Loire

Question 1

Jasnieres AOP
Location-
Varieties-
a Sub AOP of?

Answer 1

Touraine
Chenin Blanc only
sub region of of Coteaux du Loire

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

Location:Torraine

All three are 90% min Cab Franc 10% Max Cab Sauv.

Chinon is the only to allow white, 100% Chenin

Question 3

SOIL

Bourgueil AOP
vs,
St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP

Answer 3

Bourgueil AOP has sand and limestone like Chinon
vs
St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP which has lighter alluvial soils making for lighter style wines

Question 4

Coteaux du Giennois AOP
Location
styles/varieties

Answer 4

Central vineyards
Red & Rose: Pinot Noir & Gamay
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc

Question 5

Saint-Pourcain AOP
Location
Styles/varieties

Answer 5

A loire Satellite AOP with whites being a blend of
Chard and Sacy
Rose- 100% gamay
Red- Gamay/Pinot Noir

Question 6

Loire valley white and sparkling production volume?

Answer 6

Most white in France and 2nd only to champagne in sparkling production

Question 7

Anjou and Saumur are often considered collectively but which is an eastern suburb of the other?

Answer 7

Saumur is an eastern suburb of Anjou

Question 8

Cab Franc is actually indigenous to____

Answer 8

Basque country

Question 9

The Loire Valley begins_______

Answer 9

Atlantic Ocean starts Pay Nantais and ends in the central vineyards

Question 10

Châteaumeillant AOP

• Location
• Styles/varieties

Answer 10

A loire Satellite, red and gris wines are made from Gamay

Question 11

Bonnezeaux AOP

Location?

Answer 11

Anjou/Thouarce

Question 12

Villages allowed to append their names to to Touraine-Villages AOP and their varieties

Answer 12

Mesland:Gamay/Cot/Cab Franc & SB & Chenin
Amboise: 100% Chenin
Azay-le-Rideau: 100% Chenin
Oisly: 100% Sauvignon Blanc

Question 13

Loire’s most southern AOP

Answer 13

Côtes d’Auvergne

Question 14

Quarts de Chaume AOP

location

Answer 14

Rochefort-sur-Loire

Question 15

Menetou-Salon AOP
location
Styles/Varieties

Answer 15

Central Vineyards

Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir

Question 16

Three types of soil in Sancerre

Answer 16

Silex- high portion of flint
Terres Blanches- continued kimmeridgien
Caillotes- Stony, fossils

Question 17

Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP
Location
Varieties

Answer 17

Anjou
Chenin blanc, must have botrytis for SGN winesand harvested in tries for all
34 g/l

Question 18

Anjou AOP

White varieties

Answer 18

Chenin Blanc Only

Question 19

Coteaux du Layon AOP
two nested AOPs
-2010 this AOP was entitled “Grand Cru”

Answer 19

Quarts de Chaume AOP GRAND CRU
(town of Rochefort-sur-Loire
Bonnezeaux AOP
(town of Thouarce)Th-waa-say

Question 20

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?

Answer 20

just across the Loire river, producers can no longer label wines Vouvray AOP since 2014

Orbois (grape)

Question 21

Touraine’s largest and most important white wine region?

Answer 21

Vouvray

Question 22

Saumur AOP and Anjou AOP

which can btl as itself or the other but not visa versa?

Answer 22

Saumur can be bottled as Anjou but Anjou cannot bottle as Saumur.

Question 23

Muscadet-sèvre-et-Maine AOP

min lees aging

Answer 23

march 1st following year

Question 24

This AOP is for red only and follows the same GI as Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP?
Varieties allowed

Answer 24

Anjou Villages-Brissac

Cab Franc/Cab Sauv

Question 25

three grapes dominate Saumur Rouge

Answer 25

Cab Franc
Cab Sauv
Pineau d’Aunis