Loire Valley Flashcards
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Climate type of the Loire Valley?
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Maritime in the western part
Continental i the eastern part
2
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top white varieties in Loire?
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Sauvignon Blanc
Chenin Blanc
Muscadet (Melon de Bourgogne
3
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top Red varieties in Loire?
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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Gamay
4
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Longest river in the France called? And where is it located?
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The Loire river,
Begins in the Massif Central and reaches through the loire river
5
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top 2 regions in the Loire valley producing 100% Sauvignon Blanc?
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Sancerre
Pouilly Fume
6
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Where did Chenin get it’s name from?
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Mount Chenin - a small mountain located in the Loire river
7
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What area in the Loire river is dedicated to 100% Chenin Blanc?
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The middle Loire
Anjou - Saumur - Savannières -dry white wines
Touraine - Vouvray - dry to sweet wines
8
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What AOC region makes top dessert wines?
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Coteaux du Layon
Subreg.
- Bonnezeaux
-Quarts de Chaume
9
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What top AOC produceing Cab. Franc in the Loire?
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Anjou - SAumur - Chinon
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What is Melon de Bourgogne?
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- 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
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What’s the nickname ot the Loire VAlley?
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The garden of france
12
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What is the Furtherest western AOC in the Loire Valley?
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Muscadet
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What’s the furtherest eastern AOC in the Loire VAlley?
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Sancerre and Pouilly Fume
14
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What aer some other names of CHenin in the Loire VAlley?
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Chenin Blanc - Pineau de la Loire
Chenin Noir - Pineau d’Anjou
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What are some other names for Cab Franc in the Loire Valley?
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Bouchet
Breton
Bouchy
16
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Climate type of the Upper Loire?
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Cool - Continential
17
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What is the major city of the Upper Loire?
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Orleans
18
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How did the Upper Loire fet it’s name?
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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
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Soil types of the upper loire?
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Western: Silex (flint), Limestone (Caillotte)
Eastern : Kimmeridge Limestone (Terre Blanches)
20
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What side of the Loire river does Sancerre set on?
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Western Bank
21
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What type of red wines are made in Sancerre?
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- traditional dry wines
- Rose
All made from the Pinot Noir and Gamay grape
22
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What does Fume mean?
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Smoke
23
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Are you allowed to make red wine in Pouilly Fume? And from which grape?
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You’re not allowed to make red wines in Pouilly Fume
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What bank does Pouilly - sur - Loire ser on?
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the Eastern Bank
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What's the famous subregion in Pouilly - sur - Loire
Pouilly - Fume
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What is the dominate soil type in Pouilly - Fume?
Silex (flint)
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WHat is the main grape in Pouilly - Sur - Loire?
Chasselas
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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
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What is the main city in Touraine?
Tours
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Where does the weather shift in the Loire Valley from Maritime to Continental?
Touraines
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What is the largest area in the Loire Valley?
Touraines with 150 AOC regions
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What type of wines are produced in the TOuraines?
Red
White
Rose
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What's the red variety in Touraine?
Cab Franc
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What AOC region in Touraine produce Red wines?
Chinon
BOurgueil
St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
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What's the white variety mostly used in Tourains?
Chenin Blanc
36
What appellation in TOuraine maked white wine?
Vouvray
Montlouis
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What area is known as the little sister of Vouvray and why?
Monlouis - they produce a lesser quality Chenin Blanc than Vouvray
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What's the most common style of VOuvray made?
Medium dry
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True or False?
Almost all medium- sweet Vouvray wines are produced of Botrytis Cinerea
True
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What champage method do they use in Vouvray to make sparkling wines?
Mèthode Traditionelle
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A fully carbonated wine from VOuvray is called?
MOusseaux
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Sparkling wines with more slightly fizzy carbonation are called?
Pètillant
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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
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True or False
Wine produced in Saumur may be bottled under Anjou Appellation?
True
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Coteaux du Layon produced what type of grapes?
Chenin Blanc
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Puilly FUme produced what type of Grape?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Bourgueil produces what kinf of grapes?
Cabernet Franc (Petit Breton)
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Muscadet Sèvre-et-Mains, grape varity?
Melon du Bourgogne (Muscadet)
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Cour-Cheverny produces what kind of grapes?
Romorantin
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Menetou-Salon is located in what region?
Central Vineyards - Upper Loire
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Name an appellation that produces sweet wines within the Coteaux du Layon?
Quarts du Chaume
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What's the dominant soil of Vouvray?
Tuffeau rocks - a type of limestone that forms the face of cliffs in Vouvray
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What type of wines does St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil produce?
red wines
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Pinot nOir produces what kind of wines in the Central VIneyards
Sancerre rouge
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Savennieres is located in what region od the Loire VAlley?
Anjou
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What's the Primary red varity of Chinon?
Cab Franc
57
Name 5 appellations within Anjou - Saumur
Savennieres
Quarts de Chaume
Bonnezeuax
Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux de l'Aubance
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What are the 4 regions of Loire Valley?
Pay Nantais
ANjour-SAumur
Touraine
Central VIneyards
59
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
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MAin city in Pays Nantains?
Nantes
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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
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What's the average abv for wines from Pays Nantais and why?
12% abv or below
- to ensure lighter, fresher character
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of the 4 appelations of MUcadet, which one accounts over 80% of the Muscadet productions?
Muscadet Serve-et-Mains
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What are the main river of Pays Nantais?
Loire RIver
Maine River
Sèrve River
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Which rivers influence the wines of Muscadet Sèrve-et-Maine?
Maine River
Sèrve RIver
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What are some of the soils of Mucadet Sèrve-et-Maine that help produce classic Melon de Bourgogne?
Gneiss
Silica
Clay
Granite
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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.
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OF the 4 major appellations of Muscadet which is the newest one?
Muscades Côtes de Grandlieu AOP
-created in 1994
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What's Hermine d'Or?
An unofficial labeling term used in Muscadet Sèrve-et-Maine that promotes terroir and stresses age-ability
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Name 3 subzones of Muscadet Sèrve-et-Maine.
Clisson
Le Pallet
Gorges
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What river do the 3 subzones of Muscadet Sèrve-et-Maine set off of
Sèrve river
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Name 3 appellations Pays Nantais and why they were able to gain their status?
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOC
Coteaux d'Ancenis AOC
Fiefs Vendéens AOC
they gaines there status due to the elimination of the VDQS tier in 2011
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which area is the largest in the loire valley?
Anjou
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What area is the center of Loire Valley Sparkling wine production
Saumur
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Pineau de la Loire from Njour is made in what style?
dry and sweet
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45% of Anjou total production is devoted to what type of wine
Rose
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What grape is used to make rose from Anjou
Grolleau
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Can Anjou wines be labeled as Saumur?
No, bur Saumur wines may be labeled ANjou
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Chenin Blanc from Savennieres AOp are generally made in what way?
Dry
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Name two unofficial grand crus of Savennieres?
La ROche Aux Moines
Coulee de Serrant
81
Name a monopole within La Roche AUx Moines
Nicolas Joly
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What's the character of Savenniere wines and why?
THey have a complexity and honey style
due to the steep southern exposure and unique soil structure comprised of Blue schist mixed with volcaninc debris.
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Whatäs the main soil of Savennieres?
Blue schist mixed with volcanic debris
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What are the sweet wine districts of Anjou and what grape do they use?
Coteaux du Layon AOP
Coteaux de ö'Aubance AOP
Use late harvested Chenin, hoping for Botrytis
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Some major rivers in Anjou
Loire river
Layon river
Hyrôme river
Besnarderie River
Rau de Montayer River
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Where's Coteaux du Layon located
South Anjou
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What's produced in Bonnezeaux AOP?
Sweet wines:)
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In which commune do you find Bonnezeaux in?
Thouarcè
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In which commune do you find QUarts de Chaume?
Rochefort-sur-Loire
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What is the soil type of Quards de CHaume and what plays a very influential role as well?
A small band of sandstone and schist hillsides on the banks of the Layon River
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Name two highly regarded producers of Quarts de Chaume
Domaine des Baumard
Chateau Pierre - Bise
92
How many villages are entitled to add their name to basic Coteaux du Layon AOP?
7
Beaulieu-sur-Layon
Rochefort-sur-Loire
Faye d'Anjou
St. Lambert du Lattay
St. Aubin de Luigne
Rablay-sur Layon
Chaume
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What's the requirement for wines that are labeled by villafe in COteaux du Layon Aop?
Must reach higher minimum must weights and are harvested at lower maximum yields
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Saumur AOP maked what type of wines?
red
dry white
sparkling white and rose
95
When making a shite wine from Saumur OP, these two grapes can make up to 20% of the blend
Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
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What grapes make up Saumur Rouge?
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pineau d'Aunis
97
Can you make a still rose wine in Saumur AOP?
No, it isn't authorized
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Over half of the grapes in SAumur are used to make what type of wine?
Sparkling wine
- saumur AOP
Cremant de Loire AOP
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The most ageworthy red wines have always come from where in Loire VAlley and what two regions?
Touraine
Chinon and Bourgueil
100
What are the three soil types of Chinon?
Tuffeau
Clay
Varennes
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What river is closest to Chinon and is a tributary to the Loire river?
Vienne RIver
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What soil type of Chinon is closes to the Vienne river?
The sandy, alluvial varennes soil
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Where is Tuffeau most common in Chinon?
On the slopes
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What is Vins de Tuffe?
Tuffeau soil ofiginating from the limestone southfacing slopes
- this soil type had the most promise depth
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Is Chinon AOP located o the noth or the south bank od hte Loire river?
South
106
In Chinon, Bourgueil and St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil what is the maximum amount of Cabernet Sauvignon allowed to blend with Cab franc?
10%
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What types of wine are found in Bourgueil and St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil?
Red
ROse
108
Can you make white wine in Chinon?
Yes, only a small amount though, from Chenin grape
109
Vouvray is located on what side of the Loire river?
north
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What bank does Montlouis-sur-Loire lie on?
south
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What's Tourains largest and most important white wine district?
Vouvray
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main soil type of vouvray?
Tuffeau limestone
113
What's the sweetness levels Vouvray are produced?
sec
sec-Tendre (off-dry)
Demi-sec
Moelleux
Liquereux
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Which bank of the Loire river can you find Bourgueil AOp and St. Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP on?
north
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Name the 3 rivers that touch Chinon AOP.
Which is the most important?
Vienne River - most important
Indre river
Loire river
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What's the most common trellising system in Chinon AOP for Cab Sauv and Cab franc?
Guyot Simple
Pruned to one long cane with maximum of seven buds
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What two trellising methods arepermitted in Chinon AOP?
Which is preffered for Chenin Blanc?
Guyot Simple
Guyot Double - preffered fro chenin blanc
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What type of style is saprkling wines made in Vouvray AOP?
Petillant
Mousseaux
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What are some of the red varieties of Vouvray?
Gamay
Groslot
Pinneau d'Aunis
Cabernet Franc
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How long does Vin Mousseux (sparkling wine) made in Touraine AOP need to stay in contact with lees before being released?
9 months
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5 key villages in Touraine AOP
Amboise
MEsland
Azay-le-Rideau
Oisly
Chenonceaux
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What grape is used for PRimeur Rouge in Touraine AOP?
Gamay
All grapes must be hand harvested
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If a white wine from Touraine AOP has the village of “Amboise” or “Azay-le-Rideau” on the label, then what is the only grape permitted for that wine?
Chenin Blanc
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If a white wine from Touraine AOP has the village of "Oisly" or "Chenonceaux" on the lable, than what is the only grape permitted for that wine?
Sauvignon Blanc
125
What are the laws concerning a white wine made in Touraine AOP that has on the label the name "Mesland"?
Min 60% chenin balnc
max. 20% sauvignon blanc
max 15% chardonnay
126
What is the rosé appellation in TOuraine that recreates a historical style on "vin gris"?
What grapes are used in this appellation?
Touraine Noble-Joué AOP
- Gris Meunier (P.Meuiner)
- Malvosie (P. Gris)
- Pinot Noir
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If Cour-Cheverny AOP is one the label then it must be what style of wine?
White wine
100% romonrantin
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What is the name of the area that is noth of Loire Valley bur still is apart of the appellation?
Loire Territory
Coteaux du Loir AOP
- area are located right outside of Touraine
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What type of wine do they make in the Coteaux du Loir AOP?
Red blends
rose
white wines
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The main varieties of Coteaux du Loir AOP?
PIneau d'Aunis - red blends and rosé
Chenin blanc - white wines
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Name the most famous sub Appellation of COteaux du Loir AOP
Jasnières AOP
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What's the main variety of Jasnières AOP?
Chenin Blanc - the only grape that can be bottled in the appellation
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WHere is Coteaux du Vendômois AOP located?
Northeast of Coteaux du Loir AOP
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What type of wines do they make and from what grape in Coteaux Vendômois AOP?
Rosé from Pineau d'Aunis
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Where is Cheverny AOP and COur Cheverny AOP located?
eastern edge of Touraine
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What's the main variety in Cheverny AOP?
Pinot Noir
Gamay
Sauvignon Blanc
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What's the bottle grape varitally of Cour Cheverny?
Romorantin
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Where is Valencay located?
Southeast of Touraine
139
What does VAlencay specialize in what two things?
Wine
Goat milk cheese
140
Main grapes of Valencay?
Gamay
Pinot NOir
Malbec (Cot)
Sauvignon Blanc
141
What type of wines do they make in Valencay AOp?
Red
rose
white
142
Name 8 main AOPs for Central VIneyards
Orleans
Orleans-Cléry
Pouilly-sur-Loire /Pouilly-Fume
Sancerre
Menetou-Salon
Quincy
Reuilly
Coteaux du Giennois
143
What is classic SAncerre and Pouilly-Fume usually aged in?
Stainless-steel
144
Main grapes for Menetou-Salon AOP
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir
145
Main grapes for Reuilly AOP
SAuvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir
Pinot Gris (Rose)
146
Main grape for Quincy AOP?
SAuvignon Blanc
147
What was the secound demarcated Appellation of France?
Quincy
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Main grapes of COteaux du Giennois AOP and what type of wine do they make?
Pinot Noir
Gamay
(Red and rose with both)
149
Where is the warmest part in loire?
Touraine
150
name 7 AOP from Touraine
Cheverny
Vouvray
Montlouis
Bourgueil
Chinon
Coteaux du Loir
Jasnières
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Nane two important AOPs in Anjou-Saumur
Savennières
Coteaux-du-Layon
152
Name 3 different wines produced from Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly Blanc Fumé
Blanc Fumé de Pouilly
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What's in the soil of Terre BLanche?
Kimmeridgeon Clay
Soils similar to that of Chablis
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What's in the soils of Caillottes?
Stones over limestone
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What's in teh soil Silex?
Flint stones over limestone
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What grapes grow well on Terre Blanche?
Sauvignon Blanc
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What grape grows well on Silex?
Pinot Noir
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Main grape of Menetou-Salon?
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir
Gamay
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What style of wine do you find in Menetou-Salon?
red
rose
white
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Quincy AOP sets off what river and what side of the river?
West Bank of the River Cher
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Main grape of Quincy AOP?
Sauvignon Blanc
162
What type of wines do they make in Quincy AOP?
White - Only AC wines are made in this style
Red - are always classified as Vin de Pays
Rosé - are always classified as Vin de Pays
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Which village is located southwest of Quincy AOP?
Reuilly AOP
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Main grape of Reuilly ?
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Gris
PInot Noir
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What types of wines are made in Reuilly AOP?
Red
Rose
White
166
Main grape of Orleans AOP?
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
Chardonnay
167
What types of wines are made in Orleans AOP?
red
white
rose
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Main grape of Orleans Clery AOC? and what type of wine do tehy do?
Cabernet Franc
red
