Loire Valley

Question 1

What are the four main regions in the Loire Valley?

Answer 1

Pays Nantais
Anjou-Samur
Touraine
Central Vineyards

Question 2

What are the most representative winestyles and varieties in the Loire regions?

Answer 2

Pays Nantais: Muscadet (Melon B), Sur Lie Aging
Anjou-Saumur: Chenin Blanc and Cab. Franc, Sparkling Wine, dry white and red, sweet wine
Touraine: Chenin Blanc, Cab Franc, sparkling, dry, off dry and sweet
Central Vineyards: Sav Blanc, Pinot Noir

Question 3

What are the appellations in the Touraine?

Answer 3

• Chinon AOP
• Bourgueil AOP
• Vouvray AOP

Question 4

What are the appellations in Central Vineyards?

Answer 4

• Sancerre AOP
• Pouilly-Fumé AOP

Question 5

What are the appellations of Anjou Samur?

Answer 5

• Samur AOP
• Saumur Champigny AOP
• Savannières AOP
• Quarts de Chaume AOP
• Bonnezeaux AOP

Question 6

What are the Appellations in Pays Nantais?

Answer 6

• Muscadet AOP
• Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine AOP

Question 7

What is Tuffeau?

Answer 7

• Chalky, white and very soft limestone found in Vouvray

Question 8

Where is the best Cab Franc grown?

Answer 8

• Region of Touraine
• Chinon, Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

Question 9

Soil in Sancerre

Answer 9

• Kimmeridgian Clay that extens all the way to Chablis

Question 10

Ripest Vintages in the last 10 years

Answer 10

Especially in the Touraine:
2010, 2014, 2015, 2018

Question 11

How are the Touraine Reds different from eachother?

Answer 11

• Chinon most charming
• Bourgueil the most structured
• St Nicolas de Bourgueil the lightest

Question 12

Nicolas Joly

Answer 12

• Winemaking on Coulée de Serrant since the 12th century (Cistercian Monks)
• His parents bought the house without knowing the history and then started making wine because of it
• Nicolas, financier in NYC, started in 1981 and experimented with biodynamics
• Savannières Coulée de Serrant is its own AOC since 2011
• one of the few monopole appellations

Question 13

Domaine Huet

Answer 13

• originally restaurateur in Paris, moved the family to the Loire Valley
• Son married Foreau daughter and they moved their winemaking into the Foreau Celler (where it still is today)
• Gaston went to WW2, came back and restored all destroyed vineyards
• died 2002
• Family sold the Winery to Anthony Hwang
• Noël Pinguet (Winemaker) stayed on and gave over to his assistants
• Biodyn farming
• no malo

Question 14

What does Charles Joguet produce?

Answer 14

• Cab Fran
• Chenin Blanc
• Chinon

Question 15

What does Charles Joguet produce?

Answer 15

• Cab Fran
• Chenin Blanc
• Chinon