Southwest France Flashcards
Bergerac AOC wine style
Whites dry and off dry semillon sav blanc ++
Reds and Rose mellot cab sav cab rand ++
SW
Southwest general info
Wedged between bordeaux, Atlantic, Spanish Pyrenees, and LR
Armagnax in center
Atlantic and med influence
Many soils types
Wines influenced by bordeaux, Rhone and Spain
Some sweet wine AOC within Bergerac
Monbazillac Saussignac Rossette Haut-montravel Cotes de montravel
Pecharmant AOC wine style
Reds only from cab sav cab franc merlot and Malbec Blends Goods quality age worthy From within Bergerac SW
Monbazilliac AOC wine style
Semillon muscadelle sav blanc Sweet wine Sandy soils Ban mechanical harvesting Bot wines Great value SW
Gaillac AOC wine style
Sec Doux mousseux
Whites from Len de l’el, sav b ++
Reds and Rose from duras, fer, syrah +++
11 delimited communes have own AOC premieres cotes for dry whites
Sparkling can be traditionelle methode or methode gaillacoise similar to ancestrale
SW
Jurancon AOC wine style
Whites from petit mansang - sweet Gros manseng - tangy dry Courbu +++ Dry and moelleux styles SW
Fronton AOC wine style
Reds and Rose from min 50 negrette plus max 40 Syrah, max 25 Malbec +++
SW
Madiran AOC wine style
Reds from 60-80 tannat Tannic concentrated red Ducournau invented micro ox for these wines Also use cab sav, cab franc and fer SW
Irouleguy AOC wine style
Whites from Corbu and manseng
Reds and Rose from tannat cab sav and cab franc
SW
Cahors AOC wine style
Black wine
Min 70 Malbec
Rustic robust wines
SW
What major wine regions surround the southwest
Bordeaux
Lr
Name 3 AOCs in the SW
Bergerac
Monbazilliac
Gaillac
