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Provence Flashcards

1
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What grape is unique to Bellet AOC?

A

Braquet Noir
used from reds and rosés

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2
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When do growers typically pick their wines?

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10-14 day before red harvest
Keep acidity

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3
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What is the production amount for Rosé?

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90%

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4
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What color does Syrah and Mourvèrde produce?

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Pink

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5
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What color does Tibouren produce?

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Salmon

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6
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Wines with lower acidity are colored….

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Salmon

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7
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Wines with higher acidity are coloured…

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Pink

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8
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What happens when grapes are warm?

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Bleed more color no matter what the grape or process

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9
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Direct press does…

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creates paler wines

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10
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What does saignée do

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More saturated colors

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11
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Longer macerations….

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producer more color

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12
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What makes a wine more orange?

A
  1. Volcanic soils
  2. Oxygen
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13
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What DGC mandate oak?

A

CdP Frejus

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14
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Who is the largest producer in Provence?

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Cótes de Provence

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15
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How many DGC in Cotes de Provence?

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Five

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16
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How many communes in Cotes de Provence?

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84

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17
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How much wine does Côte de Provence produce?

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72% of all production
91% Rosé

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18
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What city did the Phocaens found?

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Massalia eg Marseille
6th BCE

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18
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2nd largest producer in Provence?

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Coteaux d’Aix en-Provence

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19
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Where can you find crystalline schist?

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Eastern

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20
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Where are volcanic sandstone soils?

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Between Frejus and Cannes

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20
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Where is limestone dominate?

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Western part of AOC

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21
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Where are mixed soils of limestone and crystalline schist?

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Interior valley from Toulon to Les Arcs

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22
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What are the authorized varieties for CdP whites?

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Clairette
Semillon
Ugni Blanc
Vermentino

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23
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What is authorized for CdP reds?

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Cinsaut
Grenache
Mourverde
Syrah
Tibouren

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24
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What DGC produces red and rose but cannot label its name for whites?

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Sainte-Victoire
Frejus
Notre-Dame des Agnes
Pierrefeu

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24
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What is the only DGC that can use carbonic maceration?

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Sainte-Victoire

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25
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What is the CdP requirements for reds and rosés?

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Must have 2 red grapes with 1 primary more than 50%

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25
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What is allowed in CdP Rosé?

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Can add white to 20%

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26
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What are the restrictions for CdP white wines?

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No blending restrictions

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27
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What is a unique primary grape for Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence?

A

Counoise

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28
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What is the only DGC allowed to produce white?

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La Londe

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29
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What must white wines be label for the DGCS other than La Londe?

A

Côtes de Provence AOC

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30
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What are the aging requirements for Frejus DGC reds?

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6m on oak or foudres

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31
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How many communes does Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence have?

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49

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31
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Where is the concentration of vines in Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence?

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A sedimentary basin

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32
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What are the dominate white grapes in Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence?

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Vermentino

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33
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What is allowed blending for Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence reds and roses?

A

GSM
Counois
Cinsaut

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33
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What heavily influences Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence?

A

The Mistral

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33
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What are blending rules in Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence?

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At least two varieties must be in the blend

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34
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What AOC/DGC mandates aging?

A

CdP Frejus
Bandol
Palette

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34
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What is the dominate grape in Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence reds and rosé?

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Grenache

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35
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Where do you find Tibouren used?

A

Côte de Provence
Pallete
Coteaux Varois en Provence

Tibouren-more salmon color rose

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35
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Where can chalky soils at elevation be found?

A

Coteaux Varois en Provence

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36
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For white Coteaux Varois en Provence what must be in the wine?

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30% Vermentino often blended with Clairette

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37
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What is production levels of Coteaux Varois en Provence

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93% rosé

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38
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How many communes in Coteaux Varois en Provence?

39
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What AOC is sheltered by limestone hills and Mt Sainte-Baume (W) / Bessillons (N) / Barres de Cuers (S)

A

Coteaux Varois en Provence

39
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What are the soils of Coteaux Varois en Provence

A

Chalky clay soils

39
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What is the weather of Coteaux Varois en Provence?

A

Med with Continental influences

40
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What AOC makes more white (71%) than red or rosé in Provence?

40
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What AOC has elevation and thus higher acidity and delicate fruit character than any other in Provence?

A

Coteaux Varois en Provence

41
Q

An AOC with terraced vineyards on the Med coast near Marseille?

42
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What AOC requires both Marsanne and Clairette in a blend?

42
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What AOC has white primary grapes of Clairette, Bourboulenc and Ugni Blanc?

43
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What are the red and rosé of are Cinsaut, Grenache &/or Mourverdre dominant?

A

Cassis
20% of rose can be white

44
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Where can restanques be found?

45
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Where is the AOC with arid, low-fertile soils with pebbly limestones, sandstone, and sandy marls with vineyards on the hillsides?

46
Q

Where does Mourverdre thrive?

47
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What is the dominate grape in Bandol?

A

Mouvedre (but max 95%)

48
Q

What dominates Bandol whites?

A

Clairette (with Bourboulenc & Ugni Blanc blends)

49
Q

Where do Bandol plant their white grape vines to mitigate the heat?

A

North facing hillsides slopes

50
Q

What is the minimum aging requirements for Bandol reds?

51
Q

What is Provence’s oldest wine region?

52
Q

Describe the Bandol area

A

Amphitheater with terraced (restanques) walls, with arid, poor quality soils made of pebbly limestone, and pockets of sandstone and sandy marls

53
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What is the key factor for quality wines in Bandol

A

arid and low fertile soils

54
Q

How are grapes picked in Bandol

A

Must be hand harvested

55
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What is the production o Bandol

A

75% red/rosé

56
Q

What AOC is south of Avignon?

A

Les Baux de Provence

57
Q

What AOC sits near an ancient for on the plateau in the Alpilles Mountains (west Provence)

A

Les Baux de Provence

58
Q

What does Baou mean?

A

Rocky outcrop

59
Q

What AOC has bauxite soils?

A

Les Baux de Provence

60
Q

What does the town Val d’Enfer mean and which AOC is adjacent to it?

A

Hell Valley - since it is very hot
Les Baux de Provence

61
Q

What AOC is 100% organic?

A

Les Baux de Provence

62
Q

What does lette raisonée mean?

A

“the reasoned struggle” financially and responsible farming

63
Q

What is the smallest AOC in Provence?

64
Q

Where is Château Simone located

65
Q

What AOC uses the white rare grape Araignan?

66
Q

Approved white grapes in Palette?

A

Clairette
Bourboulen
Araignan

67
Q

Approved primary red grapes in Palette?

A

Cinsaut
Grenache
Mourverdre

68
Q

What AOC has aging requirements for all its wines - white, red and rosé?

A

Palette
White/Rose (6m)
Reds (18m)
Hand harvest and sorted

69
Q

What is the dominate red grape in Palette?

A

Mouverdre (max 80%)

70
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What river runs through Palette?

70
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What AOC produces about the same about of white, red and rosé?

71
Q

What river runs through Bellet?

72
Q

Where is Vermentino dominate but can be blended with Chardonnay?

73
Q

What is AOC surrounds Nice?

74
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What is the only AOC in Provence to allow Chardonnay?

74
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What are the permitted red grapes of Bellet

A

Braquet Noir
Fuella Nera

75
Q

Where is Braquet Noir dominate for rosé

A

Bellet
Usually 100%

76
Q

What is another name for Bellet AOC

A

Vin de Bellet

77
Q

What is the northernmost AOC in Provence?

A

Pierrevert

78
Q

What white grape are required Pierrevert?

A

Greneche Blanc
Vermentino

78
Q

Which AOC has similar style to Rhône?

A

Pierrevert

79
Q

What AOC has the strong alpine influence and diurnal range in all of Provence?

A

Pierrevert

80
Q

What grapes dominate Pierrevert rosé?

A

Cinsaut
Grenache
Syrah

81
Q

What are reds of Pierrevert

A

Grenache
Syrah

82
Q

What is the most significant IGP in Provence?

A

Méditerranée
Includes Rhône and Corsics

83
Q

What is the Pelette, Provence local sweet wine, that starts with cooked must with a year long fermentation typically drank at Christmas Eve?

84
Q

Light bodied, crisp refreshing wines meant for apertif?

A

Vins de Soif

85
Q

Deeper, full bodied wines meant for meals?

A

Vins de Gastronomie

86
Q

How do Provence Cru Classes get ranked?

A

By the estate

87
Q

Wines for aging usually red?

A

Vin de Garde

88
Q

What is the term for for 2-3 years of bottle aged for rosé?

A

Grand Rosé
Rosé à Conserver

89
Q

What is the marshland called in the Rhone River Delta?

90
Q

What are the dominate grapes in Provence?

A

Grenache
Cinsaut
Syrah

91
Q

What is the dominate white in Provence?

A

Vermentino (Rolle)

92
Q

Main training system for Provence?

A

Goblet - for old vines
Guyot - for newer vineyards

93
Q

Requirements for Rosé and Reds

A

2 grape - 1 primary
Rosé can add white (20%)

94
Q

When was Provence Cru Classés put in place?

95
Q

What is the primary or secondary white grape in every Provence AOC?

96
Q

Barbaroux, Clairette Rose and Terret Gris are used all over Provence but mostly in what AOC?

97
Q

What does Cinsaut bring to reds and roses?

A

Delicate color, red fruit and floral notes

98
Q

Where would you find more orange colored roses?

A

New M Esterel since there are volcanic soils in Frejus

99
Q

Where is granite, gneiss, and mica schist?

A

btwn
Hyères & Fréjus
(along the edge of the Mediterranean coast)
Massif des Maures

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