Mâconnais Flashcards

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Dominant red grape

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Gamay

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Mâcon AOCs

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Bourgogne Blanc/Rouge (Chard/PN)
Mâcon AOC (Blanc, Rosé, Rouge)
Mâcon Supérieur AOC (.5% more abv, creaminess from malo)
Mâcon Villages AOC (43 Villages, 26 with own appellation. More ripeness, body)

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3
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St-Véran

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Blanc, Rouge.
Red, sandy soils.
Simple, lean whites.

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4
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Viré-Clessé

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Youngest appellation, 1999.
Limestone soils.
Quality whites similar to Pouilly-Fuissé

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5
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Pouilly-Fuissé

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4 communes, Fuissé, Soluté-Pouilly, Vergisson, Chaintré.
Vineyards rise up slopes below Rocks of Solutré and Vergisson. Limestone with alkaline clay. Natural amphitheater acts as sun trap

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Pouilly-Fuissé producers with single vineyard bottlings

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Daniel Barraud

J-A Ferret

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Pouilly-Vinzelles and Pouilly-Loché

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AOCs on outskirts of Pouilly-Fuissé which lack the same concentration and complexity

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