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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?
Loire River, Loir River and Latin river
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What are the AOP’s of Anjou-saumer?
``` 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?
Dry reds o Lu from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
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Anjou AOP is what ?
The umbrella appellation for the region; red, white and sparkling
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Best wines of Savenniere AOP is from what?
Chenin Blanc, develop great complexity and honeyed richness with age
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What type of soils is in Savennieres?
Blue schist mixed with volcanic debris
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What are the two sub regions of Savennieres ?
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?
Roche Aux Moines | Coulée de Serrant
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South of angers and Loire chenin Blanc is harvested later in season to what?
Producers hope for botrytis in the sweet wines
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What appellations in Anjou-saumer is the sweet wine distracts?
Coteaux de Layon AOP and Coteaux de l’aubance
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Coteaux de Layon AOP and Coteaux de l’aubance harvesting is done by what?
In tries ( multiple passes through the vineyard) which is mandatory in both appellations
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Within Coteaux du Layon two AOP’s are note worthy for high quality of their sweet wines?
Bonnezeaux Aop | Quarts de Chaume AOP
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Quarts de chaume description
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?
Manual harvest conducted in successive tries
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What are two highly regarded producers of Savennieres?
Domaine de Baumard | Chateau Pierre-Bise
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Bonnezeaux description
Larger appellation that is often actually harder to find in the marketplace
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What is the most respected estate in Bonnezeaux?
Chateau des Fesles
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Seven villages are entitled to add their names to the basic Coteaux du Layon AOP, what are they?
``` Beaulieu- sur- Layon Rochefort-sur-Layon Faye d’anjou St. Lambert du latiay St. sub in de luigne Ralday-sur-Layon Chaume ```
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In 2011 what approval for grand cru was approved?
Quarts du Chaume
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Anjou Villages Brissac AOP description
Recent red wine appellation and covers 10 communes that are authorized for Coteaux de l’aubance
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Gamay cannot be blended in standard what?
Anjou rouge bottling
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Saumur AOP is what type of styles of wines
Dry white, reds, roses, and sparkling wines
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Saumer AOP prior to 2016 permitted the addition is Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay but now requires what?
100% chenin Blanc
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Over 1/2 the grapes of saumers AOP are destined for saumer AOP what?
Saumer AOP sparkling wines Methode traditionally Crément de Loire AOP
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Saumer-champigny description
Cabernet franc with soft taffeau limestone soils resemble of Touraine 8 surrounding villages of champigny may produce red wine under this AOP
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Touraine has what type of climate?
Continental with ocean influences
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The major rivers of Touraine
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?
Jasnieres Coteaux du Loir Coteaux du vendomois
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The main soil of touraine is what?
Taffeau or limestone outcropping and varennes ( sandy alluvial) which helps maintain acidity
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What are the main AOPs of touraine
``` Chinon AOP Bourgeil AOP Saint-Nicolas-du-Bourgeil aop Vouvray aop Montlouis-sur-loire aop Touraine aop ```
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In touraine, loire’s valley best and most age worthy red wine has historically been produced in what two regions?
Chinon and Bourgeil
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Chinon AOP and Bourgeil had what type is soil?
Sand and limestone divided
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Saint-Nicola-de-Bourgeil AOP has what type of soil?
Alluvial soil
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What three AOPs are classic Loire Cab Franc
Chinon AOP Bourgeil AOP Saint-Nicolas-du-Bourgeil AOP
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Chinon AOP also produces a small amount of what along with Red and rosé wines?
Chenin Blanc
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Vouvray AOP is touraines largest and most important white wine distract producing what grape?
Chenin blanc
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Vouvray has what type of soil?
Taffeau limestone
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Vouvray chenin Blanc can be made in 5 different styles and they are?
``` Sec Sec-tendre (off-dry) Demi-sec Moelleux Liquorex ```
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Sparkling wines of Vouvray are made by what type of method?
Methodé Traditionelle may be either petulant or Mousseux
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Montlouis-sur-loire AOP makes what type of wine?
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?
Charming, often generic, wines from the local grapes
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Touraine aop can make from what two white grapes?
Sauvignon Blanc or chenin Blanc
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Touraine aop red varieties are allowed for what?
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?
``` Mesland Azay-le-Rideau Amboise Oisly Cheninceaux ```
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Touraine petillant and Mousseux are made and a seperate rosé appellation. Exist for what?
Touraine Noble- Joue
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the central vineyards has what river?
Loire River and Cher river with two smaller appellations there
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Central vineyards has what type of climate?
Continental climate
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What are the grapes that central vineyards has?
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir
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Soil types for the central vineyards?
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?
Sancerre AOP | Pouilly-fume AOP
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What is the main grape of the Sancerre AOP and Pouilly-fume AOP?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Sancerre soil type?
Silex, terres blanches and caillottes
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Sancerre also allows what red grape and for what type of wine?
Pinot noir and rouge and rosé
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Pouilly-Fume most famous producer?
Didier Daugeneau
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Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP named after the central commune of Pouilly-fume us reserved for what?
Chasselas grape
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Two outlying appellations of the Central Vineyards?
``` Orleans AOP ( allows chard and meunière) Orleans-clery AOP ( red only from Cabernet franc) ```
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Name the following varietals for the other AOP’s for central vineyard: Reuilly AOP Quincy AOP Coteaux de Giennois AOP
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 ```
``` 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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