Loire Valley Flashcards
Climate type of the Loire Valley?
Maritime in the western part
Continental i the eastern part
top white varieties in Loire?
Sauvignon Blanc
Chenin Blanc
Muscadet (Melon de Bourgogne
top Red varieties in Loire?
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Gamay
Longest river in the France called? And where is it located?
The Loire river,
Begins in the Massif Central and reaches through the loire river
top 2 regions in the Loire valley producing 100% Sauvignon Blanc?
Sancerre
Pouilly Fume
Where did Chenin get it’s name from?
Mount Chenin - a small mountain located in the Loire river
What area in the Loire river is dedicated to 100% Chenin Blanc?
The middle Loire
Anjou - Saumur - Savannières -dry white wines
Touraine - Vouvray - dry to sweet wines
What AOC region makes top dessert wines?
Coteaux du Layon
Subreg.
- Bonnezeaux
-Quarts de Chaume
What top AOC produceing Cab. Franc in the Loire?
Anjou - SAumur - Chinon
What is Melon de Bourgogne?
- A white grape that orifinated in Burgundy but now grows in the Loire Valley
- Primaily grown in the western region of the Loire vally in Pays Nantais - Mucadet AOC
- Also called Muscadet
What’s the nickname ot the Loire VAlley?
The garden of france
What is the Furtherest western AOC in the Loire Valley?
Muscadet
What’s the furtherest eastern AOC in the Loire VAlley?
Sancerre and Pouilly Fume
What aer some other names of CHenin in the Loire VAlley?
Chenin Blanc - Pineau de la Loire
Chenin Noir - Pineau d’Anjou
What are some other names for Cab Franc in the Loire Valley?
Bouchet
Breton
Bouchy
Climate type of the Upper Loire?
Cool - Continential
What is the major city of the Upper Loire?
Orleans
How did the Upper Loire fet it’s name?
Cause it sets in the center of France, not in the center of the Loire VAlley
Note:
Another name the Upper Loire is called : vins du centre, wines from the center
Soil types of the upper loire?
Western: Silex (flint), Limestone (Caillotte)
Eastern : Kimmeridge Limestone (Terre Blanches)
What side of the Loire river does Sancerre set on?
Western Bank
What type of red wines are made in Sancerre?
- traditional dry wines
- Rose
All made from the Pinot Noir and Gamay grape
What does Fume mean?
Smoke
Are you allowed to make red wine in Pouilly Fume? And from which grape?
You’re not allowed to make red wines in Pouilly Fume
What bank does Pouilly - sur - Loire ser on?
the Eastern Bank
What’s the famous subregion in Pouilly - sur - Loire
Pouilly - Fume
What is the dominate soil type in Pouilly - Fume?
Silex (flint)
WHat is the main grape in Pouilly - Sur - Loire?
Chasselas
What type of flavour does Pouilly -Fume wines give and what causes it?
Smoke flavour and due to the silex in the soil, that causes the flavour to have that smoket taste
What is the main city in Touraine?
Tours
Where does the weather shift in the Loire Valley from Maritime to Continental?
Touraines
What is the largest area in the Loire Valley?
Touraines with 150 AOC regions
What type of wines are produced in the TOuraines?
Red
White
Rose
What’s the red variety in Touraine?
Cab Franc
What AOC region in Touraine produce Red wines?
Chinon
BOurgueil
St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
What’s the white variety mostly used in Tourains?
Chenin Blanc
What appellation in TOuraine maked white wine?
Vouvray
Montlouis
What area is known as the little sister of Vouvray and why?
Monlouis - they produce a lesser quality Chenin Blanc than Vouvray
What’s the most common style of VOuvray made?
Medium dry
True or False?
Almost all medium- sweet Vouvray wines are produced of Botrytis Cinerea
True
What champage method do they use in Vouvray to make sparkling wines?
Mèthode Traditionelle
A fully carbonated wine from VOuvray is called?
MOusseaux
Sparkling wines with more slightly fizzy carbonation are called?
Pètillant
True or False?
Chinon oly produces red wines?
False
Chinon maked red wines from Cabernet Franc and a little Cabernet Sauvignon
Chinon makes white wines from Chenin Blanc
True or False
Wine produced in Saumur may be bottled under Anjou Appellation?
True
Coteaux du Layon produced what type of grapes?
Chenin Blanc
Puilly FUme produced what type of Grape?
Sauvignon Blanc
Bourgueil produces what kinf of grapes?
Cabernet Franc (Petit Breton)
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Mains, grape varity?
Melon du Bourgogne (Muscadet)
Cour-Cheverny produces what kind of grapes?
Romorantin
Menetou-Salon is located in what region?
Central Vineyards - Upper Loire
Name an appellation that produces sweet wines within the Coteaux du Layon?
Quarts du Chaume
What’s the dominant soil of Vouvray?
Tuffeau rocks - a type of limestone that forms the face of cliffs in Vouvray
What type of wines does St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil produce?
red wines
Pinot nOir produces what kind of wines in the Central VIneyards
Sancerre rouge
Savennieres is located in what region od the Loire VAlley?
Anjou
What’s the Primary red varity of Chinon?
Cab Franc
Name 5 appellations within Anjou - Saumur
Savennieres
Quarts de Chaume
Bonnezeuax
Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux de l’Aubance
What are the 4 regions of Loire Valley?
Pay Nantais
ANjour-SAumur
Touraine
Central VIneyards
Name some secondary grapes of the Loire Valley and where are they grown?
Orbois - Touraine AOC, Cremant de Loire, And Vin de Pays du Loire et Cher
Romorantin - Cour - Cheverny AOC
Chardonnay - all over Loire
Gros Plant (Folle Blanche) - western Loire Valley
Chasselas - Pouilly-sur-Loire
MAin city in Pays Nantains?
Nantes
Name the major appellations of Pays Nantais
Muscadet AOP
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOP
Muscadet Sèrve-et-Mains AOP
What’s the average abv for wines from Pays Nantais and why?
12% abv or below
- to ensure lighter, fresher character
of the 4 appelations of MUcadet, which one accounts over 80% of the Muscadet productions?
Muscadet Serve-et-Mains
What are the main river of Pays Nantais?
Loire RIver
Maine River
Sèrve River
Which rivers influence the wines of Muscadet Sèrve-et-Maine?
Maine River
Sèrve RIver
What are some of the soils of Mucadet Sèrve-et-Maine that help produce classic Melon de Bourgogne?
Gneiss
Silica
Clay
Granite
Nearly half of the production of wiens from Muscadet Sèrve-et-Maine are bottles what why and why?
Sur-Lie.
they are aged on their lees over the winter, and bottles off the fines lees (without filtering)
- it adds complexity, richness, and a slight sparkle to the finished wine.