LOIRE Flashcards
Classic Loire’s White grapes?
Chenin Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc
Melón de Bourgogne (Muscadet)
Loire’s Red grapes
Breton (Cabernet Sauvignon) Pinot Noir Gamay Cabernet Sau. Côt (Malbec) Pineau d’Aunis Groslot
Pay Nantais Appellations
Blanc: Muscadet AOP Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOP Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine AOP
Rouge, Blanc & Rosé:
Côteaux d’Ancenis AOP
Fiefs Vendéens AOP
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP
What grape is use to make Muscadet Wine?
100% Melón de Bourgogne
What is “Sur Lie”?
Is a process of aging wines on suspended dead yeast particles.
The wine must be keep on its lees after fermentation until at least March 1 of the year following the harvest
Must originate from one of the three Muscadet Sub-appellation
Lower Loire
Pay Nantais
Loire’s largest and most diverse Region
Anjou
Anjou sub-regions
Samur
Savennières
Anjou
Coteaux-du-Layon
Loire’s center for sparkling wine production
Saumur
Pineau de la Loire
Chenin Blanc local name in Anjou
Anjou AOC
Blanc: Chenin Blanc (Pineau de la Loire)
Rouge: CF and CS as principals
Sparkling
Anjou Rosé AOPs
Rosé d’Anjou AOP
(GROLLEAU, Gamay, CF, CS, Pineau d’Aunis)
Cabernet D’Anjou AOP
(Cab. Franc, Cab. Sau.)
Savènnieres wines
100% Chenin Blanc
Sec, Demi-sec (Only Savénnières AOC), Moelleux, Doux
Anjou-Saumur AOPs
Anjou AOC Anjou Village AOP Anjou Villages Brissac AOP Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire AOP Bonnezeaux AOP Cabernet d’Anjou AOP Cabernet de Saumur AOP Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP Coteaux de Layon AOP Coteaux de Samur AOP Haut-Poitou AOP Quarts de Chaume AOP Rosé d’Anjou AOP Samur AOP Samur Champigny AOP Savénnières AOP Savénnières Coulé de Serrant AOP Savénnières Roche Aux Moines AOP
Loire’s best and most age worthy red wine
Chinon, Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil in Touraine
Classic Loire Cab. Franc
Raspberry and green tobacco aromas and framed by silky tannin
Chinon soils
Tuffeau, clay and varennes
Touraine’s largest and most important WHITE wine district
Vouvray AOP
From Chenin Blanc and rustic Orbois grapes
Loire’s Classic Sauvignon Blanc AOP
Sancerre AOP
Pouilly-Fume AOP
Style: steel, pungently herbaceous, mineral-laden
Sancerre’s soils
Silex (Gunflint character) Terres Blanches (a continuation of the Kimmeridgian clay) Caillottes (stony soil)
Central Vineyardas sub-districts
Pouilly-Sur-Loire Sancerre Menetou-Salon Reuilly Quincy Vins de L’Orléanais Côte du Giennois Côtes de Gien
Touraine sub-districts
Cheverny Vouvray Montlouis Bourgueil Chinon Coteaux du Loir Jasnières Chenonceau
Anjou Sub-districts
Anjou
Saumur
Savénnières
Coteaux-du-Layon
Nantais Sub-districts
Muscadet de Sevre-et-Maine Muscadet Couteaux de La Loire Muscadet Coteaux de Graulieu Coteaux d’Ancienis Muscadet
*Saumur Soil
Tuffeau Limeston
Touraine Soil
Soft Tuffeau Limestone
**Important AOPs for Chenin Blanc
VOUVRAY, Touraine.
Wines across the full range of sweetness; some sparkling. Even if dry wines offer a wisp of sweetness.
SAVÉNNIÈRES, Anjou.
Wines are dry, oxidative and full-bodied styles.
Most powerful white wine in Loire.
COTEAUX DU LAYON, Anjou.
Off-dry and Sweet wines, lighter and sprightlier paring with foes grass
BONNEZEAUX AOP and QUARTS DE CHAUMES “GRAND CRU” AOP, Anjou.
Sweet Botrytis, Loire’s most complex and rewarding dessert wines.
What its means Mousseux?
Fully sparkling
**Important AOPs for Sauvignon Blanc
SANCERRE, Central Vineyards.
Light to medium-bodied white wines. Aromatic and tropical aromas.
POUILLY-FUMÉ, Central Vineyards.
Wines have a presence of flint and smoke
(In contras with Sancerre)
**Important AOPs for Cabernet Franc
**CHINON, Touraine.
Bitter, earthly, green component -style cab be off-putting for guest reared on New world reds-
Bourgueil AOP
Saumur Champigny AOP
Pinot Noir AOPs in Loire
Sancerre AOP (red&rosé) Menetou-Salon AOP
Gamay AOP in Loire
Cheverny AOP
blended with PN. Red and Rosé wines
*Cremat de la Loire
80% Chenin Blanc + Chardonnay
Cru Communal in Muscadet
Le Palleta
Gorges
Clisson
Loire Botrytis wines
Quarts du Chaume
Coteaux du Layon
Vouvray
Savénnières AOPs
- Savénnières AOC
- Savénnières Coulée de Serrant AOC (only Blanc)
- Savénnières Roche Aux Moines AOC (only Blanc)
100% Chenin Blanc
Sec, Moelleux, Doux
Top quality Savénnières AOC
Savénnières Roche Aux Moines
Anjou AOPs
-Anjou AOC (principal: Chenin, CS, Gamay / red, white/ still, Mousseux)
- Anjou Village Brissac AOC (CS, CF)
- Anjou Coteaux de la Loire (100% Chenin Blanc)
- Rosé d’Anjou (Principal: CF, Grolleu)
- Cabernet d’Anjou (CF, CS Only rosé)
Saumur AOCs
- Saumur AOC (Chenin Blanc / Mousseux whit 10% Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc)
- Saumur Champigny AOC (CF, 10% CS)
Anjou-Saumur AOCs Vin de Liquoreux
Bonnezeaux AOC
Coteaux de Saumur AOC
Quarts de Chaume AOC
Coteaux du Layon AOC (harvesting in tries)
Coteaux l’Aubance AOC (harvesting in tries)
100% Chenin Blanc
Quarts de Chaume AOP
100% Chenin Blanc
Sweet Botrytis
Grand Cru may be added to the label
PIEMONTE-Nebbiolo (Spanna) DOCGs
Ghemme DOCG Roero DOCG Gattinara DOCG Barbaresco DOCG Barolo DOCG
PIEMONTE-Barbera DOCGs
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG
Barbera d’Asti DOCG
Nizza DOCG
PIEMONTE-Dolcetto DOCGs
Dogliani DOCG
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba DOCG
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore DOCG
PIEMONTE-Brachetto DOCGs
Brachetto d’Aqui DOCG
Sweet
PIEMONTE-Chardonnay/Pinot Noir grape DOCG
Alta Langa DOCG
Spumante
PIEMONTE-Moscato Grape DOCGs
Asti DOCG
- Moscato d’Asti
- Moscato d’Asti Vendemmia Tardiva
- Asti Spumante
- Asti Spumante Méthodo Classico
Anjou-Saumur Botrytis-Chenin Blanc AOP
Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire Bonnezeau Coteaux du Layon Coteaux de l’Aubance Quarts de Chaume
