Switzerland/Savoie Flashcards
In western Switzerland, the four French-speaking cantons produce wine:
Valais, Vaud, Geneva, and Neuchâtel
The Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in the south borders Italy’s Lombardy region, and focuses almost exclusively on the?
Merlot grape
The most cultivated white grape variety in Switzerland is?
Chasselas
Sylvaner is known locally as?
Johannisberg
Which is the most important canton in Switzerland for wine production and is responsible for a third of the nation’s annual output?
Valais
What is Dôle?
A blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay at a minimum of 51%, are the canton’s most widely produced wines
Chasselas is also known as?
Fendant
What is Rèze?
One of Switzerland’s oldest indigenous grapes, produces the rare Valais specialty Vin des Glacier, a maderized wine stored in high altitude soleras
Vaud, on the north shores of Lake Geneva, borders France’s Jura region and is also dominated by the cultivation of ?
Chasselas, locally known as Dorin
In 2010, the Vaud appellation system was simplified, bracketing the former 26 village AOCs into six regional AOCs:
Chablais, La Côte, Lavaux, Vully, Bonvillars, and Côtes de l’Orbe
Name the 2 Grand Crus of Vaud
Dézaley and Calamin
What is Salvagnin?
Blend: Min. 10% Pinot Noir, Min. 50% Gamay, Min. 20% Gamaret and/or Garanoir in Vaud
Name the main grape varieties of Geneva southwestern shores of Geneva
Chasselas and Gamay dominate, though Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are gaining notoriety
Neuchâtel main grapes?
Pinot Noir its flagship grape and Chasselas
What is Oeil de Perdrix?
a lightly colored rosé made from Pinot Noir in Neuchâtel
Chasselas in Geneva is known as?
Perlan
Name the six sub-districts of Valais
Sion
Sierre
Fully
St. Leonard
Salgesch
Vetroz
Savoie’s continental climate is moderated by which lakes?
Lake Bourget and the larger Lake Geneva, known as Lac Léman in France
Savoie produces mainly?
whites but also reds and rose under Vin de Savoie AOC
Sparkling wines are produced under?
Petillant de Savoie and Mousseux Savoie
Seysell is a still or sparkling from 100% Roussette (Altesse), although varietally labelled Molette is also permitted
Crémant de Savoie AOP, was established in 2015. Many are based on Jacquere, but they commonly see Altesse, Chardonnay, and some red varieties
Name the main grapes of Savoie
Jacquère is the most common grape, but Altesse, Roussanne (Bergeron), and Chardonnay produce higher-quality wines. Gamay, Mondeuse, and Pinot Noir comprise most of the red and rosé Vin de Savoie wines
The cru Chignin-Bergeron produces?
100% Roussanne wines exclusively
the crus of Marignan, Ripaille, and Crépy—all located along the southern shores of Lake Geneva—mandate a minimum?
80% Chasselas
Roussette de Savoie AOP produces wines?
100% Roussette
Bugey, upgraded to AOP in May 2009, is to the west of Lake Bourget and produces?
still wines of all three colors in addition to the sparkling rosé Bugey-Cerdon
Roussette du Bugey AOP wines?
100% Roussette
