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Loire Valley Flashcards

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Loire valley produces more wine than any other French region and is secondary so what for sparkling wine

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Champagne

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What are the white grapes of Loire Valley?

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Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Melon de Bourgogne

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What are the red grapes of Loire valley?

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Breton( Cabernet franc )

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What are the for regions of Loire Valley?

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Pay Nantis
Anjou-saumer
Touraine
Central Vineyards

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Pay Nantis is known for what grape?

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Melon ( melon de Bourgogne)

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Pay Nantis is what type of climate?

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Wet maritime climate and cool

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In pay Nantis, melon showcases best at what ABV?

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12 % ABV

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What are the four appellations of Pay Nantis?

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Muscadet AOP
Mascadet coteaux de la Loire AOP
Muscadet Cote de grandlieu AOP
Mascadet Sevre-et-Maine aop

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What is the basic appellation is Pay Nantis?

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Muscadet AOP - neutral wines bone dry to dry high in acid

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Which pay Nantis accounts for over 80% of Mascadet production ?

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Muscadet serve-eat-Maine

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Mascadet-serve-et-Maine is sourced from how many communes and is influenced by what rivers?

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23 communes

Sevre River and Maine River

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In Pay Nantis classic melon sourced grapes are from what soil?

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Gneiss, silica, clay and granite

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In Mascadet sevre-et-Maine nearly half the melons is bottle with what?

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Sur lie

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Muscadet as sur lie must undergo what and originate from what?

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It must undergo after harvest sur lies between March 30th to November 1st

It must originate from one of the three sub appellations

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What is the newest appellation of pay Nantis ?

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Muscadet cotes de geandlieu AOP in 1994

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Guy brassard and other adopt what as the unofficial term that promotes terroir and stressed ageability?

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Hermine d’or

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What are the 3 subzones for Muscadet sevre-et-Maine

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Clisson
La pallet
Gorges

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In clisson, la pallet, and gorges Cru communes designation proposal in 2001 means what?

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Schist soils and to spend 18 months min on sur lie longer than actual sur lie term allows

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Anjou-saumer is what type of climate?

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Maritime with slight continental influences

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Anjou-Saumer is loire’s largest what?

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Largest region and most dynamic region

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Anjou- saumer is broken into two parts?

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Saumer is an Eastern Sub region of Anjou adjacent to Chinon and Touraine

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Saumer is Loire’s center for what?

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Speaking wine production

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Anjou produced what type of wine?

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Both sweet and dry interpretations of chenin Blanc

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Soils vary in Anjou-saumer and they are what?

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Blue schist, gravel , sand and alluvial with small mixes of Taffeau

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What are the major river contributions of Anjou-saumer?

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Loire River, Loir River and Latin river

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What are the AOP’s of Anjou-saumer?

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Anjou AOP
Anjou villages ( and Brissac) AOP
Savennieres AOP
Coteaux de Layon and Coteaux de I’abance AOP
Samur AOP
Samur-champagne AOP
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Anjou villages ( and brissac) AOP is only what type is grapes?

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Dry reds o Lu from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon

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Anjou AOP is what ?

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The umbrella appellation for the region; red, white and sparkling

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Best wines of Savenniere AOP is from what?

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Chenin Blanc, develop great complexity and honeyed richness with age

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What type of soils is in Savennieres?

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Blue schist mixed with volcanic debris

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What are the two sub regions of Savennieres ?

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Roche Aux Mones
Coulée de Serrant
Both made famous by Nicola joly for biodynamics

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What two regions where made famous by Nicolas Joly for biodynamics in Savennieres AOP?

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Roche Aux Moines

Coulée de Serrant

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South of angers and Loire chenin Blanc is harvested later in season to what?

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Producers hope for botrytis in the sweet wines

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What appellations in Anjou-saumer is the sweet wine distracts?

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Coteaux de Layon AOP and Coteaux de l’aubance

35
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Coteaux de Layon AOP and Coteaux de l’aubance harvesting is done by what?

A

In tries ( multiple passes through the vineyard) which is mandatory in both appellations

36
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Within Coteaux du Layon two AOP’s are note worthy for high quality of their sweet wines?

A

Bonnezeaux Aop

Quarts de Chaume AOP

37
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Quarts de chaume description

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Entitled to grand cru moniker from the 2010 harvest forward, consists of small band of sandstone and schist hillsides of the Layon River

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Quarts de chaume harvest is?

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Manual harvest conducted in successive tries

39
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What are two highly regarded producers of Savennieres?

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Domaine de Baumard

Chateau Pierre-Bise

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Bonnezeaux description

A

Larger appellation that is often actually harder to find in the marketplace

41
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What is the most respected estate in Bonnezeaux?

A

Chateau des Fesles

42
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Seven villages are entitled to add their names to the basic Coteaux du Layon AOP, what are they?

A 
Beaulieu- sur- Layon
Rochefort-sur-Layon
Faye d’anjou
St. Lambert du latiay 
St. sub in de luigne
Ralday-sur-Layon
Chaume
43
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In 2011 what approval for grand cru was approved?

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Quarts du Chaume

44
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Anjou Villages Brissac AOP description

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Recent red wine appellation and covers 10 communes that are authorized for Coteaux de l’aubance

45
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Gamay cannot be blended in standard what?

A

Anjou rouge bottling

46
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Saumur AOP is what type of styles of wines

A

Dry white, reds, roses, and sparkling wines

47
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Saumer AOP prior to 2016 permitted the addition is Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay but now requires what?

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100% chenin Blanc

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Over 1/2 the grapes of saumers AOP are destined for saumer AOP what?

A

Saumer AOP sparkling wines Methode traditionally Crément de Loire AOP

49
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Saumer-champigny description

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Cabernet franc with soft taffeau limestone soils resemble of Touraine
8 surrounding villages of champigny may produce red wine under this AOP

50
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Touraine has what type of climate?

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Continental with ocean influences

51
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The major rivers of Touraine

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Vienna river
Indre river
Cher river

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in the region Touraine, Loir river does not meet the loire river but three AOP’s on the river are considered part of the Touraine?

A

Jasnieres
Coteaux du Loir
Coteaux du vendomois

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The main soil of touraine is what?

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Taffeau or limestone outcropping and varennes ( sandy alluvial) which helps maintain acidity

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What are the main AOPs of touraine

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Chinon AOP
Bourgeil AOP
Saint-Nicolas-du-Bourgeil  aop
Vouvray aop
Montlouis-sur-loire aop
Touraine aop
55
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In touraine, loire’s valley best and most age worthy red wine has historically been produced in what two regions?

A

Chinon and Bourgeil

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Chinon AOP and Bourgeil had what type is soil?

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Sand and limestone divided

57
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Saint-Nicola-de-Bourgeil AOP has what type of soil?

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Alluvial soil

58
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What three AOPs are classic Loire Cab Franc

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Chinon AOP
Bourgeil AOP
Saint-Nicolas-du-Bourgeil AOP

59
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Chinon AOP also produces a small amount of what along with Red and rosé wines?

A

Chenin Blanc

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Vouvray AOP is touraines largest and most important white wine distract producing what grape?

A

Chenin blanc

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Vouvray has what type of soil?

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Taffeau limestone

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Vouvray chenin Blanc can be made in 5 different styles and they are?

A 
Sec
Sec-tendre (off-dry)
Demi-sec
Moelleux
Liquorex
63
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Sparkling wines of Vouvray are made by what type of method?

A

Methodé Traditionelle may be either petulant or Mousseux

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Montlouis-sur-loire AOP makes what type of wine?

A

100% chenin Blanc simulate style and made across the same spectrum of Vouvray

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Touraine aop can produce what type of wine?

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Charming, often generic, wines from the local grapes

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Touraine aop can make from what two white grapes?

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Sauvignon Blanc or chenin Blanc

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Touraine aop red varieties are allowed for what?

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Rosé and each village of red wine are mainly Côt ( Malbec) or gamay

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Five villages in touraine are allowed to add their name to the basic appellation?

A 
Mesland
Azay-le-Rideau
Amboise
Oisly
Cheninceaux
69
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Touraine petillant and Mousseux are made and a seperate rosé appellation. Exist for what?

A

Touraine Noble- Joue

70
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the central vineyards has what river?

A

Loire River and Cher river with two smaller appellations there

71
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Central vineyards has what type of climate?

A

Continental climate

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What are the grapes that central vineyards has?

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Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir

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Soil types for the central vineyards?

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Silex ( flint), terres blanches ( kinmeridigan clay) and caillottes ( stony, fossil)

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What are the two main AOP’s of the central vineyards?

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Sancerre AOP

Pouilly-fume AOP

75
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What is the main grape of the Sancerre AOP and Pouilly-fume AOP?

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Sauvignon Blanc

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Sancerre soil type?

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Silex, terres blanches and caillottes

77
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Sancerre also allows what red grape and for what type of wine?

A

Pinot noir and rouge and rosé

78
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Pouilly-Fume most famous producer?

A

Didier Daugeneau

79
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Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP named after the central commune of Pouilly-fume us reserved for what?

A

Chasselas grape

80
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Two outlying appellations of the Central Vineyards?

A 
Orleans AOP ( allows chard and meunière)
Orleans-clery AOP ( red only from Cabernet franc)
81
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Name the following varietals for the other AOP’s for central vineyard:

Reuilly AOP
Quincy AOP
Coteaux de Giennois AOP

A

Reuilly AOP - reds
Quincy AOP- white only
Coteaux de Giennois AOP- Sauvignon Blanc, reds and rosés from Pinot noir and Gamay

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Other appellations if central France and what grapes they grow?

Cotes de Forez AOP
Cote Roannis AOP
Chateaumeillant AOP
Cotes d’Auvergne AOP
Saint-Pourcain AOP
A 
Cotes de Forez AOP - Gamay
Cote Roannis AOP - gamay
Chateaumeillant AOP - reds and rosé from Gamay 
Cotes d’Auvergne AOP - all three colors
Saint-Pourcain AOP - all three colors

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