Savoie Flashcards
savoie climate?
continental
what two lakes moderate the savoie?
- lake bourget
- lake geneva = lak lemon - europes largest fresh body of water
what river runs through the savoie
rhone river
what is the most common grape in the savoie
jacquere
main white grapes in savoie
- chard
- altesse
- bergeron
main red grapes in savoie
- gamay
- monduese
- pinot noir
when was cremant de savoie established?
2015
what are the cru of the savoie
- crepy
- marignan
- ripaille
- marin
- ayze
- jongieux
- chataugne
- apremont/abymes
- st jeoire prieure
- chignin
- chignin bergeron
- montmelian
- arbin
- cruet
- st jean de la porte
chignin-bergeron encepagement
100% bergeron
10% abv
crepy, marignan, ripaille encepagement
min 80% chassalas
9.5% abv
marignan encepagement
min 80% chassalas
9.5% abv
ayze encepagement
white/mousseau/petillant min 50% grignet w/max 30% altesse + rousette de ayze 9.5% abv still white 9% abv sparkling base
jongieux and chataugne encepagement
white - min 80% jacquere - 9.5% red - min 80% combined pn, gamay, and or mondeuse - 10%
abymes and apremont encepagement
abymes
- min 80% jacquere
w/max 10% verdesse and or bergeron
apremont
- min 80% jacquere
- min 9% abv
saint-jeoire-prieure encepagement
min 80% jacquere
min 9% abv
chignin and chignin-bergeron encepagement
chignin white - min 80% jacquere - min 9% abv red - min 80% combined pn, gamay and or mondeuse min 10% abv
chignin-bergeron
- 100% roussanne
- 10% abv
arbin encepagement
100% mondeuse
min 9.5%
montmelian, cruet, st jean de la porte encepagement
min 80% jacquere
9% abv