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What are the main white grapes of the Loire valley?

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  • Chening Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Melon de Bourgogne
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What are the Loire Valleys secondary white grapes?

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  • Chardonnay
  • Orbois
  • Romorantin
  • Gros Plant (Folle Blanche)
  • Chasselas
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What are the red grapes of the Loire Valley?

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  • Cabernet Franc (Breton)
  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec (cot)
  • Pineau d’Aunis
  • Groslot (Grolleau)
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What’s the grape of Muscadet?

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•Melon de Bourgogne

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Name the 4 appellations for Muscadet in the Pays Nantais

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  • Muscadet AOP
  • Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP
  • Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu AOP
  • Muscadet Savre-et-Maine AOP
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What’s the main appellation for Muscadet?

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•Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

About 80%, about 1/2 of it sur lie

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What requirement is needed for Muscadet to be labeled sur lie?

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It needs to be from one of the 3 sub appellations

  • Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
  • Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu
  • Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine
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What are the 2 subregions of Coteaux de layon?

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  • quarts de chaume

* Bonnezeaux

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What are the 3 types of soils of Chinon?

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  • tuffeau
  • clay
  • varennes
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Name the 3 appellations for red wines in touraine

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These 3 allow up to 10% of Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Chinon -small whites made of chenin South
  • Bourgueil- only red and rose north

•St Nicholas de Bourgueil- only red and rose
These are also the lightest north

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What’s an additional grape allowed in the wines of vouvray?

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•Orbois AKA Menu Pineau

Not allowed in montlouis-sur-Loire

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What’s the new encepagment for the white wines of touraine AOC?

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Starting 2016

Chenin Blanc predominantly

Mandated Sauvignon Blanc and a max 20% Sauvignon Gris

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What type of wine is Touraine Noble-Joue AOC?

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Rose wines,

Recreating a historical style of Vin Gris made of

  • Pinot Meunier (Gris Meunier)
  • Malvosie (Pinot Gris)
  • Pinot Noir
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Where is the Loir river?

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Not to be confused w the Loire,

It’s a tributary to the north passing by Jasnieres

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What’s the name of the main appellation in the north of touraine?

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•coteaux du Loir AOC

Jasnieres is a sub appellation and the reds are made of

•Pineau d’Aunis

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Where’s Jasnieres AOC?

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It’s in the north of Touraine, a sub appellation of Coteaux du Loir and made of Chenin Blanc

Similar to vouvray but more green and herbaceous

17
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What are the 2 appellations in touraine that only produce rose?

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•Coteaux du Vendomois
(Pineau d’Aunis)

•Touraine Noble-Joue
(Vin Gris) Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Pinot Meunier

18
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Where can you find cot?

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Cot is the name for Malbec in the Loire (touraine), specifically in the eastern side in valencay aop

Whites are SB
Reds are cot, Pinot Noir, gamay

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What’s the grape of Cour-Cheverny AOP?

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The local Grape Romoratin

Cheverny AOC are SB and PN, gamay

20
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What’s the grape of Cheverny?

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The easternmost appellation of touraine,

Whites are SB and the reds are PN and Gamay

21
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What are the soils of Sancerre?

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  • silex
  • terres blanches (Chablis kimmeridgean clay)
  • caillotes
22
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What’s the grape of Poully-sur-Loire?

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•Chasselas in the Loire

23
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What’s an appellation in the Loire that allows Chardonnay in its wines?

A

Besides cremant,

•Orleans AOP in the Central vineyards

Large proportions of

W-chard
R-PM

Orleans-clery are 100% cab franc

24
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What’s the grape of Orleans-clery?

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Located in the central vineyards,

Only makes reds of 100% cab franc

Orleans AOC makes r, rs, w with ch and PM

25
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Name the 3 designates of Huet in Vouvray?

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  • Le Haut Lieu
  • Le Mont
  • Clos du Bourg
26
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Bad recent vintage in the Loire?

A

2013

27
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Where are the ‘crus’ of Clos de beaujeu, mont damnes and la Cote?

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Sancerre

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