Provence Flashcards
Name the AOP of Provence.
Cotes de Provence AOP Coteaux d’Aix en Provence AOP Les Baux de Provence AOP Palette AOP Cassis AOP Bandol AOP Coteaux varois en Provence AOP Bellet AOP Pierrevert AOP
What wine is cassis AOP?
Blanc= min 60% Marsanne and clairette. Min 11% alc
Rose= min 70% cinsault/Grenache/Mourvèdre. Min 11% alc
Red= min 70% Grenache/cinsault/Mourvèdre. Min 11.5% alc
What are the AOP of Corsica?
Ajaccio AOP
Muscat du cap Corse AOP
Patrimonio AOP
Vin de corse AOP
What is the smallest AOP of Corsica?
Muscat du cap corse AOP
Min oak aging and min alc of bandol rouge?
Min 18 month in oak
Not released before may 1st of the 2nd year
Min 12% alc
min Wood aging for Palette AOP rouge?
min 18 month in wood, not released before 15/04 of the 2nd year following the harvest.
what are the 4 sub zones of Cote de Provence AOP?
Cote de Provence Frejus
Cote de Provence Ste Victoire
Cote de Provence La Londe
Cote de Provence Pierrefeu
What Cote de Provence sub zone can produce White wine? what Grape?
Cote de Provence La Londe.
Min 50% Vermentino
What is Vin de Bellet white Grape? %?
Rolle min 60%
Where can you find the grape Braquet and Fuella Nera?
Vin de Bellet AOP rouge
where is Pierrevert AOP?
Provence
What is the wine style produced in Pierrevert AOP?
White (Vermentino/Grenache)
Rose (min 70% grenache/Syrah/Cinsault)
Red (min 70% Gren+Syrah)
min % Alc for Bandol Rouge?
12%
What is the min RS of Muscat du Cap Corse?
min 90G/L
What is Muscat du Cap Corse?
VDN made with 100% muscat blanc a petits grains
min potential alc 21.5% acquired 15-18%
what style of wine is Patrimonio blanc?
100% Vermentino
what are the sub zone of Vin de Corse AOP?
Calvi Figari Porto Vecchio Sartene Coteaux du Cap Corse
what style of wine is Vin de Corse White AOP?
min 75% Vermentino
what grape for Vin de Corse AOP rouge?
min 50% Grenache/Niellucio/Sciaccarello
what is Patrimonio AOP Rouge?
min 90% Niellucio
min 12% Alc
What style of wine is Patrimonio AOP producing?
White (Vermentino)
Rose (Niellucio)
Red (Niellucio)
What Style of wine is Ajaccio AOP?
White (min 80% Vermentino)
Rose and red (min 40% Sciaccarello)
what is the main grape for Cassis AOP blanc?
Marsanne (majority)
+ Clairette
what is the main white grape for Bandol Blanc AOP?
Clairette + bouboulent and Ugni Blanc
what is the main white grape for Palette AOP blanc?
min 55% Picardin + clairette, Bourboulenc
is Vermentino the main grape for the following AOP?
Coteaux Varois AOP Blanc
Coteaux d’Aix AOP Blanc
Cote de Provence AOP Blanc
Vermentino is the main grape for Coteaux Varois and Coteaux en Provence.
Clairette, Ugni blanc are the main grapes for Cote de Provence AOP blanc.
Min alc for Bellet Blanc?
11.5%
is the Min Alc for Bellet Rouge > or < of Bellet AOP blanc?
blanc= min 11.5% Rouge= min 11%
Cuvee Faustine is released under which AOP?
Ajaccio AOP
What is the name for terraced Hillside in Bandol AOP?
Restanques
Who is the producer of “Le Rose Nuances”?
Chateau de Pibarnon
What is the name of the hourglass shaped bottle in cote de Provence AOP?
Skittle
what is Skittle?
Hourglass shaped bottle used in Cote de Provence AOP
When was the Centre for Rose research in Provence created?
1999
what is the river going through Pierrevert AOP?
The Durance river
where can you find the Durance River?
Pierrevert App in Provence
what is the Rossese grape known as in Provence?
Tibouren
what color is the Tibouren grape?
red
