Loire Flashcards
Jasnieres AOP
Location-
Varieties-
a Sub AOP of?
Touraine
Chenin Blanc only
sub region of of Coteaux du Loire
Bourgueil AOP
St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP
Chinon AOP
All above AOPs are located in ______ and have the same variety comp. for red and rose. Only one allows white, which one and list the varieties.
Location:Torraine
All three are 90% min Cab Franc 10% Max Cab Sauv.
Chinon is the only to allow white, 100% Chenin
SOIL
Bourgueil AOP
vs,
St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP
Bourgueil AOP has sand and limestone like Chinon
vs
St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP which has lighter alluvial soils making for lighter style wines
Coteaux du Giennois AOP
Location
styles/varieties
Central vineyards
Red & Rose: Pinot Noir & Gamay
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Saint-Pourcain AOP
Location
Styles/varieties
A loire Satellite AOP with whites being a blend of
Chard and Sacy
Rose- 100% gamay
Red- Gamay/Pinot Noir
Loire valley white and sparkling production volume?
Most white in France and 2nd only to champagne in sparkling production
Anjou and Saumur are often considered collectively but which is an eastern suburb of the other?
Saumur is an eastern suburb of Anjou
Cab Franc is actually indigenous to____
Basque country
The Loire Valley begins_______
Atlantic Ocean starts Pay Nantais and ends in the central vineyards
Châteaumeillant AOP
- Location
- Styles/varieties
A loire Satellite, red and gris wines are made from Gamay
Bonnezeaux AOP
Location?
Anjou/Thouarce
Villages allowed to append their names to to Touraine-Villages AOP and their varieties
Mesland:Gamay/Cot/Cab Franc & SB & Chenin
Amboise: 100% Chenin
Azay-le-Rideau: 100% Chenin
Oisly: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Loire’s most southern AOP
Côtes d’Auvergne
Quarts de Chaume AOP
location
Rochefort-sur-Loire
Menetou-Salon AOP
location
Styles/Varieties
Central Vineyards
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir
Three types of soil in Sancerre
Silex- high portion of flint
Terres Blanches- continued kimmeridgien
Caillotes- Stony, fossils
Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP
Location
Varieties
Anjou
Chenin blanc, must have botrytis for SGN winesand harvested in tries for all
34 g/l
Anjou AOP
White varieties
Chenin Blanc Only
Coteaux du Layon AOP
two nested AOPs
-2010 this AOP was entitled “Grand Cru”
Quarts de Chaume AOP GRAND CRU
(town of Rochefort-sur-Loire
Bonnezeaux AOP
(town of Thouarce)Th-waa-say
A blending varietal that is allowed in Montlouis-sur-Loire AOP but not in Vouvray AOP?
Where is MSL located in relation to Vouvray AOP?
just across the Loire river, producers can no longer label wines Vouvray AOP since 2014
Orbois (grape)
Touraine’s largest and most important white wine region?
Vouvray
Saumur AOP and Anjou AOP
which can btl as itself or the other but not visa versa?
Saumur can be bottled as Anjou but Anjou cannot bottle as Saumur.
Muscadet-sèvre-et-Maine AOP
min lees aging
march 1st following year
This AOP is for red only and follows the same GI as Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP?
Varieties allowed
Anjou Villages-Brissac
Cab Franc/Cab Sauv
