Loire Flashcards
Largest white wine producing region?
Loire
Where is Pays Nantais?
Lower Loire
*Maritime climate
Where are Anjou, Saumur, Touraine?
Middle Loire
Climate in Central and Upper Loire?
Continental
1 grape regarding area under vine?
Cab Franc
What grapes are harvested first?
Melon from Pays Nantais and grapes for sparkling wine
What grapes are harvested last?
Cab Franc, Chenin Blanc
Main training systems?
Guyot and Cordon
Rose method?
Direct press or saignee
What was Val de Loire IGP originally named?
Vin de Pays da Jardin de la France
Westernmost sub region?
Pays Nantais
Lower Loire
Most important grape in Pays Nantais?
Melon De Bourgogne
*Used to be most planted white in Loire
Primary grape in Coteaux d’Ancenis?
Gamay
What is Muscadet Aoc not permitted to do?
Produce wines sure lie
Smallest Muscadet Aoc?
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire Aoc
What viticultural area is largest in Loire?
Anjou and Saumur (Middle Loire)
What grapes dominate in Middle Loire?
Cab Franc and Chenin Blanc