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What is maceration pelliculaire?

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Skin contact. For just a few hours when white wine must macerated with its skin prior to fermentation.

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Loire valley districts

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Nantais
Anjou
Touraine
Centre Loire

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Nantais sub-districts

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Muscadet
Muscadet Coteaux de Loire and Couteaux d’Ancenis
Muscadet Cotes du Grandlieu
Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

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Anjou sub-districts

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Anjou
Saumur
Savennieres
Coteaux-du-Layon

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Touraine sub-districts

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Bourgueil
Chinon
Vouvray
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Coteaux du Loir
Cheverny
Jasniėres
Chenonceau
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Soils in Nantais

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Mostly sand with areas of clay, granite, schist and griess

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Soils in Anjou

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Strong clay over schist

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Soils in Touraine

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Mostly flint over limestone

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Soils in Centre Loire

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Limestone, chalk and kimmerigian clay

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Wines from Pouilly-sur-Loire and grapes

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Pouilly fume/S.B.
Pouilly banc Fume/S.B.
Blanc Fume de Pouilly/S.B.
Pouilly-sur-Loire/ chasselas

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Which type of soils do we see in Sancerre

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Terre blanche
Caillotes
Silex

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Which are the best vineyards in Sancerre?

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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
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Name 5 producers from Sancerre and Puilly Fume

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Henri Bourgeois
Francois Cotat
Pascal Cotat
Pascal Jolivet
Lucien Crochet
Alphonse Mellot
Vincent Pinard
Gerard Boulay
Domaine Vacheron
Chateau du Nozet (Ladoucette)
Didier Dagueneau
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Where is Menetou-Salon and what wine does it produce?

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It is in Central Loire
White’s from S.B.
Red and rose from P.N. and Gamay

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What wines do we see from Quincy and Reilly?

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Whites From S.B

And also some red and rose from P.N. and P.G. classified as Vin de Pays

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What wines do we see from Quincy and Reilly?

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Whites From S.B

And also some red and rose from P.N. and P.G. classified as Vin de Pays

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Wines in Vins deL’Orleanais

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Whites/ Chardonnay P.G.

Red roses/ P.N Pinot Meunier

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Wines in Orleans Clery AOC

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Red from C.F.

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Where is Coteaux du Giennois and wines

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Central loire
Whites/ S.B.
Red roses/ P.N. Gamay

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Where is Chateaumeillant and wines

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Southwest of Menetou-Salon

Red roses/Gamay P.N. P.G.

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Name the villages that can add their name in Touraine AOC

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AMBOISE
AZAULE-RIDEAU
CHENONCEAU
MESLAND
OISLY
NOBLE JOUE
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Where is Valancay and what wines do we see

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In Touraine
Whites/ S.B.
Red roses/ Pinot Noir Gamay Cot

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What wines do we see in Cheverny and where is it

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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

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Where do we see the Romorantin grape

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White grape

In Cour-Cheverny

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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 ```
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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
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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
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Where is Jasniees and wine types
In Touraine | Dry white wines from C.B.
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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
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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
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Name 3 producers in Bourgueil
``` Domaine de la Chevalier' Catherine and Pierre Breton Domaine Du Bel Air Yannick Amirault Max Cognard Delauney Drut ```
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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
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Name 3 producers of Chinon
``` Domaine Alliet Olga Raffault Château du Coulaine Domaine Noire Wilfrid Rousse ```
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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
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What type of wines do we see in Anjou Village?
Red wines from C.F with some C.S.
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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
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What soils do we see in Saumur
Tuffeaux (limestone)
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What wines do we see from Saumur D'origine?
Tradition method sparkling wines from Chenin blanc Chardonnay pinot noir
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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 ```
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What is the exception of Saumur-Champingy?
The village of Beze produces white wine 100% Chenin Blanc from 4 producers
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What wines do we mainly see from Coteaux du Layon?
White sweet wines from C.B. | In good years it is affected from botrytis
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When in Coteaux Du Layon we see Selection de grains Noble on the label?
323 g/L at harvest
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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
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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 ```
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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
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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
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Which are the two Separate AOC of Savannieres?
Coulee de Serrant Rouche aux Moines Both are biodynamic
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Name 3 producers of Savannieres
``` Nicolas Joly Thibaud Boudignon Richard Leroy Stephsne Bernaudeau Benoit Corault Domaine Aux Moines ```
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Name the AOC of Nantais
Muscadet Muscadet Couteaux De La Loire Muscadet cotes de Grandlieu Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine
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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
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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)
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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 ```
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What wines do we see from Gros plant du Plays Nantais?
Local wine made from gros plant (folle blanche) grapes)
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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.

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