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True or False: The Loire produces more white wine than any other French region

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True

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What are the classic white varietals for Loire wines

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Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne

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What is Cabernet Franc known as in Loire

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Breton

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What is Malbec called in the Loire

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Cot

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What is the grape varietal of Muscadet

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Melon de Bourgogne

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What is the basic appellation for Melon de Bourgogne

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Muscadet AOP

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What AOP produces over 80% of Muscadet production

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Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine AOP (23 communes near the confluence of the Maine and Sevre rivers)

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Where in Muscadet is the wine bottled sur lie

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Sevre-et-Maine (nearly half of its production)

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Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP

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northerly appellation, leaner wines

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Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu AOP

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newest appellation in Pays Nantais, basic Muscadet

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Hermine d’Or

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unofficial label term that promotes terroir and stresses age-ability

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Cru Communaux

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designation passed in 2011 of three subzones of Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine: Clisson, Le Pallet and Gorges, specified schist soils have to spend minimum 18 months sur lie

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Where is the sparkling wine production center of the Loire

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Saumur

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Pineau de la Loire

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Chenin Blanc in Anjou, where both sweet and dry versions are produced

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Grolleau

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The main grape of Anjou

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Savennieres AOP

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Most famous, tiny AOP, legally enforced very low yields 100% Chenin Blanc wines in this Anjou AOP, steep southern exposure and blue schist/volcanic debris soil structure produces excellent, complex wines.

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Coulee de Serrant

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Monopole of rigidly biodynamic Nicolas Joly

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What are the two unofficial grand crus of Savennieres

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Roche aux Moines and Coulee de Serrant, vineyards that are their own AOPs

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What are the sweet wine districts of Anjou-Saumur

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Coteaux du Layon and Coteaux de l’Aubance

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Quarts de Chaume AOP

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grand cru within Coteaux de Layon, sandstone and schist hillsides on the banks of the Layon River. Best sweet wine

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Domaine des Baumard

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Good producers for both Savennieres and Quarts du Chaume

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Chateau des Fesles

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one of best estates in Bonnezeaux (AOP for sweet wines in Coteaux de Layon)

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Anjou-Villages AOP

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red wine only appellation, some of the region’s best Cabernet Franc

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Saumur AOP

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red, dry white and sparkling white and rose wines.

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Saumur whites
Chenin Blanc, can include up to 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc (same as Anjou Blanc)
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Saumur Rouge wines
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pineau d'Aunis
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Cremant de Loire AOP
promising area for sparkling, allows blending across Touraine and Anjou-Saumur
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Tuffeau
Limestone soils of Saumur and Touraine
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Champigny
"field of fire" in Saumur. Hard, shale and iron rich soil.
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Saumur-Champigny
Light bright floral Cabernet Franc
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Classic Loire Cabernet Franc is best where
Chinon, Bourgueil, St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
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Chinon 3 soils
tuffeau, clay, varennes (varennes closest to River Vienne, tuffeau on slopes)
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Does Chinon allow white wine in the appellation
Yes, Chenin Blanc white wine
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Vouvray AOP
Touraine's largest and most important white wine district, Chenin Blanc, tuffeau (tufa) limestone subsoil
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Vouvray sweetness levels
Sec, Sec-tendre, demi-sec, moelleux, liquereux, Chenin Blanc grape, depending on the year and the vintage
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Montlouis-sur-Loire AOP
formerly part of Vouvray, wines similar in style, across from Vouvray on south bank of the Loire
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Touraine AOP encepagement mandate
Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, max 20% Sauvignon Gris, reds include Gamay, Groslot, Pineau d'Aunis, Cabernet Franc
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Touraine Noble-Joue AOP
recreates historical style of vin gris, blend of Gris Meunier, Malvosie and Pinot Noir
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Coteaux de Loir AOP
reds and roses based on Pineau d'Aunis and whites only Chenin Blanc, outlaying appellation on the Loir river in Touraine
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Jasnieres AOP
sub appellation of Coteaux de Loir, source of its best wines, Chenin Blanc alone, more herbaceous than Vouvray CB, in Touraine
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What grape is bottled varietally as Cour-Cheverny in Touraine
Romorantin
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Valencay AOP
AOP for both wine and goat's milk cheesev in Touraine, whites are mainly Sauvignon Blanc
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Where are the Loire's best Sauvignon Blanc vineyards
Central Vineyards
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Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume AOPs
Provide classic Loire style of Sauvignon Blanc, straddle the Loire River, steely, herbaceous, minerally, complex, long finish.
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Three main soil types of Sancerre
Silex, terres blanches, caillottes. Sancerre has limestone based soils
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Terre blanche
continuation of Kimmeridgian clay in Central Vineyards that extends East into Chablis
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Caillottes
Stony soil with fossils
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Silex
High proportion of flint, in Pouilly-Fume, gives a "gunflint" character to the wines
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Quincy AOP
Central Vineyards, white wine only AOP, Sauvignon Blanc, second demarcated appellation in France after Chateauneuf du Pape.
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What are the classic red wine grapes of the Loire?
Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Gamay, Groslot
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What are the most common wines that come from Anjou
Whites from Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc, Reds from Cabernet Franc
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Rose d'Anjou and Cabernet d'Anjou
Rose from Cabernet Franc and Rose from Cabernet Sauvignon
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Anjou-Villages
Red wines from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
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What are the Coteaux de Layon AOPs in the Anjou Layon Valley
Bonnezeaux, Quarts de Chaume (Grand Cru), Coteaux de Layon
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Menetou-Salon
Adjacent (west of) Sancerre on the left bank of the Loire after it has turned south, central vineyards, White from Sauvignon Blanc, Red and rose from Pinot Noir
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Reuilly
Central Vineyards AOP, west of Quincy, which is west of Menetou-Salon AOP, whites, reds and roses from Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
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What is Gros Plant a synonym for
Folle Blanche
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Pineau de la Loire is a synonym for what grape variety
Chenin Blanc
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What is the maximum percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon that can be added to Bourgeuil (Boor-goy)
10%
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What are the grape varieties associated with each of these? ``` Côtes du Forez Touraine Noble-Joué Coteaux du Loir Orléans Cléry Quincy ```
``` Gamay Pinot Meunier Pineau d'Aunis Cabernet Franc Sauvignon Blanc ```

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