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What is a synonym for pinot gris in the Loire?

A

malvoisie

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What is the max yield for Muscades SEM with a subzone?

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45 hl/ha

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What are the sugar levels and corresponding designations in the Loire?

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sec <8 g/L
demi sec 8-12 g/L
moelleux 12-45 g/L
doux > 45 g/L

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What are the 3 soil types of Sancerre?

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  • terres blanches
  • caillottes
  • silex
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What are the 3 soil types of Chinon?

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  • tuffeau
  • clay
  • varennes (sandy/alluvial)
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What style of wine is made in Touraine Noble-Joue AOP?

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dry rose made form at least 50% meunier (plus pinot noir and gris)

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What are the allowed grapes of Saumur-Champigny AOP?

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cab franc plus max combined 15% cab sauv, pineau d’aunis

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What is the only commune of production in Bonnezeaux AOP?

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Thouarce

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What Loire AOP utilizes meunier and chardonnay?

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Orleans AOP

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What 8 villages can use the Saumur-Champigny AOP?

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  • Chace
  • Montsoreau
  • Parnay
  • Saumur
  • St Cyr En Bourg
  • Sauzay Champigny
  • Turquant
  • Varrains
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What is the min abv for Saumur-Champigny?

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10.5%

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What styles of wine are allowed in Cotes d’Auvergne AOP?

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white - 100% chardonay
red/rose - min 50% gamay plus pinot noir

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What are the 10 Cru Communaux of Muscadet?

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  • Champtoceaux
  • Chateau Thebaud
  • Clisson
  • Gorges
  • Goulaine
  • La Haye-Fouassiere
  • Le Pallet
  • Monnieres-Saint-Fiacre
  • Mouzillon Tillieres
  • Vallet
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What 3 villages make up Savanierres?

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  • Savannieres
  • Possoniere
  • Bouchemaine
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What style of wine is allowed in Anjou-Villages Brissac AOP?

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dry red based on cab franc and cab sauv

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What styles of wine are allowed in Coteaux du Giennois AOP?

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dry white - 100% sauv blanc
dry red/rose - pinot noir and gamay (no one exceeding 80%)

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What is the max yield in Quarts de Chaume AOP?

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20 hl/ha

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What are the 4 main soil types in Sevre et Main?

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  • Gneiss
  • Silica
  • Clay
  • Granite
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What are the principal grapes found in reds from Touraine AOP?

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vineyards east of Tours - 50% cot
vineyards west of Tours - 80% cab franc

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What type of soil is in Savanierres?

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blue schist with volcanic debris

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What style of wine is allowed in Cabernet d’Anjou AOP?

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rose of cab franc and cab sauv

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What is the permitted grape of Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP?

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chasselas

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23
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What is the age requirement for Muscadet AOP Cru Communal?

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min 24 months sur lie

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24
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What 3 new AOPs have been authorized for gros plant (folle blanche)?

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  • Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
  • Coteaux d’Ancenis
  • Fiefs Vendeens
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What AOP specializes in dry rose made from 100% pineau d’aunis?

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Coteaux du Vendomais AOP

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What wines are allowed in Coteaux de Saumur AOP?

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off dry and sweet chenin

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What are the allowed grapes for Rose de Loire AOP?

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  • grolleau/gris
  • cab franc
  • cab sauv
  • pinot noir
  • gamay
  • pinot d’aunis
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28
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For roses form Touraine AOP, no single grape can account for what percentage of the blend?

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70%

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What is the max percent of cab sauv allowed in Chinon AOP?

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10%

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30
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What are the origin and end points for the Loire river?

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  • originates in Massif Cental
  • empties into Atlantic
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What climatic event in Pays Nantais solidified it as a white wine region?

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frost of 1709 wiped out all red grapes

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What 2 Loire AOPs make red from 100% gamay?

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  • Cotes du Fprez
  • Cote Roannaise
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What is the soil makeup of Quarts de Chaume?

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sandstone and schist hillsides

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What wine wine only AOP in the Loire was the 2nd demarcated appellation in France?

A

Quincy AOP

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35
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What is the commune of production for Quarts de Chaume AOP?

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Rochefort-sur-Loire

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What are the requirements for Montlouis-sur-Loire AOP vin mousseaux?

A
  • ancestral method
  • hand harvested
  • native yeast
  • min 9 months on lees
  • must be disgorged
  • no dosage
  • vintage dated
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What local grape is blended with chardonnay and sauv blanc in the whites of Saint-Pourcain AOP?

A

tresallier

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What is the min must weight and elevage for Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP SGN?

A

323 g/L
not released until June 15, 2YFH

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What is gabbro?

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coarse grained, igneous rock formed by slow cooling (magnesium and iron rich) magma

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What are the principal and accessory white grapes of Fiefs Vendeens AOP?

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  • chenin (min 60%)
  • chardonnay (min 10%)
  • grolleau gris
  • sauv blanc
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What is the min abv of Chinon rouge?

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10.5%

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What is the max yield for Muscadet-Coteaux-de-Loire AOP?

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55 hl/ha

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What are the ‘sur lie’ requirements for Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP?

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  • 153 g/L must weight
  • kept on lees until March 1, YFH
  • bottled directly off lees between March 1-Nov 30 YFH
  • cant be released until March 8, YFH
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44
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What 7 villages can append their name to Coteaux du Layon AOP?

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  • Beaulieu sur Layon
  • Chaume
  • Rochefort sur Loire
  • Faye d’Anjou
  • Rablay sur Loire
  • St Lambert du Lattay
  • St Aubin de Ligne
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What is the min abv for Sancerre?

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10.5%

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What are the accessory varieties allowed in Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP?

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  • montils
  • max 10% colombard
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47
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In what year was Quarts de Chaume given Grand Cru status?

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2010

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What styles of wine are allowed in Coteaux du Loire AOP?

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dry red, white, and rose

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49
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What red grapes are allowed in Cheverney AOP?

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  • pinot noir
  • gamay
  • cot
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What is the min RS and elevage for Quarts de Chaume AOP?

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85 g/L
not released until Sept 1, YFH

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In what region is Coteaux d’Ancenis located?

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Pays Nantais

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What is the assemblage for reds and rose of Coteaux d’Ancenis?

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gamay with max 10% cab franc

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Rose makes up what percentage of Anjou’s production and what is the dominant grape?

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45%
grolleau

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White wines of Coteaux d’Ancenis are based on what grape?

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pinot gris (malvoisie)

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Where does the Loire Valley rank in France’s white wine production?

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1st
- produces more white wine than any other region in France

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What are the 7 allowed grapes of Rose d’Anjou AOP?

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  • grolleau/ gris
  • cab franc
  • cab sauv
  • cot
  • malbes
  • pineau d’aunis
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57
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What is the climate of the Loire’s Central Valley?

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cool continental

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58
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What exposure would you find in Savannieres?

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steep southern exposure

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The white wine of Haut-Poitou AOP is based on what grapes?

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min 60% sauv blanc plus sauv gris

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What styles of wine are allowed in Anjou AOP?

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  • white, rose, red
  • sparkling
  • sweet
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What is the assemblage for red wine in Anjou AOP?

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cab franc plus cab sauv
- max 30% combined pineau d’aunis and grolleau

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What Loire AOP recreates a historical style of vin gris?

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Touraine Noble-Joue AOP

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What AOP in the Loire produces white from the chasselas grape?

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Pouilly-sur-Loire

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What is the assemblage of Saumur Puy Notre Dame AOP?

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cab franc plus max 15% cab sauv

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What is the max percentage of chardonnay allowed in Muscadet AOP?

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10%

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Red and rose of Valencay AOP must be a blend of what 3 varieties? What accessory varieties are allowed?

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  • gamay, pinot noir, malbec
  • max 20% cab franc (and cab sauv until 2024 harvest)
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67
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What percentage of Muscadet production is accounted for by Sevre-et-Main?

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80%

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68
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What is the min abv for Vouvray?

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11%

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What are the principal red and white grapes of Orleans AOP?

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  • chardonnay
  • meunier
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70
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What styles of wine are allowed in Anjou Coteaux de la Loire AOP?

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semi-dry and sweet white made from 100% chenin

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What styles of wine are made in Chateaumeillant AOP?

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gamay dominant red and rose (PN as accessory)

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Muscadet sur lie can only be applied to which 3 sub-appellations?

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  • Coteaux de la Loire
  • Cotes de Grandlieu
  • Sevre-et-Main
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What is the Methode Nantais?

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fermenting and aging (inertly on lees) in large, glass-lined underground tanks

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In what year did Coulee de Serrant and Roche Aux Moins receive their own AOPs?

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2011

75
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In what century was the first conclusive evidence of chenin blanc in the Loire?

A

16th century

76
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What grapes are allowed in Coteaux du Loir AOP?

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white - chenin
red - pineau d’aunis (min 65%), cot, gamay, grolleau

77
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What Loire region is closest to the Atlantic?

A

Pays Nantais

78
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What styles of wine are allowed in Saumur AOP?

A
  • dry white, rose, and red
  • sparkling
79
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Anjou-Villages is authorized for what color wine only?

A

red only

80
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What styles of wine are produced in Cotes du Forez AOP and Cote Roannaise AOP?

A

red and rose based on gamay

81
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What is the soil type for Clos Rougeard’s ‘Le Bourg’’ grapes?

A

clay

82
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What is the elevage for Muscadet Sevre-et-Main AOP subzones?

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  • Goulaine and Le Pallet must age on fine lees until April 1, 2YFH
  • all other subzones must age on fine lees until Oct 1, 2YFH
83
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White wine from Coteaux du Vendomais AOP is based on what grape?

A

chenin blanc

84
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What is the assemblage for white wines of Saint-Pourcain AOP?

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50-80% chardonnay
20-40% sacy
max 10% sauv blanc

85
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What are the 2 general appellations of the Loire Valley?

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  • Cremant de Loire AOP
  • Rose de Loire AOP
86
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What grapes are permitted in Rose de Loire AOP?

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  • chenin
  • cab franc
  • cab sauc
  • pineau d’aunis
  • pinot noir
  • chard
  • arbois
  • grolleau noir/gris
87
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The Clos des Briords parcel lies within which Muscadet cru?

A

Chateau-Thebaud

88
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What are the 3 distinct sections of Coulee de Serrant?

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  • Grand Clos de la Coulee
  • Clos du Chateau
  • Les Plantes
89
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What is the min RS for Rose d’Anjou AOP?

A

7 g/L

90
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What are the max yields in Cremant de Loire AOP?

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74 hl/ha

91
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What is the primary soil type of the village of Breze?

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turonian chalk

92
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What is the mandated assemblage of Cremant de Loire AOP?

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  • max 30% combined cab sauv and pineau d’aunis
  • plus accessories
93
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What are the ‘anjou noir’ and ‘anjou blanc’ soils?

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noir - dark schist
blanc - limestone

94
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What is the pricipal soil type in Quincy AOP?

A

sand

95
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What is the min potential alcohol for Muscadet Sevre-et-Main AOP?

A

10% (11% with subzone)

96
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What is the max yield for Coteaux du Layon Chaume Premier Cru AOP?

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25 hl/ha

97
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Coteaux du Loir AOP is based on what style of wine?

A

red and rose made from pineau d’aunis

98
Q

What are the 5 subzones of Fiefs Vendeens?

A
  • Brem
  • Chantonnay
  • Mareuil
  • Pisotte
  • Vix
99
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What is the min RS for Coteaux du Layon?

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34 g/L

100
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What is the assemblage for red and rose from Saint-Pourcin AOP?

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rose - 100% gamay
red 40-75% gamay, 25-60% PN

101
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In which 2 Muscadet Sevre-et-Main subzones can gabbro soil be found?

A
  • Gorges
  • Mouzillon-Tillieres
102
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What 2 grapes must represent at least 60% of the blend for vin mousseaux from Touraine AOP?

A
  • chenin blanc
  • orbois
103
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How many hectares is Clos de la Coulee de Serrant?

A

7 ha

104
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What white grapes are allowed in Cheverney AOP?

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  • sauv blanc and sauv gris are primary
  • chard, chenin, orbois
105
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What are the 3 lieux-dits of Quarts de Chaume AOP?

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  • Les Quarts
  • Les Roueres
  • Le Veau
106
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In what year was ‘sur lie” added as a designation to Muscadet production?

A

1977

107
Q

What is the min RS in Bonnezeaux AOP?

A

51 g/L

108
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What are the 4 AOPs for Melon B in Pays Nantais?

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  • Muscadet
  • Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
  • Muscadet Sevre-et-Main
  • Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu
109
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Coteaux de l’Aubance is knows for what style of wine?

A

sweet

110
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What region is the center of sparkling wine in the Loire?

A

Saumur

111
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what proximal AOP closely resembles Vouvray in wine style?

A

Jasnieres AOP

112
Q

Chardonnay, gamay, and melon b all share which grapes as parents?

A

pinot noir X gouais blanc

113
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What style of wine is made in Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP?

A

dry white based on 70% gros plant (folle blanche)

114
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What is the allowed assemblage for white wine in Anjou AOP?

A

chenin plus max 20% combined chard and sauv blanc

115
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What type of soil is tuffeau?

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chalky, fine grained micaneous limestone

116
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What style of wine is not allowed on Bourgueil of St-Nicolas-de-Bourgeuil?

A

white wine

117
Q

As of 2020, what label designation will no longer be in use in Muscadet AOP?

A

sur lie

118
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What are the allowed grapes of Reuilly AOP?

A
  • sauv blanc
  • pinot gris
  • pinot noir
119
Q

What is Touraine’s largest and most important wine region?

A

Vouvray

120
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What are the primary grapes of Menetou-Salon AOP?

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  • sauv blanc
  • pinot noir
121
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Montlouis-sur-Loire was formerly part of what AOP?

A

Vouvray

122
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SAvannieres is located in which region?

A

Anjou

123
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What geographic designation can appear on the label of wines of Cremant de Loire AOP and Rose de Loire AOP?

A

Val de Loire

124
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What is the average annual rainfall in Pays Nantais?

A

29 in

125
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What are the red accessory varieties in haut-Poitou AOP?

A
  • gamay
  • gamay de bouze
  • gamay de chaudenay
  • merlot
  • PN
126
Q

Coteaux du Vendomais AOP vin gris must be made from 100% which grape?

A

pineau d’aunis

127
Q

What white grapes are allowed in Valencay AOP?

A
  • sauv blanc
  • orbois, chard, sauv gris
128
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What is the min abv for Muscadet-Sevre-et-Main with and without a subzone?

A

without - 10%
with - 11%

129
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What is the principal red variety of Haut-Poitou AOP?

A

cab franc

130
Q

Who produces the bottle Excelsior?

A

Luneau-Papin

131
Q

What is the primary soil type in Clisson?

A

granite

132
Q

Where does the Loire Valley rank on production of sparkling wine?

A

2nd (only to Champagne)

133
Q

What is the only grape allowed in Orleans-Clery AOP?

A

cab franc

134
Q

What unofficial label in Muscadet-Sevre-e-Main promotes terroir and age-ability?

A

Hermine d’Or

135
Q

What are the 2 AOP subregions of Coteaux du Layons?

A
  • Bonnezeaux
  • Quarts de Chaume
136
Q

What is the primary soil type of Vouvray and Montlouis?

A

clay and limestone over tufa

137
Q

What is the aging requirement for Muscadet sur lie?

A

cannot be bottled until March 1 after harvest

138
Q

What is the primary white grape makeup in Touraine AOP?

A

sauv balnc with a max 20% sauv gris

139
Q

What river influences the Quarts de Chaume AOP?

A

Layon River

140
Q

What are the principal and accessory varieties for rose in Fiefs Vendeens AOP?

A
  • pinot noir and gamay
  • plus cab franc, cab sauv, negrette
141
Q

What is the largest and most diverse region in the Loire Valley?

A

Anjou-Saumur

142
Q

Unlike Quarts de Chaume, what winemaking technique is legal in Bonnezeaux AOP?

A

chaptalization

143
Q

What is the climate of Pays Nantais?

A

cool maritime

144
Q

The best vineyards in the Loire Valley often face what direction?

A

south

145
Q

What is the soil type in Saumur-Champigny?

A

tuffeau limestone

146
Q

What is the grape of Cour-Cheverney AOP?

A

Romorantin

147
Q

What grapes are permitted in Valencay AOP rouge?

A
  • gamay
  • PN
  • cot
  • cab franc
148
Q

What is the longest river in France?

A

Loire River

149
Q

Name 5 synonyms for Cabernet Franc

A
  • Breton (Loire Valley)
  • Vidure (Graves)
  • Bouchet (Saint Emilion)
  • Carmenet (Medoc)
  • Tsapournako (Greece)
  • Bordo (Romania)
150
Q

Orbois is a Loire synonym for what grape?

A

arbois

151
Q

What are the main cities of the Loire valley from West to East?

A
  • Nantes
  • Angers
  • Saumur
  • Tours
  • Orleans
  • Nevers
152
Q

What is the largest sub-zone of the Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine AOP?

A

Goulaine

153
Q

What were the 3 first sub-region of Muscadet to be classified?

A

2011
- Clisson
- Gorges
- Le Pallet

154
Q

What is the residual sugar range for Coteau d’Ancenis white?

A

20-40 g/L
- 100% Pinot Gris (AKA Malvoisie)

155
Q

What Anjou village has it own AOP in Anjou? What other appellation shares the same delimitation border?

A
  • Anjou Village Brissac (red only)
    – Coteaux de l’Aubance (sweet wine based on chenin)
156
Q

What is the only appellation in the Loire valley that may add “Grand Cru” to the label?

A

Quarts de Chaume

157
Q

Who produces ‘Cuvée de Nonnes’ and ‘Cuvée de l’Abbesse?’

A

Doamine de la Roche Aux Moines

158
Q

What is the local name for Chenin Blanc in Anjou?

A

Pineau de la Loire

159
Q

Why is Quarts de Chaume conducive to botrytis?

A

the northern slope protects the south facing vineyards from northerly winds that would otherwise cause the morning mist/dew that comes of the Layon River to dissipate.

160
Q

What is the Grand cru appellation for sweet wine in the Loire Valley? Describe it

A

Quarts de Chaume
- 100% Chenin Blanc
- RS: 85 g/L (35 g/L prior 2011)
- Must weight: 298 g/L
- No chaptalisation
- South bank of the Loire Valley

161
Q

What are the cuvées of Domaine des Baumards in Coteaux du Layon?

A
  • Carte d’Or
  • Clos de Ste Catherine
  • Cuvée le Paon
162
Q

What is the specific name of the soil of Quarts de Chaume AOP?

A

Broverian Schist and Pudding sandstone

163
Q

Name all Loire AOCs for sweet wine production

A
  • Coteaux du Layon
  • Coteaux de l’Aubance
  • Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire AOP
  • Coteaux de Saumur AOP
  • Quarts de Chaume
  • Bonnezeaux
  • Anjou
  • Savennières
  • Savennières Roche Aux Moines
  • Coulée de Serrant
  • Rosé d’Anjou (off dry)
  • Cabernet d’Anjou (off dry)
164
Q

When did Quarts de Chaume became Grand cru level?

A

2010

165
Q

Who is the owner of Clos Rougeard?

A

Currently, owned by Bouygues Brothers (owners of chateaux Montrose) in June 2017 Previously, run by Foulcault Family for 8 generations (Since 1664)

166
Q

What is the flagship wine of Clos Rougeard?

A

Le Bour
- 100% cab franc
- 1 ha single plot
- 60 years old vines
- 16-24 months in new oak

167
Q

Describe Clos Rougeard’s ‘Ley Poyeaux’

A
  • 100% cab franc
  • single plot
  • 45 year old vines
  • aged in 2nd use oak
168
Q

What is the river of Chinon?

A

Vienne River

169
Q

What are the 8 communes of production of Vouvray?

A
  • Chançay
  • Noizay
  • Parcay-Mesley
  • Reugny
  • Rochecorbon
  • Tours
  • Verrou-Sur-Brenne
  • Vouvray
170
Q

What are the regulations of sparkling wine in Vouvray?

A
  • must be made in traditional method
  • not be released until 12 months after tirage
171
Q

Who produces Le Mont, Clos du Bourg, and Haut Lieu?

A

Huet

172
Q

What are the 2 villages of production of Jasnières AOP?

A
  • L’Homme
  • Ruillé-Sur-Loire
173
Q

What wine / grape varieties are allow in Touraine Azay Le Rideau AOP?

A

White: 100% Chenin Blanc
Rose: Min 60% Grolleau + Gamay, Côt, max 10% Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon

174
Q

Style of wine and grape varieties of:

Touraine Amboise AOP

A

Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
Rosé: min. 70% Cot with Gamay
Rouge: 100% Cot

175
Q

Style and grape varieties of:

Touraine Mesland AOP

A

Blanc: 60% Chenin blanc + max 30% Sauvignon Blanc, 15% max Chardonnay
Rose: 80% Gamay + Côt, Cabernet Franc
Rouge: 60% Gamay, 10-30% Côt, 10-30% Cabernet Franc

176
Q

Grape varieties and style of wine of:

Touraine Oisly AOP

A

Blanc only: 100% Sauvignon Blanc

177
Q

Name some important villages of Sancerre AOP

A

Menetou-Ratel
Bué
Bannay
Montigny
Ménétrol-sous-Sancerre
Verdigny
Veaugues
Vinon
Thauvenay

178
Q

Name some villages of Menetou-Salon AOP

A

Humbligny
Aubinges
Menetou-Salon
Morogues
Parassy
Pigny
Quantilly
Saint-Céols
Vignoux-Sous-les-Aix

179
Q

What are the 2 villages of production for Quincy?

A
  • Quincy
  • Brinay
180
Q

What are the villages of Reuilly AOP?

A
  • Cher
  • Indre
181
Q

Name three Lieux Dits in Chinon

A
  • Le Chene Vert
  • Le Clos de l’Olive
  • Clos de l’Echo
  • La Croix Boissie
182
Q

What appellation in the Loire for dry wine has the lowest yields?

A

Coulee de Serrant

183
Q

What is the shape and size of the Dagueneau barrels?

A

265 L cigar barrels

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