South West Flashcards
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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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Climate of the South West?
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Continental
4
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The majority of the south West vineyards lie in the ________ Basin
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Aquitane
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
6
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English lands in France often referred to as ?
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Angevin Empire
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Where is Perigord?
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Near Bergerac
8
Q
Gascon derived from
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Vascony tribe
9
Q
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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- D’Artagnan- famous hero from the 3 Musketeers
- Cyrano d’Bergerac
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Famous Gascony & Dordogne Cuisines
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- Perigord Black Truffles
- Chestnuts
- Fois Gras
- Goose
- Duck
12
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Does the South West have any regional AOC’s?
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No
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3 Sub Regions of South West
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- Dordogne/Bergerac
- Garonne, Tarn & Lot
- Pyrenees
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Most famous AOC’s of Dordogne/Bergerac
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- Bergerac
- Monbazillac
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Most famous AOC’s of Garonne/Tarn/Lot
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- Cahors
- Gaillac
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Pyrenees most famous AOC’s
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- Jurancon
- Madiran
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Largest by volume AOC in Southwest
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Bergerac
18
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How many indigenous & total varieties in SW FRance
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120 indigenous
300+
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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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Carmenere cross of?
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Cab Franc x Cabernet Gros
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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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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Bergerac AOC requires all wines to be a blend of at least _____ varietals with _____% of the wine made from primary varietals
50%
2
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Cote de Bergerac AOC styles? Varietals
Red
Semi or sweet white
Same as Bergerac AOC varietals
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Cote de Bergerac AOC must be a blend of _____ varietals
2
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Monbazillac AOC styles and varietals
Sweet
SGN
SB, SG, Muscadelle, semillon
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Monbazillac AOC requirements: Alcohol, RS, Blend.....
12%
sweet= 45 g/l
SGN= 85 g/l
Min 80% of primary varietals
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What is the largest dessert wine appellation by size and volume France?
Monbazillac AOC
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Saussignac AOC style and varietals?
Sweet white
Same varietals as Monbazillac
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Minimum RS for Saussignac AOC
68 g/l
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Main soils of Bergerac?
Clay & Limestone
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Which river flows through Bergerac AOC
Dordogne
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What are Tarn & Lot?
Tributaries of the Garonne
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What is the most spread out Sub region In the Southwest
Garonne, Tarn & Lot
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What is Mox or micro-bullage
micro oxygenation
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Primary varietals in Garonne/Tarn/Lot subregion
Len d l'El
Mauzac Blanc
Mauzac Rose
Cot
Fer Servadou
Negrette
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Fer Servadou pseudonyms.
Similar to what varietal
Braucol, Mansoi, Pinenc (Madiran)
Cab Franc
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Fronton AOC style, varietals
Red
Rose
Negrette minimum 40%
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Boulbenes
Sandy Clay in Southwest France (Fronton)
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Gaillac AOC style, varietals
All styles
Len de l'El, Mauzac Blanc, Muscadelle
Mauzac Rose
Duras,
Syrah
Fer Servadou
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Sweets of Gaillac AOC
Doux- Mauzac, Muscadelle Len de l'El
min 45 g/l
Vendanges Tardives- Len de l'El and Ondenc
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Sparkling of Gaillac AOC
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
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Reds & Rose of Gaillac AOC
Min 2 varieties
Primeur= 100% Gamay
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Cahors style, Varietals
Red only!
Min 70% Malbec, Merlot, Tannat
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Cot pseudonym
Auxerrois, Noirs de Pressac (Bordeaux), Malbec
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Black Wine?
Cahors!
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What river runs through Cahors?
Lot
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What river runs through Gaillac?
Tarn
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What rivers runs beside Fronton
Garonne (west) & Tarn (north)
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Varietals of Pyrenees subregion
Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng
Tannat
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Tannat is native to _______ River Basin
Adour
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How man appellations cluster along the Adour River (southern fringes of Armagnac
4
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Madiran AOC style, varietals
Red only
Tannat min 50%
CF, CS, Fer Servadou
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Madiran slang for Cab Franc?
Bouchy
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Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh style, varietals
Dry white
sweet white
Petit Manseng, Gros Manseng, Courbou, Petit Courbu
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Courbu Blanc pseudonym?
Hondurrabi Zuri
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Gros Manseng is the ______ of _________
Larger berried, thinner skinned offspring of Petit Manseng
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Petit Manseng is often used for what style of wine
sweet wine (ripens to high sugar and acid)
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Cahors covers the same geographic are as _______ AOC
Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC
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Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC min RS, blending requirements
sweet= 45 g/l, paserillage not botrytis
Sec- min 2 varieties, 1 must be primary
Dry must be labeled SEC!
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Jurançon AOC style, varietals
Dry white
semi
sweet
Vendanges
Gros Manseng, Petit manseng
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What are Galets known as in Juraçon AOC
Poudingues
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Where might you find the Foehn winds?
South West France (Jurançon)
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Jurancon Sec?
Sec must appear on label
Petit Manseng
Gros Manseng
Blend or varietal
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"Jurançon" not sec
semi sweet to sweet min 40 g/l
passerillage, minimum 2 tris, hand harvested
Gros Manseng
Petit Manseng
Blend or Varietal
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Jurancon Vendanges Tardives
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.
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Irouleguy AOC style, varietals
Dry White
Rose
Red
Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Courbu, Petit Courbu
CF, Tannat, CS
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Irouleguy AOC location, regulations
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
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What is the southernmost AOC of South West
Irouleguy AOC
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What is the only AOC within French Basque Country?
Irouleguy AOC
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What is the largest/most significant IGP in the south West?
Cotes de Gascogne IGP
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________ IGP is 2nd in IGP production to Pays d'Oc IGP
Cotes de Gascogne IGP (100 million bottles)
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Cotes de Gascogne IGP dominant style
Dry white 75%
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Cote de Gascogne shares the same zone of production as _________
Armagnac
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Which river runs through Irouleguy
Nive
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Which rivers sandwich Jurancon?
Gave d'Oloron (west)
Gave de Pau (east)
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What river runs beside Madiran & Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh
Adour
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There's no Mauzac in ________
Bergerac!
Don't forget this dumb question; for some reason Chenin grows here.......
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Which AOC surrounds the majority of Monbazillac?
Bergerac
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What two varietals can complete a Cahors Blend?
Tannat
Merlot
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Most planted grape in South West before phylloxera
Malbec
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Method Gaillacoise?
Ancestral method in Gaillac
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Liquoreaux
Sweet wines made from botrytized grapes (Southwest)
