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South West France and The Dordogne Flashcards

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What wine styles are allowed in Bergerac AOP?

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Blanc
Rose
Rouge

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What grape varieties are allowed in white wine from Bergerac AOP?

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Principal Varieties: Min. 75% combined Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Muscadelle
Complementary Variety: Ugni Blanc (Ugni Blanc may not exceed the combined amount of Sauvignon Blanc and Gris)
Accessory Varieties: Max. 20% combined Chenin Blanc and Ondenc

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What grape varieties are allowed in rose and red wines from Bergerac AOP?

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Principal Varieties: Min. 75% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Cot, and Merlot
Accessory Varieties: Fer Servadou and Mérille

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What wine styles are allowed in Cotes de Bergerac AOP?

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Blanc
Residual Sugar: 4-54 g/l

Rouge
Same varieties as Bergerac AOP but .5% more potential alcohol required.

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What wine styles are permitted in Pecharment AOP?

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Red

longest lived of the region

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What grape varieties are allowed in Pecharment AOP?

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Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cot (no grape may exceed 65%)
At least 3 varieties must be present in the blend

longest lived of the region

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Name the major sweet wine AOPS of Bergerac

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Monbazillac AOP (most noble) Blanc: 45 g/l
SGN: 85 g/l - tirecul la graviere 'cuvee madame'

Saussignac AOP 68 g/l

Rosette AOP 25-51 g/l

Haut Montravel AOP Min. 85 g/l

Cotes de Montravel AOP 25-54 g/l
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What wine styles are allowed in Monbazillac AOP? Why is it viewed as the most noble aop of bergerac for the wine it produces?

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Sweet Blanc min 45 g/l
SGN min 85 g/l

It lies just east of where the Gardonette joins the Dordogne, so the same conditions as in Sauternes when the Ciron meets the Garrone. Thusly, botrytis is as almost as reliable here. Plus, they mandate successive tries, prohibit chapitalization in sgn, and have the longest elevage for sweet wine - 6/15 + 2.

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What grape varieties are allowed in Monbazillac AOP?

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Principal Varieties: Min. 90% combined Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Sémillon
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Chenin Blanc, Ondenc, and Ugni Blanc

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What are the RS requirements for Blanc and SGN wines from Monbazillac?

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Blanc: 45 g/l
SGN: 85g/l

Chaptalization is prohibited for SGN wines

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What wine styles are allowed in Montravel AOP?

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Dry red and white

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What river is the Cahors AOP on?

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Lot River

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What wine styles are allowed in the Cahors AOP?

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Rouge

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What grape varieties are allowed in the Cahors AOP?

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Min. 70% Cot (Malbec), plus Merlot and Tannat

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Where is the Madiran AOP located?

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In Gascony

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What wine styles are allowed in the Madiran AOP?

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Red

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What grape varieties are allowed in the Madiran AOP?

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50% Tannat, plus Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Fer

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Producers in Madiran may produce semi sweet and sweet wines under which AOP?

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Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOP

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What are the grape varieties allowed in Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh?

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Principal Varieties: 60-80% combined Courbu, Petit Courbu, Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng
Accessory Varieties: Arrufiac and a max. 10% Sauvignon Blanc

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What are the wine styles allowed in Jurancon AOP?

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Blanc max 4g/l
Blanc Sec 40 g/l min
Blanc Vendages Tardives 55 g/l

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What are the grape varieties allowed in the Blanc and Blanc Sec in the Jurancon AOP?

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Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Gros Manseng and/or Petit Manseng
Accessory Varieties: Lauzet, Courbu, Petit Courbu, and Camaralet de Lasseube

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What are the grape varieties allowed in Blanc VT in the Jurancon AOP?

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Petit Manseng and Gros Manseng

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What is the minimum RS for Blanc VT wines in the Jurancon AOP? Elevage? VT RDB?

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55g/l

VT wines may not be released until June 15 of the second year following the harvest

Blanc/VT: 40 hl/ha

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Name 3 AOPs of the Basque influenced Pyrenees-Atlantiques department?

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Irouleguy AOP
W/Ro/Re

Bearn AOP
W(50%Raffiat de Moncade from 2019 on)/Ro/Re

Jurancon AOP
Still dry white / still sweet VT

25
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What wine styles are allowed in Gaillac AOP?
Principal white and red grapes?

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Blanc Min. 50% combined Len de l'El, Mauzac, Mauzac Rosé, and Muscadelle
Blanc Doux
Blanc Primeur
Blanc VT
Rose 
Rouge Min. 70% combined Syrah, Duras, Prunelard, and Fer (min. 40% combined Duras, Prunelard and Fer, at least 2 of these varieties must be present at 50% combined)
Rouge Primeur 100% gamay
Vin Mousseux Blanc
Vin Mousseux Blanc Methode Ancestrale
26
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What is Len de l’El

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A white grape variety used in the Gaillac AOP.

Produces fleshy soft wines that complement the tarte acidity of Mauzac

27
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What wine styles are allowed in the Gaillac Premieres Cotes AOP?

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Dry Whites

Min. 50% combined Mauzac, Mauzac Rosé, Len de l’El, and Muscadelle; plus max. 50% combined Sauvignon Blanc and Ondenc

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What wine styles are allowed in Marcillac AOP?

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What grape varieties are allowed in the wines of Marcillac AOP?

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90% Fer, plus Prunelard, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot

Cabernet Franc is allowed as a secondary grape, if the vines were planted before 1990

30
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What wine styles are allowed in Buzet AOP?

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Blanc
Rose
Rouge

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What grape varieties are allowed in the white wines of Buzet AOP?

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Principal Varieties: Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Sémillon
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Colombard, Petit Manseng, and Gros Manseng

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What grape varieties are allowed in the red wines of Buzet AOP?

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Principal Varieties: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cot, Merlot
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Abouriou and Petit Verdot

33
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What wine styles are allowed in the Cotes de Duras AOP?

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Blanc
Rose
Rouge

34
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What grape varieties are allowed in the white wines of the Cotes de Duras AOP?

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Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Sémillon, Chenin Blanc, Ondenc, Mauzac, plus a max. 25% combined Colombard (max. 10%) and Ugni Blanc (these two grapes may not exceed the combined amount of Sauvignon Blanc and Gris)

35
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What grape varieties are allowed in the red and rose wines from Cotes de Duras AOP?

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Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cot, Merlot

36
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What wine styles are allowed in Cotes du Marmandais AOP?

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Blanc
Rose
Rpuge

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What grape varieties are allowed in the white wines of Cotes du Marmandais?

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Principal Varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris

Accessory Varieties: Max. 30% combined Sémillon and Muscadelle

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What grape varieties are allowed in the red wines of Cotes du Marmandais?

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Principal Varieties: Max. 85% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot
Accessory Varieties: Max. 50% combined Abouriou, Cot, Fer, Gamay and Syrah

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What wine styles are allowed in Fronton AOP?

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Rose

Rouge

40
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What are the grape varieties allowed in the Rose and Rouge wines of the Fronton AOP?

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Principal Variety: Min.** 40% Négrette**
Accessory Varieties: Max. 40% Syrah, max. 25% Cot (Malbec), max. 25% Fer, max. 25% combined Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, max. 15% Gamay, max. 5% combined Cinsault and Mérille

41
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What river influences Bergerac / Montravel / rosette / pecharmant?

42
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Name 3 aop that have hand harvesting rules in Bergerac/Southwest

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Jurancon / Monbazillac / Saussignac / Gaillac / Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh / irouleguy (all wine must be hand harvested) /

43
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What is greppe and where would you find it?

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Limestone / clay soil found in Madrian

44
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What is the style of wine “méthode Gaillaçoise” the most similar too?

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méthode ancestrale

45
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What river runs through Cahors?

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46
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name to aop’s that may produce VT wines in southwest

A

jurancon
gaillac

47
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name two aop’s in southwest making red wine based on tannat

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bearn
madrian

48
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when may harvest start for jurancon vt?

49
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Madrian elevage?
Cahors?

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The wines may not be released until November 1 of the year following the harvest

Wines may not be released before March 15 of the year following the harvest

50
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Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh wines require a minimum _____ grams per liter of residual sugar.

51
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Parentage of malbec?

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Magdeleine Noire des Charentes x Prunelard

52
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What happened in 1956 in chaors?

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Devestating frost that cause all the young vines of the region to be replanted

53
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Malbec is called what in Cahors?

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called Auxerrois in Cahors

54
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What are Les Causses?

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top of limestone plateaus in chaors where the best vineyards are

55
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Name two aops of southwest making red wine based on Fer-Servadou?

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Marcillac Entraygues and Estaing and Gaillac

56
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Where would you find the grape Duras being planted in southwest? The Fer of Marcillac is known locally as?

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Gaillac

(known locally as Braucol),

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