Provence and Corsica Flashcards
When was the Cru Classé established in Provence and name 4 Cru Classé estates
1955
Château Minuty (LVMH)
Château de Galoupe (LVMH)
Clos Cibonne (Cuvée Spéciale Tibouren)
Domaine de Rimaurescq
4 PDO under the name of Provence
Côtes de Provence
Coteaux Varois en Provence
Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence
Les Baux de Provence
Subzone of Côtes de Provence
5
(permits red and rosé only)
La Londe (permits white)
Pierrefeu
Saint-Victoire
Notre-Dame des Anges (2019)
Fréjus
Synonym of tibouren in Italy
Rossese (Liguria)
Wine style of Bellet
white, red, rosé
W: 60% rolle (=vermentino)
R, Rosé: 60% braquet (=brachetto) and fella nera
Wine style of Bandol and key producers
white, red, rosé
W: 50% clairette + bourboulenc, Uni-blanc
R, Rosé: 50% mouvèdre + grenache, cinsault
(Min.18 mth in wood)
PPTB
Château de Pibarnon
Château Pradeaux
Domaine Tempier
Domaine Bunan
Wine style of Cassis
white, red, rosé
W: 60% marsanne (30%+) and clairette
R, Rosé: GMC
Wine style of Palette and key producers
white, red, rosé
W: clairette, bourboulenc, picadin
R, Rosé: GMC
(Min.18 mth in wood, 2yrs total aging)
CMS-HB
Château Cremade
Château de Meyreuil
Château Simone
Château Henri Bonnaud
The key producer in Coteaux Varois en Provence
Domaine de Triennes
(project of Aubert de Villaine and Jacques Seyss of Domaine Dujac)
The key producer of Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence
Château Vignelaure
(pioneer of CS-syrah blend, founded by the former owner of Château La Laguna)
The key producer of Les Baux de Provence
Domaine de Trévallon
(released under IGO Alpilles since 2009)
-R: CS-syrah blend (first vintage 1982)
-W: marsanne/roussanne (first vintage 1991)
The northernmost PDO in Provence and what is the wine style
Pierrevert
white, red, rosé
-W: 50% vermentino
-R, Rosé: 70% combined grenache (15%+) and syrah (30%+)
Synonym of ugni-blanc in Corsica
rossola
The key indigenous white grape variety in Corsica
biancu gentile
Wine style of Vin de Corse, and what are the subzones (5)
white, red, rosé
-W: 75% vermentino + ugni-blanc
-R, Rosé: 50% nielluccio/sciacarello/grenache + SMC, carignan, barbarossa
Calvi
Figari
Sartène
Porto-Vecchio
Coteaux du Cap Corse (W: min.80% vermentino)
What is Rappu
a fortified sweet red wine made from aleatico grape
Wine style of Muscat du Cap Corse
VDN white from 100% muscat blanc à petits grains
Min.90g/L RS
Wine style of Patrimonio and key producer
white, red, rosé
-W: 100% vermentino
-R, Rosé: nielluccio (90% for red, 75% for rosé) + grenache, sciacarello, vermentino
Antoine Arena
Wine style of Ajaccio and the main soil
white, red, rosé
-W: 80% vermentino + rossola
-R, Rosé: sciacarello-base
Granite
What is the IGP covering Corsica island
Île de Beauté
Which river runs west to east through the Provence wine region
Arc river
Top cuvée of Château d’Esclans
Garrus: barrel-fermented old-vine grenache + vermentino (first vintage 2006)
