LOIRE Flashcards
What influence the climate of Loire?
Loire river system from
Massif Sentral to Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Maritime and continental climate
Mainly flat land, a bit more hilly in
Anjou and Touraine
Varieted soils
granite
silex-flint
liestone - tuffeau
schist
sand
chalk
clay
Name the districts and sub-districts of Loire
Nantais
Muscadet AOC
Muscadet Coteaux de Loire AOC
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOC
Muscadet Sévre-et-Maine AOC
Anjou
Saumur AOC
Saumur-Champigny AOC
Coteaux du Layon AOC
Coteaux de l´Aubance AOC
Savenniéres AOC
Haut-Poitou AOC
Touraine
Valencay AOC
Cheverny AOC
Vouvray AOC
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Jasniéres AOC
Coteaux du Loir AOC
Coteaux Vendômois AOC
Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOC
Chinon AOC
Centre- Loire
Pouilly-sur-Loire AOC
Sancerre AOC
Menetou-Salon AOC
Quincy AOC
Reuilly AOC
Coteaux du Giiennois AOC
Châteaumeillant AOC
Vins de L´Orléanais AOC
Orléans Cléry AOC
Name the principal grape varietals and wines produced from them
Melon de Bourgogne
Muscadet sur lie wines
Cabernet franc
Structured, fresh, herbaceous red wines
Chenin blanc
Dry, semi-sweet white wines and sparkling wines
Sauvignon blanc
Fresh, crisp white wines
Pinot Noir
Structured red wines
Name the different wine styles of Loire
Red wines
White wines- dry, semi-sweet
Sparkling wines
Name the Principal AOP´s of Loire
Nantes
Anjou
Touraine
Loire-Centre
What terms do you find on the labels from Loire?
Name the principal wines from Coteaux du Layon
red
white demi-sec, moelleux, liquoreux
rosé
Oustanding sweet white wine on
Chenin Blanc, with
SGN on label when min
323 g/L RS)
Passerillage grapes infected with botrytis
Anjou Rosé or Rosé de Cabernet
Name the principal wines from Savenniéres
Savenniéres has volcanic soil gving
very fine, dry
Chenin blanc wines
ageworthy
Name the principal wines from Central Vineyards
Dry, crisp white wines
SVB, sold as
Pouilly-Fumé
Poully Blanc Fumé
Blanc Fumé de Pouilly
Dry, gooseberry, peach, elderflower, lillycharacter, good acidity, minerality
Fumé =
from a grey film that forms on the grapes, giving its wine the smoky aromas of flint
NB:
Pouilly-Fumé is in Loire
Pouilly-Fuissé in in Bourgogne (!)
Sancerre AOC
Three soil types:
terre blanche or kimmeridgeon clay over limestone
cailottes which is small sones over limestone
silex which is flint stones over limestone
SVB (75 % of total)
PNN (25 % of total)
Name the principal wines from Anjou-Saumur
rosé (50 % of production)
red
white
CBF
CBS
Grolleau
GAM
Name the principal wines from Touraine
Continental climate making
light red, white and rosé
limestone and clay over tuffeau
Name the principal wines from Muscadet
Dry, white wine, made from
Melon de Bourgogne
Best expression in
Muscadet Sévre-et-Maine AOC, followed by
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOC
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOC
Mention the grape variety synonyms of Loire
Melon de Bourgogne =
Auxerrois Gros
Blanc de Nantes
Bourguignon Blanc
Gamay Blanc
Gros Blanc
Lyonnais
Petit Bourgogne
Pétoin
Cabernet Franc =
Bordo
Bouchet
Bouchy
Breton
Chenin blanc =
Pineau de la Loire
Anjou, Blanc d’Aunis
Blanc d’Anjou
Feher Chenin
Gamet blanc
Pinot noir =
Sauvignon blanc =
Pouilly-Fumé
Fumé Blanc (US)
White Bordeaux
Sancerre and
What are the aging requirements for sur lie wine?
Wines from Nantes AOC can sometimes be sold as “sur lie” =
matured on their fine lees over winter, and
bottled between 1st of March and 30th of November the year following the harvest
Sur lie wine imparts
extra flavour &
light prickle to the wine
Name some of the smaller appelations of Loire and their wines produced
St. Pourcain
Cheverny
Orleans
