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Loire - Centre & Upper Loire Flashcards

1
Q

Climate of Centre Loire?

A

Continental - large season swings
Hail and frost

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2
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Where is frost a particular risk?

A

Quincy
Pouiily-Fumé

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3
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What are the 4 main soil types of Centre/Upper Loire

A

Caillottes
Terrese Blanches
Silex
Sandy Gravel

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4
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What is silex?

A

Flint with clay

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5
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What are terres blanches

A

Kimmeridgean Marl - Oysters

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6
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What are caillotes?

A

Portlandian Marl pebbles

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7
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Primary white and red in Centre-Loire

A

Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir

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8
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What was the historical grape in Centre-Loire?

A

Chasselas

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9
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Where is the 1st AOC to harvest in Centre-Loire?

A

Reuillly

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10
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What AOC has 2 separate vineyard areas and the largest AOC to sit on both sides of the Arnon?

A

Reuilly

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11
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Makes 100% white Chardonnay, 100% Pinot Noir reds and roses?

A

Sancerre
Menetou-Salon
Reuilly

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12
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What borders both Arnon and Cher Rivers?

A

Reuilly

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13
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What AOC lies on the Left (W) bank of the Cher (with a little on the right)

A

Quincy

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14
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What are the AOCs that have Sauvignon Gris as a blending partner?

A

Quincy

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15
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What was the most popular AOC region in the Middle Ages?

A

Quincy

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16
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What soils are Quincy planted and where?

A

Plateau above the Cher in sand and gravel

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17
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What is the main production of Quincy?

A

Dry White

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18
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What has the highest elevation in the Loire?

A

Sancerre

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19
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Where are the 50% steep gradients in Centre-Loire?

A

Sancerre

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20
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What are the 3 soil types found in Sancerre?

A

Silex
Caillottes
Terres Blanches

21
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Where is 82% production white?

22
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Where is Pouilly-Fumé located?

A

Right Bank Loire

23
Q

What are the soils of Pouilly-Fumé?

A

Silex
Callottes
Terres Blanches
some sand

24
Q

What is SavBlanc called in Pouilly-Fumé?

A

Blanc-Fumé

25
Q

What is the term meaning smoked that refers to gunflint aromas on silex (flint-clay soils)

26
Q

What does Pouilly-Fumé produce?

A

Only 100% SavBlanc dry whites

27
Q

What is the only AOC that uses Chasselas 100%

A

Pouilly-sur-Loire

28
Q

What area covers the same zone as Pouilly-Fumé?

A

Pouilly-sur-Loire

29
Q

What is the sister of Sancerre and where is it located?

A

Menetou-Salon
West of Sancerre

30
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How many villages in Menetou-Salon?

31
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What is the terroir of Menetou-Salon?

A

Silex
Caillottes
Terres Blanches
same as Sancerre

32
Q

Why is frost risk higher in Menetou-Salon?

A

Flatter land

33
Q

What AOC allows its 10 villages to append their name when making 100% of the grape comes from the village?

A

Menetou-Salon

34
Q

What can Menetou-Salon make?

A

White - 100% SavBlanc
Red, rosé - 100% Pinot Noir

35
Q

What is Chaine des Puys?

A

Found in Upper Loire a chain of extinct volcanoes.

36
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What is a Puy?

A

Weather hills composed of magma

37
Q

What aroma of wines are produced in soils of silex?

A

Gunflint aromas

38
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What flavor of wines are produced in soils of caillottes?

A

Perfume that mature quickly

39
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What type of wines are produced in soils of terres blanches?

A

Power wines that age

40
Q

What AOCs dominate production?

A

Sancerre - 54%
Pouilly-Fumé - 25%

41
Q

What 2 AOCs are on the Cher River?

A

Quincy
Reuilly

42
Q

Which Centre-Loire has the most hilly area??

43
Q

What is the Upper Loire know as?

44
Q

What is the Eastern and most Southern sub-region in Loire Valley?

A

Upper Loire

45
Q

What is one of France’s oldest wine growing areas?

A

St Purcain - Upper Loire

46
Q

Wine made from Pinot Noir in which appellations?

A

Sancerre AOC
Menetou-Salon AOC
Reuilly AOC

47
Q

Rosé made from Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Gris in which appellation?

48
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Which land form is Centre-Loire on?

A

Paris Basin

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