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1
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Another name for Chenin blanc in Loire

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Pineau de la Loire

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What does “Franc de Pied” mean?

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French vines NOT grafted on Am rootstock

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Another name for Pinot gris in Loire (also in Savoie and Switzerland)

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Malvoisie

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Another name for Sauvignon blanc in Loire

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Fié

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4 main sub-regions that make up the Loire Valley

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  • Pays Nantais
  • Anjou-Saumur
  • Touraine
  • Central Vineyards
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For Crémant de Loire, what is max % for combined Cab sauv and Pineau d’Aunis

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Max 30% combined

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Longest river in France?

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Loire

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Loire’s first official Grand Cru?

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Quarts de Chaume

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Name 2 AOPs that require 100% Chenin in Touraine

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  • Montlouis-sur-Loire (white only)
  • Chinon (all 3 colors)
  • Jasnières (white only)
  • Coteaux du Loir (all 3 colors)
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Name Rosé-only AOPs in Saumur (2)

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  • Cabernet d’Anjou

- Rose d’Anjou

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Saumur AOP requirements for all 3 colors?

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  • No still Rosé
  • White: 100% Chenin
  • Red: Cabernet franc + (Max 30% Cab-sauv + Pineau d’Aunis)
  • Mousseux blanc: Min 60% Chenin + max 10% sb
  • Mousseux rosé: Min 60% Cab franc + max 10% sb (min 9m on lees)
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Grapes for a wine labeled “Saumur Puy Notre Dame”

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Cab franc, with max 15% cab sauv

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What are the requirements for Coteaux de Saumur AOP?

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  • 100% Chenin (only)
  • Semi-sweet wines - passillerage or botrytis, must be harvested in successful tries
  • Min Alc: 15%
  • Min must weight: 238g/l
  • Min RS: 34 g/l
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Requirements for Saumur-Champigny AOP

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  • Red only

- Min 85% Cabernet franc (max 15% cab sauv+pineau d’aunis)

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Name the 2 AOPs in Savennières; one is a monopole owned by whom?

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  • Coulée de Serrant: owned by Nicolas Joly

- Roche aux Moines

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Roche aux Moines has 6 vignerons who make wine there, name 2

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  • Nicolas Joly
  • Château de Chamboureau
  • Domaine aux Moines
  • Château Pierre Bise
  • Domaine des Forges
  • Domaine Jo Pithon
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Residual sugar in Savennières is no longer explicitly stated as of 2011; what are the 4 levels of sweetness and RS levels?

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  • Sec: max 4 g/l
  • Demi-sec: max 18g/l
  • Moelleux: 18-45g/l
  • Doux: more than 45 g/l
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Coteaux l’Aubance AOP makes sweet whites; for still reds made in that region, what are they labeled as?

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Anjou Villages Brissac (Cab Sauv + Cab Franc)

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Which river runs through Bonnezeaux?

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Layon

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Name the 2 villages that have their own AOP within Coteaux du Layon

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Bonnezeaux and Chaume (of Quarts de Chaume AOP)

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Min alc % for Coteaux du Layon (+village, +Chaume Premier Cru, +SGN)?

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  • Layon: 11%
  • Layon “Village”: 12%
  • Layon “Chaume Premier Cru”: 11%
  • Layon “SGN” (with or without village): 19%
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Min RS for Coteaux du Layon and Chaume Premier Cru

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  • Layon: 34 g/l
  • Layon “Chaume Premier Cru”: 80 g/l
  • *Chaptalization not allowed for both
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Which has a higher min must weight, Coteau du Layon or Sauternes?

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Same, 221 g/l

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7 geographical designations can add their name to the Coteau du Layon appellation, name 3

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  • Beaulieu/sur Layon
  • Rablay/sur Layon
  • Rochefort/sur Loire
  • St Aubin/de Luigne
  • St Lambert/du Lattay
  • Faye/d’Anjou
  • Chaume “Premier Cru” - (lieu-dit within Rochefort sur Loire)
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RS, min alc % and min must weight for Bonnezeaux? Is chaptalization legal?

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  • 100% Chenin
  • Min 12% alc
  • Min 51 g/l
  • Must weight: 238 g/l
  • Chaptalization is legal for Bonnezeaux AOC
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Where is chaptalization legal? Bonnezeaux, Layon, Layon Chaume Premier Cru, Layon Chaume SGN, Quarts du Chaume

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Bonnezeaux and Coteaux du Layon

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Name 2 producers of Bonnezeaux

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  • Dom de la Sansonnière (Mark Angeli)
  • Ch de Fesles
  • Dom de Petits Quarts/Godineaux
  • Dom René Renou
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Requirements for Quarts du Chaume?

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  • 100% Chenin
  • Min 11% alc
  • Min 85 g/l
  • Min must weight: 298 g/l
  • Loire’s first official Grand Cru
  • Producers: Dom des Baumard, Pierre Bise
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Grapes for Haut-Pitou in Anjou?

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  • White: Min 60% sauv blanc, sauv gris
  • Red: Min 60% cab franc, max 10% gamay
  • Rosé: Min. 40% cab franc, plus a min. 20% p-noir and a min. 20% Gamay
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Only AOP in Anjou where the main grape is Sauv Blanc

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Haut-Pitou AOP

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Grapes for Bourgueil, major city and which bank of the Loire river does it lie?

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Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv)
City: Bourgueil is West of Tours
River: Right bank of Loire

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T or F? St Nicolas de Bourgueil requires the same cépage of grapes as Bourgueil. Located W of Bourgueil and N of Chinon (across the Loire river)

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  • True!

- Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv)

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Grapes for Valençay?

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  • White: majority sauv blanc
  • Red/Rosé: gamay, pinot noir, côt (must have all 3 in blend)
  • Cher River
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Grapes for Cheverny?

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  • White: Min 50% combined sauv blanc+gris

- Red/Rosé: Min 50% pinot noir (min 85% combined pinot and gamay

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Can Cour-Cheverny make off-dry wines?

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Yes, off-dry wines with min 8 g/l may be produced; may not be chaptalized

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Grapes for Jasnières and the river that runs through it?

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  • 100% Chenin
  • dry, off-dry and sweet wines; chapt forbidden with wines +12 g/l RS
  • sub-region of Coteaux du Loir
  • Loir river
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Grapes for Coteaux du Loir?

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  • White: 100% Chenin
  • Red/Rosé: Min 50% pineau d’aunis
  • Red: (+gamay, cab f, cot)
  • Rosé: (+gamay, cot, grolleau)
  • one of the Loire’s northernmost appellations
  • vyds are protected by the Bercé forest to the north, while the adjacent valleys and hillsides face south, enjoying the Touraine climate
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Synonym for Chenin Noir?

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Pineau d’Aunis

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Grapes for Coteaux du Vendômois?

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  • White: Chenin blanc majority (+chard)
  • Rosé Vin Gris: 100% pineau d’aunis
  • Red: Pineau d’Aunis majority (+ cab-franc, pn, gamay)
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What are the 100% Chenin white AOPs in Touraine (4)?

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  • Mountlouis-sur-Loire
  • Chinon
  • Jasnières
  • Coteaux du Loir
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What are 5 villages that can append its name to the Touraine AOP and what are the white grapes for each?

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  • Touraine Azay-le-Rideau: 100% Chenin (Rosé majority of Grolleau; does not make red wines)
  • Touraine Amboise: 100% Chenin
  • Touraine Mesland: Chenin majority, Rosé is Gamay majority, Red is Min 3 grapes (cab-franc, cot gamay, cab-sauv, p-noir)
  • Touraine Oisly: 100% sauv blanc (makes only white)
  • Touraine Chenonceaux: 100% sauv blanc (red mainly Côt and cab-franc; does not make rosé wines)
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Rivers in the following regions: Touraine Noble-Joué, Chinon, Jasnières

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  • Touraine Noble-Joué: Cher to the N and Indre to the S
  • Chinon: Vienne
  • Jasnières: Loir
43
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Montlouis-sur-Loire is sandwiched between which 2 rivers?

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Loire on the N (right bank) and Cher on the S (left bank)

44
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Loir river runs through 3 AOPs in Touraine, what are they?

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Coteaux du Loir, Jasnières, Coteaux du Vendomois

45
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Which label for Touraine reds is for 100% hand-harvested Gamay grapes, and bottled immediately after harvest?

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Touraine ‘Premieur’

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Which Rosé-only AOP recreates a historical style of Vin Gris? And which 2 rivers run through it?

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  • Touraine Noble-Joué (+50% pinot meunier (with pinot noir, pinot gris/malvoisie)
  • Cher River runs through the N and Indre to the S of it
47
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Vouvray is East of Tours, what is the min % of Chenin required?

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Min 95% Chenin (+arbois/menu pineau)

48
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T or F? Saumur is Loire’s biggest producer of bubbles

49
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T or F for Anjou? It is the largest, most diverse and dynamic region; 45% of Anjou production is devoted to rosê (dominated by the Grolleau grape) and 1/3 of plantings are Cab Franc

50
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Central Vineyard AOPs producing only white (3)

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  • Pouilly-Fumé
  • Pouilly-sur-Loire (chasselas)
  • Quincy
51
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Central Vineyard AOPs making all 3 colors (5)

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  • Sancerre
  • Reuilly
  • Menetou-Salon
  • Coteaux du Giennois
  • Orléans
52
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Sole Central Vineyard AOP producing only red

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  • Orléans-Clery (100% cabernet franc)
53
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Central Vineyards AOP that requires Pinot Noir for reds (5)

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  • Sancerre
  • Reuilly
  • Menetou-Salon
  • Châteaumeillant (min 60% pn + gamay)
  • Coteaux du Giennois (pn + gamay-neither may exceed 80%)
54
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Name the sole Central Vineyards AOP that requires Pinot Meunier

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Orléans (red, rosé)

55
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T or F? Pouilly-Fumé is made of 100% sauv blanc

56
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Quincy is the 2nd in all France to receive an AOP after CDP, what is the cépage?

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Min 90% sauv blanc, max 10% sauv gris

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Which AOP is directly across the River from Sancerre? Which bank of the river does Sancerre lie on?

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  • Sancerre directly across Pouilly Fumé/Pouilly-sur-Loire

- Sancerre on left bank of Loire river

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Quincy is North of which other AOP?

59
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Reuilly makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?

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  • White: 100% sauv blanc
  • Red: 100% pinot noir
  • Rosé: Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
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Menetou-Salon makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?

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  • White: 100% sauv blanc

- Red/Rosé: 100% pinot noir

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Coteaux du Giennois makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?

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  • White: 100% sauv blanc

- Red/Rosé: pinot noir and gamay (max 80% each)

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Orléans makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?

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  • White: min 60% chard + pinot gris
  • Red: 70-90% pinot meunier + pinot noir
  • Rosé: min 60% pinot meunier + pinot noir/gris
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Central Vineyards AOP that require 100% sauv blanc for its whites (5)

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  • Reuilly
  • Menetou-Salon
  • Coteaux du Giennois
  • Pouilly-Fumé
  • Sancerre
64
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Grape in Orléans-Clery

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100% cab franc (red only)

65
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Where is Châteaumillant?

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Central Vineyards

66
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Synonym of the Sacy grape?

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Tressalier

67
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Grapes for Cotes du Forez, Cote Roannaise?

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100% Gamay (red/rosé only)

68
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Grapes for Châteaumeillant?

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  • Vin Gris: min 60% gamay + pinot noir (max 15% pinot gris)

- Red: min 60% gamay + pinot noir

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Grapes for St.Pourçain?

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  • White: 50-80% chardonnay, 20-40% sacy (tresallier), max 10% SB
  • Red: 40-70% gamay, 25-60% pinot noir
  • Rosé: 100% gamay
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Grapes for Cote d’Auvergne?

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  • White: 100% chardonnay

- Red/Rosé: min 50% pinot noir, plus gamay

71
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Southernmost AOP in Loire?

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Cotes du Forez

72
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Synonym for Folle blanche?

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  • Gros Plant
  • Damery
  • Picpoul; not related to Picpoul in Languedoc
73
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3 soil types in Chinon

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  • Varennes: sandy alluvial, gravel (located by the river – lighter, softer, fruity)
  • Tuffeau: soft limestone (located on the coteaux - fuller, +tannic, ageing)
  • Clay with flint, sand (located on the plateau)
74
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Only region in France to have 2 AOCs

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Valençay (cheese and wine)

75
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Loire AOPs that make a rosé Vin Gris (3)

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  • Coteaux du Vendômois
  • Touraine Noble-Joué (off-dry)
  • Châteaumeillant
76
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T or F? Boundary of Chinon appellation extended to the southwest along the south bank of the Vienne, to include eight more communes

77
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Chêne Marchand, La Pouissie are vineyards in which Sancerre village?

78
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Which AOP is the most central in all of France (almost dead center in the country)?

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St Pourçain

79
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All 3 colors for Sancerre, what are the grapes and % for each?

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  • White: 100% sauv blanc

- Red/Rosé: 100% pinot noir

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All 3 colors for Reuilly, what are the grapes and % for each?

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  • White: 100% sauv blanc
  • Red: 100% pinot noir
  • Rosé: pinot noir+gris
81
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All 3 colors for Menetou-Salon, what are the grapes and % for each?

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  • White: 100% sauv blanc

- Red/Rosé: 100% pinot noir

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All 3 colors for Coteaux du Giennois, what are the grapes and % for each?

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  • White: 100% sauv blanc

- Red/Rosé: pinot noir+gamay (max 80% each grape)

83
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All 3 colors for Orléans, what are the grapes and % for each?

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  • White: min 60% chard (+pinot gris)
  • Red: 70-90% pineau meunier (+pinot noir)
  • Rosé: min 60% pineau meunier (+pinot gris, noir)
84
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2 AOPs in the Central Vineyards on Cher River

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Reuilly and Quincy

85
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Which requires a higher RS Coteaux du Layon or Coteaux de l’Aubance?

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Same, both 34 g/l

86
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SGN AOPs outside of Alsace

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  • Coteaux de l’Aubance
  • Coteau du Layon
  • Monbazillac
87
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Which historical event transformed the Nantais into the spiritual home for Melon de Bourgogne?

A

1709 frost that resulted in a moratorium of red grapes

88
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What is the common fermentation style for Muscadet?

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Concrete, underground fermentation tanks

89
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Describe the terroir of Savennières AOP

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Savennières sits along the north bank of the Loire River in Anjou. The climate is cool and benefits the long/slow ripening process of Chenin Blanc. The slopes are steep and south facing consisting of blue schist and volcanic debris

90
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Name 3 single vineyards within the Savennières AOP

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Clos de Fremine, Clos de la Hutte, Clos Papillion

91
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Name 3 lieu-dits of Sancerre

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  • Clos Neore
  • Mont Damnes
  • Guigne Chevres
  • Les Romains
  • Le Paradis
  • La Grande Cote
92
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Arrange the following AOPS in order of increasing residual sugar: Bonnezeaux, Quarts du Chaume, Chaume Premier Cru, Coteaux du Layon

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  • Coteaux du Layon: 34 g/l
  • Bonnezeaux: 51 g/l
  • Chaume 1er: 80 g/l
  • Quarts du Chaume: 85 g/l
93
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Are whites allowed in Chinon? What about in Bourgueil?

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Yes in Chinon (100% Chenin), no in Bourgueil

94
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List the 4 crus added to Sevre et Maine in 2019

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Chateau Thebaud, Ghoulaine, Mouzillion Tillieries, Monnieres Saint Fiacre

95
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Which requires longer lees aging Chateau Thebaud or Goulaine?

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  • Goulaine and Palate 4/1 (18m)

- all others 10/1 (24m)

96
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Min alcohol % for Muscadet AOP?

97
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Min vine age of Cru Muscadet?

98
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What is the assemblage for Coteau d’Ancenis? Within which Muscadet appellation does Coteaux d’Ancenis reside?

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  • Blanc: 100% Malvoisie
  • Rosé and Rouge: 100% Gamay
  • located within Coteaux de la Loire
99
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What are the three Huet single vineyards and their inaugural vintages?

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  • Haut Lieu (1928)
  • Le Mont (1957)
  • Clos du Borg (Inaug 53, purchased 63)
100
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Name 2 producers of Quarts de Chaume?

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Domaines Des Baumard and Chateau Pierre-Bise

101
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Producer with Monopole AOP of Loire? What is the AOP?

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Coulée de Serrant, Nicolas Joly

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