Languedoc-Roussillion Flashcards
Area LR
Running from Pyrenees mountains to med coast
Climate LR
Mediterranean to warm continental inland
Warm and sunny
Cremant de limoux and blanquette de limoux AOP wine styles
LR methode traditionelle sparkling Mauzac, Pinot noir chard, Chenin b, Malo make limoux methode ancestrale from Mauzac
Corbieres AOC wine style
Reds and roses from caringnan, Grenache, lladoner pelut, Syrah +++
Whites from Grenache blanc, macabeu, bourboulenc, ++++
L
Languedoc AOC
Whites, reds And Rose from Rhone varieties
14 sub appellations
Fitou AOC wine style
L
reds blends only from caringnan, Grenache, lladoner pelut +++
2 sectors. Maritime and montagneux
Cabardes AOC wine style
Obscure AOC north of carcassonne
Red and Rose of Syrah, Grenache, cab sav, cab franc, merlot
Bordeaux style
L
Minervois AOP wine style
Reds and Rose Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, lladoner pelut +++
Whites from Grenache, bourboulenc, macabeu, +++++
Divided into subzones
L
St chinian AOP wine style
Red whites Rose
Grenache Mourvèdre carignan Syrah lladoner pelut +++
L
Picpoul de Pinet AOC wine style
White from 100% piquepoul blanc
L
Banyuls AOC wine style
Vdn min 50% Grenache
White Rose tawny red
Fortified red
R
Banyuls GC AOC wine style
Vdn min 75% Grenache
White Rose tawny red
Must age 30 months in barrel
R
Banyuls rancio
Barrels or glass Demi johns exposed to sunlight for a minimum of 2 years
Collioure ACO wine style
AOC within banyuls for non fortified wines
Red white Rose
Grenache Mourvèdre +++
R
Maury AOC wine style
Dry reds 60-80 Grenache Vdn White Rose tawny red and rancid for vdn Min 75 Grenache for Vdn R
rivesaltes AOC wine style
Vdn
White Rose tawny and red
Muscat Grenache macabeu tourbat++++
R
Muscat de rivesaltes AOC wine style
Vdn
White and Rose
R
Grand rousillion AOC wine style
Vdn
White Rose tawny red rancio
Muscat Grenache macabeu tourbat +++
Cotes du roussillon and cotes du roussillon villages AOC wine style
Reds and Rose from Syrah Mourvèdre +++
Whites from macabeu and tourbat
Top producer languedoc
Mas Julien
Top producer of banyuls
Domaine de mas blanc
Domaine de la tour vieille
Top producer vin de pays l’herault
Mas de daumas gassac
Grange des peres
Top producer of roussillon
Gerard gauby
Chateau de jau
What is the traditional sparkling wine of the lr
Cremant de limoux
