SW

Question 1

Bergerac sweet wine appelations

Answer 1

Sweet wine appellations within Bergerac include
Monbazillac AOP
Saussignac AOP
Rosette AOP
Haut-Montravel AOP
Côtes de Montravel AOP

Question 2

Describe the wines of Monbazillac

Answer 2

botrytised wines from Bordeaux varietals. Muscadelle particularly excels in the sandy soils; multiple tries and a ban on mechanical harvesting

Question 3

Which of the following MUST be dry and white or red?

Montravel, Cote de Montravel, Haut-Montravel

Answer 3

Montravel AOP wines, unlike Côtes de Montravel and Haut-Montravel, may be red or white and must be dry.

Question 4

What are the longest lived wines of Bergerac?

Answer 4

The blended reds of Pécharmant AOP are the longest-lived wines of Bergerac.

Question 5

Bergerac colors/styles?

Answer 5

Bergerac AOP produces all three colors of wine from Bordeaux varietals. “Sec” denotes dry whites from the region.

Question 6

How does Cote de Bergerac differ from Bergerac?

Answer 6

Côtes de Bergerac AOP, in the absence of actual hills, requires a higher amount of minimum alcohol

Question 7

Appellations of the Dordogne?

Answer 7

Appellations of the Dordogne
•	Bergerac
•	Côtes de Bergerac
•	Pécharmant
•	Montravel
•	Haut-Montravel
•	Côtes de Montravel
•	Rosette
•	Saussignac
•	Monbazillac

Question 8

What river are most major SW regions off of?

Answer 8

Dordogne Bbx

Question 9

4 most important regions off the Dordogne?

Answer 9

Dordogne are numerous wine regions; the most important are Cahors AOP, Madiran AOP, Jurançon AOP, and Gaillac AOP

Question 10

What river is cahors off?

Answer 10

Lot River

Question 11

Cahors blend

Answer 11

minimum 70% Malbec, with Tannat and Merlot.

Question 12

Where did microoxygenation come from?

Answer 12

Madiran - Patrick Duciurnau

Question 13

Madiran grapes?

Answer 13

Tannat with Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and the local Fer are the secondary grapes of Madiran

Question 14

What is the AOP of Madiran whites?

Answer 14

Producers in Madiran may produce semi-sweet and sweet white wines as Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOP, primarily utilizing Petit Manseng, Petit Courbu, and Arrufiac. Dry Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh is labeled “Sec”.

Question 15

What dept is Jurancon in?

Answer 15

Pyrénées-Atlantiques département

Question 16

Jurancon grapes?

Answer 16

Petit Manseng-sweet passerillage wines

Gros Manseng -dry whites

Question 17

Secondary Jurancon grapes?

Answer 17

Petit Courbu, Camaralet and Lauzet are secondary grapes for both styles.

Question 18

Pyrénées-Atlantiques département AOPs?

Answer 18

Jurancon
Irouléguy
Béarn.

Question 19

Gaillac AOP

Answer 19

r/rose: Duras, Fer, Syrah, and Gamay

wMauzac, Muscadelle, and Len de l’El.

Question 20

What is the meaning of Len d l’El?

Answer 20

Len de l’El—whose name, meaning “far from sight” in the old d’Oc tongue, conveys the clusters’ long stalks and the distance to the “eye”, or bud, from which they sprouted—has a natural fleshy, soft character that complements the tarter acidity of Mauzac.

Question 21

What are Gaillac sweet & sparkling wines called?

Answer 21

Sweet whites are labeled Gaillac Doux, whereas sparkling whites are produced as Gaillac Mousseux.

Question 22

In what method can Gaillac sparkling be made?

Answer 22

These sparkling wines may be made by the traditional method or by méthode gaillaçoise, a variant of the méthode ancestrale.

Question 23

What is the Gaillac Premiere Cotes?

Answer 23

A “Premières Côtes” appellation exists for the dry whites of eleven delimited communes.

Question 24

What AOP requires 90% Fer minimum?

Answer 24

Marcillac AOP i

Question 25

What requires 50% Negrette?

Answer 25

Frontan

Question 26

Buzet AOP and Côtes de Duras AOP colors?

Answer 26

all 3

Question 27

Côtes de Marmandais AOP allow a complement of regional grapes; the red wines in particular may show __influence.

Answer 27

Syrah