Provence/Corsica Flashcards
How many Cru Classé estates in Provence (1955)
18, once 23
Grand Cru Estates of Provence (18) Est. 1955
Château Minuty (Gassin)
Château Sainte-Roseline (Les Arcs-sur-Argens)
Château Sainte Marguerite (La Londe-les-Maures)
Domaine de la Clapière (Hyères)
Domaine de l’Aumérade (Hyères)
Clos Cibonne (Pradet)
Domaine de Rimaurescq (Pignans)
Domaine de Castel Roubine (Lorgues)
Château du Galoupet (La Londe-les-Maures)
Château de Saint-Martin (Taradeau)
Château de Saint-Maur (Cogolin)
Clos Mireille (La Londe-les-Maures, part of Domaine Ott)
Château de Selle (Taradeau, part of Domaine Ott)
Château de Brégançon (Bormes-les-Mimosas)
Domaine de Mauvanne (Salins d’Hyères)
Domaine de la Croix (la Croix-Valmer)
Domaine du Noyer (Bormes-les-Mimosas)
Domaine du Jas d’Esclans (la Motte)
Department of Les Baux de Provence
Bouches du Rhone
Communes of production for Les Baux de Provence
Les Baux de Provence
Fontvielle
Mausanne-Les-Alpilles
Mouries
Paradou
Saint Etienne du Gres
Saint Remy de Provence
Only AOC in Provence that allows Chardonnay
Bellet
In what department is Provence?
Var
Les Baux de Provence was promoted in this year
1995
Muscat du Cap Corse must weight and RS
252g/l
90g/l RS
Main white grape of Bandol
50-95% Clairette plus Bourboulenc and Ugni Blanc
This producer in Les Baux de Provence makes Cabernet based wines as Vin de Pays
Domaine de Trévallon
Under Alpilles IGP
Bellet AOP Blanc and Rosé encepagement
Blanc: min 60% Vermentino
Rosé: min 60% combined Braquet and Fuella Nera
Rouge: 60% Braquet/Fella Nera
Pallete AOP encepagement:
Blanc: Min 55% combined Picardin (Araignan), Clairette, Bourboulenc, Clairette Rosé
Rosé: Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsault (no variety exceeds 80%)
Rouge: same
Les Baux de Provence AOP:
Min 60% Combined Grenache/Syrah/Mourvedre
No grape exceeding 90%
(Max 20% Cabernet Sauvignon)
Only subzone of Cote de Provence with an oak requirement
Fréjus, 6 mos oak
Soil of Patrimonio (Corsica)
Limestone
Hourglass shaped bottle in provence
Skittle
Famed terraces of Bandol
Restanques
Principal viticultural hazard in Corsica
drought
50% of Corsica wine is imported under this IGP
Ile de Beauté
AOPs of Provence
Côtes 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/Vin de Bellet AOP
Pierrevert AOP
Is Saignée permitted in Provence?
NO
These two varietals must be present in the white blends of Pierrevert AOP
Vermentino
Grenache Blanc
What year was Bandol established? Who established the AOP with what Varietal?
1941
Domaine Tempier
50-95% Mourvedre
40hl/ha
Single Vineyards:
Cabbasou
La Migoa
La Tourtine
Aging requirements for Bandol Rouge
Rouge: Min. 18 months in wood, may not be released before May 1 of the second year following the harvest
first AOC in Provence
Cassis
1936
Communes of production in Bandol
Bandol, Le Beausset, La Cadière-d’Azur, Le Castellet, Évenos, Ollioules, Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, Sanary-sur-Mer
Whites of Patrimonio are this varietal/percentages
100% Vermentino (Malvoisie de Corse)
Reds of Patrimonio must be this % Nielluccio (Sangiovese)
90%
Brequet is this grape in Bellet
Brachetto
AOPs of Corsica
Vin du Corse
Muscat du Cap Corse
Patrimonio
Ajaccio
Subzones of Vin de Corse AOP (5)
Calvi
Figari
Porto Vecchio
Coteaux du Cap Corse
Sartene
What year was Patrimonio AOP established
1968
Who produces “Whispering Angel”
Caves d’esclans (LVMH)
in La Motte en Provence
AOPs of Corsica that permit Rosé
Vin de Corse/Corse AOP
Patrimonio (75% Nielluccio, 40% Sciaccerello)
Ajaccio
Winemap of Corsica
Winemap of Provence
Subzones of cotes de Provence
Sainte-Victoire
Fréjus
La Londe
Pierrefeu
Notre-Dame des Anges (added 2019)
Corsica is separated from Sardinia by this strait
Strait of Bonifacio
Main Red grape of Ajaccio
Scacciorello (Mammolo) 40%
White grape is 80% Vermentino (Malvoisie de Corse)
Producers of Bandol other than Tempier
Chateau de Pibarnon
Chateau Pradeaux
Whites of Bandol are based on this grape
Clairette
Most notable producer in Coteaux Varois en Provence AOP (releases wines as vins de pays)
Domaine de Triennes
Only French appellation outside of Bordeaux to publish a ranking of grand cru classé estates. (18) 1955
Provence
Les Baux de Provence AOP is a former subapellation of this:
Coteaux d’Aix en Provence AOP
What is this lake?
The Berre lake, in coteaux d’Aix en Provence
Synonym for Ugni Blanc in corsica
Rossola
Synonym for Barbaroux (red grape, Corsica)
Barbarossa
Synonym for Morrastel (red grape, corsica)
Minustello
Departement of Corsica
Corse-du-Sud
The ____ river flows through the heart of Pierrevert (Provence)
Durance
Braquet and Fuella Nera are typically found in which appellation?
Bellet
“Cuvée Faustine” is released under which appellation?
Ajaccio
Sciaccarello (Mammolo)
Only Subzone of Cotes de Provence that permits White wine
La Londe:
White wine: 50% min Vermentino
New grapes allowed in Cote de Provence due to climate change
Max. 5% combined Agiorgitiko, Calabrese, Moschofilero, Verdejo, Xinomavro
Name of the Mountain range or Ridge of Bandol (Bandol is an Ampitheater)
Sainte Baume
Domaine Ott owns these two Grand Cru Classé Provence Estates
Chateau de Selle
Clos Mireille