Switzerland Flashcards
What are Les Trois Lacs de Neuchatel?
What are Les Trois Lacs de Suisse?
Neuchatel
Bielersee (Bienne)
Murtensee (Morat)
in NW - delicate chasselas
oeil de perdrix PN
The 3 largest lakes in SUISSE are:
Geneva (Leman),
Constance (Bodensee),
Neuchatel
Lake Geneva (Leman)
Border of France and Suisse
Savoie side: Vin de Savoie AOC’s (mostly chasselas wines)
Suisse side: Vaud Canton AOC’s on the North shore (La Cote, Lavaux, Chablais)
What is ‘salvagnin’
Traditional AOC wine style of the Vaud (min. 50% gamay, min. 10% PN, min. 20% gamaret and/or garanoir)
blend of gamay, PN, gamaret, garanoir
Dole is mainly produced in which?
Valais
85% combined - gamay, PN, gamaret, garanoir, merlot, syrah, diolinoir, carminoir, ancellotta
Name 5 Crus of the Valais from West to East
Fully, Conthey, Vetroz, Saint Leonard, Salgesch
What is the Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?
VALAIS - Quality seal for sweet wines
min. oechsle 130 (BA/Eiswein)
aged 1 year oak
petite arvine savagnin (heida, paien) marsanne (ermitage) silvaner (johannisberg) malvoisie (PG) Amigne
Which sub-regional AOC contains the 1er Grand Crus of the Vaud (?)
Calamin & Dezaley, Lavaux AOC (Vaud)
What is the local name for chasselas in
a) Valais b) Vaud c) Geneva
a) Fendant b) Dorin c) Perlan
Where are these subregions located:
1) Mandement
2) Bonvillars, Vully, Cote de l’Orbe
3) Vetroz
1) Geneve
2) Vaud
3) Valais
Which Swiss wine region is on the southeast slopes of the Rhone Valley?
Valais
What is the largest wine region in Switzerland?
Valais
The following names are Swiss synonyms for which grapes
a) Heida
b) Ermitage
c) Johannisberg
d) Malvoisie
e) Paien
a) Savagnin
b) Marsanne
c) Silvaner
d) Pinot Gris
e) Savagnin
What symbol indicates sweetness levels on bottles of “Amigne de Vetroz” in the Valais?
Une abeille (2005) # indicates sweetness - 1 = trocken (0-8g/L); 3 = suss (25g/L +)
Amigne de Vetroz at 15 g/L is how many bees?
2 bees
What is ‘vin de glacier,’ or gletscherwein?
Solera-style wine made in the Sierre in the Valais in the ‘Val d’Anniviers,’ traditionally made from the Reze grape, now allowed to be a blend of white grapes but must be grown and vinified in Sierre
Name 3 traditional dishes of Suisse cuisine?
Cheese fondue,
Alpler Magronen (gratin)
raclette
Perdrix Blanc
Neuchatel,
Pinot Noir
What are the 3 lakes of Neuchatel?
Morat
Bienne
Neuchatel
Neuchatel “Grand Cru” can only be made from what 3 grapes?
What Vaud Cru border Lac Neuchatel?
PN, CH, chasselas
Bonvillars
Cote de l’Orbe
Swiss Producers
Caves Colloses (heida, humagne rouge, cornalin)
Baudon (fendant)
‘Caves de Tilleul’ (Vetroz - PN) - Fabienne Cotinod
Marie-Therese Chappaz (marsanne, petite arvine)
Cave de la Cote (Vaud - chasselas)
Vaud 1er GC debut
2012
Vineyard terraces in Switzerland
Tablars
What is vianco?
merlot bianco from Ticino
T or F Vaud is only major wine growing appellation with more whites than reds
TRUE
No. 1 grape in Switzerland
PN
What are the 4 most planted grapes in SUI
PN
Chasselas
Gamay
Merlot
Wind that influences regions of SUI
Foehn
1er GC in Vaud (Geneva)
Calamin & Dezaley - Lavaux
Lake Constance (Bodensee)
Lake at the confluence of Suisse (Thurgau - NE),
Germany (Baden-Wurttemburg - SW)
Austria (Vorarlberg - W)
Rhine flows in from South and out in the North
Lake Neuchatel
Suisse, Vaud Canton AOC’s (Bonvillars, Cote de l’Orbe, Vully)
3 GCs of Valais
Conthey, Chamoson, Fully, Leytron, Saillon, Saint-Leonard, Salquenen, Saviese, Sierre, Ville de Sion, Visperterminen, Vetroz
Which GC in Valais produces only Heida (Savagnin)?
Visperterminen
What is ‘vin fletri’
VALAIS - sweet wine made through passerillage
Base grape for Oeil de Perdrix in Switzerland
PN
Vaud GC - percentage grapes must come from there
90%
Nostrano del Ticino
local wine made from the Bondola grape plus other reds - known as “Grotto” wine
What is the only Swiss canton WITHOUT a wine-designated appellation?
Appenzell Innerhoden
Alongside 75cl, what other bottle size is common in switzerland?
70cl
What are “bisses?”
Irrigational channels used in mountains, esp. in Valais
Who introduced viticulture in the Vaud?
Cistercian monks, 900 y.o.
What is La Gerle?
Quality symbol for chasselas wines from Neuchatel - vineyard hod
Where is Satigny?
Geneva
