Sud Ouest Flashcards
What are the AOPs of the Dourdogne?
Bergerac (Rosette, Pécharment, Monbazillac, Saussignac, Montravel),
Côtes de Duras
What are the styles and assemblages of Bergerac AOP?
White: min. 50% combined sémillon, sauvignon blanc, sauvignon gris, muscadelle, plus
Rouge/Rosé: min. 50% combined Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Cot, Merlot, plus
How does Côtes de Bergerac differ from Bergerac AOP?
11.5% min. potential alcohol for both red and white (up from 11% for red and 10.5% for white in Bergerac).
White wines have 4-54g/L RS (as compared to max 3 g/L in Bergerac).
Rosé is not authorized.
What are the styles and assemblages of Pécharment?
Red only: Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cot
All max 65%, minimum 3 varieties
What are the sweet wine AOPs of Bergerac?
Monbazillac, Saussignac, Rosette, Haut-Montravel, Côtes de Montravel
What are the varietals, must weight, and RS for Monbazillac Blanc? For SGN?
min. 80% combined MUSCADELLE, SB, SG, Sémillon
Blanc Must Weight: 221 g/L
Blanc RS: 45 g/L
SGN Must Weight: 255 g/L
SGN RS: 85 g/L
What is the minimum must weight and RS for Saussignac?
Must Weight: 272 g/L
RS: 68 g/L
What is the minimum must weight and RS for Rosette?
Must Weight: 186 g/L
RS: 25-51 g/L
What is the minimum must weight and RS for Haut-Montravel and Côtes de Montravel?
Must Weight: 198 g/L
RS: 25-51 g/L
Which sweet wine AOPs of Bergerac prohibit chaptalization?
Monbazillac SGN
Saussignac
What styles are authorized for Montravel AOP? What are the assemblages?
White: min. 50% combined sémillon, sauv blanc, sauv gris, and/or muscadelle
Rouge: Merlot, plus Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Cot
NO ROSÉ
What are the styles and assemblages of Côtes de Duras?
Blanc: Muscadelle, Sauv Blanc, Sauv Gris, Sémillon, Ondenc, Chenin Blanc, Mauzac, plus max 25% Colombard and Ugni Blanc
Rouge/Rosé: Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Cot, Merlot
MAY BE SINGLE VARIETAL WINES
What is the difference between Blanc and Blanc sec in the Côtes de Duras?
Blanc sec is max 3 g/L RS.
Blanc is min 12 g/L RS
What are the styles and assemblages of Côtes du Marmandais?
Blanc: Sauv Blanc, and Sauv Gris, plus Sémillon and Muscadelle
Rouge: Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot, plus (min 2 varieties)
Rosé: Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot, plus
What are the styles and assemblages of Buzet?
Blanc: Muscadelle, Sauv Blanc, Sauv Gris, Sémillon
Rouge/Rosé: Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Cot, Merlot, plus
What AOP’s of the Sud Ouest are essentially Bordeaux cepages?
Bergerac Pécharment Montravel Côtes de Duras Côtes de Marmandais Buzet
What are the styles and assemblages of Cahors?
Red only: min. 70% Malbec plus Merlot and Tannat
What are the styles and assemblages of Madiran?
Red only: min. 50% Tannat plus Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Fer
Who developed micro-oxygenation?
Patrick Ducournau of Madiran
What white wine AOP is contiguous with Madiran, and what styles are authorized?
Pacherence du Vic-Bihl
Blanc and Blanc Sec: Courbu, Petit Courbu, Gros Manseng, and/or Petit Manseng, plus (min 2 varieties)
What is the minimum must weight and RS for Pacherenc du Vic-Bihl?
Must weight: 221 g/L (238 for Petit Manseng)
RS: 45 g/L
What are the AOPs of Pyrénées-Atlantiques?
Madiran/Pacherenc du Vic-Bihl
Béarn
Jurançon
Irouléguy
What are the styles and assemblages for Jurançon?
Blanc, Blanc Sec, Blanc VT
For Blanc and Blanc Sec: min. 50% combined Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng, plus
For VT, only the Mansengs are authorized
What is the minimum must weight and RS of Jurançon Blanc? VT?
Blanc Must Weight: 230 g/L (247 g/L for Petit Manseng)
RS: 40 g/L
VT Must Weight: 281 g/L
RS: 55 g/L
Do the sweet wines of Jurançon and Pacherenc du Vic-Bihl typically exhibit botrytis?
NO
What are the styles and assemblages of Béarn?
Blanc: max 50% Raffiat de Moncade, plus Petit Manseng and Gros Manseng, plus
Rouge/Rosé: min. 50% Tannat, plus Cab Sauv and Cab Franc, plus
What are the styles and assemblages of Irouléguy?
Blanc: Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Courbu, and/or Petit Courbu (min 2 varieties)
Rouge: min. 50% combined Cab Franc and Tannat, plus Cab Sauv
Rosé: min. 90% combined Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, and Tannat, plus
What are the styles and assemblages for Gaillac?
Blanc: min. 50% combined Len de l’El, Mauzac (blanc and rosé), Muscadelle, plus
Blanc VT: min. 50% combined Len de l’El and Odenac, plus
Rouge/Rosé: min. 50% combined Syrah, Duras, and Fer, plus (min 2 varieties)
ALSO
Blanc Doux
Blanc Primeur
Rouge Primeur (carbonically macerated Gamay)
Vin Mousseux Blanc
Vin Mousseux Blanc Douz
Vin Mousseux Blanc Méthode Ancestrale
What is the minimum must weight and RS for Gaillac Doux? VT? Is chaptalization permitted?
Doux Must weight: 204 g/L
RS: 45 g/L
VT Must weight: 280 g/L
RS: 100 g/L
Chaptalization is prohibited for VT, but allowed for Doux.
What is the difference between Vin Mousseux Blanc and Vin Mousseux Méthode Ancestrale in Gaillac?
VM Blanc is traditional method, aged on the lees for 9mos, and has a minimum pressure of 3.5 atmospheres
VM Méthode Ancestrale is aged on the lees for 2mos, and has a pressure of 3 atmospheres.
(essentially the same as crémant/blanquette de limoux v. limoux méthode ancestrale).
What is Gaillac Premières Côtes?
An AOP for dry whites of min. 50% combined Mauzac (blanc and rosé), Len de l’El, and Muscadelle, plus, coming from a delimited area of 11 communes.
What is the only AOP in France for varietal wines of Fer Servadou?
Marcillac, producing both red and rosé
What are the styles and assemblages of Fronton?
Red/Rosé: min. 40% Negrette, plus Syrah, Cot, and Fer Servadou, plus
What is the sole AOP for Baroque?
Tursan, blended with Gros Manseng (also produces red and rosé of Cab Franc and Tannat).
What are the AOPs of the Massif Central?
Marcillac
Entraygues-Le Fel (R/RS/W: Fer, Cab Sauv/Franc, Chenin Blanc)
Estaing (R/RS/W: Gamay, Fer, Chenin Blanc)
Côtes de Millau (R/RS/W: Gamay, Syrah, Chenin Blanc)
What AOP sits upstream of Fronton?
Brulhois (R/RS: Cab Franc, Merlot, Tannat)
What are the two unofficial subzones of Jurançon?
La Chapelle de Rousse
Monein
What is Floc de Gascogne?
The VDL of the Sud Ouest, fortified with Armagnac.
Blanc: Colombard, Gros Manseng, and/or Ugni Blanc (min 2 varieties)
Rosé: Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Fer, Merlot, Cot, and/or Tannat (may be single varietal, except tannat).
