 20% combined Cabernet Franc and Cot; plus Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, and Lladoner Pelut
What are the grape varieties for rose wine allowed in Malapere AOP?
Min. 40% Cabernet Franc, min. 20% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Cot, Grenache, and Merlot
What is south of Cabardes and Malapere?
Limoux AOP
What do Malapere AOP and Limoux AOP have in common?
The red wines are Merlot based
What wine styles are allowed in the Limoux AOP?
Blanc: Mauzac, Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay (still whites must be fermented in oak)
Rouge:
Principal Variety: Min. 50% Merlot
Complementary Varieties: Min. 30% combined Grenache, Syrah, and Cot
Accessory Varieties: Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
Vin Mousseux Blanc “Méthode Ancestrale”: 100% Mauzac
Vin Mousseux Blanc “Blanquette de Limoux”: Min. 90% Mauzac, plus Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc Blanc
Rouge
Vin Mousseux Blanc
Which grape varieties are allowed for white wine in Limoux AOP?
Mauzac, Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay
What is mandatory in the production of white wines in Limoux AOP?
Still whites must be fermented in oak
What are the grape varieties allowed for red wine in Limoux AOP?
Principal Variety: Min. 45-70% Merlot
Complementary Varieties: Min. 20% combined Grenache, Syrah, and Cot
Accessory Varieties: max 35% Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
Name the 2 styles of Vin Mousseux Blanc that exist in the Limoux AOP? What one has the synonym for “Mauzac” in its name?
Methode Ancestrale and Blanquette de Limoux
Blanquette is also known as Mauzac here (clairette and Bourbelanc also known as Blanquette)
What are the permitted grape varieties and production requirements for Vin Mousseux Blanc ‘Methode Ancestrale’ wines from the Limoux AOP? Why is sparkling wine made in Limoux? Name the other types of sparkling wines made in Limoux.
100% Mauzac
Enrichment is prohibited.
Wines are produced by a single fermentation and must be aged on the lees for a min. 2 months.
Min. 3 atmospheres of pressure. Tirage and dosage are prohibited.
Limoux is the highest and coolest region in Languedoc with the most continental climate as its furthest from the Mediterranean Sea. The Terroir de la Haute-Vallée has the most cooling breezes and elevation - where the sparkling wine is made
Cremant de Limoux and Blanquette de Limoux made at the abbey of Saint Hillaire
What are the permitted grape varieties and production requirements for Vin Mousseux Blanc ‘Blanquette de Limoux’ wines from the Limoux AOP?
90% Mauzac plus Chardonnay and chenin blanc
Wines are produced by the traditional method, and must be aged on the lees for a min. 9 months. Min. 3.5 atmospheres of pressure.
Which wine style lays claim to being France’s oldest purposefully made sparkling wine?
Blanquette de Limoux
What wine styles are allowed in the Cremant de Limoux AOP?
Vin Mousseux Blanc
Vin Mousseux Rose
What grape varieties are allowed in Cremant de Limoux AOP? What one is used only for rose production?
Max. 90% combined Chardonnay (min. 50%) and Chenin Blanc (10-40%); plus max. 20% combined Mauzac and Pinot Noir (max. 15%)
Pinot Noir for rose only
What are the sparkling wine requirements for Cremant de Limoux?
Traditional Method Secondary Fermentation
The wines must spend a min. 9 months on the lees prior to dégorgement, and may not be released for a min. 12 months after the date of tirage
Min. 3.5 atmospheres of pressure
What is the name of the appellation that encompasses the whole of the Languedoc-Roussillon? How many varieties must be present in white/rose/red from here?
Languedoc AOP
min 2
How many geographic designations does the Languedoc AOP encompass?
11
Name the 2 geographic designations of the Languedoc AOP that make red and rose
Cabrières, Saint-Saturnin - red and rose Red only: Grés de Montpellier, La Méjanelle, Montpeyroux, Pézenas, Quatourze, Saint-Christol, Saint-Drézéry, Saint-Georges-d'Orques, Sommières
Name 2 recent promotions from the Languedoc AOP to AOP status
Terrases du Larzac in 2014
The wine must be a blend of at least three varieties, including at least two of the four principal grapes (Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Carignan).
Rouge: Min. 75% combined Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah (min. 20% combined Mourvèdre and Syrah), and Carignan; max. 25% Cinsault; plus a max. 10% combined Counoise, Lledoner Pelut, Morrastel, and Terret Noir. No single variety may exceed 75% of the blend.
La Clape in 2015
Blanc: Minimum 30% Bourboulenc, maximum 10% Viognier. No single variety may account for more than 80% of the blend.
Other accepted varieties include Clairette Blanc, Marsanne, Piquepoul Blanc, Roussanne, Vermentino, Macabeu Blanc, Terret Blanc, and a maximum 10% Viognier.
Rouge: Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Syrah must make up the majority of the blend. No single variety may account for more than 70% of the blend.
Name the 4 small major fortified wine appellations of the languedoc. What’s the only other AOP in languedoc allowed to make VDN/VDL?
What AOP’s make ‘Muscat de Noel?’
Min RS for Muscat of Frontignan
Muscat de Mireval
Muscat de Lunel (noel)
Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois (noel)
Muscat de Frontignan (may be VDL or VDN)
VDN: 110 g/l
VDL: 185 g/l
What wine styles are allowed in the Saint Chinian AOP?
Blanc
Rose
Rouge
What are the grape varieties allowed in white wines from the Saint Chinian AOC?
Roe
Principal Varieties (Max. 70% each): Min. 30% Grenache Blanc, plus Marsanne, Roussanne, and Vermentino Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Clairette, Carignan Blanc, and Viognier Macabeu (planted before 1998) and Bourboulenc (planted before 2005) are authorized as accessory varieties
What are the grape varieties allowed for red and rose wines from Saint Chinian AOC
rincipal Varieties: Min. 70% Grenache, Lladoner Pelut (min. 20% combined Grenache and Lladoner Pelut), Mourvèdre, and Syrah (min. 20% combined Mourvèdre and Syrah)
Accessory Varieties: Carignan and Cinsault
What is the name of the 2 red wine only subzones of Saint Chinian AOP?
Berlou (GSM plus min 30% carignan)
Roquebrun (GSM plus carignan and max 30% mourvedre)
What wine styles are allowed in the Faugeres AOP?
Blanc
Rose
Rouge
What are the grape varieties allowed for white wines from Faugeres AOC
Principal Varieties: 30-70% Roussanne; max. 70% each Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, and Vermentino
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Clairette and Viognier
What are the grape varieties allowed for rose and red wines from Faugeres AOC
Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Grenache, Lladoner Pelut (min. 20% Grenache and/or Lladoner Pelut), Mourvèdre (min. 5%), and Syrah (min. 15%)
Complementary Variety: 10-40% Carignan
Accessory Variety: Max. 20% Cinsault
What grape variety is used in the wine Les Servieres?
Cinsault - made bu Domaine d’Aupilhac in Montpeyroux sub-appellation from a 120 year old vineyard.
What’s unique about the production of still white wines from Limoux AOP?
They must be fermented in oak
What’s the principal grape of crémant de Limoux? Grapes of Blanquette de Limoux?
Chardonnay (min 50%)
min 90% combined Mauzac, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc
What body of water has a cooling influence on the wines of Limoux and Malepere? (mainly)
Atlantic
Soils of Faugeres
Schist
what aop of languedoc has a regulated designated appellation (aor) for eau-de-vie
faugeres / fine faugeres
What is a “mas?”
A farmhouse/winery
What is a “mas?”
A farmhouse/winery in languedoc windows face north
what is the most famous wine of minervois la livinere and clos de temple
gerard bertrand
what is Égrappage?
destemming mandatory in berlou only of st. chinian
A VDN made in fitou would be labeled as what?
rivesalts
what mountain range moderates the western languedoc / what bay of water does the same?
montaigne noire / golfe de lion
Saint-Chinian soil? Mountain range?
schist / Cevennes mountains
Where are Grange des Peres / mas de daumes Gassac / Aupilhac from?
Terrazes du Larzac
What is Gres soil?
Sandstone
What AOP of languedoc may only make white wine (dry still)
Picpoule de Pinet
Who owns Puech Noble?
Rene Rostaing - Saint-Drézéry
What is Chamberyzette?
Strawberry infused vermouth from Dolin
