The Southwest Flashcards
Bergerac AOC straddles what river?
What styles are produced there?
Dordogne
Red, White, and Rose
Name 5 dessert wine AOC’s around Bergerac.
Haut Montravel
Cotes de Montravel
Saussignac
Montbazillac
Rosette
What is made in Pecharmant AOC, and where is it located?
Red Bordeaux Blends, minimum 3 grapes, No Pet. Verdot, none of the other 4 may exceed 65% of the blend.
Next door to Bergerac, East
Whats another AOC just like Bergerac AOC nearby?
Cotes de Duras AOC, where they also make whites, reds, and roses.
Unlike Haut/Cotes de Montravel, the basic Montravel AOC makes these styles of wines.
dry red and white
What AOC lies along Bordeaux’s South East border? Which 2 larger Bordeaux AOC’s flow right into it?
Cotes du Marmandais AOC
Entre Deux Mers AOC, North of the Garonne and Graves AOC, South of the Garonne.
The Dropt river flows through South West France entering Bordeaux in which large AOC, feeding into which river?
Entre Deux Mers AOC, Garonne
What large city is at the center of South Western France?
Toulouse
What 2 AOC lie along the Lot river?
Cahors AOC and Marcillac AOC
What is the minimum % of Malbec required for Cahors AOC? What is it called here?
What other grapes may be blended?
70%, Cot
Merlot and Tannat
State the grape, minimum %, and styles of wine made under Marcillac AOC.
Fer Servadou, min 90%, red and rose
Buzet AOC is where what 2 rivers meet?
Whats made there and from what grapes?
The Lot and Garonne, on the left bank of the Garonne.
Red, white, and rose- typical bordeaux varieties
Following the Garonne river SE from Buzet AOC, whats the next AOC I hit?
What grapes and styles of wines are produced here?
Brulhois AOC
reds and roses from a minimum 50% combined Cab Franc, Merlot, and Tannat. all three must be used, none more than 70%
What unique grape is showcased in the reds and roses of Fronton AOC? min %?
Negrette, min 50%
What is unique about the sweet dessert wines of Montbazillac AOC?
They feature Muscadelle rather than SB or Semillon
What color wine are we making in Jurancon AOC? With what 2 main grapes? Min %? Whats the style?
White wine. min 50% Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng.
for dry white gros manseng is preferred, but for sweet, petit manseng will lead
What is passerillage? Name an AOC where its utilized.
Grapes are left on the vine to dry out.
sweet jurancon whites
What is Method Gaillacoise?
Like Ancestrale, utilized in Gaillac AOC
What are the principal white and red grapes for Gaillac AOC? min %?
Red and Rose: Duras, Fer, Prunelard, and Syrah (min 70%)
White: Len de l’El, Mauzac, Muscadelle (min 50%)
Rouge Primeur in Gaillac AOC is what grape?
100% Gamay (Carbonic)
Other than dry white, red, and rose. What styles are permitted in Gaillac AOC?
Doux, VT, Mousseaux (traditional and ancestrale)
What region for spirit distillation lies to the West of Toulouse?
Armagnac
What are 3 major differences in production and distillation between Armagnac and Cognac?
Armagnac is only distilled once, Cognac twice.
Continuous still for Armagnac, Pot Still for Cognac
Armagnac is a blend of grapes, Cognac is one grape.
What are the 3 areas of production for Armagnac?
Haut, Bas, and Tenareze
What is the only hybrid grape authorized for production under any French AOC? What is that AOC?
Baco Blanc, Armagnac AOC
What are the 3 major grapes of Armagnac production?
Ugni Blanc
Colombard
Folle Blanche
What are the 5 styles and age requirements of Armagnac?
Blanche Armagnac: bottled after 3 mo
VS/***: in barrel for 1-3 years
VSOP: in barrel for 4-9 years
XO/Hors d’Age: at least 10 years
Vintage dated: at least 10 years
What winemaking technique was developed in the Madiran AOC during the 90’s? Why and by whom?
Micro-Oxygenation
Tannat is so tannic, the technique helped soften the blow in the wines.
Patrick Ducournau
Whats the minimum % required and grape for a Madiran AOC wine?
minimum 50% Tannat
What is Pacherenc du Vic Bilh? Grapes?
A sweet white produced from the same area as Madiran AOC. 45g/L
Courbu, Petit Courbu, Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng
Whats getting made in Irouleguy AOC?
Styles-Grapes-Min %
Blanc: same 4 as Pacherenc but dry, at least 2 grapes present.
Rouge: Cab Franc and Tannat min 50% combined
Rose: Min 90% Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, and Tannat
What AOC highlights the white grape Raffiat de Moncade? min %?
What are the reds and roses made from? min %?
Bearn AOC, min 50%
Tannat min 50%, with Cab Franc and Cab Sauv
Clos Joliette and Dagueneau’s Jardins de Babylone hail from this AOC.
Jurancon AOC
