Languedoc and Roussillon ✅ Flashcards
Main varieties of:
🍇 Languedoc AOP
-
White:
➙ 50% Picquepoul minimum
➙ + Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache, Marsanne, Roussanne, Tourbat & Vermentino -
Red & Rosé:
➙ 50% Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre
➙ + Lledoner Pelut
For Red & RoséMinimum 2 varieties, each one can not cover more than 80% of the final blend
Name the departements of production of:
🧭 Languedoc AOP
- Aude
- Herault
- Gard
- Pyrénées-Oriental
Generic appellation covering areas from Montpellier to Perpignan
Geographic designation of:
🧭 Languedoc AOP
- Cabrières
- Grès de Montpellier
- La Méjanelle
- Montpeyroux
- Pézenas
- Quartouze
- Saint-Christol
- Saint-Drézéry
- Saint-Georges-d’Orques
- Saint-Saturnin
- Sommieres
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Cabrières
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
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Rouge:
➙ 50% Grenache and Syrah
➙ +Mourvedre, Cinsault, Carignan -
Rosé:
➙ 30% Cinsault & 20% Grenache
➙ +*Mourvedre & Syrah
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭Grès de Montpellier
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 70% Grenache and Syrah & Mourvèdre
➙ +Morrastel, Cinsault, Carignan
No varieties can exceed 80% of the final blend
Synonym of:
🍇 Tourbat
Malvasie du Roussillon
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 La Méjanelle
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 75% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Morrastel, Cinsault, Carignan
At least 2 varieties must be included in the final blend with no more than 70% each
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Montpeyroux
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 60% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Morrastel, Cinsault, Carignan
At least 3 varieties must be present in the final blend
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Pézenas
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 75% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Cinsault, Carignan
At least 2 varieties must be present in the final blend
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Quartouze
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Aude
-
Rouge:
➙ 70% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Lledoner Pelut, Cinsault, Carignan
At least 2 varieties must be present in the final blend
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Saint-Christol
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 70% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Morrastel, Cinsault, Counoise
At least 3 varieties must be present in the final blend
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Saint-Drézéry
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 70% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Cinsault, Carignan
At least 2 varieties must be present in the final blend
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Saint-Georges-d’Orques
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 70% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Cinsault, Carignan
At least 2 varieties must be present in the final blend
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Saint-Saturnin
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 40% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Cinsault, Carignan
At least 3 varieties must be present in the final blend
The following is a geographic designation of:
🧭 Sommiéres
Name the style of wine produced here
Languedoc AOP in Hérault
-
Rouge:
➙ 70% Grenache, Mourvèdre & Syrah
➙ +Cinsault, Carignan
At least 2 varieties must be present in the final blend
🍷 Name the sole Languedoc AOP designation able to produced red & Rosé wines
*all the other produce only red wines from the GSM varieties
Cabrières
Date of creation of:
Comité Interprofessionel des vins du Languedoc
**1994*
Controle the all Languedoc wine industry
Explain briefly:
Cabardès AOP
🧭 Languedoc in the Aude
🍷 Red & Rosé
* 🍇 40% Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
+ Grenache and Syrah
🎉 1999
Explain briefly:
Clairette du Languedoc AOP
🧭 Languedoc in Hérault
🍇 100% Clairette Blanc
🍬 45 g/l maximum
➙ 🍬 Vin Doux Naturel: 9-40 g/l
🪵 Rancio’s aging: 3 years
Residual Sugar for:
🍬 Clairette du Languedoc AOP
- Blanc: 45 g/L maximum
- Vin Doux Naturel: 9 to 40 g/L
Explain briefly:
Corbières AOP
🧭 Languedoc in the Aude
🍷White, Red & Rosé
🪨 Limestone & Schist
📏 13’000 Ha
Explain the soil of:
🪨 Corbières AOP
Mixture of:
* Limestone
* Schist
* Marl
* Clay
* Sandstone
Very large region, cover a various diversity of soil depending the sector
Sub-AOP of:
🧭 Corbières AOP
Corbières Boutenac AOP
🍷 Only Red wines
🍇 Grenache, Mourvedre & Carignan base blend
Explain briefly:
Corbières Boutenac AOP
🧭 Languedoc in the Aude
🍷 Red wines only
🍇 70% combined Grenache, Mourvedre, Carignan
🥃 12% ABV minimum
💰Not release prior 01/01/H+2
⚠️ Carignan must represent 30 to 50% of the final blend
Explain briefly
Crémant du Limoux AOP
🧭 Languedoc in the Aude
🍷 Blanc & Rosé Mousseux
🍾 Traditional Method only
➙ 9 months on the lees
🍇 50% Chardonnay
* + 10-40% Chenin
* + 20% maximum Pinot Noir & Mauzac
Pressing yields for:
Cremant du Limoux AOP
🚜 70 Hl/ Ha
➙ 🍇 150 kg of grapes = 100 Liters of must
Style of wine produced under:
🍷 Limoux AOP
- Dry white
- Dry Red
- Methode Ancestrale
➙ Pet Nat like fermentation - Blanquette de Limoux
➙ Traditional Method
Varieties for:
🍇 White Limoux AOP
Blend of:
* Mauzac
* Chardonnay
* Chenin Blanc
🪵 Must be fermented in oak
Explain briefly
Blanquette de Limoux AOP
🍾 Traditional method
➙ 9 months aging on the Lees
🍇 90% Mauzac + Chardonnay & Chenin Blanc
➙ Sub-category of Limoux AOP
Explain briefly
Limoux Methode Ancestrale AOP
🍾 Ancestral method = Pet Nat like
➙ No disgorgement, no sweetning, no rectification possible
🍇 100% Mauzac
➙ Sub-category of Limoux AOP
Main differences between:
Blanquette de Limoux
&
Limoux Méthode Ancestral
-
Blanquette de Limoux:
🍇 90% Mauzac + Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc
🍾 Traditional method
➙ 9 months aging on the lees -
Limoux Méthode Ancestrale:
🍇 100% Mauzac
🍾 Ancestral method = Pet Nat like
➙ 2 months on the lees
🍯 No chaptalisation or sweetening
Varieties for:
🍇 Limoux Red wine
50% Merlot
➙ + 30% combined: Grenache, Syrah, Côt
➙ + Cabernet Sauvignon or/& Cabernet Franc
Explain Briefly
La Clape AOP
🧭 Languedoc in the Aude
🍷 White
➙ 40% Bourboulenc + Grenache blanc mostly
🍷 Red
➙ 70% blended: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre + Carignan, Cinsault
🎉 2015
Communes of producion of:
🧭 La Clape AOP
- Narbonne
- Fleur d’Aude
- Salles d’Aude
- Armissan
- Gruissan
- Vinassan
Communes of production:
🧭 Faugères AOP
- Autignac
- Cabrerolles
- Caussiniojouls
- Fos
- Faugères
- Laurens
- Rouquessels
Explain briefly
Faugeres AOP
🧭 Languedoc in the Aude
🍷 White
➙ 30-70% Roussanne
➙ +Grenache, Marsane, Vermentino
🍷 Rosé / Red
➙ 50% combined Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Mourvedre, Syrah
➙ + Carignan, Cinsault
Soil type of:
🪨 Faugères AOP
Schist soil overall
Explain briefly:
Muscat de Lunel AOP
🧭 Hérault - Languedoc
🍷 Vin Doux Naturel only
🍇 100% Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
🍯 252 g/L must weight minimum
🍬 110 g /L minimum
🎅🏻 December release = Muscat de Noël
Name all VDN’s Muscats of the Languedoc region
- Muscat de Lunel AOP
- Muscat de Frontignan AOP
- Muscat de Mireval AOP
- Muscat de St Jean de Minervois AOP
➙ Sweetest style by law: 125 g/L mini
🍬 All 3 other AOPs are 110 g/L residual sugar as VDN level
Explain Briefly:
Muscat de Frontignan AOP
🧭 Hérault - Languedoc
🍇 100% Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
➙ 🍷 Vin Doux Naturel
🍯 252 g/L must weight minimum
🍬 110g /L minimum
➙ 🍷 Vin De Liqueur
🍯 234 g/L must weight minimum
🍬 185 g /L minimum
🦠 Fortification before fermentation
Explain Briefly:
Muscat de Mireval AOP
🧭 Hérault - Languedoc
🍷 Vin Doux Naturel only
🍇 100% Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
🍯 252 g/L must weight minimum
🍬 110g /L minimum
Explain briefly:
Muscat de St Jean de Minervois AOP
🧭 Hérault - Languedoc
🍷 Vin Doux Naturel only
🍇 100% Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
🍯 252 g/L must weight minimum
🍬 125 g/L minimum residual sugar
➙ Sweetest version in the 4 VDNs Muscat of Languedoc
🎅🏻 December release = Muscat de Noël
Explain briefly:
Terrasses du Larzac AOP
🧭 Herault - Languedoc
🍷 Dry red wine only
🍇 75% mini Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre
➙ 3 varieties must be present in the blend
🎉 Created in 2014
Name a leading producer of
🏠 Terrasses du Larzac AOP
Domaine de Montcalmès
Explain briefly:
Pic Saint Loup AOP
🧭 Herault - Languedoc
🍷 Dry red & rosé wine only
🍇 30% Syrah mini + Grenache, Mourvèdre & Carignan
➙ 2 varieties must be present in the blend
🎉 Created in 2017
➙ Newest to date
🧭 Name the 2 sub-district of Saint Chinian AOP
- Roquebrun
- Berlou
🍇 Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre based blend
Name the location of:
Gerard Bertrand’s La Forge
Corbières Boutenac AOP
Style of wine produced under
🍷 Saint Chinian AOP
- White
- Red
- Rosé
Varieties for:
🍇 Saint Chinian Blanc
- 30% Grenache Blanc
- Marsanne; Roussanne; Vermentino
At least 2 varieties in the final blend
Varieties for:
🍇 Saint Chinian Rouge & Rosé
- 70% Grenache Rouge
- Lledonner Pelut
- Mourvèdre & Syrah: 20% combined minimum
At least 2 varieties in the final blend
Explain briefly:
Picpoul-de-Pinet AOP
🧭 Hérault - Languedoc
🍷White wine only
🍇 100% Piquepoul Blanc
🥃 12% ABV mini
🎉 2013
Name the sub-AOP of Minervois AOP
Minervois la Livinière
🍷 Red wine only
🍇 Based on Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Mourvèdre & Syrah
Location of the following wine:
Clos d’Ora
🧭 Minervois la Livinière
🏠 Gerard Bertrand
Style of wine of:
🍷 Minervois AOP
White
Red
Rosé
Main varieties of:
🍇 Minervois Blanc AOP
80% combined:
* Bourboulenc
* Marsanne
* Grenache
* Roussanne
* Macabeu
* Vermentino
* +Clairette, Terret Blanc, PiquepoulB, Muscat PG
Main varieties for:
🍇 Minervois Rouge & Rosé AOP
50% combined minimum:
* Grenache
* Lledoner Pelut
* Mourvèdre
* Syrah
* + Cinsault, Carignan, Terret Noir, Rivarenc, Piquepoul N.
Style of wine produced under:
Fitou AOP
🍷 Red wine only
🍇 20% each: Grenache & Carignan
➙ + Syrah & Mourvèdre
⚠️ No varieties can exceed 80% of the final blend
Sub-region of:
🧭 Fitou AOP
-
Fitou Maritime
➙ 🪨 By the coast: Clay + Limestone
➙ 💨 Cool breezes from the sea -
Fitou Montagneux:
➙ 🪨 Inland, sitting on schist soil
➙ ☀️Hotter, dryer climate
Explain briefly:
Malpère AOP
🧭 Aude - Languedoc
🪨 Clay-Limestone hillside & Gravel
🍷 Red:
➙ 🍇 50% Merlot + Cab Franc; Côt mainly
🍷 Rosé:
➙ 🍇 50% Cab Franc + Cab. Sauvignon, Cinsault, Grenache, Merlot & Côt
Main variety for:
🍇 Malpère Rosé AOP
Cabernet Franc
➙ Red wine focus on Merlot + Cab Franc & Côt
Main variety for
🍇 Malpère Rouge AOP
Focus on Merlot
+ Cab Franc & Côt
Name the prestige cuvée of:
🍷 Mas Julien
🧭 Located in Terrasses du Larzac AOP
* Lous Rougeos
* Les Etats d’Ames
* Carlan
* La Cartagène: VDN base cinsault
Name the producer of the following bottling:
Carlan
🏠 Mas Julien
🧭 Terrasse du Larzac AOP
🍇 Grenache based wine
Name the producer of the following bottling:
La Cartagène
🏠 Mas Julien
🧭 Located in the Terrasse du Larzac
🍇 100% Cinsault
🍷 VDN with short maceration
Name the producer of the following bottling:
Cuvée Emile Peynaud
🏠 Mas de Daumas Gassac
🧭 IGP Pays d’Hérault
🍇 100% Cab. Sauvignon
🪵 24 months in french oak
🎉 Only produced in 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2015
Name the owner of:
🤰🏻 Peyre Rose Estate
Marlène Soria
Name the prestige cuvées of
🍾 Peyre Rose
- Clos des Cistes
- Clos Syrah Léone
Name the estate of:
Gerard Bertrand in La Clape AOP
Château de l’Hospitalet
Name the villages of:
Côtes du Roussillon Village AOP
- Latour de France
- Lesquerde
- Tautavel
- Caramany
- Les Aspres
Date of creation of:
🎉 Côte du Roussillon Village Les Aspres AOP
2017
Style of wine produced under:
🍷Côtes du Roussillon Village AOP
Red wine only for all 5 sub-regions
- Lesquerde
- Caramany
- Tautavel
- Latour de France
- Les Aspres
Main varieties for
🍇 Côtes du Roussillon Village AOP
80% combined:
* Grenache (70% max)
* Carignan (60% max)
* Syrah (40 to 70%)
Unless Les aspres based on Mourvèdre & Syrah (50% each)
Minimum ABV for
🥃 Côtes du Roussillon Village AOP
12,5% ABV minimum
Style of wine of:
🍷 Collioure AOP
White
Red
Rosé
All in still and dry versions
Fortified are labelled Banyuls (same delimitation)
Villages of production of:
🧭 Banyuls & Collioure AOPs
- Banyuls sur Mer
- Cerbère
- Collioure
- Port Vendres
Synonym of:
🍇 Malvoisie du Roussillon
Tourbat
White grape
Main white varieties for:
🍇 Collioure AOP
- Grenache Blanc & Gris
- Macabeu
- Roussanne
- Marsanne
- Tourbat (Malvoisie du Rousillon)
- Vermentino
Main red varieties of:
🍇 Collioure AOP
- Grenache Noir
- Mourvèdre
- Syrah
- Carignan
Style of wine of:
🍷 Grand Roussillon AOP
Vin Doux Naturel only
* White
* Red
* Rosé
* Rancio
🥃 Classical rules for VDN in Roussillon
🧭 Cover all Pyrenées Oriental & Aude
Villages of production of:
🧭 Maury AOP
- Maury
- Rasiguères
- Saint Paul de Fenouillet
- Tautavel
Style of wine produced in:
🍷 Maury AOP
-
Dry wine
➙ Red wine only -
Vin Doux Naturel
➙ Blanc
➙ Ambré: 3 years aging white
➙ Grenat: Fresh red
➙ Tuilé: 3 year aging red
➙ Rancio
➙ Hors d’Age: 5 years oxydative aging
Minimum Résidual Sugar for:
🍬 Maury Vin Doux Naturel AOP
45 g/L minimum
➙ 🍯 Must weight: 252 g/L minimum
Main varieties for:
🍇 Dry red Maury AOP
60-80% Grenache Noir
➙ + Carignan
➙ + Mourvèdre
➙ + Syrah
⚠️ Dry Maury produced only red wine
Minimum amount of Grenache for
🍇 Red Vin Doux Naturel Maury AOP
75% Grenache minimum
➙ Can be bottled single varietal
White grapes for:
🍇 Vin Doux Naturel Maury AOP
- Grenache Gris & Blanc
- Macabeu
- Tourbat
- 20% max Muscat Petit Grains & Alexandria
Style of wine of:
🍷 Rivesaltes AOP
Vin Doux Naturel only
➙ Grenat: non oxydative red
➙ Rosé
➙ Tuilé: non oxydative white
➙ Ambré: White with 3 years aging
➙ Rancio
➙ Hors d’Age: 5 years aging
Is red wine allowed in:
🍷 Rivesaltes AOP
Yes as Vin Doux Naturel
➙ 🍇 100% Grenache Noir
Residual Sugar of
🍬 Rivesaltes AOP
45 g/L minimum
➙ 🍯 Must weight: 252 g/L minimum
✅ Same rules for all VDN of Roussillon exept Muscat de Rivesaltes
Minimum aging for:
🪵 Hors d’Age wine in Roussillon
Minimum 5 years in oxydative style in wood
🏠 Some producers leave the barriques outside, under the straight sunshine & rains
Residual Sugar for:
🍬 Muscat de Rivesaltes AOP
100 g/L minimum
➙ 🍯 Must weight: 252 g/L minimum
Varieties for:
🍇 Muscat de Rivesaltes AOP
Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
&
Muscat d’Alexandrie
Can be single or blended
Is Chaptalisation allowed for:
🍯 Banyuls and other Fortified wines of Roussillon?
Not allowed
➙ Sweetnest must be natural from the grape
Minimum Grenache for:
🍇 Banyuls Traditionnel AOP
Red
50% Grenache Noir minimum
* + Grenache Gris
* + 10% max combined
➙ Carignan, Cinsault, Ciybiuse, Syrah, Mourvèdre
Specific rules for
🪵 🍇 Banyuls Grand Cru AOP
🍇 75% Grenache Noir minimum
➙ + Other classic grapes
🪵 30 months aging in oak barrels
🙌🏻 Must be hand harvested
🍬 45 g/L residual Sugar minimum
