Savoie Flashcards
Lakes in Savoie?
Lake Bourget Lake Geneva (Lac Leman)
Climate in Savoie
Continental
Most planted gv
Jacquere
What is Bergeron
Roussanne
More red or white wines
White
Altesse synonym
Roussette
Savoie AOC
Vin de Savoie/Savoie Cremant de Savoie Rousette de Savoie Seyssel Bugey Rousette de Bugey
Seyssel styles and gv?
Sec and Demi sec Blanc - Altesse
Varietal labeled Molette
Mousseaux Blanc - Altesse, Chasselas, Molette
Seyssel sparkling wine rules
Bottle refermented
9 m on lees minimum
When Bugey was upgraded to AOC
2009
What is Bugey Cerdon
Ancestral method sparkling rose from Gamay or Poulsard
Min 2 m on lees
Min 3 atmosphere
River in Bugey
Ain
Rhône
Largest production Cru of Vin de Savoie
Apremont
2 indigenous white gvs
Gringet
Molette
Where can you produce ancestral
Bugey Cerdon
What is Bugey Manicle
Cru
With only red and white from PN and Chardonnay
top Cru in Bugey from Mondeuse (red) or sparkling from …
Bugey Montagnieu
White sparkling from: Mondeuse, Chardonnay, altesse
Bugey Cerdon residual Sugar and abv?
22 (40) - 80 g/L
7-8,5 abv
Bugey styles of sparkling wines
Petillant Blanc (traditional, 9 m on lees) Petillant Rose (traditional 9 m on lees) Bugey Montagnieu Petillant Blanc (traditional, 12 m on lees) Bugey Cerdon ( ancestral, 2 m on lees)
Styles of Bugey
White
Rose
Red
Sparking
Biggest AOC
Vin de Savoie 1750 ha
Bugey ha of vineyards
500
Region ha of vineyards
2200
Famous indigenous gv from Bugey
Verdesse
White
2 villages in Rousette de Bugey AOC
Montagnieu (also for Bugey)
Virieu-le-Grand
How many cru names may be appended to the Roussette de Savoie and Vin de Savoie
4 Roussette
17 VdS
Rose Cremant?
No
Only Blanc
Soils in Seyssel
Clay for Altesse
Sandier, limestone - Molette
Cremant de Savoie est?
2015
Cremant ageing
9 m
Cru for PN and Chardonnay only in Bugey
Manicle
What gv planted n Crepy (Savoie cru)
Chasselas
Red wine of Bugey Montagnieu is made from
Mondeuse
Popular red gv
Mondeuse (local) Persan (local) Gamay Pinot Poulsard (Jura)
Molette is a synonym of
Mondeuse Blanche