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Loire Valley - Certified Sommelier Exam Flashcards

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What varietals are found in the Loire valley?

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White: Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne mains with Chard, Orbois, Remorantin, Gros Plant and Chasselas
Red: Cab Franc (Brenton), w Pinot Noir, Gamay, Cab Sauv, Cot (Malbec), Pineau d’Aunis, Groslot (Grolleau)

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What are the appellations of Pays Nantais?

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  • Muscadet
  • Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
  • Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu
  • Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine
  • Fiefs Vendéens
  • Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
  • Coteaux d’Ancenis
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What is the primary grape of Pays Nantais, and what climate exists?

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Cool, Wet maritime region planted to Melon de Bourgogne
4 appelations exist for the grape
-Muscadet AOP
-Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP
-Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu AOP
-Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine AOP
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What ABV puts Muscadet grapes at their best?

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12% or lower shows a lighter, fresher style

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What are the soils of Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

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Gneiss, Silica, Clay and granite - Wine can be sur lie, aged over winter. which produces complexity, richness and slight sparkle

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What are the appellations of Anjou-Saumur?

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  • Anjou -Quarts du Chaume
  • Rosé d’Anjou -Savennières
  • Anjou-Villages -Savennières-Roche aux Moines
  • Anjou-Villages Brissac -Savennières-Coulée de Serrant
  • Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire -Saumur
  • Cabernet d’Anjou -Saumur-Champigny
  • Cabernet de Saumur -Coteaux de Saumur
  • Coteaux de l’Aubance
  • Coteaux du Layon
  • Bonnezeaux -Haut-Poitou (S of Saumur & Touraine)
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What is the style of wines of Savennieres AOP?

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100% chenin blanc and generally dry, they are austere and rigid in their youth. Can develop great complexity & honeyed richness with age

Soil is blue schist mixed with volcanic debris

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What are the unofficial “Grand Crus” of Savennieres?

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AOC in 2011, Roche aux Moines

Coulee de Serrant - Monopole of Biodynamic Nicolas Joly

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What style of wine is found in the Loire’s Coteaux du Lagon AOP - Coteaux de l’Aubance

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Producers harvest later hoping for boyrytis in the sweet wines

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What AOPs within Coateaux du Lagon are notes for High Quality Sweet Wines?

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Bonnezaux AOP
Quarts de Chaume AOP

South facing aspects in Thouarce (Bonnezeaux) and Rochefort-sur-Loire (QUartz)

Quartz de Chaume AOP = Grand Cru

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Two producers of High Quality sweet wine in Quarts du Chaume

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Domaine de Baumard

Chateau Pierre-Bise

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Quality estate in Bonnezeaux within Coteaux du Lagon

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Chateau des Festes

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What are the geographical designations of Coateaux du Lagon AOP?

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Beaulieu-sur-Layon
Rablay-sur-Layon
Rochefort-sur-Loire
Faye d'Anjou
St-Aubin de Luigné
St-Lambert du Lattay
Chaume 1er Cru
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How are the sparkling wines of the Loire made?

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Cremant de Loire AOP is made in Saumur, making using the méthode traditionnelle

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What style is the red wine of Saumur-Champigny?

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Grown in Tuffeau limestone, iron rich and inflected with shale, the Cabernet Franc is light, bright and elegantly floral

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Where are the Loire’s best & most age worthy reds produced?

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In Chinon & Bourgeil, of the Touraine

Chinon AOP, Bourgeil AOP, and St-Nicolas-De-Bourgeil AOP set the standard for classic Loire Cab Franc

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What is the style of Cab Franc from Chinon?

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Raspberry and green tobacco aromatics, silky tannin

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What are the sweetness styles of the Vouvray AOP?

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Sec
Sec-Tendre
Demi Sec
Moelleux
Liquereux
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What are the appellations of the Touraine?

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  • Touraine -Touraine Noble-Joué
  • Chinon -Bourgueil
  • St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil -Vouvray
  • Montlouis-sur-Loire -Cheverny
  • Cour-Cheverny -Valençay
  • Coteaux du Loir -Jasnières
  • Coteaux du Vendômois
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Whare are the soils of Sancerre in Central Loire?

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3main soils: silex, terres blanches, &caillottes. Terres blanches is a continuation of the same Kimmeridgian clay that extends into Chablis, whereas caillottes is a stony soil, littered with fossils. Silex has a higher proportion of flint, continuing into the communes of Pouilly-Fumé across the river, where a certain “gunflint” character is implied in the wines. The late Didier Dagueneau famously appropriated the “Silex” moniker for his Pouilly-Fumé “Grand Cru” bottling.

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What are the wines of Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP?

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Whites made from the chasselas grape

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What are the appellations of Central Vineyards of Loire?

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  • Sancerre: Sauv Blanc & Pinot Noir
  • Pouilly-Fume: Sauv Blanc
  • Pouilly-sur-Loire: Chasselas
  • Menetou-Salon: Sauv Blanc & P Noir
  • Quincy: Sauv Blanc
  • Reuilly: Sauv Blanc
  • Coteaux du Giennois: Sauv Blanc
  • Orléans: P Munier & Chardonnay
  • Orléans-Cléry: Cab Franc
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What are other notable appellations of Central France NOT in the Loire?

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Chateau Meillant - Red *& Rose from Gamay
Cote Roannaise - Gamay like Beaujo
St-Pourcain - Red with Rose
Cotes du Forez - Gamay like Beaujo
Cotes d'Auvergne - Red with Rose

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