Loire Flashcards
What is Pepiere’s entry level cuvée
La Pépie (young vines + purchased fruit)
what is the most structured of Pepiere’s releases
Briord (old vines, 9 months lees aging)
what are Pepiere’s 3 subzone bottlings
Clisson
Chateau Thébaud
Monnèires Saint Fiacre
what two red grapes does Pepiere work with
Cot-Merlot
Cab Franc
both released as VDF
who produces the sparkling wine Atmospheres
Jo Landron/Domaine de la Louvetrie
what is the grand vin of Domaine de la Louvetrie
Fief du Breil (4 ha parcel, 10% gradient)
what appellation is Dme de la Fouvetrie “Melonix” released under?
VDF
Fred Niger runs what estate
Domaine l’Ecu
which grape are the following l’Ecu wines based on?
Faust
Ange
Mephisto
Taurus
Faust = chardonnay Ange = PN Mephisto = cab Franc Taurus = Melon
all VDF
what are the two soil specific bottlings of l’Ecu
Granite
Orthogneiss
what is Luneau’s monopole bottling
Clos des Allées (9 months lees aging)
name 3 single vineyard bottlings of Luneau-Papin
La Verger
Vera Cruz
L D’Or
which of Luneau-Papin’s bottlings is sourced from the Goulaine lieu dit
Gula Ana (22 months on lees)
what Luneau-Papin bottling is sourced from the Butte de la Roche lieu dit
Terre de Pierre (rare serpentine soils)
who purchased in Clos Rougeard in 2017
Martin Bouyges (owner of Ch Montrose)
what are the three bottliings of Clos Rougeard rouge
Les Clos ("entry" blend, multiple sites)
Poyeux (2.9 ha, second use barrels, sandy soils)
Le Bourg (new oak, 75+ year old vines, 1ha)how long does Clos Rougeard’s Breze Saumur Blanc age for before release
5 years (2 in wood, some new)
when was the Coulee de Serrant first planted
12th century
2020 was the 890th anniversery
what are the three bottlings of Coulee de Serrant
La Coullée de Serrant (monopole, 25 hl/ha)
Le Clos de la Bergerie (from Aux Moines appellation)
Les Vieux Clos
what is the name of Thierry Germain’s estate in Saumur Champigny
Domaines des Roches Neuves
what is the old vines bottling of Roches Neuves
Mémoires (100+ vines)
what are the parcel bottlings of Roches Neuves
Mémoires (old vine) Les Roches Terres Chaudes (from lieu dit of Poyeux) Marginale (only made in great vintages) Clos de l'Echelier Franc du Pied Outre Terre (amphora, no sulfur)
Roches Neuves make two chenin blanc from what lieu dit
Clos de l’Ecotard
what is the name of Roches Neuves’ sparkling cuvee
Bulles des Roches (trad method, no dosage)
Antoine Foucault is most associated with what winery
Domaine du Collier
had worked at Clod Rougeard
what commune Dme du Collier in?
Breze
what are the 4 wines of Dme du Collier
Saumur Blanc
La Charpentrie Saumur Blanc (100 year old vines)
La Charpentrie Saumur Rouge (100 year old vines)
La Ripaille Saumur Rouge
in what year was Ferme de la Sansonniere founded
1990 (by Mark Angeli)
what is Ferme de la Sansonniere’s rouge bottling
Les Gélinettes (90% Grolleau, no sulfur)
what is the name of Sansonniere’s rosé
Rosé d’Un Jour (sweet)
what is Sansonniere’s monopole vineyard called
Les Fouchardes (chenin blanc, 45 year old vines)
what is Sansonniere’s old vine cuvee called
Les VV des Blanderies
what is the name of Bruno Ciofi’s small project in Loire
Beret et Campagnie
what is the name of Beret et Compagnie’s sparkling wines
Ze Pulle Zero Pointe (60g sugar, 9% alcohol)
Oh Nice! (Rosé Cremant with 8 years lees aging, demi sec, Pinot d’Aunis)
who produces the wine Les Noels de Montbenault
Richard Leroy (chenin, on banks of Layon river)
what are the two vineyards of Clos Naudin
Les Perruches
Les Ruettes
makes a sec, demi sec and sparkling Vouvray
when was Domaine Huet founded
1928
when were Huet’s three vineyards purchased
Le Haut Lieu (1928) (rich limestone clay soil)
Le Mont (1958) (stonier soil)
Clos du Bourg (1963) (shallowest)
as of 2020, who is the winemaker at Huet
Benjamin Joliveau
what was the first vintage of Cuvee Constance
1989
name 3 years Cuvee Constance was made
2015
2003
1993
what are the Montlouis bottlings of Francois Chidaine
Clos de Breuil (clay/silex soil, always dry) Les Choisilles (A cuvee of multiple lieu dit) Les Bournais (limestone soil, usually dry)
Les Tuffeaux (old vine cuvee, tendre) Clos Habert (tendre style)
which Chidaine bottlings are being sourced from Vouvray vines
Les Argiles (vinified dry, multiple plots) Clos Baudoin (2.7 ha south facing site, young vines)
Le Bouchet (demi sec, borders Clos du Bourg)
Chidaine’s Clos de la Grange is based on what grape
Sauvignon Blanc (Touraine AOC)
what are Dageaneu’s 5 Pouilly Fumé bottling
Blanc Fumé (entry blend)
Silex ( first vintage 1985, 60 year old vines)
Pur Sang (1988, La Folie vineyard)
Asteroide (ungrafted vines in La Folie, 50 cases made)
Buisson Renard
what is Daganeau’s Sancerre bottling
Les Monts Damnes
Gerard Boulay is in what commune of Sancerre
Chavignol
Boulay’s Comtesse bottling comes from where
Comtesse is a lieu within the larger Monts Damnes
Name Boulay’s 4 bottlings
La Cote (first vintage 2010 Comtesse (first vintage 2005) Les Monts Damnes (first vintage 2005) Clos de Beaujeu
what are the four Saumur rouge bottlings of Guiberteau
Les Moulins (stainless steel) Les Chapaudaises (1 year in large oak) Les Motelles (1 year in old oak) Les Arboises (18 months in oak, 80% new)
what are Guiberteau’s two clos bottlings
Clos des Carmes (Chenin, 18 months lees)
Clos des Guichaux (Chenin, 9 months lees)
Alphonse Mellot represents what generation of Sancerre winemaker
19th
what is the name of Mellot’s old vines bottling
Generation XIX (both white and red)
Mellot sources grapes for all his wines from what Lieu Dit
La Moussière
