Loire Valley Flashcards
Another name for Chenin blanc in Loire
Pineau de la Loire
What does “Franc de Pied” mean?
French vines NOT grafted on Am rootstock
Another name for Pinot gris in Loire (also in Savoie and Switzerland)
Malvoisie
Another name for Sauvignon blanc in Loire
Fié
4 main sub-regions that make up the Loire Valley
- Pays Nantais
- Anjou-Saumur
- Touraine
- Central Vineyards
For Crémant de Loire, what is max % for combined Cab sauv and Pineau d’Aunis
Max 30% combined
Longest river in France?
Loire
Loire’s first official Grand Cru?
Quarts de Chaume
Name 2 AOPs that require 100% Chenin in Touraine
- Montlouis-sur-Loire (white only)
- Chinon (all 3 colors)
- Jasnières (white only)
- Coteaux du Loir (all 3 colors)
Name Rosé-only AOPs in Saumur (2)
- Cabernet d’Anjou
- Rose d’Anjou
Saumur AOP requirements for all 3 colors?
- 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)
Grapes for a wine labeled “Saumur Puy Notre Dame”
Cab franc, with max 15% cab sauv
What are the requirements for Coteaux de Saumur AOP?
- 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
Requirements for Saumur-Champigny AOP
- Red only
- Min 85% Cabernet franc (max 15% cab sauv+pineau d’aunis)
Name the 2 AOPs in Savennières; one is a monopole owned by whom?
- Coulée de Serrant: owned by Nicolas Joly
- Roche aux Moines
Roche aux Moines has 6 vignerons who make wine there, name 2
- Nicolas Joly
- Château de Chamboureau
- Domaine aux Moines
- Château Pierre Bise
- Domaine des Forges
- Domaine Jo Pithon
Residual sugar in Savennières is no longer explicitly stated as of 2011; what are the 4 levels of sweetness and RS levels?
- Sec: max 4 g/l
- Demi-sec: max 18g/l
- Moelleux: 18-45g/l
- Doux: more than 45 g/l
Coteaux l’Aubance AOP makes sweet whites; for still reds made in that region, what are they labeled as?
Anjou Villages Brissac (Cab Sauv + Cab Franc)
Which river runs through Bonnezeaux?
Layon
Name the 2 villages that have their own AOP within Coteaux du Layon
Bonnezeaux and Chaume (of Quarts de Chaume AOP)
Min alc % for Coteaux du Layon (+village, +Chaume Premier Cru, +SGN)?
- Layon: 11%
- Layon “Village”: 12%
- Layon “Chaume Premier Cru”: 11%
- Layon “SGN” (with or without village): 19%
Min RS for Coteaux du Layon and Chaume Premier Cru
- Layon: 34 g/l
- Layon “Chaume Premier Cru”: 80 g/l
- *Chaptalization not allowed for both
Which has a higher min must weight, Coteau du Layon or Sauternes?
Same, 221 g/l
7 geographical designations can add their name to the Coteau du Layon appellation, name 3
- 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)
RS, min alc % and min must weight for Bonnezeaux? Is chaptalization legal?
- 100% Chenin
- Min 12% alc
- Min 51 g/l
- Must weight: 238 g/l
- Chaptalization is legal for Bonnezeaux AOC
Where is chaptalization legal? Bonnezeaux, Layon, Layon Chaume Premier Cru, Layon Chaume SGN, Quarts du Chaume
Bonnezeaux and Coteaux du Layon
Name 2 producers of Bonnezeaux
- Dom de la Sansonnière (Mark Angeli)
- Ch de Fesles
- Dom de Petits Quarts/Godineaux
- Dom René Renou
Requirements for Quarts du Chaume?
- 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
Grapes for Haut-Pitou in Anjou?
- 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
Only AOP in Anjou where the main grape is Sauv Blanc
Haut-Pitou AOP
Grapes for Bourgueil, major city and which bank of the Loire river does it lie?
Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv)
City: Bourgueil is West of Tours
River: Right bank of Loire
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)
- True!
- Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv)
Grapes for Valençay?
- White: majority sauv blanc
- Red/Rosé: gamay, pinot noir, côt (must have all 3 in blend)
- Cher River
Grapes for Cheverny?
- White: Min 50% combined sauv blanc+gris
- Red/Rosé: Min 50% pinot noir (min 85% combined pinot and gamay
Can Cour-Cheverny make off-dry wines?
Yes, off-dry wines with min 8 g/l may be produced; may not be chaptalized
Grapes for Jasnières and the river that runs through it?
- 100% Chenin
- dry, off-dry and sweet wines; chapt forbidden with wines +12 g/l RS
- sub-region of Coteaux du Loir
- Loir river
Grapes for Coteaux du Loir?
- 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
Synonym for Chenin Noir?
Pineau d’Aunis
Grapes for Coteaux du Vendômois?
- White: Chenin blanc majority (+chard)
- Rosé Vin Gris: 100% pineau d’aunis
- Red: Pineau d’Aunis majority (+ cab-franc, pn, gamay)
What are the 100% Chenin white AOPs in Touraine (4)?
- Mountlouis-sur-Loire
- Chinon
- Jasnières
- Coteaux du Loir