Loire Valley Flashcards
Name the IGP’s of Loire Valley.
Val de Loire
The Loire’s other IGPs are Côtes de la Charité, Coteaux de Tannay, Coteaux du Cher et de l’Arnon, and Puy de Dôme.
Name the Cru’s of Muscadet.
Clisson, Gorges, Le Pallet, Goulaine, Mouzillon-Tillières, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, Château-Thébaud
La Haye Fouassière, Vallet, Champtoceaux (in Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire)
What are the ageing requirements of the Muscadet Cru’s?
Goulaine and Le Pallet: Wines must be aged on their fine lees until at least April 1 of the second year following the harvest
Gorges, Clisson, Mouzillon-Tillières, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, and Château-Thébaud: Wines must be aged on their fine lees until at least October 1 of the second year following the harvest
Name the villages that are allowed to append their name to Layon.
Faye d’Anjou/Faye
Rochefort-sur-Loire/Rochefort
Rablay-sur-Layon/Rablay
Beaulieu-sur-Layon/Beaulieu
St. Aubin de Luigné/St. Aubin
St. Lambert du Lattay/St. Lambert
Chaume (“Premier Cru”)
Most famous producer in Saumur-Champigny?
Clos Rougeard - in 2017 sold to owners of Château Montrose in St-Estèphe.
Name the two vineyards in Savennières that have their own AOC status.
Roche aux Moines (33 ha)
Coulée de Serrant (7 ha) - monopole of Nicolas Joly
What’s the principal soil type of Saumur?
Tuffeau limestone.
What is Touraine Noble Joué?
Dry rosé or vin gris, made on the outskirts of Tours, from Pinot Meunier, Noir and Gris.
What are the three red wine gems of Touraine?
Chinon - most charming
Bourgueil - most structured
St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil - lightest (as most of it is on sandier soils)
What are the 3 vineyards of Domaine Huet in Vouvray?
Le Mont
Clos du Bourg
Le Haut-Lieu
What is the term for medium-dry in Vouvray?
Demi-sec
What’s the name of the appellation across the river from Vouvray?
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Name the three soil types of Sancerre.
Caillottes - limestone-pebbles
Terres blanches - clay-limestone
Silex - flint. Most powerful and ageworthy wines produced. In eastern slopes of Sancerre.
Name 5 famous vineyards in Sancerre.
Chavignol has Les Monts Damnés, Le Cul de Beaujeu and La Grande Côte. All on Kimmeridgian marl (clay-limestone) slopes.
La Moussière and Belle Dame are two other top vineyards.
Name famous producers in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé.
Domaine de Ladoucette
Domaine Didier Dagueneau
Vincent Pinard
Henri Bourgeois
Alphonse Mellot
Domaine Vacheron
François Cotat
Which village below the hilltop town of Sancerre produces nervy wine thanks to its Pouilly-like flinty soils?
Ménétréol
Which wines are produced in Coteaux d’Ancenis AOC?
Located in Pays Nantais.
Blanc: 100% Pinot Gris.
Rosé/ Rouge: Gamay + max 10% Cab Franc
Name 4 top vintages in Loire Valley.
1995, 1996, 2002, 2005.
Grape and wine style of Côte de Forez AOC?
Rosé, red and sparkling.
Gamay.
Grape and wine style of Côte Roannaise AOC?
Rosé and red.
Gamay.
Grape and style in Saint-Pourçain?
Blanc - 50-80% Chardonnay; 20-40% Sacy (Tressalier) and max. 10% Sauvignon Blanc.
Rosé - 100% Gamay.
Rouge - 40-75% Gamay + 25-60% Pinot Noir.
Grape synonym for Tresallier?
Sacy (in Auxerrois)
Grape synonym for Orbois?
Menu Pineau
Grape synonym for Brem?
Grolleau Gris
Grape synonym for Gros Plant?
Folle Blanche
Grape synonym for Groslot?
Grolleau
Name the regions of Pays Nantais.
Coteaux d’Ancenis
Fiefs Vendéens
Gros Plant du Pays
Muscadet
What style of wine is produced in Layon?
100% Chenin Blanc
S.G.N.
Name principal regions of Central Vineyards?
Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé, Menetou-Salon, Quincy, Reuilly
Name principal subregions of Anjou-Saumur
Anjou-Brissac
Bonnezeaux
Coteaux du Layon
Coulée de Serrant
Quarts de Chaume
Saumur-Champigny
Savennières
What wine is Cabernet d’Anjou?
Rosé from Cabernet Franc - Cabernet Sauvignon.
Name principal wines of Touraine.
Touraine AOP = Blanc from Sauvignon Blanc/ Gris, Rosé, Rouge, Mousseux/ Petillant Blanc/ Rosé
Touraine Primeur/ Nouveau = Gamay
Bourgueil and Chinon = Rosé and Rouge - Cabernet Franc + 10% CS
Chinon Blanc - 100% Chenin Blanc
Jasnières - 100% Chenin Blanc
Vouvray - Chenin Blanc + Orbois (Menu Pineau)
What’s the grape and style of Orleans?
Blanc - min 60% Chardonnay. Pinot Gris is accessory variety.
Rosé - min 60% Meunier. Pinot Gris and Noir are complementary varieties.
Rouge - 70-90% Meunier. Accessory variety: Pinot Noir.
In which district are Vouvray and Montlouis-sur-Loire?
Touraine
In which district is Cour-Cheverny?
Touraine
Which region produces wine of 100% Romorantin?
Cour-Cheverny in Touraine
Where are Coteaux du Vendômois, Valençay and Coteaux du Loir?
Touraine
Grape of Pouilly sur Loire?
Chasselas
In which district are Orléans and Orléans-Cléry located?
Central Vineyards
Grape and style of Menetou-Salon?
Blanc, rosé and rouge.
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir.
Grape and style of Quincy?
Blanc - Sauvignon Blanc
Grape and style of Reuilly?
Blanc, rosé and rouge.
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir and Gris for rosé.
Grape and style of Coteaux du Giennois?
Blanc, rosé and rouge.
Sauvignon Blanc for whites.
For rosé and rouge - Pinot Noir and Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)
In which district do we find Coteaux du Giennois?
Central Vineyards
In which district do we find Châteaumeillant?
Central Vineyards.
Grape and style of Châteaumeillant?
Rosé: Gamay, Pinot Noir and 15% Pinot Gris.
Rouge: Gamay and Pinot Noir.
What’s the grape of Fiefs Vendéens?
Min. 60% Chenin Blanc
What’s the principal grape of Gros Plant du Pays Nantais?
Min 70% Folle Blanche
What’s the principal white grape of Coteaux d’Ancenis?
Pinot Gris
Grape synonym for Chenin Blanc
Pineau de la Loire
Pineau d’Anjou
Two most famous sweet wines of Coteaux du Layon?
Bonnezeaux
Quarts de Chaume
What means ‘sec tendre?’
Category between sec and demi-sec (medium-dry)
Romorantin is a crossing between which two grapes?
Pinot Blanc x Gouais Blanc
Pinot Gris in Coteaux d’Ancenis made in a semiweet wine is also known as…?
Malvoisie.