Mâconnais

Question 1

Mâcon AOP produces?

Answer 1

white, rosé, and red wines—including varietally labeled Gamay—and the appellation is available to producers throughout the entire Mâconnais region.
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Blanc Primeur/Nouveau
Rosé: Pinot Noir and Gamay
Rosé Primeur/Nouveau
Rouge: Pinot Noir and Gamay
Mâcon Villages Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Mâcon Villages Primeur/Nouveau (Blanc)
Mâcon with Geographical Designation
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Rouge/Rosé: 100% Gamay

Question 2

Maconnais lies in which department?

Answer 2

Saône-et-Loire

Question 3

How many villages append to Mâcon-Villages?

Answer 3

27 communes may currently appear as geographic designations appended to Mâcon. Many of the single communes may produce all three colors of wine, depending on the individual site, but only WHITE wines may be labeled as Mâcon-Villages
e.g. Macon Verze or Macon Lugny

Question 4

the Mâconnais has five village AOPs:

Answer 4

Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Loché, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Saint-Véran, and Viré-Clessé. All five produce only Chardonnay

Question 5

Pouilly-Fuissé includes the wines of four communes?

Answer 5

Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly, Vergisson, and Chaintré—with vineyards rising up the slopes below the Rocks of Solutré and Vergisson, two large limestone escarpments that define the landscape of the southern Mâconnais

Question 6

How many premier crus has Pouilly Fiusse and when?

Answer 6

16
2020

Question 7

Viré-Clessé allows for a unique style of late-harvest Chardonnay known as?

Answer 7

Blanc Levrouté

Question 8

When did Vire Clesse became a separate appellation?

Answer 8

1999 it is the youngest

Question 9

Name the premier crus of Fuisse

Answer 9

Le Clos
Les Brulés
Les Ménétrières
Les Reisses
Les Vignes Blanches
Les Perrières
Vers Cras (shared with Solutré-Pouilly)

Question 10

Name the premier crus of Chaintre

Answer 10

Le Clos de Monsieur Noly
Les Chevrières
Aux Quarts
Le Clos Reyssier

Question 11

Name the premier crus of Solutré-Pouilly

Answer 11

La Frérie
Le Clos de Solutré
Au Vignerais
En Servy
Aux Bouthières
Aux Chailloux
Pouilly
Vers Cras (shared with Fuissé)

Question 12

Name the premier crus of Vergisson

Answer 12

Les Crays
La Maréchaude
Sur la Roche
En France

Question 13

Name some top producers from Pouilly Fuisse

Answer 13

Chateau Fuisse
Eric Forest
Domaine Ferret
Chateau de Rontets
Domaine Olivier Merlin
Chateau de Quarts
Domaine Leflaive
Domaine Robert Denogent

Question 14

Name some top producers from Vire Clesse

Answer 14

Jean Thevenet Domaine de la Bongran
Domaine de Heritiers du Comtes Lafon
Domaine Guillemot-Michel