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Loire Flashcards

1
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Synonym for Orbois

A

Menu Pineau

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2
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Sparkling wine appellations in Loire

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Saumur Mousseux
Cremant de Loire
Vouvray
Touraine
Montlouis sur Loire
Saumur (center of sparkling wine)

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3
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Synonym for Grolleau in Loire

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Groslot

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4
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Where does the 629 mile Loire River begin and end

A

Southern Massif Central flowing West to its mouth on the Atlantic Coast

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5
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Grolleau is only permitted for rosé in Loire Valley and in these villages

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Anjou, Touraine and Saumur AOC

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6
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When did Phylloxera hit Loire?

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1877

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7
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Muscadet
Vouvray
Bourgueil
Chinon
Saumur

AOCs created in this year

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1936

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8
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What category lies between AOC and VdF?

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IGP

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9
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Permitted yields for Val de Loire

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90 hl/ha

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10
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Where in Loire Valley is Vin Gris permitted?

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Coteaux du Vendomois (Pinot d’Aunis) (Touraine)
Reuilly (Vin Gris from Pinot Gris, Central Vineyards)

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11
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Loire Valley ranks this in hectares planted in France

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Third, behind Bordeaux and Rhone

with the countrys largest river

Though Loire is the most sprawling

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12
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Oldest rocks in Loire Valley are found here

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Far West
Armorican Massif, from Hercynian range of mountains from Precambrian era

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13
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Soil of Amorican Massif

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Anjou Noir
(Nantais, Western Anjou and Savenierres)
Dark soils, granite, gneiss, multicolored schist, slate and pudding stones
600 million years old, Precambrian

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14
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Where in Loire Valley is Anjou Blanc found?

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Eastern Anjou, Touraine, Central Vineyards, Sancerre
(67-195 million years old, cretaceous and Jurassic)

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15
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On what parallel is most of Loire Valley? (Over 800 km of vineyards)

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47th Parallel same as volnay

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16
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Upper Loire vineyards (Central France)
can reach this elevation, different from rest of Loire

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200-600 meters elevation

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17
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Loire Vintages affected by frost in recent years

A

2021
2019
2017
2016

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18
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Most of Loires best vineyards have this aspect

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Facing south, on slopes near rivers

19
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Tributaries of the Loire river

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Maine, Sevre, Vienne, Indre, Allier, Loir, Layon, Thouet, Cher

20
Q

Loire Valley moved from cold to temperate in the Huglin index in this year

A

2010

Have increased by 3 degrees celsius in last 30 years

21
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This vintage saw unprecedented early season drought and heat in May, followed by a heat wave in July and another drought

A

2022

22
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Home of Sauvignon Blanc in Loire Valley

A

Eastern Touraine and Further East in Central Vineyards
450 km from atlantic coast

23
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Common Viticultural hazards of Sauvignon Blanc

A

high vigor, needs low vigor soils or low vigor rootstocks
Powdery mildew
Susceptible to botrytis
Eutypa Dieback
Esca

24
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Ripe vintages of Sancerre

A

2018, 2019, 2020

25
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This producer has properties in Marlborough and Sancerre

A

Henri Bourgeois

26
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What was the name of Chenin Blanc 1000 years ago?

A

Plant d’Anjou

27
Q

Most common synonyms for Chenin Blanc in Loire Valley

A

Pineau d’Anjou
Pineau de la Loire
(pineau eventually changed in 19th century to Chenin, because of confusion between Pinot and Pineau)

28
Q

Viticultural hazards of Chenin

A

susceptible to Frost (early budbreak), mildew, high vigor

29
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Chardonnay takes a lead role in this region

A

Cote d’Auvergne
100% Chardonnay

Also blends into Saint-Pourcain with Sacy

30
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Appellation for Chasselas in Loire (swiss native grape)

A

Pouilly Sur Loire (30 ha sandwiched between Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé)
Appellation status in 1937

31
Q

DNA testing shows that Cabernet Franc is related to this Basque Grape

A

Hondurrabi Beltza

32
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Cabernet Franc is cultivated these places in Loire Valley

A

Western half of Touraine
Chinon
Borgueil
Saint-Nicolas-de-Borgeuil
Anjou (blended with cab)
Touraine (blended with cot or gamay)

33
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Styles of Sparkling wine in Loire for which Gamay is authorized

A

Saumur Fines Bulles
Anjou Mousseux
(not authorized for Cremant de Loire)

34
Q

In these appellations, Gamay is blended with Pinot Noir

A

Fiefs Vendéens
Coteaux Giennois
Chateaumeillant

35
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These styles of Loire wine can be 100% Gamay

A

Cote Roannaise
Cotes du Forez (only Gamay allowed in these)

Saint Pourcain Rosé (volcanic, granitic soils)
Coteaux d’Ancenis
Anjou and Touraine (Anjou or Touraine Gamay, sometimes labeled Primeur)

Cotes d’Auvergne (blended with Pinot Noir)

36
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The furthest West one sees Pinot Noir in an appellation

A

Fiefs Vendéens (permitted grape)

37
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Viticultural hazards of Pinot Noir in Loire

A

Spring frosts (early bud)
susceptible to oidium and powdery mildew

38
Q

Grolleau can be found in these wines of Loire

A

Rosé d’Anjou (fruity, off dry styles)
blending component of sparkling wines

39
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Pineau d’aunis viticultural hazards

A

Chlorosis
botrytis bunch rot

40
Q

Major regions for Pineau d’Aunis

A

Touraine:
Coteaux du Vendomois
Coteau du Loir

41
Q

Cot (Malbec)is a crossing of these grapes

A

Magdeleine Noire des Charentes x Prunelard

42
Q

Where are plantings of Cot Concentrated in Loire

A

Touraine, varietal wine or blended with CF or Gamay

43
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When did Melon B become established in France?

A

After interest in the Brandy trade diminished and interest in wine developed.
Replanted at the start of the 20th century after phylloxera, when Folle Blanche ripped out

44
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Three SGN regions outside of Alsace in France

A

Monbaillzac (Dordogne, Southwestern France)
Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux d’Aubance

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