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1
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Most planted red varietal South West

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Merlot

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Most planted White varietal South West

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Colombard

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3
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Climate of the South West?

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Continental

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4
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The majority of the south West vineyards lie in the ________ Basin

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Aquitane

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5
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Over the years, South West has also been known as these 3 terms:

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Gallia Aquitania
Aquitaine
Gascony

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6
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English lands in France often referred to as ?

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Angevin Empire

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7
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Where is Perigord?

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Near Bergerac

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8
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Gascon derived from

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Vascony tribe

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9
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Basque language/culture is a variation of

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Occitan

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Gascon Culture’s 2 famous literary characters

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  1. D’Artagnan- famous hero from the 3 Musketeers
  2. Cyrano d’Bergerac
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11
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Famous Gascony & Dordogne Cuisines

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  1. Perigord Black Truffles
  2. Chestnuts
  3. Fois Gras
  4. Goose
  5. Duck
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12
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Does the South West have any regional AOC’s?

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No

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13
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3 Sub Regions of South West

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  1. Dordogne/Bergerac
  2. Garonne, Tarn & Lot
  3. Pyrenees
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Most famous AOC’s of Dordogne/Bergerac

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  1. Bergerac
  2. Monbazillac
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Most famous AOC’s of Garonne/Tarn/Lot

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  1. Cahors
  2. Gaillac
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Pyrenees most famous AOC’s

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  1. Jurancon
  2. Madiran
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17
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Largest by volume AOC in Southwest

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Bergerac

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18
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How many indigenous & total varieties in SW FRance

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120 indigenous

300+

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19
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Merlot is a cross of?

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Cab Franc x Magdeleine Noir de Charentes

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Malbec cross of?

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Prunelard x Magdeleine Noir de Charentes

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21
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Carmenere cross of?

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Cab Franc x Cabernet Gros

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22
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Micro oxygenation Wass introduced by whom, working with what grape?

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Patrick Ducournau

Tannat in Madiran

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23
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Principal varietals for Dordogne/Bergerac subregion

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SB
Semillon

Sauvignon Gris

CF, CS, Merlot, Malbec

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Bergerac AOC styles? varietals?

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Dry white
Rose
Red

SB, Semillon, Muscadelle, SG, CF, CS, Merlot, Cot

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25
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Bergerac AOC requires all wines to be a blend of at least _____ varietals with _____% of the wine made from primary varietals

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50%

2

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26
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Cote de Bergerac AOC styles? Varietals

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Red
Semi or sweet white

Same as Bergerac AOC varietals

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27
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Cote de Bergerac AOC must be a blend of _____ varietals

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2

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28
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Monbazillac AOC styles and varietals

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Sweet
SGN

SB, SG, Muscadelle, semillon

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29
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Monbazillac AOC requirements: Alcohol, RS, Blend…..

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12%

sweet= 45 g/l
SGN= 85 g/l

Min 80% of primary varietals

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30
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What is the largest dessert wine appellation by size and volume France?

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Monbazillac AOC

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31
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Saussignac AOC style and varietals?

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Sweet white

Same varietals as Monbazillac

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32
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Minimum RS for Saussignac AOC

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68 g/l

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33
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Main soils of Bergerac?

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Clay & Limestone

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34
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Which river flows through Bergerac AOC

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Dordogne

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35
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What are Tarn & Lot?

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Tributaries of the Garonne

36
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What is the most spread out Sub region In the Southwest

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Garonne, Tarn & Lot

37
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What is Mox or micro-bullage

A

micro oxygenation

38
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Primary varietals in Garonne/Tarn/Lot subregion

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Len d l’El
Mauzac Blanc

Mauzac Rose

Cot
Fer Servadou
Negrette

39
Q

Fer Servadou pseudonyms.

Similar to what varietal

A

Braucol, Mansoi, Pinenc (Madiran)

Cab Franc

40
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Fronton AOC style, varietals

A

Red
Rose

Negrette minimum 40%

41
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Boulbenes

A

Sandy Clay in Southwest France (Fronton)

42
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Gaillac AOC style, varietals

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All styles

Len de l’El, Mauzac Blanc, Muscadelle

Mauzac Rose

Duras,
Syrah
Fer Servadou

43
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Sweets of Gaillac AOC

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Doux- Mauzac, Muscadelle Len de l’El
min 45 g/l

Vendanges Tardives- Len de l’El and Ondenc

44
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Sparkling of Gaillac AOC

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  1. Methode Ancestrale- Mauzac blanc/Rose
    Brut, demi sec or Doux (10-80 g/l)
  2. Traditional method- Len de l’El & Mauzac
    9 months lees, <50 g/l RS
  3. Blanc Sec Perlé. (“prickly”- Mauzac, Mauzac Rose, Muscadelle and Len d l’El

traditional or CO2 injection

45
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Reds & Rose of Gaillac AOC

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Min 2 varieties

Primeur= 100% Gamay

46
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Cahors style, Varietals

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Red only!

Min 70% Malbec, Merlot, Tannat

47
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Cot pseudonym

A

Auxerrois, Noirs de Pressac (Bordeaux), Malbec

48
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Black Wine?

49
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What river runs through Cahors?

50
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What river runs through Gaillac?

51
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What rivers runs beside Fronton

A

Garonne (west) & Tarn (north)

52
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Varietals of Pyrenees subregion

A

Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng

Tannat

53
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Tannat is native to _______ River Basin

54
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How man appellations cluster along the Adour River (southern fringes of Armagnac

55
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Madiran AOC style, varietals

A

Red only

Tannat min 50%

CF, CS, Fer Servadou

56
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Madiran slang for Cab Franc?

57
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Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh style, varietals

A

Dry white
sweet white

Petit Manseng, Gros Manseng, Courbou, Petit Courbu

58
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Courbu Blanc pseudonym?

A

Hondurrabi Zuri

59
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Gros Manseng is the ______ of _________

A

Larger berried, thinner skinned offspring of Petit Manseng

60
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Petit Manseng is often used for what style of wine

A

sweet wine (ripens to high sugar and acid)

61
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Cahors covers the same geographic are as _______ AOC

A

Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC

62
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Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC min RS, blending requirements

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sweet= 45 g/l, paserillage not botrytis

Sec- min 2 varieties, 1 must be primary

Dry must be labeled SEC!

63
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Jurançon AOC style, varietals

A

Dry white
semi
sweet
Vendanges

Gros Manseng, Petit manseng

64
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What are Galets known as in Juraçon AOC

A

Poudingues

65
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Where might you find the Foehn winds?

A

South West France (Jurançon)

66
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Jurancon Sec?

A

Sec must appear on label

Petit Manseng
Gros Manseng

Blend or varietal

67
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“Jurançon” not sec

A

semi sweet to sweet min 40 g/l
passerillage, minimum 2 tris, hand harvested

Gros Manseng
Petit Manseng

Blend or Varietal

68
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Jurancon Vendanges Tardives

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ONLY Petit Manseng and/or Gros Manseng

Passerillage

Min 2 tris

Min 55 g/l (often far higher)

Harvest must be on/after November 2nd.

69
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Irouleguy AOC style, varietals

A

Dry White
Rose
Red

Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Courbu, Petit Courbu

CF, Tannat, CS

70
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Irouleguy AOC location, regulations

A

Irouleguy AOC is on slopes of Pyrenees (sandstone, limestone, clay)

Whites= blend of min 2 varietals

Reds= majority Tannat & Cab Franc

Rose= 90% primary red, whites can complete blend

71
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What is the southernmost AOC of South West

A

Irouleguy AOC

72
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What is the only AOC within French Basque Country?

A

Irouleguy AOC

73
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What is the largest/most significant IGP in the south West?

A

Cotes de Gascogne IGP

74
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________ IGP is 2nd in IGP production to Pays d’Oc IGP

A

Cotes de Gascogne IGP (100 million bottles)

75
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Cotes de Gascogne IGP dominant style

A

Dry white 75%

76
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Cote de Gascogne shares the same zone of production as _________

77
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Which river runs through Irouleguy

78
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Which rivers sandwich Jurancon?

A

Gave d’Oloron (west)
Gave de Pau (east)

79
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What river runs beside Madiran & Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh

80
Q

There’s no Mauzac in ________

A

Bergerac!

Don’t forget this dumb question; for some reason Chenin grows here…….

81
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Which AOC surrounds the majority of Monbazillac?

82
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What two varietals can complete a Cahors Blend?

A

Tannat
Merlot

83
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Most planted grape in South West before phylloxera

84
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Method Gaillacoise?

A

Ancestral method in Gaillac

85
Q

Liquoreaux

A

Sweet wines made from botrytized grapes (Southwest)

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