Loire Valley Flashcards
What is maceration pelliculaire?
Skin contact. For just a few hours when white wine must macerated with its skin prior to fermentation.
Loire valley districts
Nantais
Anjou
Touraine
Centre Loire
Nantais sub-districts
Muscadet
Muscadet Coteaux de Loire and Couteaux d’Ancenis
Muscadet Cotes du Grandlieu
Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine
Anjou sub-districts
Anjou
Saumur
Savennieres
Coteaux-du-Layon
Touraine sub-districts
Bourgueil Chinon Vouvray Montlouis-sur-Loire Coteaux du Loir Cheverny Jasniėres Chenonceau
Soils in Nantais
Mostly sand with areas of clay, granite, schist and griess
Soils in Anjou
Strong clay over schist
Soils in Touraine
Mostly flint over limestone
Soils in Centre Loire
Limestone, chalk and kimmerigian clay
Wines from Pouilly-sur-Loire and grapes
Pouilly fume/S.B.
Pouilly banc Fume/S.B.
Blanc Fume de Pouilly/S.B.
Pouilly-sur-Loire/ chasselas
Which type of soils do we see in Sancerre
Terre blanche
Caillotes
Silex
Which are the best vineyards in Sancerre?
La Monts Damnes Le cul De Beaujeu La Grand Cote/ all three in Chavignol La Poussie Chene Marchand/ all two in Bue La Moussiere Les Romains Belle Dame
Name 5 producers from Sancerre and Puilly Fume
Henri Bourgeois Francois Cotat Pascal Cotat Pascal Jolivet Lucien Crochet Alphonse Mellot Vincent Pinard Gerard Boulay Domaine Vacheron Chateau du Nozet (Ladoucette) Didier Dagueneau
Where is Menetou-Salon and what wine does it produce?
It is in Central Loire
White’s from S.B.
Red and rose from P.N. and Gamay
What wines do we see from Quincy and Reilly?
Whites From S.B
And also some red and rose from P.N. and P.G. classified as Vin de Pays
What wines do we see from Quincy and Reilly?
Whites From S.B
And also some red and rose from P.N. and P.G. classified as Vin de Pays
Wines in Vins deL’Orleanais
Whites/ Chardonnay P.G.
Red roses/ P.N Pinot Meunier
Wines in Orleans Clery AOC
Red from C.F.
Where is Coteaux du Giennois and wines
Central loire
Whites/ S.B.
Red roses/ P.N. Gamay
Where is Chateaumeillant and wines
Southwest of Menetou-Salon
Red roses/Gamay P.N. P.G.
Name the villages that can add their name in Touraine AOC
AMBOISE AZAULE-RIDEAU CHENONCEAU MESLAND OISLY NOBLE JOUE
Where is Valancay and what wines do we see
In Touraine
Whites/ S.B.
Red roses/ Pinot Noir Gamay Cot
What wines do we see in Cheverny and where is it
It is in Touraine
Whites/ S.B. with max 15% of Chardonnay Chenin blanc and/or Arbois
Reds
40-65% Gamay plus C.F. P.N. and Cot
Where do we see the Romorantin grape
White grape
In Cour-Cheverny
What type of wines do we see in Vouvray?
White wines from Chenin Blanc (small ammount of Arbois is permitted) Dry Semi-dry Sweet(Moelleaux) Slightly sparkling (petillant) Sparkling
Name 3 vineyards and 3 producers of Vouvray
V: Les Mont, Clos Du Borg, Le Haut-Lieu
P: Huet, Champalou, Domaine du clos Naudin (Philippe Foreau), Francois Pino, Domaine de la Fontainerie, Domaine Des Auduisieres, Les clos dela Meslerie
Name where is Montlouis-sur-Loire and 3 producers
It is south of the river where facing Vouvray in Touraine. making similar wine style’s.
P: Jacky Plot, Francois Chidaine, La Grande Tiphaine
Where is Jasniees and wine types
In Touraine
Dry white wines from C.B.
Wines in Couteaux Du Loir and
Couteaux Vendomois
Red from Pinot d’aunis, C.F., C.S., Gamay snd P.N.
In rose 25% of Grolleau is permitted
What wines do we see in Bourgueil and St-Nicolas-du-Bourgeuil and soils
Limestone
Red wines from C.F. 10% of C.S. is permitted
We also see some rose
Name 3 producers in Bourgueil
Domaine de la Chevalier' Catherine and Pierre Breton Domaine Du Bel Air Yannick Amirault Max Cognard Delauney Drut
Soils and wines in Chinon
Red from C.F. 10% C.S. is permitted
Whites from C.B.
Sandy/gravelly soils close to the river
Tuffeau Jaune Soils
Name 3 producers of Chinon
Domaine Alliet Olga Raffault Château du Coulaine Domaine Noire Wilfrid Rousse
What grapes do we see in Anjou blanc
And in Anjou rouge
Blanc: 80% C.B up tov20% Chardonnay and S.B.
Rouge: C.F C.S. with some Pinot DAunis and Grolleau
What type of wines do we see in Anjou Village?
Red wines from C.F with some C.S.
What is Black Anjou and what is White Anjou?
Black: the western side of the region from the rock color
White: Saumur from the bright reflective glare of chalk
What soils do we see in Saumur
Tuffeaux (limestone)
What wines do we see from Saumur D’origine?
Tradition method sparkling wines from Chenin blanc Chardonnay pinot noir
Wine style’s and 3 producers from Saumur and Saumur Champigny
100% C.F. P: Antoine Sanzay Clos Rougears Arnaud Lambert Domaine Guiberteau Domaine Collier (Antoine Foucault) Chateau Yvonne Domaine des Roches Neuves (thierry Germain) Mark Angeli
What is the exception of Saumur-Champingy?
The village of Beze produces white wine 100% Chenin Blanc from 4 producers
What wines do we mainly see from Coteaux du Layon?
White sweet wines from C.B.
In good years it is affected from botrytis
When in Coteaux Du Layon we see Selection de grains Noble on the label?
323 g/L at harvest
What wines do Quarts Dde Chaume Grand Cru and Coteaux du Layon Premier Cru make?
Sweet white wines from Chenin Blanc made from Passerille (dried) grapes affected from Botrytis
Villages of the Coteaux Du Layon Village AOC
Beaulieu-sur Layon Faye D'Anjou Rablay-sur-Layon Rocherfort-sur-Loire St Aubin de Luignes St-Lambart-du Lattay
Wines from Coteaux de L’Aubance
Dessert wines from C.B.
Min sugar 230 g/L at harvest
Selection de grains Noble
Min 294 g/L at hsrvest 34 g/L the finished wine
Wines from Coteaux de L’Aubance
Dessert wines from C.B.
Min sugar 230 g/L at harvest
Selection de grains Noble
Min 294 g/L at hsrvest 34 g/L the finished wine
Which are the two Separate AOC of Savannieres?
Coulee de Serrant
Rouche aux Moines
Both are biodynamic
Name 3 producers of Savannieres
Nicolas Joly Thibaud Boudignon Richard Leroy Stephsne Bernaudeau Benoit Corault Domaine Aux Moines
Name the AOC of Nantais
Muscadet
Muscadet Couteaux De La Loire
Muscadet cotes de Grandlieu
Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine
What SUR LIE means on the label?
The wine have been matured on their fine lees over winter snd must be bottled between 1st March to 1st November of the year following the harvest
What cru Communal mean in Nantais?
Started in 2011 for the best Muscadet terroirs
La Palleta (min 17 months on lees)
Clisson (20 months)
Gorges (24 months)
Name 3 muscadet producers
Bernard Chereau Domaine de la Pepiere Luneau-Papin Domaine Landron Vincent Caille Andre-Michel Bregeon Bruno Cormerais Domaine de L'Ecu Fred Niger
What wines do we see from Gros plant du Plays Nantais?
Local wine made from gros plant (folle blanche) grapes)
Wines from Coteaux d’Ancenis
Red rose from C.S. C.F. plus 5% of Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chadenay
White from C.B. and P.G.
