Savoie Flashcards

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1
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What is the French name for Lake Geneva?

A

Lac Léman

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2
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What is the standard Savoie AOP?

A

Vin de Savoie AOP

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3
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What is the most planted white grape in Savoie?

A

Jacquère

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4
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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Les Abymes?

A

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Apremont?

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Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Arbin?

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Rouge only: 100% Mondeuse

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Ayze?

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Blanc Tranquille & Mousseux/Pétillant: >50% Gringet plus Altesse and Roussette d’Ayze

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Chautaugne?

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Blanc: >80% Jacquère
Rouge: >90% Pinot Noir/Gamay/Mondeuse

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Chignin?

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Blanc: >80% Jacquère
Rouge: >90% Pinot Noir/Gamay/Mondeuse

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Crépy?

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Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Cruet?

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Blanc only: >80% Jacquere

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Jongiuex?

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Blanc: >80% Jacquère
Rouge: >90% Pinot Noir/Gamay/Mondeuse

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Marignan?

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Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Marin?

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Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Montmélian?

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Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Ripaille?

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Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Sainte-Jean-de-la-Porte?

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Rouge only: 100% Mondeuse

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré?

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Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Chignin-Bergeron?

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Blanc only: 100% Roussanne (Bergeron)

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20
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What Crus of Savoie are authorized for still white wine only?

A
Les Abymes
Apremont
Chignin-Bergeron
Crépy
Cruet
Marignan
Marin
Montmélian
Ripaille
Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré
21
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What white only Crus of Savoie are Jacquère based?

A

Les Abymes
Apremont
Cruet
Montmélian
Sainte-Jeoire-Prieuré

22
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What white only Crus of Savoie are Chasselas based?

A

Crépy
Marignan
Marin
Ripaille

23
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What is the only Cru of Savoie to permit sparkling wine, and what is the encépagement?

A

Ayze: 50% Gringet, plus Altesse and Roussette d’Ayze

24
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What crus of Savoie permit both red and white, and what are the major grapes?

A

Chautagne
Chignin

Jongiuex
All >80% Jacquère for whites, and >90% Pinot Noir/Gamay/Mondeuse for reds

25
Q

What crus of Savoie are 100% Mondeuse?

A

Arbin
Sainte-Jean-de-la-Porte

26
Q

What Crus of Savoie are on Lac Léman, in Chablais?

A

Crépy, Marignan, Ripaille, Marin

27
Q

What Crus of Savoie are in the Vallée de l’Arve?

A

Ayze

28
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What Crus of Savoie are in the central region of L’Avant-Pays de Savoie?

A

Chautagne
Jongieux

29
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What Crus of Savoie are clustered around Chambéry in the southerly La Cluse de Chambéry?

A

Chignin
Chignin-Bergeron
Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré
Apremont
Abymes

30
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What Crus of Savoie lie east of La Cluse de Chambéry along the Isère River in La Combe de Savoie?

A

Montmélian
Arbin
Cruet
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte

31
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Starting from the Northeast corner of Lac Léman, moving counterclockwise in a circle, what are the 16 Crus of Savoie?

A
Marin
Ripaille
Marignan
Crépy
Chautagne
Jongieux
Chignin
Chignin-Bergeron
Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré
Apremont
Les Abymes
Montmélian
Arbin
Cruet
Sainte-Jean-de-la-Porte
Ayze
32
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What is Savoie’s other regional appellation?

A

Roussette de Savoie AOP; 100% Roussette

33
Q

What is the synonym for Roussette?

A

Altesse

34
Q

Which four communes may append their names to Roussette de Savoie?

A

Frangy
Marestal
Monthoux
Monterminod

35
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Which appending village to Roussette de Savoie is not located within L’Avant Pays de Savoie?

A

Monterminod, in La Cluse de Chambéry

36
Q

What styles are permitted in Seyssel AOP?

A

Blanc sec, demi-sec, and mousseux

37
Q

What is the varietal requirement for Seyssel tranquille?

A

100% Altesse

38
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What are the varietal requirements for Seyssel mousseux?

A

> 10% Altesse plus Molette and Chasselas

39
Q

What are the styles and varietal requirements for Bugey AOP?

A

Blanc: >70% Chardonnay
Rosé: >70% Gamay plus Pinot Noir
Rouge: 100% Gamay, Pinot Noir, or Mondeuse

40
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What are the styles and varietal requirements for Bugey-Cerdon?

A

Sparkling rosé through méthode ancestral; Gamay and Poulsard (may not be 100% poulsard)

41
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What are the styles and varietal requirements for Bugey-Manicle?

A

Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

42
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What are the styles and varietal requirements for Bugey-Montagnieu?

A

Rouge: 100% Mondeuse
Mousseux/Pétillant: >70% Mondeuse, Chardonnay, and Altesse

43
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What is the varietal in Roussette de Bugey AOP?

A

100% Altesse (Roussette)

44
Q

What communes may append their names to Roussette de Bugey AOP?

A

Montagnieu
Virieu-la-Grand

45
Q

What is the IGP of Savoie?

A

IGP Allobrogies

46
Q

At what altitude are most of Savoie’s vineyards?

A

250-500M

47
Q

Where are the highest vineyards in Savoie?

A

Côte d’Arve

48
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Which Cru of Savoie was its own communal appellation until 2008?

A

Crépy