loire - france Flashcards
which is the influence of loire river?
keeps the air temperature few degrees higher
which is the warmest area of loire?
touraine
which is the practice commonly used to extract more flavors on white wines?
maceration pelliculaire
which are the grapes used in st.pourcain?
gamay with little pinot noir (red)
trasallier also known as sacy, chard and sv.blanc (white)
which are the main district of loire?
centre-loire, nantains, anjou, touraine
which are the area of centre-loire?
pouilly-fume, sancerre, pouilly sur loire, menetou-salon, quincy, reuily, coteaux du gennois, chateaumeillant, vins de l’orleanis, orleans clery
which are the main name for the soil of centre loire?
silex and terre blance
what’s composing silex and terre blanche soil?
limestone, flint, sand and sandstone
what’s refer to the term “fumè”?
derived from a grey film that form on the skin of the grapes delivering flint notes
which are the notes of a typical sancerre?
gooseberry, peach, elderflower, lily
what is the main grape of pouilly sur loire?
chassellas
which are the three soil of sancerre?
terre blanche (kimmeridgeon)
caillottes (stone over limestone)
silex (flint stones over limestone)
which is the main soil of touraine?
limestone and clay over toffeau
which are the AOC of touraine?
valencay, cheverny and cour cheverny, vouvray,montlouis sur loire,
jasnieres, chinon
which is the soil of vouvray?
tufa subsoil
which are the sub district of anjou?
saumur, saumur-champigny, coteaux du layon, cuteaux de l’aubance, savennieres, haut-poitou
how is called the soil of saumur?
tuffeux (limestone)
which are the two AOC for sparkling wines in saumur?
saumur mousseux and cremant de loire
which is the typical variety of rose d’anjou?
grolleau
in AOC anjou villages which variety are permitted?
red wines only from cabernet franc and sauvignon
which is the grape of cour cheverny?
romorantin
which are the other grape variety permitted in saumur-champigny?
cabernet sauvignon and pineau d’aunis
which is sinonym of cot?
malbec
which are the style of wine that we can we find in coteaux du layon?
demi-sec, moulleux and liquoreux
which is the minimun residual sugar for a vouvray sec?
8 g/l
which is synonym of breton
cabernet franc
which is the river that lie on muscadet sevre et maine?
sevre
who produce clos du papillon?
baumard
which are the main area of muscadet?
muscadet, muscadet coteau de la loire, muscadet sevre et maine, muscadet cotes de grandlieu
which is the requirement for sur lie aeging?
they are matured on their lees over the winter and must be bottled between 1 march and and 30 november following the harvest.
If aged longer can lose the labeling.
what characterise the anjou noir?
the dark soil coming from armonican massif
what can be found in the armonican massif soil?
granite, schist, gneiss, slate
which is the soil of anjou blanc?
is start in the eastern anjou, following touraine and it’s made of limestone
which is the minimum amount of sugar for coteaux du layon wines?
34 g/l
which is the soil of vouvray?
tuffeau limestone
which is the maximum residual sugar for a vouvray sec?
8 g/l
which is the range for a vouvray demi-sec?
9 and 18 g/l
which is the range for a moulleux?
18 and 45 g/l
what is after moulleux
doux starting from 45 g/l
which is the style of wine found in cheverny?
they are always blend
Sauvignon, chenin, orbois
cabernet franc, gamay
where can we find orleans?
in centre-loire
which is the unique variety of orleans?
pinot meunier
st.pourcain - central france
rose made from 100% gamay
red a blend of pinot noir and gamay
white a blend of chardonnay and tressalier
which is the synonym of tressallier?
sacy
