Savoie COPY

Question 1

What is the French name for Lake Geneva?

Answer 1

Lac Léman

Question 2

What is the standard Savoie AOP?

Answer 2

Vin de Savoie AOP

Question 3

What is the most planted white grape in Savoie?

Answer 3

Jacquère

Question 4

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Les Abymes?

Answer 4

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

Question 5

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Apremont?

Answer 5

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

Question 6

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Arbin?

Answer 6

Rouge only: 100% Mondeuse

Question 7

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Ayze?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Chautaugne?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Chignin?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Crépy?

Answer 10

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

Question 11

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Cruet?

Answer 11

Blanc only: >80% Jacquere

Question 12

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Jongiuex?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Marignan?

Answer 13

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

Question 14

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Marin?

Answer 14

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

Question 15

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Montmélian?

Answer 15

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

Question 16

What are the permitted styles/varietals for Ripaille?

Answer 16

Blanc only: >80% Chasselas

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Rouge only: 100% Mondeuse

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Blanc only: >80% Jacquère

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Blanc only: 100% Roussanne (Bergeron)

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What white only Crus of Savoie are Jacquère based?

Answer 21

Les Abymes
Apremont
Cruet
Montmélian
Sainte-Jeoire-Prieuré

Question 22

What white only Crus of Savoie are Chasselas based?

Answer 22

Crépy
Marignan
Marin
Ripaille

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Chautagne
Chignin

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

Question 25

What crus of Savoie are 100% Mondeuse?

Answer 25

Arbin
Sainte-Jean-de-la-Porte

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Crépy, Marignan, Ripaille, Marin

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Ayze

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Chautagne
Jongieux

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Chignin
Chignin-Bergeron Saint-Jeoire-Prieuré Apremont Abymes

Question 30

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

Answer 30

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

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What is Savoie's other regional appellation?

Answer 32

Roussette de Savoie AOP; 100% Roussette

Question 33

What is the synonym for Roussette?

Answer 33

Altesse

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Frangy
Marestal Monthoux Monterminod

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Monterminod, in La Cluse de Chambéry

Question 36

What styles are permitted in Seyssel AOP?

Answer 36

Blanc sec, demi-sec, and mousseux

Question 37

What is the varietal requirement for Seyssel tranquille?

Answer 37

100% Altesse

Question 38

What are the varietal requirements for Seyssel mousseux?

Answer 38

>10% Altesse plus Molette and Chasselas

Question 39

What are the styles and varietal requirements for Bugey AOP?

Answer 39

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

Question 40

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

Answer 40

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

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

What is the varietal in Roussette de Bugey AOP?

Answer 43

100% Altesse (Roussette)

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Montagnieu
Virieu-la-Grand

Question 45

What is the IGP of Savoie?

Answer 45

IGP Allobrogies

Question 46

At what altitude are most of Savoie's vineyards?

Answer 46

250-500M

Question 47

Where are the highest vineyards in Savoie?

Answer 47

Côte d'Arve

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Crépy