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S. France - Languedoc/Roussillon/Corsica/Provence Flashcards

1
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What is the principle grape of Fronton AOP in Southwest France?

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Negrette

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Marcillac AOP must use a minimum of 80% of what varietal?

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Fer (Servadou), or Mansois

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If one was to drink a cheap white wine made from the surplus of white grapes used in the production of Armagnac, what would be the most likely appelation to appear on the label?

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Côtes de Gascogne IGP

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Auxerrois is a synonym for which grape in SW France?

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Malbec - used primarily in Cahors

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What is the River of Cahors?

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The Lot

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What southwest France red wine appellation does not allow Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc?

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Cahors AOP

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What styles of wine are made in Saussignac, Rosette and Monbazillac?

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Sweet white wines and dessert wines

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What is the name of the top bottling by Chateau Montus?

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  • “Prestige”

- 100% Tannat

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Name the four AOP’s of Limoux

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  • Cremant de Limoux
  • Blanquette de Limoux
  • Limoux
  • Blanquette Method Ancestrale
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What is the predominant red grape varietal of Limoux?

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Merlot (min 50%)

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What is the main grape used to make Blanquette de Limoux?

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Mauzac (min 90% mauzac+ chardonnay & chenin blanc)

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Malvoise du Roussilon is a synonym for what grape?

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Tourbat

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13
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Northernmost AOP of Languedoc

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Pic Saint-Loup AOP

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What styles are produced under Pic Saint Loup AOC? What grape forms the base?

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  • Red and Rosé

- Syrah (min 50% for red; min 30% for rosé)

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What wine styles may be produced under Clairette du Languedoc AOC?

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  • Still White
  • Vin de Liqueur
  • Rancio
    (all 100% Clairette)
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Lledoner Pelut is a mutation of what grape?

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Grenache (pelut = furry; referrs to downy char of leaves that retain moisture)

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Name 3 Clairette-based AOPs of France (there are 6)

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  • Coteaux de Die AOP
  • Clairette de Die AOP
  • Cremant de Die AOP
  • Clairette du Bellegard AOP
  • Clairette du Languedoc AOP
  • Bandol AOC (Blanc)
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How long does Banyuls Grand Cru have to age in oak for?

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30 months

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Agly River, Tet River and Tech River are found in which 2 French AOPs?

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Rivesaltes and Muscat de Rivesaltes

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What is the grape of Marcillac?

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Min 80% Fer (Servadou)

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Fronton sits between what 2 rivers?

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  • Garonne (West)

- Tarn (East)

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What styles are permitted under Gaillac 1er Cotes AOC?

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Dry white only

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23
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Name 2 producers of Cahors

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  • Chateau du Cedre
  • Clos La Coutale
  • Chateau Lagrezette
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Chateau Montus and Chateau Bouscassé are producers in what AOC?

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Madiran AOP (both owned by Alain Brumont)

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What are the two non contiguous sectors of Fitou AOP?

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  • Fitou Maritime and Fitou Montagneux
  • FITOU MARITIME (By the coast): clay-limestone
  • FITOU HAUT/MONTAGNEUX (Inland): schist, fuller, (best)
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26
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Name 3 fortified wine appellations in the Languedoc

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  • Muscat de Frontignan
  • Muscat de Mireval AOP
  • Muscat de Lunel AOP
  • Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
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How long must Amber and Tuilé styles of Rivesaltes AOP wines be aged?

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March 1 of 3rd year following harvest (oxidative environment of aging)

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What is the southernmost wine appellation in continental France?

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Banyuls AOP

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29
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How many communes are within Gaillac Premieres Côtes AOP?

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11

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30
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What is the name of Didier Dangenau’s Jurançon bottling?

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Les Jardins de Babylone

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What was Languedoc’s first AOP and tradtionally a source of Rivesaltes VdN?

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Fitou (AOP 1948)

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Malpère AOP can produce what styles of wine?

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Red and rosé only

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33
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The first French region to be introduced to vine-growing and wine-making by the Romans?

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Languedoc

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34
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Type of soil that dominates the hills Fitou, Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, St. Chinian and Languedoc appellations?

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Schist

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35
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Most southerly AOP in Languedoc, in the foothills of the Pyrenees?

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Fitou

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36
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Mountain range near Terrasses du Larzac AOP?

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Cévennes (Eastern Languedoc)

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37
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The only (still) white AOP for which oak is mandatory?

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Limoux AOP

38
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Grape(s) for Limoux AOP?

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White: Mauzac, chard, chenin (still whites must be fermented in oak — the only AOP white for which oak is mandatory
Red: Min 50% merlot; min 30% combined G-S, cot (plus cab f-s)

39
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Which is warmer and drier? Eastern or Western Languedoc?

40
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The oldest AOP in France is for cheese _____ and overlaps this AOP for wine _____.

A

Roquefort (1925) – overlaps the Terrasses du Larzac AOP

41
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Aniane, Jonquières and Hérault are communes of which AOP?

A

Terrasses du Larzac AOP

42
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The main river in Terrasses du Larzac AOP?

43
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The vineyards of Montepeyroux and St. Saturnin are located in which AOP?

A

Terrasses du Larzac AOP

44
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The Pézenas sub-appellation is part of which AOP?

A

Languedoc AOP

45
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Oldest Muscat AOP in France?

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  • Muscat de Frontignan AOP
  • 100% Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
  • only Muscat-based AOP that can be VdN or VdL, others are VdN only
46
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Which mountain range separates France from Spain?

47
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What is the largest river in the Pyrénées, near Perpignan?

48
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Name the 2 winds in Corbières

A

Cers - dry and cold from the northwest

Marin - warm from the Mediterranean

49
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River that borders borders Corbières and Minervois

50
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What is mutage and who discovered it?

A
  • Fortification through addition of spirit

- discovered in 1285 by Arnau de Vilanova

51
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T or F? 90% of the VDN produced in France, come from the Languedoc-Roussillon

52
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Min alc % for VdN

53
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Min Grenache % for Banyuls and Banyuls Grand Cru

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  • Banyuls: min 50% grenache

- Banyuls Grand Cru: min 75% grenache

54
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Min alc % for Banyuls and Banyuls Grand Cru

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Both min 15%

55
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Largest appellation for VdN?

A

Rivesaltes

56
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Largest Muscat-based appellation in France?

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  • Muscat de Rivesaltes (Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains and Muscat d’Alexandrie)
  • Other Muscat-based AOPs in the Languedoc are 100% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
57
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What are “bonbonnes”?

A

Glass jars sometimes used to age Banyuls out in the sun

58
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T or F? There are no dry whites made under Maury AOP

59
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Following Corsican grapes and synonyms?
A) Niellucciu
B) Sciaccarellu
C) Lladoner Pelut 
D) Vermentinu
E) Tourbat
A 
A) Niellucciu = Sangiovese
B) Sciaccarellu = Mammolo (in Tuscany)
C) Lladoner Pelut  = Grenache Poilu (mutation of grenache)
D) Vermentinu = Malvoisie de Corse
E) Tourbat = Malvoise du Roussilon
60
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T or F? It is drier and sunnier in Corsica that anywhere in mainland/continental France

61
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Which Catalonia AOP borders Banyuls?

62
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Name 2 vermouths from Languedoc-Roussillon

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  • Byrrh (Red wine, herbs quinine, orange)
  • Dubonnet (Wine, quinine, orange, caramel, herbs…)
  • Noilly-Prat (Wines, herbs)
63
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Define vermouth and quinquina

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  • Alc is between 16-18%
  • 4 types: dry, sweet (red), bianco, rose
  • fortified and made on a base of dry wine with the addition of extracts of herbs, spices, sugar, mistelle, neutral spirit, fruit…(quinine, orange peel, gentian, cinnamon, ginger, thyme..)
  • Quinquinas are flavored specifically with cinchona bark and its bitter quinine compound
64
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What is the main difference that separates a VdN and other fortified wines?

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  • the amount and strength of spirit added
  • VDN: the spirit accounts for a max of 10% of the total volume; as a result the total alcohol content of the finished product is around 15% abv (min 15% for VDN)
  • Port: 20% of spirit added, often under 80% abv = 20% abv alc
65
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What are the 2 types of mutage for VdN that can be employed?

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  • “sur grains”: alc added during the fermentation: more structure, better aging potential
  • after pressurage and a few days of fermentation: wine is lighter, slightly tannic
66
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VdN, only 4 grapes allowed???

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  • grenache (blanc, gris, noir)
  • maccabeu (maccabeo)
  • muscat (petits grains & alexandrie)
  • malvoisie
67
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Define VdL and mistelle

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  • Vin De Liqueur is a sweet fortified wine also known as mistelle
  • Spirit is added prior to fermentation, resulting in a sweeter wine
  • In general the alcohol level is between 16-22%
  • Mistelle is grape juice mixed with a spirit, however if that grape juice has been at least partially fermented (turned into a wine), once a spirit is added, it has itself become a fortified wine
68
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What is Rinquinquin?

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  • a VdL peach aperitif from Provence/Rhône Valley
  • Made by infusing peaches in a 100 proof neutral spirit. Results are mixed with white wine, essential oils of citrus and sugar
69
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Name the sole VdN AOP in Corsica

A

Muscat du Cap Corse AOP (Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc )

70
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Which wind blows from the northwest in the bas Languedoc and the Roussillon. It is a dry, cold air from polar regions

A

Tramontana

71
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The only (2) appellations where Mediterranean and Atlantic (Bdx) grapes are mandatorily combined

A

Cabardès AOP and Malepère AOP (both red and rosé only)

72
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Mountain range(s) in Minervois AOP

A

Black Mountains and Cévennes

73
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Name the (4) red only AOPs in Languedoc

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  • Minervois-La Livinière
  • Corbières-Boutenac
  • Fitou
  • Terrasses du Larzac
74
Q

Bourboulenc-based AOP in Languedoc

A

La Clape AOP

75
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Corbières AOP and this other AOP overlap

A

La Clape AOP

76
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Mountain range in Pic St-Loup AOP

A

Hortus (Montagne de l’Hortus)

77
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Which 4 communes can append names to Cotes du Roussillon-Villages AOP?

A
  • Latour de France
  • Caramany
  • Lesquerde
  • Tautavel
78
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Banyuls AOP for sweet wines, covers the same communes as this other AOP for dry wines

A

Collioure AOP

79
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“Rimage” for wines made in Banyuls means this _____.

80
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Min RS for Banyuls AOP, Banyuls Grand Cru AOP and Maury AOP

A

Min 45 g/l

81
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Max RS for Banyuls Grand Cru “Brut/Dry/Sec”

A

Max 54 g/l

82
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Dry whites made in the Maury AOP area are labeled as this ______.

A

Côtes Catalanes IGP

83
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T or F? For Maury AOP, VdN Ambré, Tuilé and Hors d’Age are aged in glass or other sealed containers

84
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T or F? For Maury AOP, VdN Ambré and Tuilé do not have to be vintage dated, but Blanc and Grenat must

85
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T or F? Grand Roussillon AOP is the “catch-all” appellation for Roussillon VdN

86
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T or F? Rivesaltes Grenat (VdN) is 100% Grenache Noir and must be made in a reductive style

87
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In Corsica, grapes and colors for Vin de Corse AP and Vin de Corse “Coteaux du Cap Corse” AOP

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  • Vin de Corse:
    Red/Rose: Min 50% grenache, niellucio, sciacarello (mammolo)
    White: Min 75% vermentino+ ugni blanc
  • Vin de Corse “Coteaux du Cap Corse”
    Red/Rose: Min 60% grenache, niellucio, sciacarello (mammolo)
    White: Min 80% vermentino+ ugni blanc
88
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Synonym of Ugni Blanc in Corsica

89
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Grapes for Ajaccio AOP

A
  • Red/Rosé: min 40% sciacarello (min 60% combined sciacarello, nielluciu, barbarossa, vermentino, grenache…
  • White: min 80% vermentino + ugni blanc (rossola)
90
Q

Synonym of Sciaccarello in Tuscany

91
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Grapes for Patrimonio AOP

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  • White: 100% Vermentino (Malvoisie de Corse)
  • Red: Min. 90% Nielluccio, plus Grenache, Sciaccarello (Mammolo), and Vermentino
    Rosé: Min. 75% Nielluccio, plus Grenache, Sciaccarello (Mammolo), and Vermentino

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