Loire

Question 1

w e loire + climates

Answer 1

nantais; maritime
anjour saumur; maritime influence but warmer due to protection re: Mauges hills; stony soils
touraine; cooler; wetter;
central vineyards; continental

Question 2

loire IGP

Answer 2

val de loire

Question 3

viti problems loire

Answer 3

disease - b/c wet fungal disease can be an issue in certain vintages

Question 4

loire sauv blanc regions

Answer 4

cent vineyards; sancerre; pouilly fume; menetou salon

touraine; most produced here

Question 5

loire sauv blanc flavours

Answer 5

green apple, grapefruit, wet stones (stone fruit warmer; jalepeno cooler)

Question 6

where is les monts damnes

Answer 6

sancerre

Question 7

maturation pref loire sauv b

Answer 7

ss, sometimes neut oak; rarely new.

Question 8

loire chenin flavours

Answer 8

high acid; apple to tropical; steely; smoky; wet wool; apricot; citrus hay toast honey

Question 9

vouvray soil

Answer 9

clay = light to emd body, floral fresh fruity (cool climate) new oak virt never used
anjou/saumur = similar

Question 10

centre for spk chenin blanc in loire

Answer 10

saumur (trad meth)

Question 11

Nantais AOPs

Answer 11

Fiefs-Vendéens-Brem cb;sb;ch
Fiefs-Vendéens Chantonnay
Fiefs-Vendéens-Mareuils
Fiefs-Vendéens-Pissotte
Fiefs-Vendéens-Vix
Gros-plant du Pays Nantais - gros plant
Muscadet - melon
Muscadet-Coteaux-de-la-Loire
Muscadet-Côtes-de-Grandlieu
Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine

Question 12

Anjou AOPs

Answer 12

Anjou
Anjou Mousseux
Anjou Pétillant
Anjou-Coteaux-de-la-Loire
Anjou-Gamay
Anjou-Villages
Anjou-Villages Brissac
Bonnezeaux
Cabernet-d'Anjou
Chaume
Coteaux-d'Ancenis
Coteaux-de-l'Aubance
Coteaux-du-Layon
Coteaux-du-Loir
Jasnières
Quarts-de-Chaume
Rosé d'Anjou
Rosé d'Anjou pétillant
Savennières
Savennières-Coulée-de-Serrant
Savennières-Roche-aux-Moines
Vin-du-Thouarsais

Question 13

Saumur AOPs

Answer 13

Cabernet-de-Saumur
Coteaux-de-Saumur
Saumur
Saumur Mousseux
Saumur Pétillant
Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame
Saumur-Champigny

Question 14

Touraine AOPs

Answer 14

Bourgueil
Cheverny
Chinon
Coteaux-du-Vendômois
Cour-Cheverny
Haut-Poitou
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Montlouis-sur-Loire Mousseux
Montlouis-sur-Loire Pétillant
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
Touraine
Touraine Mousseux
Touraine Pétillant
Touraine-Amboise
Touraine-Azay-le-Rideau
Touraine Chenonceaux
Touraine-Mesland
Touraine-Noble-Joué
Touraine Oisly
Valençay
Vouvray
Vouvray Mousseux
Vouvray Pétillant

Question 15

Centre AOPs

Answer 15

Blanc Fumé de Pouilly
Châteaumeillant
Côte-Roannaise
Coteaux-du-Giennois
Côtes-d'Auvergne
Côtes-d'Auvergne-Boudes
Côtes-d'Auvergne-Chanturgue
Côtes-d'Auvergne-Châteaugay
Côtes-d'Auvergne-Corent
Côtes-d'Auvergne-Madargues
Côtes-du-Forez
Menetou-Salon
Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-sur-Loire
Quincy
Reuilly
Saint-Pourçain
Sancerre

Question 16

Orleans AOPs

Answer 16

Orleans

Orleans-Clery

Question 17

savennieres

Answer 17

full bodied chenin dry wind impedes rot but allows for late harvest ripe styles which are dry

Question 18

coteaux du layon

Answer 18

sweet. w/in c-d-l bonnezeaux chaume [quarts de chaume];

Question 19

melon de bourgogne

Answer 19

muscadet; frost resistant (why it was replanted after 1709 freeze killed off most reds) early ripening; dry med alcohol; SS; concrete (old oak not used as much) green fruits

Question 20

sevre et maine

Answer 20

best muscadet sub; lees; richer texture

Question 21

cab franc loire

Answer 21

touraine; chinon; bourgeuil; st nicholas de bourgeuil
light; fruity = sandy soils
full bodied tanninc = clay soils

saumur; saumur champigny - lighter than touraine; more fruity and floral

Question 22

second most planted red grape loire

Answer 22

gamay (touraine anjou)

Question 23

loire rose

Answer 23

rose de loire (anjou saumur, touraine but mostly anjou)

dry, always 30% cab franc and/or cab sauv

Question 24

cabernet d’anjou

Answer 24

rose best in loire. med sweet cab franc + cab sauv

Question 25

rose d’anjou

Answer 25

grolleau based + cab f + others