Savoie Flashcards
What is the climate of Savoie?
Continental with alpine influences
Savoie is to the south of which important lake?
Lake Geneva/
Lac Léman
Which two vine growing areas are planted on the rubble from the Mount Granier landslide?
Part of Apremont and all of Abymes
What does the Centre d’Ampélographie Alpine Pierre Galet do?
It seeks to rescue Savoie’s obscure native grape varieties from oblivion.
Savoie’s vineyards are planted on glacial moraines. True or False?
True
Crémant de Savoie is its own appellation.
True or False?
FALSE.
It is a style within the Savoie AOC
Savoie’s wine industry was resuscitated in the 1960s and 1970s by winter tourists who came to ski.
True or False?
True
What is the primary grape of Roussette de Savoie AOC?
Altesse
What is Savoie’s most widely planted grape variety?
Jacquère
What styles of wine are made in the Savoie/Vin de Savoie AOC?
Red, white, rosé and sparkling
What is the principal grape used in Crémant de Savoie?
Jacquère
What is a synonym for Roussane in Savoie?
Bergeron
Savoie’s wine production is largely red. True or False?
FALSE.
Production is white-dominant.
What are the Dranse, Arve, Isère, Usses and Ain?
Rivers
What is the primary grape variety used
to make still Seyssel AOC wine?
Altesse
What is the primary grape variety used
to make sparkling Seyssel AOC wine?
Molette
Most vineyards in Savoie are planted above 1,640 ft/500 m elevation. True or False?
FALSE.
Vineyards are typically planted below this elevation because of increasing risk of frost.
The Savoie region is an important source
for what plant material used throughout France?
Grafted grapevines
What are the two most important red grapes of Savoie?
Mondeuse Noire and Gamay
What is “échalas”?
A training system consisting of a single wooden stake.
- The climate of Savoie is…
a. Continental
b. Continental with Mediterranean influences
c. Continental with Alpine influences
d. Alpine
c. Continental with Alpine influences
- Which of the following statements is false?
a. Savoie experiences wide diurnal temperature swings.
b. Savoie receives very little rain during the growing season.
c. Savoie’s harvests are usually sunny and dry.
d. Savoie has a wide range of mesoclimates due to its many topographical features
b. Savoie receives very little rain during the growing season.
- Which of the following is a red grape?
a. Jacquère
b. Altesse
c. Gringet
d. Persan
d. Persan
- What is Savoie’s unique contribution to French viticulture?
a. Grafted grapevine nurseries
b. Organic fertilizer
c. Échelas
d. Agrochemical production
a. Grafted grapevine nurseries
- Still Seyssel is comprised of…
a. 100% Gamay
b. 100% Gringet
c. 100% Pinot Noir
d. 100% Altesse
d. 100% Altesse
- Which of the following statements is false?
a. Savoie/Vin de Savoie may be varietal or blend.
b. Savoie/Vin de Savoie may be red, white, rosé, still or sparkling.
c. Savoie/Vin de Savoie may pull from all Savoie vineyards and all authorized grapes.
d. Savoie/Vin de Savoie allows for no sub-zones, crus or special delineated zones of production
d. Savoie/Vin de Savoie allows for no sub-zones, crus or special delineated zones of production
- Which Savoyard grape varieties are experiencing an increase in popularity today?
a. Mondeuse Noire and Persan
b. Gamay and Pinot Noir
c. Persan and Pinot Noir
d. Mondeuse Noire and Gamay
a. Mondeuse Noire and Persan
- In Savoie, Roussanne is known as…
a. Roussette
b. Altesse
c. Bergeron
d. Gringet
c. Bergeron
