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1
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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

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Chenin Blanc, can include up to 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc (same as Anjou Blanc)

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Saumur Rouge wines

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Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pineau d’Aunis

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Cremant de Loire AOP

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promising area for sparkling, allows blending across Touraine and Anjou-Saumur

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Tuffeau

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Limestone soils of Saumur and Touraine

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Champigny

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“field of fire” in Saumur. Hard, shale and iron rich soil.

30
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Saumur-Champigny

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Light bright floral Cabernet Franc

31
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Classic Loire Cabernet Franc is best where

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Chinon, Bourgueil, St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

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Chinon 3 soils

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tuffeau, clay, varennes (varennes closest to River Vienne, tuffeau on slopes)

33
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Does Chinon allow white wine in the appellation

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Yes, Chenin Blanc white wine

34
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Vouvray AOP

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Touraine’s largest and most important white wine district, Chenin Blanc, tuffeau (tufa) limestone subsoil

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Vouvray sweetness levels

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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

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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

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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

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recreates historical style of vin gris, blend of Gris Meunier, Malvosie and Pinot Noir

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Coteaux de Loir AOP

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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

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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

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Romorantin

42
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Valencay AOP

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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

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Central Vineyards

44
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Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume AOPs

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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

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Silex, terres blanches, caillottes. Sancerre has limestone based soils

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Terre blanche

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continuation of Kimmeridgian clay in Central Vineyards that extends East into Chablis

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Caillottes

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Stony soil with fossils

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Silex

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High proportion of flint, in Pouilly-Fume, gives a “gunflint” character to the wines

49
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Quincy AOP

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Central Vineyards, white wine only AOP, Sauvignon Blanc, second demarcated appellation in France after Chateauneuf du Pape.

50
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What are the classic red wine grapes of the Loire?

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Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Gamay, Groslot

51
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What are the most common wines that come from Anjou

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Whites from Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc, Reds from Cabernet Franc

52
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Rose d’Anjou and Cabernet d’Anjou

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Rose from Cabernet Franc and Rose from Cabernet Sauvignon

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Anjou-Villages

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Red wines from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon

54
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What are the Coteaux de Layon AOPs in the Anjou Layon Valley

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Bonnezeaux, Quarts de Chaume (Grand Cru), Coteaux de Layon

55
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Menetou-Salon

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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

56
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Reuilly

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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

57
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What is Gros Plant a synonym for

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Folle Blanche

58
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Pineau de la Loire is a synonym for what grape variety

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Chenin Blanc

59
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What is the maximum percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon that can be added to Bourgeuil (Boor-goy)

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10%

60
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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
A 
Gamay	
Pinot Meunier	
Pineau d'Aunis	
Cabernet Franc	
Sauvignon Blanc

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