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1
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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

24
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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?

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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

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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

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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

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In Touraine

Dry white wines from C.B.

29
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Wines in Couteaux Du Loir and

Couteaux Vendomois

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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

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Limestone
Red wines from C.F. 10% of C.S. is permitted
We also see some rose

31
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Name 3 producers in Bourgueil

A 
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

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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

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Domaine Alliet
Olga Raffault
Château du Coulaine
Domaine Noire
Wilfrid Rousse
34
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What grapes do we see in Anjou blanc

And in Anjou rouge

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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?

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Red wines from C.F with some C.S.

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What is Black Anjou and what is White Anjou?

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Black: the western side of the region from the rock color
White: Saumur from the bright reflective glare of chalk

37
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What soils do we see in Saumur

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Tuffeaux (limestone)

38
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What wines do we see from Saumur D’origine?

A

Tradition method sparkling wines from Chenin blanc Chardonnay pinot noir

39
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Wine style’s and 3 producers from Saumur and Saumur Champigny

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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?

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The village of Beze produces white wine 100% Chenin Blanc from 4 producers

41
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What wines do we mainly see from Coteaux du Layon?

A

White sweet wines from C.B.

In good years it is affected from botrytis

42
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When in Coteaux Du Layon we see Selection de grains Noble on the label?

A

323 g/L at harvest

43
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What wines do Quarts Dde Chaume Grand Cru and Coteaux du Layon Premier Cru make?

A

Sweet white wines from Chenin Blanc made from Passerille (dried) grapes affected from Botrytis

44
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Villages of the Coteaux Du Layon Village AOC

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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

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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

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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

47
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Which are the two Separate AOC of Savannieres?

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Coulee de Serrant
Rouche aux Moines
Both are biodynamic

48
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Name 3 producers of Savannieres

A 
Nicolas Joly
Thibaud Boudignon
Richard Leroy
Stephsne Bernaudeau
Benoit Corault
Domaine Aux Moines
49
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Name the AOC of Nantais

A

Muscadet
Muscadet Couteaux De La Loire
Muscadet cotes de Grandlieu
Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

50
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What SUR LIE means on the label?

A

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

51
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What cru Communal mean in Nantais?

A

Started in 2011 for the best Muscadet terroirs
La Palleta (min 17 months on lees)
Clisson (20 months)
Gorges (24 months)

52
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Name 3 muscadet producers

A 
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?

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Local wine made from gros plant (folle blanche) grapes)

54
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Wines from Coteaux d’Ancenis

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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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