Loire Flashcards
Synonym for Orbois
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Sparkling wine appellations in Loire
Saumur Mousseux
Cremant de Loire
Vouvray
Touraine
Montlouis sur Loire
Saumur (center of sparkling wine)
Synonym for Grolleau in Loire
Groslot
Where does the 629 mile Loire River begin and end
Southern Massif Central flowing West to its mouth on the Atlantic Coast
Grolleau is only permitted for rosé in Loire Valley and in these villages
Anjou, Touraine and Saumur AOC
When did Phylloxera hit Loire?
1877
Muscadet
Vouvray
Bourgueil
Chinon
Saumur
AOCs created in this year
1936
What category lies between AOC and VdF?
IGP
Permitted yields for Val de Loire
90 hl/ha
Where in Loire Valley is Vin Gris permitted?
Coteaux du Vendomois (Pinot d’Aunis) (Touraine)
Reuilly (Vin Gris from Pinot Gris, Central Vineyards)
Loire Valley ranks this in hectares planted in France
Third, behind Bordeaux and Rhone
with the countrys largest river
Though Loire is the most sprawling
Oldest rocks in Loire Valley are found here
Far West
Armorican Massif, from Hercynian range of mountains from Precambrian era
Soil of Amorican Massif
Anjou Noir
(Nantais, Western Anjou and Savenierres)
Dark soils, granite, gneiss, multicolored schist, slate and pudding stones
600 million years old, Precambrian
Where in Loire Valley is Anjou Blanc found?
Eastern Anjou, Touraine, Central Vineyards, Sancerre
(67-195 million years old, cretaceous and Jurassic)
On what parallel is most of Loire Valley? (Over 800 km of vineyards)
47th Parallel same as volnay
Upper Loire vineyards (Central France)
can reach this elevation, different from rest of Loire
200-600 meters elevation
Loire Vintages affected by frost in recent years
2021
2019
2017
2016
Most of Loires best vineyards have this aspect
Facing south, on slopes near rivers
Tributaries of the Loire river
Maine, Sevre, Vienne, Indre, Allier, Loir, Layon, Thouet, Cher
Loire Valley moved from cold to temperate in the Huglin index in this year
2010
Have increased by 3 degrees celsius in last 30 years
This vintage saw unprecedented early season drought and heat in May, followed by a heat wave in July and another drought
2022
Home of Sauvignon Blanc in Loire Valley
Eastern Touraine and Further East in Central Vineyards
450 km from atlantic coast
Common Viticultural hazards of Sauvignon Blanc
high vigor, needs low vigor soils or low vigor rootstocks
Powdery mildew
Susceptible to botrytis
Eutypa Dieback
Esca
Ripe vintages of Sancerre
2018, 2019, 2020
This producer has properties in Marlborough and Sancerre
Henri Bourgeois
What was the name of Chenin Blanc 1000 years ago?
Plant d’Anjou
Most common synonyms for Chenin Blanc in Loire Valley
Pineau d’Anjou
Pineau de la Loire
(pineau eventually changed in 19th century to Chenin, because of confusion between Pinot and Pineau)
Viticultural hazards of Chenin
susceptible to Frost (early budbreak), mildew, high vigor
Chardonnay takes a lead role in this region
Cote d’Auvergne
100% Chardonnay
Also blends into Saint-Pourcain with Sacy
Appellation for Chasselas in Loire (swiss native grape)
Pouilly Sur Loire (30 ha sandwiched between Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé)
Appellation status in 1937
DNA testing shows that Cabernet Franc is related to this Basque Grape
Hondurrabi Beltza
Cabernet Franc is cultivated these places in Loire Valley
Western half of Touraine
Chinon
Borgueil
Saint-Nicolas-de-Borgeuil
Anjou (blended with cab)
Touraine (blended with cot or gamay)
Styles of Sparkling wine in Loire for which Gamay is authorized
Saumur Fines Bulles
Anjou Mousseux
(not authorized for Cremant de Loire)
In these appellations, Gamay is blended with Pinot Noir
Fiefs Vendéens
Coteaux Giennois
Chateaumeillant
These styles of Loire wine can be 100% Gamay
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)
The furthest West one sees Pinot Noir in an appellation
Fiefs Vendéens (permitted grape)
Viticultural hazards of Pinot Noir in Loire
Spring frosts (early bud)
susceptible to oidium and powdery mildew
Grolleau can be found in these wines of Loire
Rosé d’Anjou (fruity, off dry styles)
blending component of sparkling wines
Pineau d’aunis viticultural hazards
Chlorosis
botrytis bunch rot
Major regions for Pineau d’Aunis
Touraine:
Coteaux du Vendomois
Coteau du Loir
Cot (Malbec)is a crossing of these grapes
Magdeleine Noire des Charentes x Prunelard
Where are plantings of Cot Concentrated in Loire
Touraine, varietal wine or blended with CF or Gamay
When did Melon B become established in France?
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
Three SGN regions outside of Alsace in France
Monbaillzac (Dordogne, Southwestern France)
Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux d’Aubance
