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Are still rosé wines allowed for Saumur AOP?

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No

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Can Anjou wines be bottled as Saumur AOP?

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No - many Saumur wines may be bottled as Anjou AOP, but not vice versa

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Can the subzones of Sèvre-et-Maine be labeled sur lie?

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No, the min length of aging for each subzone precludes the use of sur lie

(Le Pallet - on lees til April 2 of 2nd year
Gorges and Clisson: on lees til November 1 of 2nd year)

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How large is Quarts de Chaume?

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54 ha ≈10,000 cases

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Name 2 highly regarded producers of Savennières.

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  • Domaine des Baumard

- Chateau Pierre-Bise

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Name a producer of Bonnezeaux.

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Chateau des Fesles

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Name the 4 regions of the Loire Valley?

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(West to East)

  • Pays Nantais
  • Anjou-Saumur
  • Touraine
  • Central Vineyards
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T or F - Touraine AOP can also be pétillant, mousseux, and primeur.

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True

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What 3 AOPs set the bar for classic Loire Cab Franc?

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  • Chinon
  • Bourgueil
  • St-Nicholas-de-Bourgueil
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What 3 VDQS of Pays Nantais were upgraded to AOC status in 2011?

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  • Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
  • Coteaux d’Ancenis
  • Fiefs Vendéens
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What 5 villages are allowed to append their name to Touraine AOP?

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  • Mesland
  • Azay-le-Rideau
  • Amboise
  • Oisly
  • Chenonceaux
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What AOP is entitled to the “Grand Cru” moniker from 2010 forward?

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Quarts de Chaume AOP

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What AOP is located in the Allier department? What colors are produced?

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-Pourçain
-Red, rosé and white
Blanc: 50-80% Chardonnay, 20-40% Sacy (Tressalier), max. 10% Sauvignon Blanc
Rosé: 100% Gamay
Rouge: 40-75% Gamay, and 25-60% Pinot Noir

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What AOP is located in the Cher department? What color/grapes are used?

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  • Chateaumeillant

- Red and rosé - Gamay

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What AOP of the Central Vineyards is reserved 100% Cab Franc?

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Orléans-Cléry AOP

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What AOP of the Central Vineyards produce rosé from a pale vin gris from Pinot Gris?

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Reuilly

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What appellation of Muscadet was created in 1994?

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Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOP

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What are the 3 broad soil distinctions of Chinon?

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  • tuffeau (marine limestone)
  • clay
  • varennes - alluvial
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What are the 3 main soils of Sancerre?

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  • Silex - flint
  • Terres blanches - kimmeridgian clay
  • Caillottes - stony, fossils
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What are the 3 subzones for Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine?

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  • Clisson
  • Le Pallet
  • Gorges
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What are the 4 AOPs for Melon in Pays Nantais?

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  • Muscadet
  • Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
  • Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu
  • Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
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What are the aging requirements for Muscadet Sur Lie?

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Wines are aged on their lees over the winter, and are bottled directly off the fine lees (without filtering) between 3/1 and 11/30 of the year following the harvest, cannot be markested until 3/8

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What are the best and most ageworthy red wines historically produced in the Loire?

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Chinon and Bourgueil in Touraine

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What are the colors/grapes of Cotes du Forez and Cote Roannaise?

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Red and rosé - Gamay

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What are the grapes used for Touraine AOP white wines?

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Sauvignon Blanc and a max 20% Sauvignon Gris

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What are the major grapes used for red and rosé Touraine AOP wines?

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  • Gamay
  • Groslot
  • Pineau d’Aunis
  • Cab Franc
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What are the soils of Saumur?

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soft tuffeau limestone

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What color and grape is used for the Orléans-Cléry AOP?

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Red only - 100% Cab Franc

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What color can be produced under the Pouilly-Fumé AOP?

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White only

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What color wines and what grapes are used for Cheverny AOP? Where is it located?

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  • Light reds - Pinot Noir and Gamay based
  • White - SB
  • Touraine
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What color wines are produced under the Chinon AOP? From what grapes?

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  • Red, rosé - Cab Franc + 10% Cab Sauv

- White - Chenin Blanc

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What color wines are produced under the Quincy AOP? Where?

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White only - Sauv Blanc

- Central Vineyards

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What colors are produced for Cotes d’Auvergne and St-Pourçain?

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Red, rosé and white

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What colors/grapes are used for Coteaux du Giennois AOP? Where is it located?

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  • Central Vineyards
  • White - SB
  • Red and rosé - req blended PN and Gamay
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What colors/grapes are used for Reuilly AOP?

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  • Red - PN
  • Rosé - PG
  • White - Sauv Blanc
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What communes are Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume located in?

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  • Bonnezeaux - Thouarcé

- Quarts de Chaume - Rochefort-sur-Loire

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What former “Grand Crus” of Savennières finally received their own AOCs in 2011? Which is a monopole of Nicolas Joly?

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  • Roche aux Moines

- Coulée de Serrant - monopole of Nicolas Joly

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What former part of Vouvray now has its own AOP?

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Montlouis-sur-Loire AOP - 100% Chenin Blanc

-Touraine

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What former VDQS of Central Vineyards was promoted in 2006? What colors/grapes?

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  • Orléans AOP
  • Red and rosé - Pinot Meunier
  • White - Chardonnay
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What former VDQS of Pays Nantais was upgraded to AOC in 2011? Where is it located?

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-Haut-Poitou
-50 miles due south of Chinon
W: SB/SG R/R: Cab Franc

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41
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What grape dominates Anjou blanc?

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Chenin Blanc

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What grape dominates the Saumur-Champigny AOP? Where is produced?

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  • Cabernet Franc

- The commune of Champigny and the eight surrounding villages

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What grape is used for the Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP?

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Chasselas

Central Vineyards

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What grapes are used for red Saumur AOP wines?

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CF, CS, and Pineau d’Aunis

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What grapes are used for Vouvray AOP? Where is it located?

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  • Chenin Blanc + 5% Orbois

- Touraine

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What is “Cru Communaux”?

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A designation that was proposed in 2001, requiring eligible wines from specified schist soils to spend a min 18 months sur lie

  • In 2011, this proposal introduced 3 subzones for Sevre-et-Maine:
  • Clisson
  • Le Pallet
  • Gorges
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What is “Hermine d’Or”?

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An unofficial label term that promotes terroir and stresses ageability for Muscadet

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48
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What is Cabernet Franc called in the Loire Valley?

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Breton

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What is Chenin Blanc known as in Anjou?

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Pineau de la Loire

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50
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What is Folle Blanche called in the Loire Valley?

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Gros Plant

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51
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What is Groslot called in the Loire Valley?

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Grolleau

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52
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What is Jasnières AOP?

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A sub-appellation to Coteaux du Loir (Touraine), produces Chenin Blanc

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53
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What is Malbec called in the Loire Valley?

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Cot

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What is Menetou-Salon AOP located? What grapes are used?

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  • Central Vineyards

- Sauv Blanc/Pinot Noir

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55
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What is Orbois called in the Loire Valley?

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Menu Pineau

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What is Pinot Meunier known as in the Loire Valley?

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Gris Meunier

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What is the AOP for red wines produced in the Coteaux l’Aubance boundaries?

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Anjou Villages Brissac AOP

R: Cab Franc, Cab Sav

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What is the AOP for sweet wines produced under the Anjou Villages Brissac boundaries?

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Coteaux l’Aubance AOP
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
Sélection de Grains Nobles (SGN)

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What is the basic AOP in Anjou for Gamay?

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Anjou Gamay AOP - but Gamay may not be blended in standard rouge bottlings

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What is the Coteaux du Vendômois AOP?

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(Touraine) Located NE of Coteaux du Loir, a newer appellation specializing in dry rosé of Pineau d’Aunis
_Loir River

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What is the major soil of Pouilly-Fumé?

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Silex - flint

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What is the min residual sugar for Coteaux du Layon and Coteaux du l’Aubance?

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34g/l of RS

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What is the min RS required for the wines of Chaume 1er?

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min 80 g/l of RS

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What is the southernmost AOP in the Loire? What colors are produced?

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  • Cotes d’Auvergne AOP

- Red, rosé, and white

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What is the Terres blanches soil of the Central Vineyards?

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A continuation of the same Kimmeridgian clay that extends into Chablis

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What is Touraine Noble-Joué AOP for? When was it created?

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  • 2001

- It recreates a historical vin gris style of a blend of Gris Meunier (Pinot Meunier), Malvosie (PG) and Pinot Noir

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What moniker is used for Didier Dagueneau’s “Grand Cru” bottling of Pouilly-Fumé?

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“Silex”

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What other AOP of the Loire other than Muscadet can be labeled sur lie?

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Gros Plant du Pays Nantais

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What portion of Anjou’s total production is devoted to rosé? What grape dominates these?

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  • 45%

- Grolleau

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What range of sweetness levels are produced under Vouvray?

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  • Sec
  • Sec-tendre (off-dry)
  • Demi-sec
  • Moelleux
  • Liquereux
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What regions can blend into Crémant de Loire AOP?

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Touraine, Anjou and Saumur

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What river are Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé located on?

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Loire River

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What seven villages are entitled to add their names to the basic Coteaux du Layon AOP? What is required for these wines?

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  • Beaulieu-sur-Layon
  • Rochefort-sur-Loire
  • Faye d’Anjou
  • St-Lambert du Lattay
  • St-Aubin de Luigné
  • Rablay-sur-Layon
  • Chaume
  • Higher min must weights, lower max yields
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What southern Touraine AOP is for both wine and goats’ milk cheeses? What grapes are used?

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-Valençay AOP
White - SB
Rosé/Red - Gamay, PN, Cot

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What style of wine is produced under the Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP? Where is it located?

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  • Sweet botrytis Chenin Blanc

- Anjou

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What style of wines are produced under the Bourgueil and St-Nicholas-de-Bourgueil AOPs? From what grapes?

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  • Red and rosé

- Cab Franc + 10% Cab Sauv

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What style of wines are produced under the Coteaux du Loir AOP?

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  • Red and rosé - Pineau d’Aunis

- White - Chenin Blanc

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What style wines are produced under the Anjou-Villages AOP? What are the major varieties?

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Red only - CF and CS

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What styles of wine are produced under Coteaux du Layon AOP? Where is located?

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  • Sweet botrytis Chenin Blanc (34g/l)

- Anjou

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What styles of wines are produced under the Anjou AOP?

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  • Red
  • White
  • Sparkling
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What tributary of the Loire is Chinon located on?

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Vienne

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What was the second demarcated appellation in France?

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Quincy (Central Vineyards)

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What white grapes are used for Saumur AOP? The recipe is shared with what AOP?

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  • Chenin Blanc - until 2016 max combined 20% Chard and SB

- a recipe identical to Anjou Blanc

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What wines are produced under the Saumur AOP?

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  • Red
  • Dry white
  • Sparkling white
  • Sparkling rosé
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What wines of Anjou can carry the “Premier Cru” moniker?

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  • Chaume
  • Quarts de Chaume complained enough to have it banished back into the fold in 2009. When Quarts de Chaume was bestowed with “Grand Cru” the INAO allowed “1er cru” on Chaume
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Where are Bonnezeaux and Quarts de Chaume located? What wines are produced?

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  • Coteaux du Layon (Anjou)

- Sweet Chenin Blanc

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Where is Chasselas produced in the Loire Valley?

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Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP (Central Vineyards)

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Where is Cour-Cheverny located? What grape is it?

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  • Touraine

- Romorantin

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Where is the Loire’s center for sparkling wine?

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Saumur

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Which sub-region of Muscadet is the leanest wine?

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Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP - the most northerly appellation

91
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What is the cepage of Chinon rouge & rosé?

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Cab Franc + max 10% Cab Sauv

92
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What is the max yield and max RS for Quarts de Chaume? Chaume?

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Quarts de Chaume (as of 2011):
•20hl/ha
•85g/l RS

Chaume:
•25hl/ha
•80g/l RS (as of 2011)

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Classic white varietals of Loire

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Chenin blanc, Sauvignon blanc, & melon de Bourgogne

94
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Secondary white grapes of Loire

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Chardonnay, orbois, romorantin, Gros plant (folle Blanche), & chasselas

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Red wine grapes of Loire

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Cabernet franc, Pinot noir, gamay, cab Sauvignon, Malbec, pineau d’aunis, groslot

96
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Pays Nantais climate

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Cool, wet maritime

97
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Most planted grape of Pays Nantais

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Muscadet/ melon de Bourgogne

98
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4 appellations for muscadet in pays Nantais

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Muscadet AOP, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP, Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu AOP, & Muscadet Serve et Maine AOP

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Soils of Muscadet Serve et Maine AOP

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Gneiss, silica, clay,& granite

100
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3 subzones of Muscadet serve et Maine

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Clisson, Le Pallet, & Gorges

101
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Where is Anjou saumur?

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Between pays Nantais and touraine

102
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Anjou produces:

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Dry and sweet wines from Chenin blanc as well as rosés from Groulleau, which accounts for 45% of production

103
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Soils/ topography of Savennieres

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North bank of Loire, steep southern exposure, blue schist mixed with volcanic debris

104
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2 sub appellations of Coteaux du Layon

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Bonnezeaux & Quarts de Chaume

105
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Where is Bonnezeaux AOP?

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South facing aspects in the commune of Thouarcé in Coteaux du Layon
-51g/l

106
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Where is Quarts de Chaume AOP

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South facing aspect in the commune of Rochefort-Sur-Loire in Coteaux du Layon in Anjou Samur

107
Q

Quarts du Chaume soils/ climate

A

Small band of sandstone and schist hillsides on the banks of the Layon River and is protected from winds and touched by morning mists.

108
Q

Champigny soils

A

Harder limestone that is iron rich and inflected with shale.

109
Q

Soils of Bourgueil

A

Sand and limestone

110
Q

Soil of St Nicolas de Bourgueil

A

Lighter alluvial soils.

111
Q

Grapes of chinon, bourgueil and st Nicolas

A

Cab franc with up to 10% cab sauv. Only CHINON can produce whites, from Chenin blanc

112
Q

Which appellation is across the river from Vouvray?

A

Montlouis sur Loire (South of Vouvray)

113
Q

Montlouis sur Loire AOP

A

Formerly part of Vouvray, similar in style, may be made in the same spectrum of styles. Orbois is not permitted.

114
Q

Synonym for Pinot Gris in Touraine

A

Malvosie

115
Q

Coteaux du Vendômois AOP

A

Dry roses from pineau d’aunis

116
Q

Cheverny AOP

A

Light reds from Pinot noir and gamay. Whites from sauv blanc

117
Q

Cour-Cheverney AOP

A

100% Romorantin bottled varietally

118
Q

Climate of the central vineyards

A

Chiefly continental; cold winters and brisk days during harvest and bud break bring the dangers of frost. Short summers do not assure easy ripening.

119
Q

Caillottes

A

Stoney soil with fossils. (found in Sancerre)

120
Q

Who appropriated the “silex” moniker for his Pouilly Fune Grand Cru

A

Didier Dagueneau

121
Q

Sancerre rouge/ rose is made from

A

Pinot noir

122
Q

Pouilly sur Loire AOP

A

White wines from Chasselas

123
Q

Menetou Salon AOP

A

Sauv blanc and Pinot noir

124
Q

Reuilly AOP

A

Sauv blanc and Pinot noir. Roses in vin Gris style from Pinot Gris.

125
Q

Chateaumaillant AOP

A

Reds and roses from gamay.

126
Q

Where is Fiefs Vendeens?

A

Pays Nantais

127
Q

Where is savennieres?

A

Anjou-Saumur

128
Q

Where is valençay?

A

Touraine

129
Q

Where is menetou salon?

A

Central vineyards

130
Q

Where is Sancerre?

A

Central vineyards

131
Q

Where is Muscadet?

A

Pays Nantais

132
Q

Where is Bonnezeaux?

A

Anjou-Saumur

133
Q

Where is quarts de Chaume?

A

Anjou-Saumur

134
Q

Where is Vouvray?

A

Touraine

135
Q

Where is chinon?

A

Touraine

136
Q

Where is Coteaux d’Ancenis?

A

Pays Nantais

137
Q

Where is Coteaux du Layon?

A

Anjou-Saumur

138
Q

Where is Bourgueil?

A

Touraine

139
Q

Where is Quincy?

A

Central vineyards

140
Q

Where is Pouilly Fume?

A

Central vineyards

141
Q

Where is Champigny?

A

Anjou-Saumur

142
Q

Where is Reuilly?

A

Central vineyards.

143
Q

St Nicolas de Bourgueil does not produce___ wines

A

White

144
Q

Grape of cour- Cheverney

A

Whites from Romorantin

145
Q

Grape of Pouilly fumé

A

Sauv blanc

146
Q

Grape of Bourgueil

A

Cab franc

147
Q

Grape of Muscadet serve et Maine

A

Melon de Bourgogne

148
Q

Grape of Coteaux du Layon

A

Chenin blanc

149
Q

Chasselas is the main grape for which appellation

A

Pouilly sur Loire

150
Q

Where is Muscadet cotes de Grandlieu?

A

Pays Nantais

151
Q

Where is Orleans Clery?

A

Central vineyards

152
Q

Where is st pourçain?

A

Allier (central France)

153
Q

Where is Coteaux du Loir?

A

Touraine

154
Q

Nicolas Joly owns what monopole?

A

Clos de Coulée des Serrant

155
Q

Grape of Coteaux du Loir?

A

Chenin

Pineau d’aunis

156
Q

Grape of Touraine noble Joué

A

Pinot meunier

157
Q

Grape of Quincy

A

Sauv blanc

158
Q

Grape of Orleans Clery

A

Cab franc

159
Q

What is the longest river in France and the last wild river in Europe?

A

The Loire River

160
Q

Grape of cotes du Forez/ Cote Roannaise AOP

A

R/R: Gamay

161
Q

How long is the Loire river?

A

629 miles

162
Q

Where does the Loire river begin?

A

Massif Central

163
Q

What is another name for the Loire Valley?

A

Jardin de la France

IGP Val De Loire

164
Q

Loire Valley as a whole produces more ____ than any other French region and is the second largest producer of ____

A

white wine; sparkling wine

165
Q

Name a producer who makes Hermine d’Or

A

Guy Bossard

-Muscadet Sevre

166
Q

When did Haut Poitou receive AOP status?

A

in late 2011

167
Q

Where is Coteaux de l’Aubance?

A

Anjou Samur

168
Q

Where is Haut Poitou?

A

Anjou Samur (south of Saumur and Touraine)

169
Q

What is the largest and most important white wine district of Touraine?

A

Vouvray

170
Q

Gamay bottlings of Touraine AOP are often sold locally as___

A

Primeur

171
Q

When was Touraine Noble-Joue AOP created?

A

2001

172
Q

What is the wine style of Touraine Noble-Joue?

A

Vin gris- from a blend of Gris Meunier, Malvoise and Pinot Noir

173
Q

Where is Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny in Touraine?

A

On the eastern side

174
Q

Where is Montlouis sur Loire?

A

Touraine

175
Q

Where is Cheverny?

A

Touraine

176
Q

Where is Cour Cheverny?

A

Touraine

177
Q

Where is Valencay

A

Touraine

178
Q

Where is Coteaux du Loir?

A

Touraine

179
Q

Where is Jasnieres?

A

Touraine

180
Q

Where is Coteaux du Vendomois?

A

Touraine

181
Q

Where is Pouilly-sur-Loire?

A

Central Vineyards

182
Q

Where is Pouilly Fume?

A

Central Vineyards

183
Q

Where is Menetou-Salon?

A

Central Vineyards

184
Q

Where is Quincy?

A

Central Vineyards

185
Q

Where is Reuilly?

A

Central Vineyards

186
Q

Where is Coteaux du Giennois?

A

Central Vineyards

187
Q

Where is Orleans?

A

Central Vineyards

188
Q

Where is Orleans-Clery?

A

Central Vineyards

189
Q

Name the other appellations of central France

A

Chateaumeillant, Cote Roannaise, St Pourcain, Cotes du Forez, Cotes d’Auvergne

190
Q

What part of Sancerre and Pouilly vineyards have Caillottes soils?

A

Lower vineyard sites

191
Q

What part of Sancerre has silex soils?

A

It is centered around the town and at Menetreol-sous-Sancerre

192
Q

What part of Sancerre has terres blances soils?

A

The hillsides

193
Q

Name 4 sub regions of Sancerre

A

Chavignol, Amigny, Bue, Champtin

194
Q

Name a Pinot producer in Menetou-Salon

A

Henry Pelle

195
Q

Name a Pinot producer in Reuilly

A

Domaine de Reuilly (Denis Jamain)

196
Q

Name 3 producers of Sancerre who vinify and age their wines in wood.

A

Alphonse Mellot, Benjamin Dagueneau, Domaine Vacheron

197
Q

What is a foudres? What producer in Sancerre uses it?

A

a 12 hl barrel from an Austrian cooperage; Domaine Vacheron

198
Q

What is the largest appellation in Central Loire?

A

Sancerre

199
Q

Where in Sancerre is Henri Bourgeois based?

A

Chavignol

200
Q

Where is Sancerre is Domaine Merlin-Cherrier based?

A

Bue

201
Q

Where in Sancerre are Francois and Lucien Crochet based?

A

Bue

202
Q

Name 2 bottlings from Pascal Cotat

A

La Grand Cote and Les Monts Damnes

203
Q

Name 3 bottlings from Francios Cotat

A

La Grand Cote, Les Monts Damnes and Cul de Beaujeu

204
Q

Name the three small towns of Menetou-Salon

A

Morogues, Parassy, Menetou-salon

205
Q

What styles of wine are made in Chateaumeillant? From what grapes?

A

Reds and roses only from Gamay with some PInot Noir and a small amount of Pinot Gris for the roses

206
Q

Describe the climate of Eastern Touraine.

A

It is in the transition stage between the moderate climate of Anjou-Saumur and the more extreme climate of the central vineyards

207
Q

What grape variety is unique to Saint Pourcain?

A

Tressalier

208
Q

When is Pinot Gris customarily labeled Malvoisie?

A

When it is used for semi-sweet and sweet wines in Touraine Noble Joue

209
Q

When does the law of Touraine change? What will the change be?

A

In 2016, whites must be made from Sauv Blanc with a max of 20% Sauvignon Gris. Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Arbois will not be allowed. Roses must be made from a blend of 2 varieties (10 to choose from). Reds must be made from gamay or a blend of Cab Sauv and Cot

210
Q

What are the grapes of Touraine Azay le Rideau?

A

Chenin Blanc ad Grolleau (roses)

211
Q

What is the wine style of Touraine Noble Joue? What are the grapes?

A

Always a rose and from a blend of three Pinots- Gris, Meunier, Nior

212
Q

What is the first vintage of Domaine Huet?

A

1928 Vouvray (Chenin - Biodynamic)

213
Q

In what direction do majority of the vineyards face in Montlouis?

A

South towards the Cher Valley

214
Q

Jacky and Joelle Blot own two domaines. What are they? Where are they?

A

Domaine de la Taille aux Loups (Montlouis) and Domine de la Butte (Bourgueil)

215
Q

Where are the sandy soils of Chinon found? What styles of wine are produced from this soil?

A

Mainly at the western end of the appellation- lightest of the wines from Chinon

216
Q

Where are the gravel soils of Chinon found? What style of wines are produced from this soil?

A

Mostly on the north bank of the Vienne- wines are medium in body and can be aged 8-10 years

217
Q

Where are the clay-limestone soils of Chinon found? What styles of wine are produced from this soil?

A

On the slopes- most structured, concentrated and ageworthy wines

218
Q

What are the soils of Anjou?

A

Slate, schist, phyllite and vaious carboniferous rocks

219
Q

What is the climate of Anjou?

A

Gentle- spring generally starts early and is coupled with a frequently dry, sunny autumn

220
Q

When was Quarts de Chaume awarded Grand Cru status? What came along with this?

A

Nov 2011- The minimum potential alcohol of grapes at the time of harvest was raised as well as lower yields per ha

221
Q

When was Les Fiefs Vendeens promoted from VDQS to AOC?

A

Feb 2011

222
Q

What are the grapes of Les Fiefs Vendeens?

A

Chenin Blanc, Pinot Noir, Negrette

223
Q

Touraine Villages?

A

Amboise, Mesland, Azay-le-Rideau, Oisly, Chenonceaux

224
Q

100ys old vines in Muscadet?Wines? Producers?

A
  • “Le Clos de Ch. L’Oilisiniere” BERNARD CHEREAU

- “Chateaux de Chasseloir” COMPTE DELOUP

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