Touraine Flashcards
Name 2 AOPs that require 100% Chenin in Touraine
- Montlouis-sur-Loire (white only)
- Chinon (all 3 colors)
- Jasnières (white only)
- Coteaux du Loir (all 3 colors)
Grapes for Bourgueil, major city and which bank of the Loire river does it lie?
Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv)
City: Bourgueil is West of Tours
River: Right bank of Loire
T or F? St Nicolas de Bourgueil requires the same cépage of grapes as Bourgueil. Located W of Bourgueil and N of Chinon (across the Loire river)
- True!
- Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv)
Grapes for Valençay?
- White: majority sauv blanc
- Red/Rosé: gamay, pinot noir, côt (must have all 3 in blend)
- Cher River
- Only place in France to have 2 AOC (cheese & wine)!!
Grapes for Cheverny?
- White: Min 50% combined sauv blanc+gris
- Red/Rosé: Min 50% pinot noir (min 85% combined pinot and gamay
Can Cour-Cheverny make off-dry wines?
Yes, off-dry wines with min 8 g/l may be produced; may not be chaptalized
Grapes for Jasnières and the river that runs through it?
- 100% Chenin
- dry, off-dry and sweet wines; chapt forbidden with wines +12 g/l RS
- sub-region of Coteaux du Loir
- Loir river
Grapes for Coteaux du Loir?
- White: 100% Chenin
- Red/Rosé: Min 50% pineau d’aunis
- Red: (+gamay, cab f, cot)
- Rosé: (+gamay, cot, grolleau)
- one of the Loire’s northernmost appellations
- vyds are protected by the Bercé forest to the north, while the adjacent valleys and hillsides face south, enjoying the Touraine climate
Grapes for Coteaux du Vendômois?
- White: Chenin blanc majority (+chard)
- Rosé Vin Gris: 100% pineau d’aunis
- Red: Pineau d’Aunis majority (+ cab-franc, pn, gamay)
What are the 100% Chenin white AOPs in Touraine (4)?
- Mountlouis-sur-Loire
- Chinon
- Jasnières
- Coteaux du Loir
What are 5 villages that can append its name to the Touraine AOP and what are the white grapes for each?
- Touraine Azay-le-Rideau: 100% Chenin (Rosé majority of Grolleau; does not make red wines)
- Touraine Amboise: 100% Chenin
- Touraine Mesland: Chenin majority, Rosé is Gamay majority, Red is Min 3 grapes (cab-franc, cot gamay, cab-sauv, p-noir)
- Touraine Oisly: 100% sauv blanc (makes only white)
- Touraine Chenonceaux: 100% sauv blanc (red mainly Côt and cab-franc; does not make rosé wines)
Rivers in the following regions: Touraine Noble-Joué, Chinon, Jasnières
- Touraine Noble-Joué: Cher to the N and Indre to the S
- Chinon: Vienne
- Jasnières: Loir
Montlouis-sur-Loire is sandwiched between which 2 rivers?
- Loire on the N (right bank)
- Cher on the S (left bank)
Loir river runs through 3 AOPs in Touraine, what are they?
Coteaux du Loir, Jasnières, Coteaux du Vendomois
Which label for Touraine reds is for 100% hand-harvested Gamay grapes, and bottled immediately after harvest?
Touraine ‘Premieur’
Which Rosé-only AOP recreates a historical style of Vin Gris? And which 2 rivers run through it?
- Touraine Noble-Joué (min 40% pinot meunier (with pinot noir, pinot gris/malvoisie)
- Cher River runs through the N and Indre to the S of it
Vouvray is East of Tours, what is the min % of Chenin required?
Min 95% chenin; max 5% orbois
3 soil types in Chinon
- Varennes: sandy alluvial, gravel (located by the river – lighter, softer, fruity)
- Tuffeau: soft limestone (located on the coteaux - fuller, +tannic, ageing)
- Clay with flint, sand (located on the plateau)
Only region in France to have 2 AOCs
Valençay (cheese and wine)
Loire AOPs that make a rosé Vin Gris (3)
- Coteaux du Vendômois
- Touraine Noble-Joué (off-dry)
- Châteaumeillant
T or F? Boundary of Chinon appellation extended to the southwest along the south bank of the Vienne, to include eight more communes
True!
Are whites allowed in Chinon? What about in Bourgueil?
Yes in Chinon, no in Bourgueil
What are the three Huet single vineyards and their inaugural vintages?
- Haut Lieu (1928)
- Le Mont (1957)
- Clos du Borg (Inaug 53, purchased 63)
What is the max RS for a Vouvray “Sec”?
Sec: max 8g/l RS (Total acidity must be within 2 g/l of the total residual sugar.)
