The Loire Valley Flashcards
What is the principal white grape of the Lower Loire?
Melon de Bourgogne
What is the principal white grape of the Middle Loire?
Chenin Blanc
What is the principal white grape of the Centre Loire?
Sauvignon Blanc
What is the principal red grape of the Middle Loire?
Cabernet Franc
What is the principal red grape of the Centre Loire?
Pinot Noir
What is the climate of the Lower Loire?
Maritime
What is the climate of the Middle Loire?
Maritimes with Continental influences
What is the climate of the Centre Loire?
Continental
What is the Pays Nantais is also known as?
Lower Loire
The Loire River takes its name from the latin word “liger”. What does liger mean?
Silt or Sediment
What does “fines bulles” refer to?
all types of Sparkling wines (petillant, Mousseaux, cremant) - In the Loire, this is the term they refer to
Who was Henry Plantagenet?
Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine, King Henry II of England
What is “tuffeau”
Turonian Chalk; found in the Middle Loire
Where is “Black Anjou”?
Western Anjou - soil dark schist and Sandstone
Where is “White Anjou”?
Eastern Anjou - soils white tuffeau or Turonian Chalk
What are “perruches”?
Flinty-clay soils found in the Middle Loire
Name the only Grand Cru in the Loire Valley?
Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru
What does “Silex” refer to?
Flint - found in the Centre-Loire
What does “terres blanches” refer to?
Soil Limestone-rich Kimmeridgean marl found in the Centre-Loire
What does “caillottes” refer to?
Limestone-rich Portlandian marl pebbles - found in the Centre-Loire
What is the name of the regional IGP for the Loire Valley?
Val de Loire IGT
What is the principal grape used in the production of sweet wines in the Loire?
Chenin Blanc
Cot is a Loire synonym for which grape?
Malbec
Cremant de Loire production is concentrated in which part of the region?
Middle Loire
Coulee de Serrant is a monopole. True or false?
True
What is Touraine Noble Joue?
An AOC focused on wines made by the 3 Pinots: Pinot Noir, Meunier and Pinot Gris
What is the “Chaine des Puys”?
a chain of extinct volcanos in the Upper Loire
Gros Plant is a Loire synonym for which grape?
Folle Blanche
Savennieres Roche Aux Moines is a monopole. True or False?
False
DGC is an acronym for which term?
Denomination Geographique Complementaire
Due to the Loire Valley’s northerly location, the preferred vineyard orientation is…
South
In the Loire Valley, a fully continental climate is found in…
Centre and Upper Loire
Which of the following pairings is incorrect?
a. Pays Nantais : Muscadet
b. Anjou: Valençay
c. Centre-Loire: Pouilly-Fumé
d. Touraine: Vouvray
b. Anjou: Valençay
The Sèvre and Maine are
Rivers
Which of the following pairings is correct?
a. Pays Nantais: Sauvignon Blanc
b. Chinon: Cabernet Franc
c. Sancerre: Chenin Blanc
d. Vouvray: Melon de Bourgogne
b. Chinon: Cabernet Franc
Which of the following AOCs does not produce a botrytized dessert wine?
a. Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire
b. Touraine Noble Joué
c. Coteaux de l’Aubance
d. Coteaux du Layon
b. Touraine Noble Joué
Which of the following white wines is not made from Sauvignon Blanc?
a. Sancerre
b. Pouilly-Fumé
c. Pouilly-Fuissé
d. Menetou-Salon
c. Pouilly-Fuissé
Which of the following pairings is not correct?
a. Melon: Muscadet
b. Cabernet Franc: Breton
c. Chenin Blanc: Pineau de la Loire
d. Pinot Noir: Orbois
d. Pinot Noir: Orbois
Which of the following AOCs produces wines made from Chenin Blanc?
a. Quincy
b. Vouvray
c. Bourgueil
d. Cour-Cheverny
b. Vouvray
Sancerre Rouge is made from…
a. Pinot Noir
b. Cabernet Franc
c. Grolleau
d. Pinot d’Aunis
a. Pinot Noir
Chinon is primarily made from…
a. Cabernet Sauvignon
b. Cabernet Franc
c. Pinot Noir
d. Gamay
b. Cabernet Franc
Most of the dessert wines of the Loire Valley are made from…
a. Sémillon
b. Sauvignon Blanc
c. Muscat
d. Chenin Blanc
d. Chenin Blanc
Which appellation, planted to Muscadet, lies furthest from the sea and is comprised of rolling terrain?
a. Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
b. Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu
c. Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
d. Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
a. Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
Which is statement is incorrect?
a. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy are both located in the Centre-Loire
b. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy are both white-only AOCs
c. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy both craft white wines from Sauvignon Blanc
d. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy both flank the Loire River
d. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy both flank the Loire River
Which of the following pairings is incorrect?
a. Savennières: Right Bank of the Loire
b. Chinon: Left Bank of the Loire
c. Bourgueil: Left Bank of the Loire
d. Vouvray: Right Bank of the Loire
c. Bourgueil: Left Bank of the Loire
