Languedoc and Roussillon Flashcards by dolly chao

What is Lladoner pelut

a red grape variety that is a mutation of grenache

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How many geographic designation in Languedoc PDO, and name all of them

11
(mostly permits red only)

Cabrières (R, Rosé)
Sommières
Grès de Montpellier
Montpeyroux
Pézenas
Quatourze
Saint-Christol
Saint-Sauturnin (R, Rosé)
Saint-Drézéry
Saint-Georges-d’Orques
La Méjanelle

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The 4 department of Languedoc

Aude
Gard
Hérault
Pyrénées-Orientales

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PDO in Minervois that produces Red only

Minervois-La Liviniére
-min.40% syrah/mouvèdre

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Wine style of Cabardès

red, rosé
-min.40% Bordeaux varieties (CF,CS,merlot) + grenache,syrah

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Wine style of Malepère

red, rosé
-R: 50% merlot
-Rosé: 50% CF

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Wine style of Limoux PDO

white, red, vin mousseux
-W: mauzac, chardonnay, chenin blanc
(must be barrel-fermented)
-R: 20% merlot

Vin Mouseux (white only)
-Blanquette de Limoux: methode traditional, 90% mauzac + chardonnay, Chenin blanc
-Methode Ancestrale: 100% mauzac (min.2 months on lees)

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Wine style of Crémant de Limoux

sparkling white, rosé

Min.50% chardonnay + mauzac, Chenin blanc, PN

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Wine style of Corbières, and the PDO within Corbières

white, red, rosé

Corbières-Boutenac: R only, 30-50% carignan

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Wine style of Fitou

red only
60% grenache and carignan

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Wine style of La Clape

white, red
-W: 40% bourboulenc
-R: GSM

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Wine style of Saint-Chinian and its subzones

white, red, rosé
-W: 30% grenache blanc
-R, Rosé: grenache/lladoner pelut based

2 subzones for R only
-Berlou (must be destemmed)
-Roauebrun

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Wine style of Farguères

white, red, rosé
-W: 30-70% roussanne + marsanne,grenache blanc, vermentino
-R, Rosé: grenahce/lladoner pelut based

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Key soil in Saint-Chinian and Farguères

schist

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Wine style of Terrasses du Larzac

red only
SGM

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Wine style of Pic Saint Loup

red, rosé
Syrah-based
-50% for red
-30% for rosé

Grape variety for Picpoul de Pinet

100% picpoul

Wine style of Clairette de Languedoc

white (normal, VDL, rancio)
100% clairette
-normal: off-dry (max.45g/L RS)
-rancio: aged for 3yr+

Muscat VDN PDO (4) and the minimum must weight

Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
Muscat de Lunel
Muscat de Mireval
Muscat de Frontignan (VDN, VDL)

252g/L

Regulation for Muscat de Noël

must be bottled before 1st of December of the year

Wine style of Muscat de Frontignan and its minimum residual sugar

VDN, VDL
-VDN: 110g/L
-VDL: 185g/L

Wine style of Côtes du Roussillon-Villages and what are the subzones

red only

5
TL3C
Tautavel
Latour-de-France
Lesquerde
Les Aspre
Caramany
(Carignan must be vinified by carbonic maceration in Lesquerde and Caramany)

Principle grape varieties in Côtes du Roussillon

W: grenache blanc, macabeu, tourbat
R: grenache, syrah, mouvèdre, carignan

Synonym of Tourbat in Sardegna

Torbato

Wine style of Rivesaltes PDO

VDN white, red, rosé W (grenache blanc, macabeu, tourbat + muscat) -ambré R -grenat: 100% grenache (reductive style) -tuilé (oxidative style aged min.2yr) Hors d’Age: aged min.5yr Rancio: similar to Hors d’Age but with instense oxidative aging (often through time in demi-john outside under the sun)

Wine style of Maury PDO, and key producer

dry red, VDN white, red Dry red: 60-80% grenache VDN W -Blanc/Ambré R -Grenat/Tuilé: min.75% grenache (Blanc and Grenat must include vintage) (oxidative styles are aged min.3yr) -Hors d’Age -Rancio Mas Amiel

Wine style of Banyuls

VDN white, red, rosé (Min.45g/L RS) W -Blanc/Ambré R -Traditionel: 50% grenache + grenache gris -Rimage: vintage-dated R, grenache-based (90%+) (Blanc and Traditionel must age 3 months in bottle)

Wine style of Banyuls Grand Cru

VDN red only -75% grenache + white varieties (max.10% other red varieties) -aged min.30 months in oak, 3yrs in total

Which PDO shares the same delimited area with Banyuls but produces dry style only

Collioure (white, red, rosé)

Which producer is famously described as “First growth of Languedoc”, and what is its top cuvée

Mas de Daumas Gassac Cuvée Emile Peynaud: 100% CS (first vintage 1962)

Wines of Domaine de la Grange des Pères

W: blend of roussanne, marsanne, chardonnay R: blend of syrah, mouvèdre with small portion of CS, counoise

Who produces Clos des Cistes, and what is the blend and first vintage

Domaine Peyre Rose by Marlène Soria 85% syrah + grenache 1991

Where are Clos d’Ora and Clos du Temple based, and who owns them

Clos d’Ora -> Minervois-La Livinière Clos du Temple -> Languedoc Cabrières Gérard Bertrand