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Saumur AOP covers red, dry white, and sparkling white and rosé wines. True or False.

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True

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What are the wines of Anjou-Villages AOP?

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Red wine only appellation for cab franc wines- some cab Sauvignon resulting in sturdier wines.

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What are the wines of Saumur-Champigny?

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A light, bright and elegantly floral expression of Cabernet Franc produced from eight villages.

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What are the soils of Saumur?

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Tuffeau

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What are the three famous appellations for Cabernet Franc in Tourraine?

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Chinon AOP, Bourgueil AOP, and St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP

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Describe the wines of Chinon and Bourgueil.

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From Cabernet Franc…Brimming with raspberry and green tobacco aromatics and framed by silky tannin, the wines demonstrate remarkable terroir distinctions.

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Which of the following appellations is within the Anjou region?

  • Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
  • Savennières
  • Vouvray
  • Chinon
  • Sancerre
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Savennières

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What is the grape of Pouilly-sur-Loire?

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Chasselas

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Which of the following appellations is a sweet wine appellation within Coteaux du Layon?

  • La Roche aux Moines
  • Clos de Coulée des Serrant
  • Bourgueil
  • Jasnières
  • Quarts du Chaume
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Quarts du Chaume

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Which of the following appellations does not produce white wines?

  • Vouvray
  • Muscadet
  • Chinon
  • St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
  • Coteaux de l’Aubance
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St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

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Which of the following appellations is located in the Central Vineyards?

  • Coteaux du Loir
  • Saumur
  • Menetou-Salon
  • Côtes du Forez
  • Montlouis-sur-Loire
A

Menetou-Salon

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Wines produced in Saumur may be bottled under the Anjou appellation.

  • True
  • False
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True

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What is the dominant soil type of Vouvray?

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Limestone over Tuffeau

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What is the primary red grape of Chinon?

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Cabernet Franc

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Sancerre rouge is produced from the Pinot Noir grape.

True or False

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True

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Match the grape to the appellation:

Bourgueil. Sauvignon Blanc
Pouilly Fume. Melon de Bourgogne
Muscadet Sèvre et Main. Cabernet Franc
Cour-Cheverny. Chenin Blanc
Coteaux du Layon Romorantin

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Bourgueil	      Cabernet Franc
Cour-Cheverny	 Romorantin
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine.  Melon de Bourgogne
Pouilly-Fumé	     Sauvignon Blanc 
Coteaux du Layon	   Chenin Blanc
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What grape is responsible for the red wines of Menetou-Salon?

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Pinot noir

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Which one of the following is not a requirement of sur lie labeling?
• wine must come from one of Muscadet’s three sub-appellations
• the wine is bottled directly off its fine lees without filtering
• the wine is bottled between 3/1 and 11/30 of year after harvest
• the wine must be sourced from vineyards planted in schist soils

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The wine must be sourced from vineyards with schist soil

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Chenin Blanc is the only grape allowed in the production of Vouvray.

True or False

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False

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Which of the following appellations does not produce white wines from Chenin Blanc?

  • Coteaux de l’Aubance
  • Savennières
  • La Roche aux Moines
  • Coteaux du Giennois
  • Jasnières
A

Coteaux du Giennois

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Which of the following is NOT considered a subzone of Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine AOP?

  • Oisly
  • Gorges
  • Clisson
  • Le Pallet
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Oisly

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The white wines of Cheverny are mostly comprised of Sauvignon Blanc.
True or False

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True

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Where is Valençay?

  • Anjou
  • Pays Nantais
  • Touraine
  • Central Vineyards
  • Saumur
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Touraine

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What is the grape of Quincy AOP?

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Gamay
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Sauvignon Blanc

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24
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Which producer owns the Clos de Coulée des Serrant vineyard, a monopole?

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Nicolas Joy

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25
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Match the appellation to the region:
Orléans-Cléry. Anjou
Bonnezeaux. Allier (central France)
Coteaux du Loir Touraine
St-Pourçain. Pays Nantais
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu. Central Vineyards

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Orléans-Cléry Central Vineyards
St-Pourçain Allier (Central France)
Bonnezeaux Anjou
Coteaux du Loir Touraine
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu. Pays Nantais

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Name the appellations of the Central Vineyards.

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Sancerre
Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-sur-Loire
Menetou-Salon
Quincy
Reuilly
Coteaux du Giennois
Orléans
Orléans-Cléry
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Name the appellations of Touraine.

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Touraine, Touraine Noble-Joué, Chinon, Bourgueil, St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Cheverny, Cour-Cheverny, Valençay, Coteaux du Loir, Jasnières, Coteaux du Vendômois

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Appellations of Anjou-Saumur.

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Anjou, Rosé d’Anjou, Anjou-Villages, Anjou-Villages Brissac, Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire, Cabernet d’Anjou, Cabernet de Saumur, Coteaux de l’Aubance, Coteaux du Layon, Bonnezeaux, Quarts du Chaume, Savennières, Savennières-Roche aux Moines, Savennières-Coulée de Serrant, Saumur, Saumur-Champigny, Coteaux de Saumur, Haut-Poitou (south of Saumur and Touraine)

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Name the appellations of Pays Nantais.

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Muscadet
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
Fiefs Vendéens
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
Coteaux d'Ancenis
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What is another name for Chenin Blanc in Anjou-Saumur?

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Pineau de la Loire

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Anjou makes a rosé from what grape (accounting for 45% of production)?

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Grolleau/ Groslot

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32
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Saumur is mainly known for the production of what?

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Crémant de Loire

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What are two sub-appellations of Savennières? Wines from 100% CB that display complexity and honeyed richness.

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Roche aux Moins and Coulée de Serrant

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Name two sweet wine districts south of Angers where the grapes are harvested in tries with a minimum residual sugar of 34 g/l?

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Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux de l’Aubance
Trade richness and unctousness with versatility at table

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35
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Name two AOP within Coteaux du Layon for sweet wine production. Name at least one producer for each.

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Bonnezeaux. Chateau des Fesles.

Quarts du Chaume (Grand Cru). Domaine des Baumard and Château Pierre-Bise.

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What is the soil and river common to Quarts du Chaume?

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Consists of sandstone and schist hillsides on the banks of the Layon River.

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What is the minimum residual sugar of Quarts du Chaume?

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80 g/l

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38
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What is the grape of the Pays Nantais?

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Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet is the name of the wine)

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What appellation boasts 80% of Muscadet production?

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Muscadet Sèvre-et-Main. 23 communes.

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What are the requirements of the designation “sur lie” in Muscadet Sèvre-et-Main?

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Aged over winter and bottled, without filtering, between 3/1 and 11/30 in year after harvest.

41
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“Sur lie” aging adds complexity, richness and a slight sparkle. True or False

42
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Name the three sub zones for Muscadet Sèvre-et-Main?

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Clisson, Le Pallet, and Gorges.

43
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What are the requirements of the “Cru Communaux” designation, proposed in 2001?

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Requires wines from specified schist soils to spend a minimum 18 months sur lie—longer than the actual sur lie term allows.

44
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What is the unofficial term that denotes a badge of quality?

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“Hermine d’Or”, label term that promotes terroir and stresses age-ability.

45
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What is the AOP for Folle Blanche in Pays Nantais?

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Gros Plant du Pays Nantais

46
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What is the AOP for young, Gamay based wines in Pays Nantais?

A

Fiefs Vendèens

47
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Vouvray can only be made in sec and sec-tendre styles. True or False

A

False. It can be made in a range of styles from sec, sec-tendre (off-dry), demi-sec to moelleux and liquereux.
Can also be traditional method sparkling (petillant or mousseux)

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What is the other grape permitted, but not often encountered, for Vouvray?

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Orbois (Menu Pineau)

49
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What are the grapes and styles of Montlouis-sur-Loire AOP?

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Same as Vouvray, but no Orbois.

50
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Name the AOP in the northern Loire that is similar to Vouvray but more herbaceous and green.

A

Jasnières AOP.

51
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Touraine Noble-Joué is know for a historical style red wine from Cabernet Franc. True or False

A

False. Historical style Vin Gris from Gris Meunier (Pinot Meunier), Malvoise (Pinot Gris) and Pinot Noir.

52
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What are the white wines of Valençay in Central France? What else is it known for?

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Sauvignon Blanc. Goats’ milk cheese.

53
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What two regions by the Loir, tributary of the Loire, in Allier are know for rosé of Pineau d’Aunis?

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Coteaux du Loir and Coteaux du Vendômois.

54
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What is the river of Touraine?

55
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What is the the climate of the Central Vineyards?

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Continental

56
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What white varietal reigns in the Central Vineyards?

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Sauvignon Blanc

57
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What soils are common throughout Pouilly-Fumé? What characteristic does it impart?

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Silex. Gun flint.

58
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What two appellations in the Central Vineyards sit across the Loire from each other?

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Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre

59
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What are the soils of Sancerre?

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Terre Blanches: kimmeridgian clay, similar to close by Chablis
Caillottes: stony soil littered with fossils
Silex: flint

60
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What white wine only appellation was the second demarcated appellation of France?

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Quincy

Preceded only by Chateauneuf-du-Pape.

61
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What is the heartland of Anjou Villages for Cabernet Franc, sturdied by Cabernet Sauvignon?

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Anjou-Villages-Brissac. Can be well-priced alternative to Touraine in ripe years.

62
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What are the two rosé appellations of Anjou?

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Cabernet d’Anjou and Rosé d’Anjou.

63
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What are the two sparkling wines of Saumur?

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Saumur Mousseux and Crèmant de Loire.
Crèmant considered finer in some ways.
From Chenin Blanc and up to 10% Chardonnay- often what is too tart and thin for still wine goes into Mousseux.

64
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What are the soils of Bourgueil, compared to Chinon?

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Steeper slopes with more limestone vs. riverside sand and gravel by river and tuffeau on hillsides.
Bougueil, generally , can age longer.

65
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Who is the best known producer of Vouvray?

66
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Montlouis-sur-Loire is similar to Vouvray in style but is stereotypically lighter. True or False

67
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What is another name for Pinot Meunier? Pinot Gris?

A

Gris Meunier. Malvoise.

68
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What is another name for Cabernet Franc in Loire?

69
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What is pourriture noble?

70
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What are the two famous appellations of Thouarcé and Rochefort-sur-Loire respectively?

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Bonnezeaux and Quarts du Chaume.

71
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The grapes for Crèmant de Loire may only come from Saumur? True or False

A

False. They may come from a blend of grapes from across Anjou-Saumur and Touraine.

72
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What does Champigny translate to?

A

Field of fire

73
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What wines are produced under Touraine AOP?

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Red, white, rosé.

74
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What reds are sold under Touraine AOP?

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Groslot, Pineau d’Aunis, Gamay and Cabernet Franc.

Gamay as primeur bottlings.

75
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What are generally acknowledged as the best vineyards in Sancerre?

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Chêne Marchand in the village of Bué

Monts Damnés in Chavignol

76
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Quincy AOP is a white wine only appellation for Chenin Blanc. True or False

A

False. White wine only from Sauvignon Blanc

77
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What is the primary grape of Menetou-Salon? Describe the wine and soil.

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Pinot Noir. A light touch ideal for a summer lunch- limestone soils.

78
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Only Red wines may be produced in the Chinon AOP. True or False.

A

False. Small amount of white from Chenin Blanc

79
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Name three AOP’s in the Loire Valley that are for Rosé production only.

A

Cabernet d’Anjou, Rosé d’Anjou and Coteaux du Vendômois

80
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Name the seven villages that are entitled to add their name to the Coteaux du Layon AOP

A

Beaulieu-sur-Layon, Rochefort-sur-Loire, Faye d’Anjou, St-Lambert du Lattay, St-Aubin de Luigné, Rablay-sur-Layon, and Chaume

81
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In which district of the Loire would you find Quarts de Chaume?
Saumur
Touraine
Coteaux du Layon
Loire Valley
A

Coteaux du Layon

82
Q

The Loire is the longest river in France? True or False

83
Q

Gros Plant is the Folle Blanche grape? True or False

84
Q

What is the climate of the Loire?

A

Cool, northern

85
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What is the soil of Muscadet, fanned out from the city of Nantes?

A

Granite, gneiss and/or schist

86
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What is the appellation the vaguely sweet, generic white wines made throughout Anjou-Saumur?

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Anjou-Blanc

87
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What are the soils and topography of the vineyards of Savennières?

A

Steep, south-facing slopes of volcanic schist

88
Q

What are the three appellations in France made up f a single property?

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Coulée de Serrant, Romanée Conti in Burgundy and Château-Grillet in the Rhone.

89
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Describe the Flavors and structure of Savennières?

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Quince, chamomile, honey and cream with a lightning bolt of acidity.

90
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Name the three sparkling wine producers located in Saumur owned by Taittinger, Bollinger and Alfred Gratien?

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Bouvet-Labuday, Gratien et Meyer, Langlois-Château

91
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What are the rules of making a crémant, besides having to be made by the Méthode Traditionelle?

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The grapes must be harvested by hand, yields must be lower than those for wines labeled sparkling and the wine must be aged for one year.

92
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Unlike Champagne, many crémant blends contain some Cabernet Franc. True or False

93
Q

Chinon is generally the softest and most elegant of the three. True or False

94
Q

Touraine Rouge is the basic appellation made from one or any combination of which grapes?

A

Cab Franc, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, côt, Pineau d’Aunis and Grolleau

95
Q

Touraine Primeur is Touraine Rouge bottled immediately after the harvest when the wine is fresh and grapey (like Beaujolais Nouveau). True or False

96
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Where is Saviennieres and what is its unique soil?

A

North bank of Loire. Blue schist mixed with volcanic debris.

97
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What are the qualifications to be labeled sur lie for Muscadet?

A

Comes from one of three appellations and aged over winter and bottled directly off the lees between 3/1 and 11/30.

98
Q

What is the Loire’s largest, most diverse and most dynamic region?

99
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What percentage of Anjou’s total production is devoted to rosé? What is the dominant grape?

A

40%

Grolleau

100
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What are the wines of Anjou-Villages AOP?

A

Red wine only appellation with cab franc and cab sauv.

101
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What are the sweetness levels of Vouvray AOP?

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Sec, sec-tendre, Demi-sec, molleux, liquereux

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