Loire Valley- Pays Nantais Flashcards
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT IS THE LARGEST AOP IN PAY NANTAIS in HA?
Gros Plants du Pays Nantais
STYLES:
Blanc: Min. 70% Folle Blanche (Gros Plant); plus Montils and a max. 10% Colombard
Blanc “Sur Lie”
ABV:
Blanc: 9%
Blanc “Sur Lie”: 9.5%
RS: 4 g/l
MASTERS QUESTION- PUT IN ORDER FROM NORTH TO SOUTH?
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
Fiefs Vendéens
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
Coteaux d’Ancenis
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire (MOST NORTHERN)
Fiefs Vendéens (MOST SOUTHERN)
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais (MOST WESTERN)
Coteaux d’Ancenis (MOST EASTERN)
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT ARE THE WHITE, ROSE AND RED AOP’S OF PAYS NANTAIS?
Fiefs Vendéens
Coteaux d’Ancenis
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT IS THE MIN AND MAX ABV FOR MUSCADET COTEAUX DE LA LOIRE?
WHAT STYLES ARE MADE HERE?
Minimum/Maximum Alcohol: 10% / 12%
Blanc: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
“Sur Lie” (must be vintage-dated)
MASTERS QUESTION- PUT IN ORDER FROM NORTH TO SOUTH?
GORGES
CLISSON
PALLET
(PGC)
PALLET IS THE MOST NORTHERN
GORGES IS THE MOST CENTRAL
CLISSON IS THE MOST SOUTHERN
MASTERS QUESTION- GUY BOSSARD IS AFFILIATED WITH WHAT TERM AND IN WHAT REGION?
Guy Bossard and others adopted “Hermine d’Or”, an unofficial label term that promotes terroir and stresses age ability.
This Term is used in Pays Nantais
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT ARE THE STYLES OF COTEAUX d’ANCENIS?
Located in Pays Nantais
Blanc: 100% Pinot Gris
Rosé: 100% Gamay
Rouge: 100% Gamay
Varietal-Labeled “Malvoisie”: 100% Pinot Gris
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT AOP IN PAYS NANTAIS CAN VARIETY LABEL WINES “MALVOISE”?
Coteaux d’Ancenis
Both the blanc and the varietal labeled wines are 100% Malvoise (Pinot Gris)
MASTERS QUESTION-
WHATS THE MAIN GRAPE AND MIN % FOR FIEFS VENDÉENS BLANC, ROSE AND ROUGE?
Located in Pays Nantais
Blanc: Chenin Blanc Min. 60%
Rose: Gamay and Pinot Noir Min. 80%
Rouge: Cabernet Franc, Négrette, Pinot Noir
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT STYLES CAN MUSCADET AOP BE MADE IN?
Blanc: 100% Melon de Bourgogne
Blanc Nouveau/Primeur
Blanc “Sur Lie”
MASTERS QUESTION- IN MUSCADET, WHAT ARE THE SUR LIE REQUIREMENTS?
The wine must be kept on its lees (in either tank or barrel) after fermentation until at least March 1 of the year following the harvest.
The wine is bottled directly off its fine lees between March 1 and November 30 of the year following the harvest, and not marketed until at least March 8
IN ESSENCE THE WINE IS AGED 5-6 MONTHS (March) TO 11 MONTHS (November) ON THE LEES. DEPENDING ON WHEN HARVEST HAPPENS, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT IS THE NEWEST AOP and MUSCADET AOP IN PAYS NANTAIS?
Fife Vendeens
Coteaux de Anciene
Gros Plant
Changed from VDQS to AOP in 2009 - 2011.
Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu
as of 1994
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT IS THE MIN ABV OF MUSCADET AOP AND MUSCADET “SUR LIE” AOP?
Muscadet: 9.5%
Muscadet “Sur Lie”: 10%
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT ARE THE SOIL TYPES OF MUSCADET-SEVRE-ET-MAINE?
Gneiss
Granite
Clay
Silica
MASTERS QUESTION- WHAT ARE THE ELEVAGE TERMS FOR WINES THAT COME FROM A CRU COMMUNAUX?
WHICH IS THE MOST NORTHERN AND MOST SOUTHERN?
Élevage for Subzones:
Le Pallet: Wines must be aged on their fine lees until at least April 1st of the second year following the harvest
(18 MONTHS ON THE LEES)
Le Pallet Soil: Gneiss, quartz, and gabbro
MOST NORTHERN SUB-ZONE
Clisson and Gorges: Wines must be aged on their fine lees until at least November 1 of the second year following the harvest
(Around 24 MONTHS ON LEES)
Clisson Soil: Granite
Gorges Soil: Clay and gabbro (igneous rock)
CLISSON IS THE MOST SOUTHERN ZONE
GORGES IS THE MOST CENTRAL ZONE