Loire Valley Flashcards
What are the 4 appelation for melon de Bourgogne
Muscadet AOP
Muscadet coteaux de la Loire AOP
Muscadet côtes de grandlieu AOP
Muscadet sèvre et Maine AOP
What are The 3 Sun appellation for muscadet sèvre et Maine AOP?
Clisson
Gorges
Le pallet
What are The AOP of The pays nantais?
Muscadet AOP Muscadet coteaux de la Loire AOP Muscadet côtes de grandlieu AOP Muscadet sèvre et Maine AOP Gros plant du pays nantais AOP Coteaux d'Ancenis AOP Fiefs vendéens AOP
Wine for coteaux d’ancenis aop?
White made of PG RS of 20-40 g/l
Malvoisie labeled made of PG.
Rose made of gamay RS=4 g/l
Red made of gamay RS= 3G/l
What are the sub zones in fiefs vendeens
Brem Chantonnay Vix Pissotte Mareuil
Styles of wine in fiefs vendeens
Blanc (min 60% Chenin blanc)
Rose (min 80% gamay and PN)
Rouge (min 80% PN, negrette, CabF)
Rose wine in brem and chantonnay sub zone of fiefs vendeens
50% PN + 30% gamay
Ageing requirement for
Muscadet AOP
Muscadet cotes de grandlieu AOP
Muscadet coteaux de la Loire AOP.
Lees ageing until March 1st of the year following harvest then bottled before November 30 of that year and marketed after the 8th of March of the following year.
If a Muscadet sevre et Maine include a sub zone what is not possible to appear on the label?
A sub zone within Muscadet sèvre et Maine cannot have ‘sur lie’ mentioned.
What is the difference between all Muscadet and the Muscadet sevre et Maine with appelation?
Min pot alcohol higher 11%vs 10%
Max yield lower 45hl/ha vs 55hl/ha
Ageing req for Muscadet sevre et Maine ‘Le pallet’
Must be aged on lees until April 1st of the 2 year following harvest
Ageing req for gorges and clisson?
Must be aged on lees until November 1st of the 2nd year following the harvest.
Soil for the sub zones of msm
Le pallet is gneiss,Quartz,gabbro
Gorges is clay&gabbro
Clisson is granite
Wine for Anjou AOP
Blanc: min 80% chenin + max combined chard and SB
Rouge: min 70% cab F & S + max combined pineal d’aunis and grolleau (max 10%)
Rouge primeur/nv
Anjou gamay (100% gamay)
Anjou gamay primeur
Vins mousseux Blanc and rose: min 70% Chenin + max 10% chard
Anjou Blanc AOP chara
Can be Sec max 3g/l Demi sec max 18g/l Moelleux 18-45g/l Doux > 45g/l
Anjou village brissac AOP
Rouge with cab F and cab S
Anjou coteaux de la Loire AOP
Blanc only.
100% Chenin Blanc
Min 34 g/l of RS
Anjou village AOP
Rouge only
Cab F cab S
Bonnezeaux AOP wines
Blanc moelleux only 100% Chenin Blanc
Chara for bonnezeaux AOP wines
Min 51 g/l of RS
Chaptalisation legal
If the grapes affected by botrytis then they must be harvested by hand in successive tries.
Cabernet d’anjou AOP
Rose wine only and primeur/nouveau
From cab F and cab S
Min 10 g/l of RS
Coteaux de l’aubence AOP
Blanc 100% Chenin Blanc
SGN 100% Chenin Blanc
Min 34 g/l
If SGN botrytis is mandatory and the min must weight higher
Haut Poitou AOP
Blanc min 60% SB + SG
Red min 60% cab F + gamay, merlot, PN
Rose min 40% cab F + 20% PN + 20 % gamay
Coteaux du layon AOP Wines
Coteaux du layon blanc min 34 g/l RS
Coteaux du layon SGN
coteaux du layon chaume 1er cru min 80g/l RS
coteaux du layon + villages
Coteaux du layon AOP Wines
Coteaux du layon blanc min 34 g/l RS
Coteaux du layon SGN
coteaux du layon chaume 1er cru min 80g/l RS
coteaux du layon + villages
Coteaux du layon villages
Faye Rochefort Rablay Beaulieu St Aubin St Lambert Chaume
Élevage for:
Coteaux du layon chaume 1er cru
Coteaux du layon SGN
Chaume 1er cru= min 12 month
SGN= min 20 months
The yield are lower for chaume 1er cru
No Chaptalisation authorised for any of those 2
Quarts de chaume AOP wines
Blanc only 100% Chenin Blanc
Min RS 85 g/l and Chaptalisation prohibited.
Low yield 20hl/ha
min pot alc of 18% acquired 11%
What are the 3 lieux dits of quarts de chaume AOP
Les quarts
Les roueres
Le veau
What is the soil found in quarts de chaume AOP?
Sandstone and schist
Wine style of saumur AOP
Blanc 100% Chenin Blanc
Rouge min 70% cab F + max combined cab S and pineau d’aunis
Saumur “puy Notre dame” min 75% cab F + max 15% cab S
Vin mousseux Blanc min 60% Chenin Blanc and max 10% SB
Vin mousseux rose min 60% cab F and max 10% SB
Saumur champigny AOP
Rouge only min 85% cab F + max 15% combined cab S and pineau d’aunis
Savenieres AOP wines
White only Sec max 4g/l Demi sec max 18g/l Moelleux 18-45 g/l Doux > 45g/l
What is the soil of savenieres?
Steep slopes of blue schist with volcanic debris
What are the styles of savenieres coulee de serant AOP wines
Blanc sec max 4g/l of RS
Blanc moelleux and doux min 30g/l of RS
Who owns coulee de serrant
Nicolas joly monopole 7 ha
What is the difference between coulée de serrant AOP and roches aux Moines AOP?
Same min alc, RS, chaptalization non authorised
Bigger with 33ha
Not a monopole of nicolas joly
What are the subzones of touraine AOP
Amboise Mesland Azay le rideau Oisly Chenonceaux
What is the min ageing for touraine chenonceaux AOP wines
Blanc not release before May 1 of the following year
Rouge not released before September 1 of the following year
What is the wine style of touraine oisly AOP
Blanc 100% sb
What is the min ageing for touraine oisly AOP wines
Not released before May 1st of the year following the harvest
Touraine AOP wine style?
Blanc: Min 80% SB and Max 20% SG
Rose min 2 varieties: cab F, cot, gamay, grolleau…..
Rouge: min 80% combined cab F & cot (min50%)
Primeur rouge: 100% gamay
Varietal labeled gamay min 85% gamay
Petillant blanc min 60% cab F or orbois
Petillant rose
What are the wine of touraine azay le rideau AOP
Blanc 100% Chenin Blanc
Rose min 60% grolleau + cot, gamay, max 10% combined cab F and S
What are the wine of touraine noble joue AOP
Rose wine only
Min 40% pinot meunier, min 20% PG, min 10% PN
Max RS 4g/l
Chinon AOP wines
Blanc 100% Chenin Blanc
Rose: cab F + Max 10% cab S
Rouge: cab F + Max 10% cab S
All dry
What is the soil found in chinon AOP
Varennes (alluvial)
Tuffeau
Clay
Wine in bourgueil and st nicolas de bourgueil AOP
Rose cab F + Max 10% cab S
Rouge cab F + Max 10% cab S
Vouvray AOP wine style
Blanc min 95% Chenin Blanc + Max 5% orbois
Petillant same
For Blanc sec is Max 8g/l of RS
What is the soil in vouvray
Tuffeau limestone
Montlouis sur Loire AOP wines
Blanc 100% Chenin Blanc
Same for petillant
Soil is sandier than vouvray
Cheverny AOP wines
Blanc: 60-84% combined SB & SG
Rose: 60- 84% PN comp 16-40% gamay
Red: same except accessories grapes is Max 10% of cab F & cot
Jasnieres AOP wines
100% Chenin
Sec=max 8g/l RS
If RS > 12 g/l then no chaptalisation
Cour cheverny AOP
100% romorantin
Sec 8g/l RS
Wines not released
Coteaux du loir AOP wines
Blanc 100% Chenin
Rose min 65% pineau d’aunis
Rouge min 65% pineau d’aunis
Valencais AOP
Blanc min 70% SB
Rose 30-60% gamay, min 10% PN, min 10% cot
Rouge same, only 20% Max cab F accessories grape
Coteaux du vendomois AOP
Blanc majority CB + Max 20% chard or 100% CB
Vin gris 100% pineau d’aunis
Rouge min 50% pineau d’aunis, 10-40% PN, 10-40% cab F, Max 20% gamay
Orleans AOP wines
Blanc min 60% chard + PG
Rose min 60% meunier + PN + PG
Rouge 70-90% meunier + PN
Orleans clery AOP
Rouge only 100% cab F
Wine style Sancerre AOP
Blanc 100% SB
Rose 100% PN
Rouge 100% PN
Wi e note release
Name the soil of Sancerre
Terres blanches
Caillottes
Silex
Name 2 vineyards in Sancerre
Chene Marchand calcareous soil
Monts damnes clay limestone
Pouilly fume wine style
Blanc 100% SB
What is the soil in pouilly fume
Kimmeridgian marl, caillottes, silex, clay siliceous
Pouilly sur Loire AOP
Blanc 100% chasselas
Menetou salon AOP wines
Blanc 100% SB
Rose and rouge 100% gamay
Quincy AOP
Blanc SB + Max 10% SG
Reuilly AOP
Blanc 100% SB
Rose PN&PG
Rouge 100% PN
Coteaux du giennois AOP
Blanc 100% SB
Rose and rouge gamay + PN (none > 80%)
What are the AOP of Anjou saumur
Anjou AOP Anjou village brissac AOP Anjou coteaux de la loire AOP Anjou village AOP Bonnezeau AOP Cabernet d'Anjou AOP Cabernet de saumur AOP Coteaux de saumur AOP Coteaux de l'aubance AOP Haut Poitou AOP Coteaux du layon AOP Quarts de chaume AOP Rose d'Anjou AOP Saumur AOP Saumur champigny AOP Savennieres AOP Savenieres coulée de serrant AOP Savenieres Roche aux Moines AOP
What are the AOP of touraine
Touraine AOP Touraine noble joue AOP Chinon AOP Bourgueil AOP St. Nicolas de bourgueil AOP Vouvray AOP Montlouis sur loire AOP Cheverny AOP Cour cheverny AOP Jasnieres AOP Coteaux du loir AOP Coteaux du vendomois AOP Valencais AOP
Central vineyard AOP’s
Orleans AOP Orleans clery AOP Sancerre AOP Pouilly fume AOP Pouilly sur Loire AOP Menetou salon AOP Quincy AOP Reuilly AOP Coteaux du giennois AOP
Classify the following from the driest to the sweetest. Anjou coteaux de la Loire AOP Bonnezeaux AOP Coteaux de saumur AOP Coteaux de l'aubence AOP Coteaux du layon AOP Coteaux du layon chaume 1er cru AOP Quarts de chaume AOP
Anjou coteaux de la Loire AOP Coteaux de saumur AOP Coteaux de l'aubence AOP Coteaux du layon AOP All are at min RS 34g/l
Bonnezeaux min RS 51g/l
Coteaux du layon chaume 1er cru AOP
Min RS 80g/l
Quarts de chaume AOP min RS 85g/l
What is the sweetest?
Cabernet d’anjou AOP
Rose d’anjou AOP
Touraine noble joue AOP
Cabernet d’anjou is the sweetest AOP. Min RS 10g/l
Soils of Sancerre
Silex
Caillottes
Terres blanches
What are the sub zones of coulée de serrant?
Grand clos de la coulee
Les plantes
Clos du château
sweetest AOC of Anjou Saumur?
Quart de Chaume Grand Cru 85 g/l
Soil of Quart de Chaume grand cru?
Sandstone and Schist
If I am a rose from Haut Poitou, what grape do I contain?
min 40% Cab F
Min 20% PN
Min 20% Gamay
Name 3 type of Gamay in the loire?
Gamay
Gamay de Bouze
Gamay de Chaudenay
Soil au Saumur Champingy?
Tuffeau, sandy one, more suitable for Cab F
Saumur Blanc?
100% Chenin, was able to have 20% max of Chardonnay until 2016 vintage
3 main river within Anjou and Saumur sub region?
Le Layon
Aubance
Thouet
what the App only producing red in Anjou Saumur?
Saumur Champigny
Name the 3 AOP producing only Rose in Anjou Saumur?
Rose d’Anjou AOP
Cabernet D’anjou AOP
Cabernet de Saumur AOP
What subone of Touraine is the home of SB?
Touraine Oisly
what wine style is Orleans Clery?
Rouge only, 100% Cab F
what AOP is producing only rose in Touraine?
Touraine Noble Joué
What river goes through Chinon AOP?
Vienne
What are the river of Vouvray?
Brenne
Cisse
where are the following producers from? Pierre Luneau Papin Guy Bossard of Domaine de l'Ecu Vignerons du Pallet Guilbault Freres Le fief Guerin
All from Muscadet area
specialty of Chateaumeilland?
Vin Gris made of Gamay and PN
Reuilly AOP?
Blanc with SB
Rose with PN & PG
Red with PN
Quincy AOP?
Blanc only min 90% SB + SG
Wine style of the Cote Roannaise?
Rose and rouge with 100% Gamay
What wine can you find in Auvergne?
Côte d’Auvergne AOP
White 100% Chardonnay
Rose and Rouge min 50% Gamay + PN
What grape is mainly grown in Côtes du Forez AOP?
Gamay
Can be red and Rose 100% Gamay
Saint-Pourçain AOP?
Blanc from 50-80% Chard, 20-40% Sacy, max 10% SB
Rose 100% Gamay
Rouge 40-75% Gamay, 25-60% PN
What wine is made in Charente?
Pineau des Charentes AOP
Vin de Liqueur Blanc
Vin de Liqueur Rose
Explain Pineau des Charentes AOP?
VDL Blanc made of Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard
not released before 01/04 of H+2 with min 12 months in oak
VDL Rose, Cab F, Cab S, Merlot, Malbec
Not released before 01/10 H+1 with min 8 months in oak
What is the aging for the following Pineau des Charentes
Old
Very Old
Old is min 5 Years in oak
Very Old is min 10 years in oak
main difference ex RS for Quarts de Chaume and Bonnezeaux AOP?
Bonnezeaux AOP authorised Chaptalisation
name the AOP of Anjou-Saumur based on Red only?
Anjou Village AOP
Anjou Village Brissac AOP
Saumur Champigny AOP
Saumur Puy notre dame
only AOP of Saumur based in White?
Côteaux de Saumur AOP
100% CB
min 34 g/l RS
AOP of Anjou-Saumur producing blanc sec only as part of other red and rose?
Haut Poitou based on SB
Saumur Based on CB
what famous AOP can you find on the Vienne River?
Chinon AOP
what AOP can you find on the Loir river?
Jasnieres AOP
Côteaux du Loir AOP
Côteaux Vendomois AOP
How many grapes min does Touraine Noble joue AOP need?
3 grapes min
PM
PG
PN
Name the AOP from Saumur that stopped being produced?
Cabernet de Saumur AOP
What was Cabernet de Saumur AOP?
Rose production now absorbed in Saumur AOP
What are the AOP of Anjou/Saumur producing rouge only?
Anjou Village AOP
Anjou Village Brissac AOP
Saumur Champigny AOP
what are the sweet AOP of Anjou-Saumur?
Anjou côteaux de la Loire AOP Bonnezeau AOP Côteaux de Saumur AOP Côteaux de l'Aubance AOP Côteaux du Layon AOP Quart de Chaume AOP
Where can you find the Côteaux Giennois?
In the central Loire Vineyard
based on SB and PN
Where is the Côteaux Vendomois AOP?
In the Touraine
adjacent to Jasnieres based on CB and Pineau d’Aunis
