Savoie COPY Flashcards by Stephanie Wills

What is the French name for Lake Geneva?

Lac Léman

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What is the standard Savoie AOP?

Vin de Savoie AOP

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What is the most planted white grape in Savoie?

Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Les Abymes?

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Apremont?

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Arbin?

Rouge only: 100% Mondeuse

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Ayze?

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

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Chautaugne?

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

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Chignin?

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

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Crépy?

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Cruet?

Blanc only: >80% Jacquere

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Jongiuex?

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

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Marignan?

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Marin?

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Montmélian?

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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What are the permitted styles/varietals for Ripaille?

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

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

Rouge only: 100% Mondeuse

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

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

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

Blanc only: 100% Roussanne (Bergeron)

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

Les Abymes Apremont
Chignin-Bergeron
Crépy
Cruet
Marignan
Marin
Montmélian
Ripaille
Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré

What white only Crus of Savoie are Jacquère based?

Les Abymes Apremont
Cruet
Montmélian
Sainte-Jeoire-Prieuré

What white only Crus of Savoie are Chasselas based?

Crépy Marignan
Marin
Ripaille

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

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

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

Chautagne Chignin

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

What crus of Savoie are 100% Mondeuse?

Arbin Sainte-Jean-de-la-Porte

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

Crépy, Marignan, Ripaille, Marin

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

Ayze

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

Chautagne Jongieux

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

Chignin Chignin-Bergeron
Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré
Apremont
Abymes

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

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

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

Marin Ripaille
Marignan
Crépy
Chautagne
Jongieux
Chignin
Chignin-Bergeron
Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré
Apremont
Les Abymes
Montmélian
Arbin
Cruet
Sainte-Jean-de-la-Porte
Ayze

What is Savoie’s other regional appellation?

Roussette de Savoie AOP; 100% Roussette

What is the synonym for Roussette?

Altesse

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

Frangy Marestal
Monthoux
Monterminod

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

Monterminod, in La Cluse de Chambéry

What styles are permitted in Seyssel AOP?

Blanc sec, demi-sec, and mousseux

What is the varietal requirement for Seyssel tranquille?

100% Altesse

What are the varietal requirements for Seyssel mousseux?

> 10% Altesse plus Molette and Chasselas

What are the styles and varietal requirements for Bugey AOP?

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

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

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

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

Blanc: 100% Chardonnay Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

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

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

What is the varietal in Roussette de Bugey AOP?

100% Altesse (Roussette)

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

Montagnieu Virieu-la-Grand

What is the IGP of Savoie?

IGP Allobrogies

At what altitude are most of Savoie’s vineyards?

250-500M

Where are the highest vineyards in Savoie?

Côte d’Arve

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

Crépy

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