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What are the 4 appellations in pay nantais

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Muscadet AOP, Muscadet coteaux de la Loire AOP, Muscadet côte de grandleiu AOP, Muscadet sevre-et-maine AOP

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The Loire produces more what than any other region second to champagne

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White wine

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What grape is grown in pay nantais?

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Melon de Bourgogne

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What are the three requirements for Sur Lie?

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Orignate in 3 zones
Aged over the lees
Bottled without filtration

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What are the four major appellations of the Loire

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Pay nantais, Anjou-samur, tourraine, central vineyards

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Savennieres AOP is 100% white from what grape

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Chenin blanc

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What is famous soil from savennieres that makes their wines so good

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Blue shist and volcanic debris

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What are the very important unofficial grand crus of savennieres

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Roche aux Moines, Coulée de Serrant

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What is the special soil type found in samur AOP

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Tuffeau

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In tourraine the most ageworthy Reds come from three AOPs

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Chinon AOP
Bourgueil AOP
St Nicholas de Bourgueil AOP

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One major descriptor for tourraine Cabernet franc is

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Green tobacco

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What is the most important white in tourraine

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Vouvray AOP

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What is the grape grown in vouvray AOP

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Chenin blanc

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What appellation in tourraine is known for their rose

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Tourraine noble-Jove AOP ( Pinot Gris , Pinot noir, Pinot meunière

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What are the two major AOP of the central vineyards known for Sauvignon blanc

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Sancerre and Pouilly fume

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Three main soil types from central vineyards

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Silex, terres blanches, caillottes

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Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP is known for producing a red made out of what grape

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Chasselas. Pinot noir

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Reuilly AOP, Quincy AOP, Coteaux du Giennois AOP is known for

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Value Sauvignon blanc

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What is the synonym they use for Pinot noir?

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Breton

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Muscadet sevre et maine has three subzones, what are they?

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Le pallet, clisson, and gorges

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Where is the center for sparkling wine production in the Loire (Cremant de Loire) ?

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Saumur

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What are the ranges of sweetness for vouvray wines

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Sec, sec tendre, Demi sec, moelleaux, liquereux

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What is a pure Pinot Noir appellation in the Loire

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Reuilly

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Pouilly fume and Sancerre are the two main appellations in the central vineyards, what is one thing that sets them apart

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Pouilly fume is always white while Sancerre can be red or rosé

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