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What is the principal white grape of the Lower Loire?

A

Melon de Bourgogne

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What is the prinicpal white grape of the Middle Loire?

A

Chenin Blanc

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What is the principal white grape of the Centre-Loire?

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Sauvignon Blanc

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What is the principal red grape of the

Middle Loire?

A

Cabernet Franc

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What is the principal red grape of the Centre-Loire?

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Pinot Noir

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What is the climate of the Lower Loire?

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Maritime

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What is the climate of the Middle Loire?

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Maritime with continental influences

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The Loire River takes its name from the latin word “liger”. What does liger mean?

A

Silt or Sediment

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What is the Pays Nantais is also

known as?

A

The Lower Loire

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9
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What is the climate of the Centre-Loire?

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Continental

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10
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What does “fines bulles” refer to?

A

Fine Bubbles.

In the Loire, the term refers to all types of wine within the sparkling category (pétillant, mousseux, crémant).

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Who was Henry Plantagenet?

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Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine, King Henry II of England

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Where is “Black Anjou”?

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Western Anjou; soils here are dark schist and sandstone.

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What is “tuffeau”?

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Turonian chalk; found in the Middle Loire.

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Where is “White Anjou”?

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Eastern Anjou; soils here are white tuffeau or Turonian chalk.

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14
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What are “perruches”?

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Flinty-clay soils found in the Middle Loire

15
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What does “silex” refer to?

A

Flint; found in the Centre-Loire.

15
Q

Name the only Grand Cru in the Loire Valley?

A

Quarts de Chaume

Grand Cru

16
Q

What does “terres blanches” refer to?

A

Limestone-rich Kimmeridgean marl found in the Centre-Loire.

17
Q

What does “caillottes” refer to?

A

Limestone-rich Portlandian marl pebbles found in the Centre-Loire

18
Q

What is the name of the regional IGP for

the Loire Valley?

A

Val de Loire

19
Q

What is the principal grape used in the production of sweet wines in the Loire?

A

chenin blanc

20
Q

Côt is a Loire synonym for which grape?

A

malbec

21
Q

Crémant de Loire production is concentrated in which part of the region?

A

middle loire

22
Q

Coulée de Serrant is

a monopole.

True or False?

A

true

22
Q

What is Touraine Noble Joué?

A

A vin gris made from Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Meunier.

23
Q

Gros Plant is a Loire synonym for which grape?

A

Folle Blanche

24
Q

What is the “Chaine des Puys”?

A

A chain of extinct volcanoes in the

Upper Loire.

25
Q

Savennières Roche Aux Moines is a monopole.

True or False?

A

FALSE

26
Q

DGC is an acronym

for which term?

A

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