Savoie Flashcards

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What is the climate of the savoie?

A

Continetal Climate moderated by Lake Bourget and Lake Geneva

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2
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What is the French name for Lake Geneva?

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Lac Leman

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3
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What is the name of the mountain chartreuse is made om

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Mount Granier

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4
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What is the most planted grape in the Savoie?

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Jacquere

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What are the main white grapes of the Savoie?

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Jacquere
Chardonnay
Roussanne (bergeron)
Altesse
Chasselas
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6
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What are the main red grapes of the Savoie?

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Mondeuse
Gamay
Pinot Noir

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What is the cru of Chignin Bergeron in the Savoie known for?

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Wines exclusively made from 100% Rousanne (bergeron)

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8
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What is Rousette a synonym for?

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Altesse

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9
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Which 3 cru in Savoie mandate a minimum 80% Chasselas?

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Marignan
Ripalle
Crepy

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10
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What varietal is produced excvlusively in the Rousette de Savoie AOP? Name two communes that may append their name.

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Altesse (Rousette)

Frangy, Marestel, Monterminod, and Monthoux.

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What are the 4 sub-zones that are allowed to attach their names to the Rousette de Savoie AOP?

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Frangy
Marestal
Monterminood
Monthoux

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12
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What tye of wines are produced in the Seyssel AOP in Savoie?

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

Varietal-Labeled Molette (Tranquille): 100% Molette

Blanc Sec: 4 g/l (max. 8 g/l if total acidity is within 2 g/l of residual sugar)
Blanc Demi-Sec: 15 g/l

Vin Mousseux Blanc: Molette, Altesse, Chasselas 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

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13
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What is Bugey Cerdon?

What’s the RS of Green chartreuse

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made from gamay and poulsard only
2 mo lees aging min + 3 atmospheres of pressure
40 g/L min R/S

220-240g/l

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14
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At what degree latitude is the Savoie

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45.64

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15
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explain cremant de savoie

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White only Minimum 40% Jacquère, additional 20% must be Jacquère or Altesse only, Maximum 20% red varieties

Traditional Method Secondary Fermentation
The wines must spend a min. 9 months on the lees prior to dégorgement
Min. 3.5 atmospheres of pressure

is not its own AOP but rather a sub-designate and style within Vin de Savoie AOP.

Principal Varieties: Aligoté, Altesse, Chardonnay, Jacquère, Mondeuse blanche, Gamay, Mondeuse, Pinot Noir (for Haute-Savoie department only, Chasselas and Molette are also permitted)
Accessory Varieties: Bia, Petite Sainte-Marie, Mondeuse Grise, Pinot Gris, Corbeau, Dousset, Hibou Noir

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16
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explain Bugey-Manicle and Bugey-Montagnieu

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Bugey-Manicle
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

Bugey-Montagnieu
Rouge: 100% Mondeuse
Vin Mousseux/Pétillant Blanc:
Principal Varieties: Min. 70% combined Mondeuse, Chardonnay, and Altesse
Accessory Varieties: Gamay, Molette, Jacquère, and Pinot Noir

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17
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Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte & Arbin in savoie is a subzone for wines made of what, and in what syle?

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Dry red wines of 100% Mondeuse.

18
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Chignin-Bergeron makes what style of wine?

A

100% ROusanne

19
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Name 5 sub-appellations of Vin de Savoie AOP

A

Chignin-Bergeron 100% ROusanne
Crepy Min. 80% Chasselas
Cruet Min. 80% Jacquère
Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte 100% Mondeuse
Arbin 100% Mondeuse

20
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What is the minimum residual sugar in g/l of Bugey Cerdon?

21
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Must weight range for Jura vin de paille? Aging? Three AOP’s it may be made in?

A

320-420 g/l
min 18 mo in barrel and 3 years total
Cotes de Jura / Arbois / l’Etoille

22
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Frangy, Marestel, Monterminod, Monthoux are subzones of where? what syyle and grape do they make wine from?

A

Roussette de Savoie
Altesse (roussette) / still dry white

23
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Name the two AOP’s that mandate 100% Altesse

A

Roussette de Savoie
Roussette du Bugey

24
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What is Roussanne known as in Savoie?

25
where are the crus of Marignan, Ripaille, and Crépy? What kind of wine do they make?
all located along the southern shores of Lake Geneva—mandate a minimum 80% Chasselas.
26
AOP year of cremant de savoie and bugey?
2014 /2009
27
What three main lakes moderate the AOP's of Savoie? What two are most important?
Lake Annecy, **Lake Bourget (Seyssel AOP specifically), Lac Léman**
28
Name a Savoie cru that makes sparkling wine?
Ayze Blanc and Vin Mousseux/Pétillant Blanc: Min. 50% Gringet, plus a max. 30% each of Altesse and Roussette d'Ayze
29
What altitutde do most Savoie vineyards lie at? Which two are higher?
250-450m Cerdon / Ayze
30
Wines labeled Ripaille / Marin / Marignan / and Crepy are made of what grape and in what style?
Dry still white made of chasselas
31
what famous spirit is made in saoie
chartreuse
32
What mountain range blocks cold northern air from Ayze?
Chablais mountains
33
name three GI of savoie that make monovarietal wines
ayze / st-jean-de la porte / chignin bergeron / arbin
34
name two native red grapes of savoie
Persan / mondeuse
35
what savoie sub-zone may make Cremant de savoie and what grapes are used?
Ayze - 40% Jacquere / most recent cremant appellation
36
In what one region would you find the isere river / rhone river / and lac leman?
savoie
37
Where are the best wines in Savoie historically made?
The southern "combe of svoie" on the shores of the isere
38
two most planted grapes in savoie
Jacquere / mondeuse
39
The village of Montagnieu is a cru for what two aops?
bugey and rousette de bugey
40
What influences vineyards in Bugey?
Rhone river / jura mountains
41
What did the treaty of Turin do?
Cede control of Savoir and Nice to france from italy in the 1800's
42
Whatmountain is Ayze on?
Le Mole