Southwest France Flashcards
What are the AOP of the dordogne region?
Montravel AOP Haut montravel AOP Cotes de montravel AOP Bergerac AOP Cotes de Bergerac AOP Marcillac AOP Monbazillac AOP Pecharmant AOP Rosette AOP Saussignac AOP
What are the AOP of the southwest of France producing red only?
Cahors AOP
Madiran AOP
Wine style of Bergerac AOP
Blc= min 75% comb sem, SB,SG,muscadel
Min 10.5% alc and Max 3 g/l RS
Rose and red= min 75% comb cabS&F, cot, merlot
Can have FER servadou and merille
Min alc Rose 10.5% Max RS Rose 10 g/l
Min alc rouge 11% and Max 3 g/l RS
Cote de Bergerac wines
Blanc= min 75% comb SB, SG, muscadel & sem
Min alc 11.5% RS 4-54 g/l
Rouge= cabF&S, cot, merlot
Min alc 11.5% Max RS 3 g/l
Difference between Bergerac and cotes de Bergerac AOP
Cotes de Bergerac blc sweeter than Bergerac blanc
Montravel AOP wine style?
Dry red= min 50% merlot min alc 11% Max RS 3 g/l
Dry white= min 25% sem, min 25% comb SB, SG, muscadel
Min alc 10.5% Max RS 3 g/l
Haut Montravel AOP wine style?
White (sweet)= min 50% sem with SB, SG, muscadel
Min pot alc 17% (12% act) min RS 85 g/l
Cotes de Montravel AOP
White (semi sweet)= min 30% sem with SB, SG, muscadel
(Min 80% comb sem, SB, SG, muscadel)
Min alc 12% RS 25-54 g/l
Which wine is the sweetest between Haut Montravel and Cotes de Montravel AOP
Haut Montravel AOP min 85g/l vs Cotes de Montravel AOP 25-54g/l
Cotes de Duras AOP wines?
Blc= muscadel, SB, SG, sem, Chenin, ondenc, mauzac + Max comb 25% colombard and ugni blanc min RS 12g/l
If blanc sec then Max RS 3g/l
Rose and red cabF&S, cot, merlot Max RS 3g/l
Marcillac AOP wines
Rose and red made with min 80% FER servadou + prunelard, cabS and merlot
Min alc 10.5% Max RS 2g/l
Wine of monbazillac AOP
Blanc sweet min 90% muscadel, SB, SG, sem
Min 45g/l RS and min pot alc 14%
SGN same grapes no chaptalisation min RS 85g/l not released
Pecharment AOP wines
Rouge only. CabF&S, merlot, cot
at least 3 grapes in the blend
Rosette AOP wines
Blanc (semi sweet) 15-70% SB and SG + sem & muscadel
RS 25-51g/l
Saussignac AOP
Blanc (sweet) only SB, SG, sem and muscadel + Max 10% of others
Min RS 68g/l
Released > November 15 of the year following the harvest.
Bearn AOP wine
Blanc min 50% raffiat de moncade
Rose cab F&S/ Tannat
Red min 50% tannat
What is brulhois AOP
AOP of southwest for Rose and rouge
CabF, merlot and tannat. Min 3 varieties not one > 70%
Buzet AOP wines
Dry white= muscadel, SB, SG, sem
Rose/rouge= cabF&S, cot, merlot
Wines from Cahors AOP
Rouge only, min 70% cot, + merlot and tannat
Min 11.5% alc and wine not released < 15/03 H+1
Coteaux du quercy AOP
Rose 40-90% cabF
Rouge 40-70% cabF + Max 25% each cot, tannat, merlot + Max 10% gamay
Cotes du Marmandais AOP
Whites= SB, SG + Max 30% comb muscadel and sem Rose/rouge= Max 85% combined cab F and S, merlot + Max 50% comb abouriou, cot, FER, gamay, syrah
Cotes de Millau AOP
Blanc min 50% Chenin Blanc & min 10% mauzac
Rose min 50% gamay
Rouge min 30% each gamay and syrah + 10-30% cab S
Entraygues le Fel AOP
Blanc min 90% Chenin + mauzac and st come
Rose min 85% comb FER, cab F/S
Rouge min 2 varieties, min 40% FER, min 10% comb cab S&F
Estaing AOP wine
Blanc min 50% Chenin, min 10% mauzac and Max 20% st come
Rose 50-80% gamay, + min 10% cab S or F
Rouge min 3 varieties min 50% gamay and FER
Wines of Fronton AOP
Rose and rouge.
Min 40% negrette then syrah, cot, FER, cabF and cabS, gamay, cinsault and merille
Min alc 10.5 and 11%
AOC in 1975 as cotes frontonnais
Floc de Gascogne AOP
VDL Blanc and Rose made of colombard, ugni blanc and Gros manseng/ cabF, cabS, cot, Fer, merlot and Max 50% tannat
Not chaptalisation
How is the mutage made for floc de Gascogne AOP
With a young Armagnac of at least 52% alc
Chaptalisation is prohibited for floc de Gascogne
Gaillac AOP
Blanc dry, sec, doux min 50% comb Len de l’el, mauzac, mauzac Rose, muscadel
VT= Len de l’el and Ondenc min 100g/l RS
Mousseux as for white
Methode ancestrale mauzac and mauzac Rose Max 50g/l
Rose and rouge min 60% comb syrah, duras, FER