loire Flashcards
What is the principal white grape of the Lower Loire?
Melon de Bourgogne
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What is the prinicpal white grape of the Middle Loire?
Chenin Blanc
What is the principal white grape of the Centre-Loire?
Sauvignon Blanc
What is the principal red grape of the
Middle Loire?
Cabernet Franc
What is the principal red grape of the Centre-Loire?
Pinot Noir
What is the climate of the Lower Loire?
Maritime
What is the climate of the Middle Loire?
Maritime with continental influences
The Loire River takes its name from the latin word “liger”. What does liger mean?
Silt or Sediment
What is the Pays Nantais is also
known as?
The Lower Loire
What is the climate of the Centre-Loire?
Continental
What does “fines bulles” refer to?
Fine Bubbles.
In the Loire, the term refers to all types of wine within the sparkling category (pétillant, mousseux, crémant).
Who was Henry Plantagenet?
Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine, King Henry II of England
Where is “Black Anjou”?
Western Anjou; soils here are dark schist and sandstone.
What is “tuffeau”?
Turonian chalk; found in the Middle Loire.
Where is “White Anjou”?
Eastern Anjou; soils here are white tuffeau or Turonian chalk.
What are “perruches”?
Flinty-clay soils found in the Middle Loire
What does “silex” refer to?
Flint; found in the Centre-Loire.
Name the only Grand Cru in the Loire Valley?
Quarts de Chaume
Grand Cru
What does “terres blanches” refer to?
Limestone-rich Kimmeridgean marl found in the Centre-Loire.
What does “caillottes” refer to?
Limestone-rich Portlandian marl pebbles found in the Centre-Loire
What is the name of the regional IGP for
the Loire Valley?
Val de Loire
What is the principal grape used in the production of sweet wines in the Loire?
chenin blanc
Côt is a Loire synonym for which grape?
malbec
Crémant de Loire production is concentrated in which part of the region?
middle loire
Coulée de Serrant is
a monopole.
True or False?
true
What is Touraine Noble Joué?
A vin gris made from Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Meunier.
Gros Plant is a Loire synonym for which grape?
Folle Blanche
What is the “Chaine des Puys”?
A chain of extinct volcanoes in the
Upper Loire.
Savennières Roche Aux Moines is a monopole.
True or False?
FALSE
DGC is an acronym
for which term?
