South West France Flashcards
Appellations large or small
small
Appellations clustered of scattered
scattered
planted before or after Bordeaux
before
language spoken Gascony
Occitan
what area was former French province
Gascony
what city was route to market
Bordeux
what is the major coop brand that was created
Marques & Coop
Which coop drive the creation of the coop brands
Vinovalie
Climate
Contiental with Influences
Bergerac / Dordogne Climate inf
maritime warmer than bordeaux
Garonne, tarn, lot influence
maritime and med inf by AOC
Pyrenees influence
some maritime, Pyrenees rain shadow and foehn wind
main topo
rolling hills
river terraces of Aquitaine basin
Rivers
Dordogne
Garonne
Lot
Tarn
Gers
Adour
Soils
primarily
6 classes
sedimentary
LS
Marl - clay sand LS
Alluvial gravel pebble sand granite
wind blown loess
flysch - shale / marl with sandstone
shale, granite, mica . schist
spontaneous crosses created which 2 grapes
merlot cot
merlot parentage
cf x madeleine noir clarentes
cot parentage
prunelard x madeleine noir clarentes
where did the following go:
cot
carmeniere
tannat
argentina
chile
uragguay
most white dry or sweet
dry
sweet viti methods
SGN or VT
sparkling methods
Ancestrale or MT
red / rose styles
dry, some vin primeur
how many regional or semi-regional AOC
0
AOCs Dordogne / Bergerac
Bergerac
Cote de Bergerac
Monbazillac
Saussignac
Dordogne / Bergerac
Loc upriver from ?
flanks ?
extension of ?
uplands on what land mass
part of what region
Saint Foy
Dordogne
Bordeaux
SW Central MAssif
Perigord
Dordogne / Bergerac
hang time vs Bordeaux
styles
vessel
dom red in Bergerac
longer
dusty slightly rustic tannin
cask or barrique
merlot
Primary Grapes
2 white
1 Gri
4 red
SB, Sem
Sauv Gris
CS, CF, Cot, Merlot
Dordogne / Bergerac soil
climate inf
clay , LS
some atlantic
Bergerac AOC
blend req
rose limits
2 grapes, at least 50% P
max 20% white grapes. max 10% muscadelle and/or sb and sauv gris combined
Cote de Bergarac AOC
vs Bergerac
which style not allowed
higher ABV
dry white
Monbazillac
sweetness vs sauternes
harvest reqs
blend req
ABV req
sweeter
hand for VT or SGN
80% P
12% min
Saussignac
blend req
grape condition req
50% P
VT or SGN
Garonne, Tarn, Lot
N and S border regions
Language
notable White grape
notable Red (7)
Soil specialty
Bordeaux and Languedoc
Occitan
Len de l’El
Cot, Fer Servedou, Negrette, Gamay, Tannat, Syrah, Duras
Bouldenes - sandy, clay in Bouzet and Fronton
Tarn AOCs
CLimate inf
Fronton
Gaillac
med
Fronton
Loc
blend req
dom prod
local legend re P grape
soil
Just N of Toulouse. RB Garonne, LBTarn
40% Negrette
red
came from Cyprus w/ Knights Templar
Boulbenes - sandy clay
Gaillac
soil
loc
sweet wine types
grapes allowed in white
LS, sand, flint, gravelly alluvium
flanks Tarn
VT and Doux
all white and gris
where can white and red wine be primeur
Gaillac
Gaillac grapes for Doux
for VT
VT viti reqs , options
Mauzac, Musc, Len de l’El
Len de l’El, Ondenc
hand, passerillage or SGN
Gaillac Sparkling
types / grapes / style
Ancestrale / Mauzac Blanc, Rose / Brut, Semi-Sec, Doux
MT / Len de l’El, Mauzac / 9 mos lees, <5% RS
Blanc Sec Perle / all P Wh / CO2 injected or captured in malo
Gaillac dry red / rose
reqs
age vessel red
primeur type / method
rose prod req
blend of 2, min 50% p
vat or barrel
gamay 100%, semi-carbonic
saignee or DP
Flanking the Lot AOC
Cahors
Cahors
Local name for Cot
Vineyard Locs
blend req
grapes not allowed
climate note
notable fans
Auxerrois
LS Plateaus of Causses, Gravelly slopes, river terraces
70% Cot
CS,CF
dry
King Henry II, Peter I, Pope John xxii
Pyrenees AOCs
Madiran
Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh
Jurancon
Iroulequy
Pyrenees
Influence
appellations located ?
white grapes
red grapes
froehn wind warm drry
around rivers
gros / petit manseng
tannat, cs, cf, courbu noir, manseng noir
Which grape on both side of Pyrenees
Gros Manseng
Where is Petit Manseng primarily
SW, Jurancon , Irouleguy
where is Tannat natively from
Adour basin
How is CS, CF used in Pyrenees
blending
Jurancon loc re: rivers
between Gave d’Oloron and Gave de Pau
Irouleguy river loc
Nive flanks
Madiran river
Adour LB
Madiran AOC
Loc river
Loc relative atlantic / pyrenees
soil
wine blend req
blending grapes
LB Adour
equidistant
pebble studded LS rich clay and silt, iron
50% Tannat
Cf, Cs, Fer Serv
Syn for CF and Fer Servadou in Tannat
Bouchy / Pinenc
Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh
loc
blend req
styles
other reqs
in Madiran
2 grapes, 1 P
dry wh, sw
in sw no botrytis, passer allowed
Jurancon
topo
style
soil
inf (4)
label req for dry
Jurancon on label means
steep
dry to sweet white
sandy clay, galets
Alt, Atlantic precip, froehn, Med sun
sec on lable
sweet
Local name for galets in Jurancon
poudingues
Jurancon sweet
grapes allowed
method req
harvest req
harvest when
GM / PM majority or varietal
passerillage, no SGN
hand , 2 passes
late oct into November
Jurancon VT
grapes allowed
method req
harvest req
release req
GM and PM only
passer
2 passes, hand, starts after Nov 1
june 15th 2nd year
Irouleguy
Topo
Influence
soil
white req
red req
rose req
majority prod
steep on terraces
alt, pyrenees, terraces shelter from W and N wind
sandstone, LS, clay
blend of 2
majority tannat and/ or CF
90% red
red
Cote de Gascogne IGP
majority prod
prod in order
same zone as
% exported
dry white
dry whi, sweet, wh, rose, red
armagnac
75%
