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1
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what is the only sweet wine aoc that allows chapitilization

A

Bonnezeaux

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2
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what aoc allows both botritus and passerillage

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quarts des chaume

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3
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how many aoc are in Anjou Saumur

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18

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4
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How many AOC are in touraine

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13

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5
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Clos Rougeard is in what AOC

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Saumur-Champigny

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6
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how much Cab Sauv can be blended into a chinon

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10%

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7
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Coulee de Serrant is subdivided into what 3 plots

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Grand Clos de la Coulee
Clos du Chateau
Les Plantes

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8
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min RS for coulee de serrant labeled doux

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30

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9
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Pouilly-Sur-Loire is mainly what grape?

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Chasselas

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10
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Domaine des Baumard is a producer in what AOC

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Quarts de Chaume

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11
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Le Veau and Les Roueres are Lieu Dit of what AOC

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Quarts de Chaume

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12
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what is the only 1er cru in Loire

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Coteaux de Layon Chaume

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13
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min R/S for Coteaux du Layon? for Coteaux du Layon Chaume 1er Cru

A

34 g/l

80g/l

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14
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The Vienne river runs through what AOC

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Chinon

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15
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what style of wine is made in anjou village brissac

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dry red still

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16
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min R/S of Bonnezeaux

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51g/l

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17
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Haut-Poitou is in what part of the Loire

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Anjou

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18
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Saumur Champigny makes what style of wine

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red still

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19
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minimum RS for rose d’anjou

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7g

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20
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a red wine from Saint Pourcain would be mostly what grape

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Gamay (40-75%)

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21
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a white wine from the Cotes d’Auvergne would be 100% what grape

A

chard

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22
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what style of wine is produced in Orleans-Clery

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dry red based on cabernet franc

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23
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Sancerre is in what Department

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Cher

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24
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what style of wine is made in Jasnieres

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dry white based on chenin

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25
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what AOC requires 50% Pineau d’Aunis

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Coteaux du Vendomois (in touraine)

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26
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max sugar in Vouvray Sec

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8 g/l

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27
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Francois Chidaine is a producer in what AOC

A

Montlouis

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28
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what are the 3 top cuvee of Domaine Huet

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Le Haut Lieu, Le Mont and Le Clos du Bourg

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29
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primary difference between anjou noir and anjou blanc

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anjou noir = schist

anjou blanc = limestone

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30
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what are the only two AOC in the Pays Nantais that can produce red and rose wine

A

coteaux d’Ancennis

Fief Vendeens

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31
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name two producers of Muscadet Sevre et Maine

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Domaine Peppiere
Veronique Gunther Chereau
domaine de l’Ecu

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32
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cotes du forez makes what style of wine

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dry red based on gamay

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33
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name a producer from Saviennieres

A 
Domaine Closel (La Jalousie)
jolly
domaine roche aux moines
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34
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name two producers from Vouvray

A

Huet

Careme

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35
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aging requirement for lees aging of muscadet sevre et maine

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kept on lees after fermentation until march 1 (max november 30th)

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36
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Guy Bossard is a producer in what AOC

A

Muscadet

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37
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define the term Hermine d’Or

A

implies ageability

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38
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what is the min abv of muscadet sur lie

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10%

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39
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which Muscadet subzones require the longest lees aging

A

Clisson and Gorge require two years

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40
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what kind of soil is gabbro

A

igenous rock

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41
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Vix, Pissotte and Brem are subzones of what AOC

A

Fief Vendeens

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42
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what AOCs are 100% Pinot Noir

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Sancerre
Menetou Salon
Ruilly

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43
Q

min abv of sancerre blanc

A

10.5

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44
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Primary soil type of the Pats Nantais

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Gneiss

  • volcanic, well drained
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45
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Where would you find the Gabbros soil type

A

Muscadet Sevre et Maine Gorges and Le Pallet

It is a course volcanic rock

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46
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Primary soil type of Saumur-Champigny

A

Tuffeau

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47
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Max yield for Saviennieres sec

A

50 hl/ha

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48
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What are the five subzones of Fiefs Vendreens

A

Brem Mareuil Chantonnay, Pissotte, Vix

Matt Pisses Brilliance, Charm and Veracity

49
Q

Savennieres lies on what bank of the Loire River

50
Q

What is the principal grape I’d Haut-Poitou

A

Sauvignon Blanc

51
Q

a vin gris from Coteaux du Vandomois would be 100% what grape

A

Pinot d’Aunis

52
Q

name three AOCs on the Loir tributary

A

Jasnieres, Coteaux du Loir and Coteaux du Vandomois

53
Q

max r/s for Vouvray Sec

54
Q

min amount of Chenin in Vouvray

A

95% (5% Orbois may be added in)

55
Q

aging for Sparkling Vouvray

A

12 months from date of tirage

56
Q

what is the principal grape of Cour Cheverney

A

Romorantin

57
Q

name a producer of Cour-Cheverney

A

Francois Cazin

58
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principal red grape of Orleans AOC

A

70-90% Meunieur

59
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principal red grape of Orleans-Clery

A

100% Cab Franc

60
Q

how many villages are allowed to affix their name to Coteaux du Layon-Village

A

7

Faye, Chaume, Rochefort, Rablay, Beaulieu, St Aubin, St Lambert

61
Q

min R/S for Coteaux du Layon Chaume 1er cru

62
Q

Max Yield for Coteaux du Layon Chaume 1er Cru

63
Q

primary soil type of Savennieres La Roche aux Moines

64
Q

Auvernat Blanc is a synonym for what grape around Orleans

A

chardonnay

65
Q

what are the five subzones of the Touraine aoc

A

Amboise, Mesland, Azay-le-Rideau, Oisly, Chenonceaux

66
Q

name 3 cuvee of Francois Cotat

A

La Grande Cote (100% Kimmeridean, south exposure)
Les Monts Damnes
Caillottes (young vines)

67
Q

name 3 cuvee of Domaine Vacheron

A

Les Romains (60 year old vines, silex soils
Paradis (pure chalk, little top soil, racy)
L’Enclos (ungrafted rootstock, silex soil)

68
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name 3 cuvee of francois chidaine

A

Montlous Les Tuffeaux - old vine, off dry
Vouvray Clos Boudoin - dry, old vine
Montlouis Les Choisilles - blend of multiple, flinty vineyards, dry

69
Q

name 3 Charles Joguet cuvee

A

Cuvee de la Cure
Les Petits Roche
Clos du Chene Vert (age worthy, single vineyard)

70
Q

name 3 cuvee of Romain Guibertau

A

Saumur Blanc Breze
Saumur Les Arboises (80% new oak)
Saumur Blanc Clos de Guichaux

71
Q

name 3 cuvee Clos Rougeard

A 
Breze blanc
Le Bourg (old vine, 1ha)
Les Poyeux (sandier soil, 2.5 ha)
72
Q

the owner of Clos Rougeard owns what classed growth in Bordeaux

73
Q

2017 vintage in the loire

A

early harvest, warm,

spring frosts hurt yields

74
Q

2016 vintage in the loire

A

rough flowering period, low yields, good harvest, classic vintage for reds

75
Q

2015 vintage in the loire

A

heat spikes pushed alcohol, lower acidity, lots of noble rot for sweet wines

76
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2014 vintage in the loire

A

cooler vintage but warm harvest helped redeemed

77
Q

2013 vintage in the loire

A

storms at fruit set and harvest, hail decimated vouvray, humid, disease pressure, low quanitites

78
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what kind of wine does Cotes du Forez make

A

still red and rose from gamay

79
Q

name a producer of Bonnezeaux

A

chateau du fels, rene renew

80
Q

how do the Brems and Pissotte subzones of Fief Vendreens differ from Mareuil, Chantennay and Vix

A

Brems and Pissotte are based on PN, the others are cab franc

81
Q

who produces Clos de Papillion

A

Dme. Bomard (savennieres)

82
Q

pierre bise is a producer in what appellation

A

Savennieres

83
Q

Chanturques is a cru in what aoc

A

Cotes d’Auvergne

84
Q

what is the name of Domaine Huet’s estate in Hungary

A

Királyudvar (kee-rye-ouhd-var)

85
Q

alphonse mellot is a producer in what aoc

86
Q

olga raffault in a producer in what aoc

87
Q

Henri Pellé is a producer in what aoc

88
Q

Oisley is a DGC in what appellatiom

A

Touraine (sauv blanc only)

89
Q

what is Huet’s dessert wine

A

cuvee constance

90
Q

min abv for vouvray sec

91
Q

max yield for muscadet clisson

92
Q

synonym for Sacy in Saint Pourcain

A

tresselier

93
Q

what is the grape of Anjou Mousseaux Rose

A

Cab franc (min 80%)

94
Q

what are the new subzones of Muscadet sevre et maine

A

Goulaine
Mouzillon-Tilleres
Monnaires Saint Ficaire
Chateau-Thébaud

95
Q

what is main grape of cotes de forez

96
Q

clos Baudoin is in what aoc

97
Q

primary soil type of Muscadet’s Gorges subzone

98
Q

Primary soil type of Clisson

99
Q

what river bisects the Gorges subregion

100
Q

which two muscadet subzones have the least sur lie aging requirement

A

Goulaine
Pallet

101
Q

what appellations of the Pays Nantais may label their bottlings Sur Lie

A

Gros Plant
Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu
Muscadet Sevre et Maine
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

102
Q

is Chapitalization allowed in Savennieres

A

yes (for dry wines only)

103
Q

what appellation is larger in terms of size, quarts des chaume or bonnezeaux

A

bonnezeaux

104
Q

what tributary of the Loire runs through Saumur

105
Q

what is Varennes?

A

local name for the sandy soils of Chinon

106
Q

another name for Pinot d’Aunis

A

Chenin Noir

107
Q

max yield for Coulee de Serrant

108
Q

Coteaux de l’Aubance overlaps whats AOC for red wine production

A

anjou-brissac

109
Q

Les Quarts, Les Veau and Les Roueres are lieux dit of what aoc

A

quarts des chaume

110
Q

3 producers of clos papillon

A

closel
doaine forges
baumard

111
Q

the Fontevraud forest protects which aoc

A

saumur champigny

112
Q

max yields of bonnezeaux

113
Q

min r/s of cabernet d’anjou

114
Q

what aoc in the loire is a UNESCO world heritage site

A

savenerries

115
Q

who produces Cuvee paul

A

sweet wine from Francois Cotat

116
Q

which Sancerre producer makes the wines La Moussiere and Edmond

A

Alfonse Mellot

117
Q

Rueilly is on what river

118
Q

Who makes Lot 2022 Rose

A

Pascal Cotat
VDF rose

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