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1
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What are the primary grapes for Fief Vendéens AOC?

A

Chenin Blanc
Pinot Noir (80%)

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Most important location for sweet wines?

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Layon River

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What AOC in Anjou covers the entire region makes most styles of wine, but not ROSÉ

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Anjou AOC

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4
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What is the largest IGP in France by area?

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Val de Loire

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What are the primary grapes of Anjou AOC?

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Chenin Blanc (+ C or SB)

Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sav
Gamay

S: Grolleaus

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6
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What can be added to Anjou AOC white wines along with Chenin Blanc?

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Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc

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What is 100% Gamay released primeur 3rd week in November called in Anjou AOC?

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Anjou Gamay

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What are Anjou rosés called and what style?

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Rosé d’Anjou
ONLY OFF DRY 7 g/l

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9
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What is the largest production of Rosé in Anjou?

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Cabernet d’Anjou AOC

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What is Cabernet d’Anjou AOC made and what style?

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Cabernet Franc and CabSav rosés
Medium Sweet

at 10 g/l sweetness

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What rosé AOC covers both Anjou-Saumur and Torraine?

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Rosé de Loire AOC

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12
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What style is Rosé de Loire AOC?

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Dry

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What sparkling AOC covers both Anjou-Saumur and Torraine?

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Crémant de Loire AOC

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14
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How can Crémant de Loire AOC be made?

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White or rosé. traditional method, 9m on lees and can be vintage or non-vintage

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15
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What are the primary grapes of Crémant de Loire AOC?

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(W) - Chenin Blanc + Chardonnay
(Rs) - Cabernet Franc

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16
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What are the soils of Savennières AOC?

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Slate, schist, volcanic rock aeolian soils

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17
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What are 2 AOCs that are within Savennières AOC boundaries?

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Savennières Roche AOC
Coulée de Serrent AOC

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18
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What is the lieu dit within Savennières?

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Savennières Roche AOC

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19
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What is the only monopole in Loire ?

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Coulée de Serrent

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20
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What is the outlying zone in Loire that is still considered part of Anjou-Saumur?

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Haut-Poitou

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21
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Where does Tourraine get its name?

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Tours

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22
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What subregional AOC of middle Loire does not make Rosé?

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Anjou AOC- but make rose sparkling

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23
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What are the geological formations around Savennières?

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5 Steep South Facing Hills

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What is the only grape in Savennières AOC?

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100% Chenin Blanc - famous for dry, and also semi-sweet, sweet

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25
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Where can Monk’s Rock be found?

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Savennières Roche aux Moines a famous lieu0dix

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26
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Who owns Coulée de Serrant?

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Nicolas Joly Biodynamic monopol

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27
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What does Coulée de Serrant produce?

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Mostly dry and sweet Chenin Blancs

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28
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What is an only red CabFranc and CabSav AOC that recently became an AOC in Anjou from Village?

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Anjou Brissac

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29
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Who has the largest production of sparkling wines

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Saumur AOC
1 DCG

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30
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What is the only DGC in Saumur AOC?

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Puy-Notre Dame DGC

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31
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Where is Anjou-Saumur located?

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Western part of Middle Loire

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32
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What is the climate of Anjou-Saumur?

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Martime with Continental influences

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33
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What geological feature splits Anjou-Saumur?

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Massif Armoricain / Paris Basin

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34
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What are the western soils of Anjou-Saumur?

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“BLACK ANJOU” - Dark Schists & Sandstone

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35
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What are the eastern soils of Anjou-Saumur?

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“WHITE ANJOU” White Chalk (Tuffeau)

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36
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What soils make sparkling quality in Anjou-Saumur?

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Limestone gives high acidity

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37
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What styles are the reds in Anjou-Saumur?

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Planted on sand so light and fruity

38
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What white and red dominate Anjou-Saumur?

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Chenin Blanc
CabFranc

39
Q

What is Fié Gris and where is it found?

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Sauvignon Gris in Haut-Poitou white wines

40
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What are Grolleau Gris used for?

A

Sparkling and rosé

41
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What are the 2 primary red grapes

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CabFranc and Grolleau Noir

42
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What territory does Rosé d’Anjou
AOC cover?

A

Same as Anjou all of the subregion

43
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What are does Cabernet d’Anjou AOC cover?

A

All the subregion same as Anjou and Rosé d’Anjou

44
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What are the grapes of Cabernet d’Anjou AOC and sweetness level?

A

CabFranc / CabSav
1% min reisdual sugar

45
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What Anjou subregion AOC only does red?

A

Anjou Brissac
Anjou Villages

46
Q

What area does Anjou Villages cover?

A

Most but not all of Anjou subregion

47
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How many communes in Anjou Villages?

A

46 - but no name on label

48
Q

What are the permitted grapes of Anjou Villages?

A

CabFranc / CabSav

49
Q

What rose covers Anjou-Saumur and Touraine?

A

Rosé de Loire

50
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What style is Rosé de Loire?

51
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What requirements are different for Anjou Brissac versus Anjou Village?

A

1st both red only
Lower yields for Brissac

52
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What does Puy-Notre Dame DCG produce?

53
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What does Saumur-Champigny AOC produce?

A

Only Red
CabFranc/CabSav / Pineau d’Aunis

54
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What has the warmest conditions which means it produces richer reds than most of Loire?

A

Saumur-Champigny AOC

55
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What are the soils of Saumur-Champigny AOC?

A

Tuffeau - gives soft elegant tannins and freshness

56
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How may villages are in Saumur-Champigny AOC ?

57
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What does Champigny mean?

A

Latin from campus igni “FIELDS OF FIRE”

58
Q

What is the warmest of the Anjou AOCs?

A

Coteaux de l’Aubance

59
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What AOC lies on both North and South of the Aubance River?

A

Coteaux de l’Aubance

60
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What does Coteaux de l’Aubance produce?

A

Chenin Blan semi-sweet to sweet
Includes SdGN
3.4% residual sugar

61
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What is the only Grand Cru in Layon?

A

Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru

62
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What is the style of Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru?

63
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What style is Coteaux du Layon 1et Cru Chaume?

64
Q

What river is Bonnezeaux on and what does it make?

A

Layon
Sweet Chenin Blanc

65
Q

What is the production difference between Savennières Roche and Savennières?

A

Roche is lower yields, hand picked only (2 tris), NO Chapatalization

66
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What can Savennières Roche make

A

100% Chenin Blanc - famous for dry white, can make semi-sweet, sweet years when Botrytis happens (3% min. sugar)

67
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How is the monopole Coulée Serrant AOC farmed?

A

Biodynamically - low yields, hand harvested (2 tris)

68
Q

What are the grapes of Coulée Serrant AOC??

A

100% Chenin - mostly dry, some semi/sweet wines

69
Q

How many DCGs does Coteaux du Layon have?

A

6 communal DGCs

7 DGCs in total (bc Chaume Premier Cru is a DGC as well)

70
Q

What is the legal difference between 1er Cru Chaume and Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru?

A

1er Cru Chaume is only a DCG of Coteaux du Layon

71
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1er Cru Chaume production?

A

Chenin Blanc - hand pick - Sweet 8% min can be either botrytized or not

72
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Where can grapes be botrytized or passerillage on the Layon?

A

Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru AOC

73
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Rank sweetness levels
1er Cru Chaume
Quarts
Bonnezeaux

A

Quarts is the sweetest 8.5%
1er Cru Chaujme - 8.0%
Bonnezeaux is the least sweet 5.1%

74
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What is considered to have the higher acidity of all the sweet wines in Anjou-Saumur?

A

Bonnezeaux

75
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Main grape of Rosé d’Anjou AOC

A

Grolleau leads - blend Cf/CS, Pineau

76
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What is the smallest production rose in Anjou-Saumur?

A

Rose de Loire

77
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What is the sweetest rose in Anjou-Saumur?

A

Cabernet d’Anjou

78
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What is the driest rose in Anjou-Saumur?

A

Rose de Loire (dry style only)

79
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What is sparkling Saumur referred to?

A

Saumur Brut

80
Q

What is Fines Bulles?

A

Loire’s sparkling wine term

81
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What are the standard Cremant rules?

A

white or rose - 9m on. lees made traditional method - Chenin Blanc lead for white with Grolleau Gris and CabFran for rose

82
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How are Anjou Sparkling AOC made?

A

Whites Mousseux with Chenin Blanc / Chardonnay and SavBlanc
Roses made from red / gris grapes

83
Q

How many regions produces Cremant in France?

A

8
Loire
Alsace
Bourogone
Limoux
Bordeaux
Jura
Savoie
Die

84
Q

What are sparkling wines made from non-Cremant AOCs called

A

Vouvray Mousseux

85
Q

What is the difference between cremant and mousseux?

A

Moussex has less restrictions like no aging.
3atms

86
Q

What is pètillant?

A

Means less fizzy
only 1-2.5 atm “semi-sparklng”

87
Q

What is Pet-Nat

A

Methode Ancestrale

88
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What are sparkling wines that either are partially fermented must 1. chilled and bottled for light bubbles or 2. bottled with yeast and disgorged after 2-3m for light bubbles?

A

Petillant Naturel

89
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Who is the largest producer in Anjou?

A

Cabernet d’Anjou 60%
Rose d’Anjou 19%

90
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Who is the largest producer in Saumur?

A

Saumur AOC.- 59%
Saumur-Champigny - 37%

91
Q

Rosé made from Grolleau?

A

Rosé d’Anjou

92
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Rosé made from CabFranc and CabSav

A

Cabernet d’Anjou

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