Southwest France Flashcards
What are the 8 subregions of Bergerac?
Montravel
- Haut-Montravel
- Côtes de Montravel
- Rosette
Pécharmant
Saussignac
Monbazillac
Côtes de Duras
What are the sweet wine appellations of Bergerac?
Monbazillac
Saussignac
Rosette
Haut-Montravel
Côtes de Montravel
What are the fourteen other appellations in the southwest?
Côtes du Marmandais
Cahors
Coteaux du Quercy
Buzet
Armagnac
Brulhois
Fronton
Gaillac
Tursan
St-Mont
Madiran et Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh
Béarn
Jurançon
Irouléguy
What type of wine is made in Pécharmant AOP?
Dry, long-lived reds
What are the most important Bordeaux satellites south of the Dordogne?
Cahors
Jurançon
Madiran
Gaillac
What river runs through Cahors?
Lot River
What grapes are often blended with Malbec in Cahors?
Tannat and Merlot
What grape is most associated with Madiran?
Tannat
What famous winemaker developed the technique of micro-oxygenation to soften the aggression of Tannat?
Patrick Ducournau (1990s)
What type of wine is made in Jurançon?
Dry whites from Petit Manseng and Gros Manseng
Sweet passerillage whites from Petit Manseng
What are the four principal red grapes of Gaillac?
Fer
Duras
Syrah
Prunelard
What are the three principal white grapes of Gaillac?
Muscadelle
Len de L’el
Mauzac
