Southwest Flashcards
What region(s) does the SW occupy?
Nouvelle-Aquitane
Occitanie
Aquitaine Basin
How many appellations in the SW?
~30
Describe the climate?
Overall Continental
Berserac - Maritime influences
Tarn - Mari/Med influences
Pyranees - Mari/ Alpine influences
Eastern vineyards are impacted by…
Massif Central
What is the Dordogne/Bergerac subregion know as?
Périgord
Top 2 production areas?
Bergerac (22%)
Cahors (12%)
What is most similar to Bordeaux?
Dordogne / Bergerac
Principal white grape in Dordogne / Bergerac?
Sauvignon Blanc
What does Bergerac AOC produce?
White, red, rosé
What is the primary rules for Bergerac AOC?
2 grapes at least 50%
What AOC makes red and semi-sweet wines in Dordogne/Bergerac?
Côtes de Bergerac
NO DRY WHITES
What wine is sweeter than Sauternes?
Monbazillac
What are the sweetness requirements for Monbazillac
Sweet white - 4.5%
SGN - 8.5%
What AOC only makes sweet whites and Selection de Grains?
Monbazillac
What Dordogne’s AOCs that only makes sweet white with Noble Rot?
Saussignac
Monbazillac
What is the largest desert wine AOC in France?
Monbazillac
What are the rules for Monbazillac
Hand Harvest
Late harvest or Noble Rot
80% from primary grape
12% ABV min
What is the minimum Sweetness for Saussignac?
6.8%
Can be late harvest or Noble Rot
Soils of Bergerac
Clay and Limestone
What river flows through Bergerac?
Dordogne
Where is Dordogne/Berserac located?
West of Entre-des-Mer and Right Bank
Primary white grape in Garonne, Tarn, Lot
Len de l’El for dry and sweet whites
Primary white grape for sparkling in Gaillac?
Mauzac Blanc
Primary Gris Grape in Garonne, Tarn, Lot?
Mauzac Rose
Primary Red Grape in Garonne, Tarn, Lot
Côt
Primary red grape in Gaillac
Fer Servadou - “Braucol”
Where is Nègrette found as primary grape?
Fronton
Who makes 40%-100% Nègrette wines?
Fronton
What are the soils of Fronton?
Boulbènes - sandy clays
What does Gaillac produce?
white, red, rosé, sweet white, VTs, sparkling white and rosé
What AOC uses Syrah?
Gaillac
What AOC uses Duras?
Gaillac
What AOC in Garonne, Tarn, Lot only produces red wines?
Cahors from Côt