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1
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What styles of wine are allowed in Bugey AOP?

A
  • white
  • red
  • rose
  • sparkling /pet nat
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Still red wine in the Bugey AOP subzone Montagnieu must be 100% which grape?

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mondeuse

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What style of wine is allowed in the Rosette AOP?

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dry and off dry white wine

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In what AOP would you find varietally labelled molette?

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Seyssel AOP

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What grapes are allowed in the Bugey AOP subzone of Manicle?

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  • chardonnay
  • pinot noir
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What grapes are allowed in the Seyssel AOP?

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  • altesse
  • molette
  • chasselas
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What 3 crus of Vin de Savoie mandate 80% chasselas?

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  • Marignan
  • Ripaille
  • Crepy
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What are the primary white grapes of Vin de Savoie AOP?

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  • jacquere
  • altesse
  • roussanne
  • chardonnay
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9
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Rousette is an alias for what grape?

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altesse

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The Savoie cru of Chigin Bergeron produces wines from what single grape?

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roussanne

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What are the principal varieties in Cremant de Savoie?

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  • min 40% Jacquere
  • altesse
  • max 10% accessories
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What is the only wine allowed in Bugey Cerdon?

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  • ancestral method rose of gamay and poulsard
  • min 2 months on lees
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What styles of wine are allowed in the Vin du Savoie AOP?

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  • white
  • red
  • rose
  • sparkling and pet nat (rose)
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What are the primary red grapes in Vin de Savoie AOP?

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  • gamay
  • mondeuse
  • pinot noir
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In what year was Cremant de Savoie AOP established?

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2015

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16
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What are the 4 subzones of Roussette de Savoie AOP?

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  • Frangy
  • Marestal
  • Monterminod
  • Monthoux
17
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What are the 3 subzones of Bugey AOP?

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  • Manicle
  • Montagnieu
  • Cerdon
18
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What styles of wine are made is the Seyssel AOP

A

Vin Tranquille Blanc (Sec and Demi-Sec): 100% Altesse

Varietal-Labeled Molette (Tranquille): 100% Molette

Vin Mousseux Blanc: Vin Mousseux must include min. 75% Molette and min. 10% Altesse
(Second fermentation occurs in the bottle
Min. 9 months lees aging in the bottle)

19
Q

What are the two altesse AOP’s in Savoie?

A
  • Roussette de Bugey
  • Roussette de Savoie
20
Q

A wine labeled as Vin Tranquille Blanc is from where? made of what? and made in what style?

A

Seyssel AOP
100% Altesse
Still and dry white wine (can also be made in demi-sec style)

21
Q

What two lakes moderate the climate of Savoie?

A
  • Lake Bourget
  • Lake Geneva
22
Q

What is the French name for Lake Geneva?

A

Lac Leman

23
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What is the most planted grape in the Savoie?

A

jacquere (50%)

24
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What are the main white grapes of Savoie?

A

Jacquere
Chardonnay
Roussanne (bergeron)
Altesse
Chasselas

25
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What style of wine is made in the Savoie subzones of Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte and Arbin?

A

100% mondeuse dry reds

26
Q

Name 3 sub-appellations of Vin de Savoie AOP

A
  • Chignin-Bergeron (100% rousanne)
  • Crepy (80% chasselas)
  • Cruet (80% jacquère)
  • Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte (100% mondeuse)
  • Arbin (100% mondeuse)
27
Q

What is the min RS of Bugey Cerdon?

A

40 g/L

28
Q

What Savoie subzone is most assosciated with Cremant de Savoie?

A

Ayze

29
Q

What mountain range blocks cold northern air from Ayze?

A

Chablais Mountains

29
Q

What famous spirit is made in the Isere region?

A

Chartreuse

30
Q

What are the most important topographical influences if Bugey AOP?

A
  • Rhone river
  • Jura mountains
31
Q

What treaty ceded Savoie and Nice from Italy in the 1800’s?

A

Treaty of Turin

32
Q

How many crus are in Vin de Savoie AOP?

A

17

33
Q

White grapes account for what percentage of production in Savoie AOP?

A

70%

34
Q

What is the largest cru in Savoie AOP?

A

Apremont

35
Q

What is the only Savoie cru in which red grapes dominate?

A

Chautagne

36
Q

What river flows through the heart of Bugey AOP?

A

Ain

37
Q

What is the IGP of Savoie?

A

Allobroges

38
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The name of which Savoie cru translates to “broken stones?”

A

Abymes

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