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1
Q

Which is the longest river in France

A

Loire

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2
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Which is the most diverse area in the word for vineyards?

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Loire valley

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3
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Which are the hazards for Loire valley climate?

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Spring frost and hail storms

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4
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Maceration pelliculaire

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Skin contact

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5
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Where does the river Loire start

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Massif Central

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6
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4 sub region of Loire

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Central vineyards
Touraine
Anjou-samur
Nantais

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7
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Where is cremant de Loire and rose de Loire produced

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Anjou and semur

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8
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What area does IGP Val de Loire cover?

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The entire Loire valley district

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9
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Cote de Forez AOC

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First district to receive AOC
Red and rose from Gamay

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Cote Roannaise AOC

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Red from Gamay and a little bit from Pinot noir

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11
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Cotes d’auvergne AOC

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Red
White
Rose

95% planting is Gamay d’auvergne

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12
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Pouilly-fumè soil

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Silex
Terre Blanche
Limestone, flint and sandstone

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Grape for Pouilly-fumè

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Sauvignon blanc

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14
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What are other names for Pouilly-fumè wine

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Pouilly blanc fumè
Blanc fume de pouilly

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15
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What is the grape for Pouilly-sur-loire AOC

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Chasselas

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16
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Grapes for Sancerre

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Sauvignon blanc for white
Pinot noir for red

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17
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Types of soils in Sancerre

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Terre Blanche:kimmeridgeon clay
Callotes: small stones over limestone
Silex: flint stones over limestone

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18
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Menetou-salon AOC

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Sauvignon blanc
Pinot noir and Gamay

White red and rose

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19
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Quincy AOC

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The AOC is only for white - Sauvignon blanc

Red and rose are classified as vin de pays

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20
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Reuilly AOC

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Sauvignon blanc for white
Red and rose Pinot noir and gris

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21
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Coteaux du Giennois AOC

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Red and rose from Gamay and Pinot noir
White from Sauvignon blanc

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22
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Chateaumeillant AOC

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Red and rose from Gamay, Pinot noir and Pinot gris

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23
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Vin d’orlenais

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White from Chardonnay and Pinot gris
Red from Pinot noir and meunieur

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24
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Orleans clery AOC

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Red only from Cabernet franc

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25
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Soil in Touraine

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Limestone
Clay over tuffeau (type of limestone)

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26
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Valencay AOC

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White: Sauvignon blanc
Red and rose: Pinot noir, Gamay and Malbec

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27
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Cheverny AOC and Cour-Cheverny AOC

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White: Sauvignon blanc + max 15% Chardonnay, Chenin blanc and/or arbois

Red: 40-65% gamay, Cabernet franc, Pinot noir and Malbec

Cour-cheverny: white made entirely from romorantin grape

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28
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Vouvray AOC
Grape
Soil

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White: Chenin blanc + small % arbois

Tufa soil

29
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Montlouis-sur-Loire grape

A

Chenin blanc

30
Q

What is a tributary to the Loire river

31
Q

3 AOC around the Loir river

A

Jasnières AOC: Chenin Blanc

Coteaux du Loire AOC:
- Red: Pinot d’aunis, Cabernet franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay and Pinot noir
- rose: up to 25% grolleau
- white: Chenin blanc

32
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Coteaux Vendomois AOC

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W: up to 20% Chardonnay is permitted
R: no Cabernet Sauvignon
Rose: pineau d’aunis

33
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Bourgueil and saint-Nicolas-de bourgueil
Soil
Grape
Type of wine

A

Limestone

Red from Cabernet franc and up to 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Both produce rose

34
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Chinon AOC

Grapes and soil

A

Red:
90% Cabernet franc and up to 10%cabernet Sauvignon

White: Chenin blanc
Rose

Soil: sand and gravel, tuffeau jaune

35
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Rosè de Loire

A

Cabernet franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot noir, Pinot d’aunis and Gamay

36
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Cabernet d’anjou

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Blend of Cabernet franc and Cabernet Sauvignon

There could also be cot (Malbec), Gamay and Pinot noir

37
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Rosè d’anjou

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Blend of grolleau and Cabernet franc

38
Q

Anjou blanc

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80% Chenin blanc
Max 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc

39
Q

What Anjou village produce?

A

red from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet franc

White from Chenin blanc

40
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Saumur soil

A

Tuffeaux (limestone)

41
Q

How are the sparkling produced in Saumur called and what grapes are allowed

A

Saumur mousseaux
Cremant de Loire

Chenin blanc and max 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc

42
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Saumur-champigny soil and grapes

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Tuffeau jeaune

Min 85% Cabernet franc (the rest can be Pinot d’aunis or Cabernet Sauvignon)

43
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Coteaux du Layon: what is the river where it is based the city?

44
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What is the grape for sweet coteaux du Layon

A

Chenin blanc

45
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How much is the residual sugar in the grapes for SGN in coteaux du Layon

46
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Which are two sweet wine AOC in Coteaux du Layon

A

Coteaux du Layon chaume grand cru:
272 g/l and 68 in the wine

Quarts de chaume premier cru:
298 g/l and 85 in the wine

47
Q

Bonnezeaux SGN rules

A

323 g/l
No oak
Passerillage or noble rot

48
Q

Coteaux de l’aubance

River
Grapes
SGN

A

Aubance river
Chenin blanc
Min 230g/l
SGN 294 g/l and 34 in the wine

49
Q

Savenieres monopole and by whom it is owned

Grape
Soil

A

Culèe de serrant
Nicolas Joy

Chenin blanc
Volcanic soil

50
Q

Haut-pitou AOC

A

Red, rose and white
Sauvignon blanc
Chardonnay
Pinot blanc
Up to 20% Chenin blanc

51
Q

4 AOC a Nantais

A

Muscadet
Muscadet sevre et maine
Muscadet grand lieu
Muscadet Coteaux du Loire

52
Q

4 AOC a Nantais when can they be sold

A

1march-30 November following year of harvest

53
Q

Grape of the Nantais region

A

Melon de Bourgogne

54
Q

2011 new appellation cru communal in Nantais - two most important + when can they be sold

A

Muscadet sevre et maine le paillette AOC
Muscadet sevre et maine le Giuliane AOC

1 April - two years after harvest
30 October -two years after harvest for the rest

55
Q

Rules for 2011 new appellation cru communal in Nantais

A

6 years old vine
Alchol 11-12%
Tasting panel
Heals max 45hl/ha

56
Q

Gros plant du Pays Nantais AOC
grape

A

Folle Blanche

57
Q

Coteaux d’ancenis AOC
wines

A

Red and rose from Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet franc and up to 5% gamay

58
Q

By what Anjou-Saumur are protected

A

Mauges hills

59
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What is a particularity if the Chenin blanc grape

A

Bunches reaches different levels of ripeness

60
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Where is sparkling Chenin produced

61
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Where do we find the best sweet wines of Loire

A

Coteaux du Layon

62
Q

How is melon blanc also called

A

Muscadet
Melon de Bourgogne

63
Q

Best cities in Loire where Cabernet franc grows

A

Chinon
Bourgueil
Saint Nicolas de bourgueil

64
Q

Where in Loire do we find dry crisp white

A

Muscadet
Sancerre
Pouilly funè

65
Q

Where in Loire do we find rose

66
Q

Where in Loire do we find sparkling

A

Anjou
Touraine
Vouvray
Saumur

67
Q

Where in Loire do we find sweet

A

Vouvray
Coteaux du Layon

68
Q

Where in Loire do we find full bodied red

A

Chinon
Saumur
Bourgueil

69
Q

Which appellation only produce white

A

Vouvray and mountluis

Chenin blanc

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