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Loire Flashcards

1
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True or False: The Loire is France’s largest white wine producing area

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True

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2
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What are fines bulles?

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Sparkling wines from the Loire

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3
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Who brought viticulture to the Loire?

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The Romans

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What product did the Dutch use Loire wines to make?

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Brandeweijn - Burnt wine

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5
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What does the word “liger” mean?

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Silt/ sediment, which refers to the silt of the Loire

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6
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What’s the climate of the Pays Nantais?

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Maritime

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7
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What’s the climate of the middle Loire?

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Maritime with continental influences

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What’s the climate of the centre-Loire?

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Continental

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What land form does the Pays Nantais lie within?

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Massif Armoricain

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10
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What land form does the Anjou lie within?

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Massif Armoricain

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11
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What land form does the Centre-Loire lie within?

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Paris Basin

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11
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What land form does the Touraine lie within?

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Paris Basin

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12
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What land form does the Upper-Loire lie within?

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Massif Central

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13
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What’s the most widely planted grape variety in the Loire?

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Cabernet Franc

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14
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What is the name of the IGP covering the whole Loire?

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IGP Val de Loire

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15
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Which is the first Loire sub-region to experience bud break?

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Pays Nantais

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16
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Which is the first Loire sub-region to harvest?

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Pays Nantais

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17
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What are the two rivers that bisect the Pays Nantais?

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Sevre and Maine

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18
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What soils predominate in the Pays Nantais

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Free draining, volcanic, igneous and metamorphic soils

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What is the principal grape of the Pays Nantais?

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Melon de Bourgogne

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20
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True or False: Chardonnay is permitted in Muscadet AOC?

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True

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21
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True or False: Chardonnay is permitted in Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOC?

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False - it must be 100% Melon de Bourgogne

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Which is physically the largest of the Muscadet AOCs?

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Muscadet AOC

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Which Muscadet AOC has the highest production volume?

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Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOC

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True or False: Muscadet AOC cannot make wine labelled “sur lie”

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True

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25
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How much of the production of Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOC is “sur lie”?

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90%

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26
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How many DGCs does Muscadet Sevre et Maine have?

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9

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27
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What are the Muscadet Sevre et Maine DGCs?

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Chateau-Thebaud
Clisson
Gorges
Goulaine
Monnieres-Sainte-Fiacare
Mouzillon-Tillieres
Le Pallet
Vallet
La Haye-Fouassiere

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28
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True or False: Muscadet Sevre et Maine DGCs can be labelled “sur lie”

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False - the DGCs have longer sur lie ageing requirements

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29
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Which Muscadet AOC is furthest from the sea?

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Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOC

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30
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Which Muscadet AOC is closest to the sea?

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Muscadet cotes de Grandlieu AOC

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31
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What is the requirement in Muscadet to be able to label the wine “sur lie”?

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The wine must be bottled between 1 March and 31 December the year after the harvest

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32
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What is the largest sub-zone the Loire

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Anjou-Saumur

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33
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What is tuffeau?

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Turonian chalk found in the Loire

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34
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What soils are found in the ‘black Anjou”?

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Dark Schists and sandstone from the Armoricain massif

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35
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What soils are found in the “white Anjou”?

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Tuffeau (chalk) from the Paris basin

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36
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What is “La douceur Angevine”?

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A description of the temperate climate around Anjou

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37
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What’s the primary white grape of Anjou Saumur

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Chenin Blanc

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38
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What style accounts for the greatest volume of production in Anjou Saumur

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Rosé

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39
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Which bank of the Loire accounts for the majority of the vineyard in Anjou Saumur

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Left Bank

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40
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What wine styles can be made under the Anjou AOC?

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All (red, dry to sweet whites, mousseaux and cremant, Rosé still and sparkling)

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41
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True or False. Pinot d’aunis is related to Pinot

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False

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42
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What is the primary wine style of Anjou AOC?

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Red (from cabernets, Grolleau and Pinot d’Aunis)

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43
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What style of wine is produced in Anjou Village AOC?

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Red only from the Cabernets

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44
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What style of wine does Anjou Brissac AOC produce?

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Red only from the Cabernets

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45
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What is the AOC that has the largest production of the Anjou Rosés?

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Cabernet d’ Anjou

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46
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What’s the minimum sweetness of Cabernet d’ Anjou?

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10 g/l

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47
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What’s the primary grape of Rosé d’Anjou

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Grolleau Gris

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48
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Is rosé d’Anjou sweeter or less sweet than Cabernet d’Anjou?

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Less sweet (7g/l RS)

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49
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What river influences the climate in the sweet wine AOCs of Anjou?

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Layon

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50
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What is the premier cru found in Coteaux du Layon AOC?

51
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Can Coteaux du Layon AOC wines be labeled SGN?

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Yes, if the grapes achieve 19% potential alcohol and have botrytis

52
Q

What is the only Grand Cru in the Loire?

A

Quarts de Chaume

53
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What direction do the slopes face in Quarts de Chaume?

54
Q

What style of wine is Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire?

A

Semi to sweet white from Chenin Blanc

55
Q

What does aoliean mean?

A

Wind blown - typically sands

56
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What style of wine is Coteaux de l’Aubance?

A

semi to sweet white from Chenin Blanc

57
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Which is the warmest of the Anjou AOCs?

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Coteaux de l’Aubance

58
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What soils can be found in Quarts de Chaume?

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Schists and Sandstone (black Anjou)

59
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What style of wine is Savennieres AOC?

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Usually dry but can make semi to sweet

60
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What soils are found in Savennieres?

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Slate, schist, volcanic rock and aeolian sand

61
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What is the famous lieu-dit found within the Savennieres AOC?

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Savennieres Roche au Moines AOC

62
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What is the monopole found within Savennieres AOC?

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Couleé de Serrant AOC

63
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What is the predominant style of Saumur AOC?

64
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What sub-area of the Loire is the largest producer of fine bulles?

65
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What is the primary grape of Saumur Mousseaux Rosé

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Cabernet Franc

66
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Which is the most important red wine AOC in Anjou-Saumur?

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Saumur-Champigny AOC

67
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What is the predominant soil in saumur-champigny AOC?

68
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Which grape dominates in the western side of Touraine?

A

Cabernet Franc

69
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Which grape dominates in the centre of the Touraine?

A

Chenin Blanc

70
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Which grape dominates the eastern side of Touraine?

A

Sauvignon Blanc

71
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What is perruches?

A

Flinty clay - Agriles a silex

72
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What is the soil type of Vouvray, Montlouis and eastern Touraine?

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perruches (flinty clay) = Silex

73
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What is the predominant soil type of western Touraine?

74
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What’s the primary gape of Cour-Cheverny AOC?

A

Romorantin

75
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What are the secondary grapes of Touraine?

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Chardonnay and Orbois

76
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True or False: Touraine produces more red wine than white?

A

True - red wine production > 50%

77
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What’s the most common sub-soil in the Touraine AOC?

78
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What’s the primary grape of Touraine AOC Mousseaux wines?

A

Chenin Blanc

79
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What is the primary grape of Touraine AOC reds grown east of Tours?

80
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What is the primary grape of Touraine AOC reds grown west of Tours?

A

Cabernet Franc

81
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True or false: Touraine AOC Rosé wines are typically blends

A

True: No grape can account for >70% of the blend

82
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What’s the primary wine style of Touraine AOC?

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Dry white. c. 60% of production

83
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What style of wine is Touraine Noble Joué AOC?

A

Vin Gris (rosé). Red wine made by white wine making techniques

84
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What are the grapes used to make Touraine Noble Joué AOC?

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Meunier, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris

85
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True or false: Touraine Noble Joué must be made by Saingeé method

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False. Generally made by direct press, but Meunier can have a short maceration

86
Q

What style of wine is a “gravel wine” in Bourgueil

A

Lighter, raspberry fruit

87
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What style of wine is a “tuffeau wine” in Bourgueil

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More structured, spicy and complex

88
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What bank of the Loire can Bourgueil and St Nicolas de Bourgueil be found?

89
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What’s the predominant soil type in St Nicolas the Bourgueil?

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Sandy Gravel

90
Q

True or False: both Bourgueil AOCs can produce white and Rosé wines

A

False. They’re both red and rosé only

91
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True or False:Chinonl AOCs produces red, white and Rosé wines

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True. Whites are permitted from Chenin Blanc

92
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What’s the primary river of the Chinon AOC?

93
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What soils are found in Chinon closest to the river?

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Sand and gravel

94
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What soils are found on the slopes in Chinon?

95
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What soils are found at the highest elevations in Chinon?

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soils and flint/ clay

96
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What bank of the Loire can Vouvray be found?

A

Right bank

97
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What bank of the Loire can Montlouis be found?

98
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What is the most important wine style found in Vouvray AOC?

A

fines bulles (Mousseaux and pétillant)

99
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What are perruches?

A

Flinty-clay

100
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Are are aubuis?

A

chalky-clay

101
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What is petillant originel?

A

Fines Bulles wines made by not addition (including sugar or yeast), one fermentation and 9 months on the lees before being bottled without dosage.

102
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How many eastern Touraine AOCs are on the right bank of the Loire?

A

5 - all of them

103
Q

What river is Valencay found on?

104
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What’s the primary grape of Valencay?

A

Sauvignon Blanc

105
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What is the primary red grape of Chevernay AOC?

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Pinot Noir

106
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True or false. Cour-Cheverny AOC produces mainly sweet wines.

A

False. The wines are mainly dry, but semi and sweet wines are permitted

107
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What is the primary white grape of Orleans AOC?

A

Chardonnay

108
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What is the primary red grape of Orleans AOC?

109
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What is the primary grape of Orleans-Clery AOC?

A

Cabernet Franc

110
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What rosé has the smallest production out of the 3 rosés of the Loire rosés?

A

Rosé de Loire

111
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What style of wine is Rosé de Loire?

112
Q

What is the climate of the centre Loire?

A

Continental

113
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What are Caillottes?

A

Pebbles of limestone rich portlandian Marl

114
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What is Terre blanche?

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Kimmeridgean marl rich in oyster fossils

115
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What is silex?

A

clay with flint

116
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What is the historical grape of the centre Loire?

117
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What are the three soil types found in Sancerre AOC?

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Cailottes
Silex
Terre Blanche

118
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Which is hillier Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé?

119
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What bank of the Loire can Pouilly-Fumé be found?

120
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What is the only grape permitted in Pouilly-sur-Loire?

121
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What river runs through Quincy AOC?

122
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What is the primary grape of Quincy AOC?

A

Sauvignon Blanc

123
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What style of wine does Reuilly AOC produce?

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Red, white and rosé

124
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What is the primary red grape of Reuilly AOC?

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Pinot Noir

125
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What is the primary white grape of Reuilly AOC?

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Sauvignon Blanc

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