Touraine Flashcards
styles/encepagement of Valencay (Touraine)
Blanc: 70% Sauvignon Blanc, accessories Orbois, Chard, Sauv Gris
Rose: 30-60% Gamay
Rouge: 30-60% Gamay
percentage of Pinot Noir required for Cheverny rouge and rosé
60 to 84% Pinot Noir complementary 16 to 40% Gamay
Assemblage: Cheverny Blanc
60 to 84% Sauvignon blanc and Sauvignon Gris complementary varieties 16-40% combined Chardonnay, Chenin and Orbois
What is Touraine Noble Joué AOP?
40% Meunier rosé with complementary varieties minimum 20% Pinot Gris 10% Pinot Noir
AOPs of Touraine
Touraine
Touraine Noble-Joué (40% meunier)
Chinon
Bourgeuil
Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil
Vouvray
Montlouis sur Loire
Cheverny (sauvignon Blanc/Pinot noir)
Cour-Cheverny
Jasnieres
Coteau du Loir
Coteaux du Vendomois
Valencay (70% Sauvignon Blanc)
Principal soil type of Vouvray
tuffeau (limestone)
Sits in Paris Basin
sand, clay, flint, alluvial terraces with deposits of gravel
In Loire Valley, Cabernet Franc is known locally as _____
Breton
Appellations of Touraine that permit sparkling wine production
Touraine AOP
Vouvray AOP
Montlouis sur Loire AOP
Jasnieres (Touraine) is physically surrounded by this AOP
Coteaux du Loir AOP (65% Pinot d’aunis (rouge)
100%chenin (Blanc)
What are the range of sweetness levels for Vouvray
Sec (max 8g/l, Total Acidity within 2g/l of RS)
Sec Tendre
Demi Sec
Moelleux
Liquoreux
What are Varennes
Sandy alluvial soiles in Chinon closest to the river Vienne
Tuffeau on slopes makes age worthy
Assemblage for Chinon Rouge and Rosé
Chinon Blanc:
(1937)
Cabernet Franc plus Max 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
Chinon Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
They may be 100% CF but not legally required
Min abv% Chinon Blanc and Rouge
Blanc 10%
Rouge/Rosé 10.5%
Chinon producers
Charles Joguet
Olga Raffault
Bernard Baudry
Communes of production for Chinon
Thizay
Anché
Avoine
Avon-les-Roches
Beaumont-en-Véron
Brizay
Candes Saint Martin
Riviere
Couziers
Cravant-Les-Coteaux
Crouzilles
Huismes
L’lle-Bouchard
Lerné
Chinon
Saint Germain sur-Vienne
Vin Mousseaux a fermentation unique is ancestral method for this AOP as of this year
Montlouis sur Loire 2020
Has to be sec 8g/l
9 months on lees
disgorged no dosage
100% Chenin Blanc
Who Produces Clos du Papillon (Savenierres)
Baumard
Domaine des Forges
Domaine du Closel
This river runs through Chinon
Vienne
How is Bourgueil and St. Nicolas de Bourgueil different?
St. Nicolas de Bourgueil has sandy soil
Sandy silty soils yield more delicate wines that need cooler fermentation and more gentle extraction
Domaine Huet owns this Tokaji producer
Kiralyudvar
This AOP in Loire valley is 100% Pineau d’Aunis (in Touraine)
Coteaux du Vendomois
Produces wines in all three styles, but specializes in dry Rosé
Blanc is Chenin Blanc, plus max. 20% Chardonnay
main soils of Chinon
Varrennes (alluvial sand)
Tuffeau (soft limestone).
Also Perruches! (Very stony, flinty clays combined with silica, perruches soils warm up quickly and are said to be why Sauvignon Blanc grown on them have a flinty taste.)
Touraine’s Largest and most important wine district: Vouvray (1936)
Blanc: 11%
Base wines for Vin Mousseux/Pétillant: 9.5%
Traditional Method and 12 mos on lees
Max Yields:
Blanc: 52 hl/ha
Vin Mousseux/Pétillant: 65 hl/ha
Touraine Noble-Joué AOP is this:
vin gris, a blend of Gris Meunier (Pinot Meunier), Malvoisie (Pinot Gris), and Pinot Noir.
A traditional style
What vintage in the last 10 years saw extreme hail damage in Vouvray?
2013
2017
2021
Touraine lies between these cities and these rivers
Saumur to Blois
Loire and Cher Rivers
Most planted white and red varieties of Touraine
Sauvignon Blanc 43% of plantings
Gamay 21% of plantings
These Five small quality denominations of Touraine emerged within the AOC, accounting for 7% of production
Touraine Oisly
Touraine Chenonceaux
Touraine Amboise
Touraine-Azay-Le-Rideau
Touraine-Mesland
Encepagement for Touraine Amboise
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
Rosé: min. 70% Cot with Gamay
Rouge: 100% Cot
Encepagement for Touraine “Mesland”:
Blanc: Min. 60% Chenin Blanc, max. 30% Sauvignon Blanc, max. 15% Chardonnay (the amount of Chardonnay in the vineyard may not exceed the amount of Sauvignon Blanc)
Rosé: Min. 80% Gamay, plus Cot and Cabernet Franc
Rouge: Min. 60% Gamay, 10-30% Cot, 10-30% Cabernet Franc
Encepagement for Touraine “Azay-le-Rideau”
(Easy rider, chenin Blanc)
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
Rosé: Min. 60% Grolleau; plus Cot, Gamay, and max. 10% combined Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
Encepagement for Touraine “Oisly”:
(Feeling Wiley with sauvignon Blanc)
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Encepagement for Touraine “Chenonceaux”:
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Rouge: min. 50% Cot with min. 10% Cabernet Franc
Soils of Touraine Mesland
Flinty sands
Max Yields and training systems for Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil and Bourgeuil
55 hl/ha
Guyot Simple
Communes of Production for Bourgueil AOP
Benais, Bourgueil, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, Chouzé-sur-Loire, Ingrandes-de-Touraine, Restigné, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Saint-Patrice
Which is bigger: Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil or Bourgeuil
Bourgeuil
(1220 ha)
Saint Nicolas
(1069)
difference in soil between Bourgueil and Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Bourgueil: tuffeau and clay, on hillside near the protective forest in the North
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil: Sandy Gravel, contributes to easy drinking style
Viticultural hazard in Bourgueil
Frost, drought and erosion
Frost fans and sprinkler systems are utilized
Loire Valley’s largest red producing appellation
Chinon
2,397ha of vines
What year was Chinon AOC
1937
Just 550 ha of vines at that time
Today in Chinon, 2of 5 producers also grow other crops. What events contributed to this?
Phylloxera
Prussian Occupation (1870-1871)
German Occupation during WWII
Chinon is between these two rivers
Vienne and Loire
Villages that mark the Eastern and Western boundaries of Chinon
East: Crouzilles
West: Savigny-en-Véron
In Chinon, most vineyards are on this side of the Vienne
North, though vineyards are grown on both sides
Some vines reach altitudes of 100 meters
Famous vineyard of Domaine Charles Joguet (Chinon)
Clos du Chene Vert
This soil scientist discovered 50 different soil types in Chinon in 1978
Jacky Dupont
Three main soils of Chinon
Alluvial Terraces (silt, sand, river gravels on lower flatter lands closer to the river)
Tuffeau mixed with Clay
Sand and Clay mixed with flint
What is a coteaux in Chinon?
Hillside
What are puys?
Hillocks of Chinon found in the Véron peninsula, sandy soil mixed with flint
Where is the Véron peninsula? What is its significance?
Western Chinon, where the Loire and Vienne meet. Highly sandy soils, early to bud, early to ripen
Where are most prized vineyards in Chinon?
The coteaux, or hillsides. Run from Chinon to Avon-Les Roches and have tuffeau mixed with clay, yellow limestone
Most prized vineyards of Chinon
Le Clos de l’Olive
Le Chene Vert
La Croix Boisée
all on the coteaux
half the producers of the coteaux of Chinon use this % of new wood
25%
About 5% of producers use 75-100% new oak
Why is racking important in the wines of Chinon?
Cabernet Franc is prone to Reduction
Rosé of Chinon is produced using this method
Saignée
When did Phylloxerra hit Vouvray? What is the encepagement?
1882
Blanc: min 95% Chenin Blanc, plus a max. 5% Orbois
soil of Vouvray
Tuffeau
The “premiere cotes” of Vouvray have this soil
Perruches, or clay flint
the best wines come from here
Many of the grapes grown on the “plateau” in the lower elevations of Vouvray do not ripen as easily, and are destined for this style of wine
sparkling wine
(Needs 9.5% as opposed to 11% for still wines abv)
Dry styles of Vouvray have less than this g/l of sugar
<2g/l
This % of Vouvray is sparkling
60%
Though 9/10 of bottles are consumed in France
These vintages in Vouvray were warm
This one was cooler
2018
2019 (warmer)
2021 (cooler)
Demi Sec Vouvray
9-18 g/l rs
Moelleux Vouvray
18-45 g/l rs
Doux Vouvray
45 g/l+
Montlouis sur Loire sits on this side of the Loire River
South, opposite Vouvray
ha of Montlouis Sur Loire vs Vouvray
MSL: 442 ha
Vouvray: 2,234 ha
River running to the South of Montlouis sur Loire, moderating temperatures and limiting size
Cher river
MSL is sandwiched between Loire and Cher Rivers
Styles of Montlouis sur loire
Still and Sparkling Chenin. Only whites, like Vouvray
This Category of Montlouis sur loire is for lightly sparkling wines
Petillant: 1.5-2 bars ATM
Vin Mousseux a fermentation Unique is this:
Petillant Naturel,
One fermentation
9 mos lees
Must be disgorged
Montlouis Sur Loire and Vouvray have the same yields
52 hl/ha
65 hl/ha for sparkling
The vineyards of Montlouis sur Loire sit on a plateau or face this river
Cher
Soils of Montlouis Sur Loire
Clay and flint
Yellow limestone bedrock from Turonian Era
Why does Montlouis Sur Loire have a high percentage of young producers and half of them farm organically and hand harvest
Low cost of living
Laws of Vouvray state that vinification must happen in Vouvray. Montlouis producers with vineyards in Vouvray still must label the wine as this:
VdF
Vin de France
What year did Cheverny become AOC
1993
Cheverny wines are always this style
Blends
Soils of Cheverny
Alluvial
This law increased Cheverny’s importance
1577 law forbidding sale of wines made in region around Paris
Cheverny covers 650 ha south and east of this city
Blois
Cheverny Blanc
Principal Varieties: 60-84% combined Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris
Complementary Varieties: 16-40% combined Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Orbois
Cheverny Rosé
Principal Variety: 60-84% Pinot Noir
Complementary Variety: 16-40% Gamay
Accessory Varieties: Max. 25% combined Cabernet Franc and Cot (Malbec)
Cheverny Noir
Principal Variety: 60-84% Pinot Noir
Complementary Variety: 16-40% Gamay
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Cabernet Franc and Cot
Cour Cheverny AOC in this year
1993
Cour Cheverny RS levels (Romorantin)
Sec: max. 8 g/l (max. 8 g/l if total acidity is within 2 g/l of the residual sugar)
Off-dry wines of more than 8 g/l may be produced, but they may not be chaptalized
How many ha Cour Cheverny
50
How many ha Jasnieres
70
Style of Jasnieres
100% Chenin Blanc only
What year did Jasnieres become AOC
2001
Chaptalization is permitted in Jasnieres except for this RS and above
Chaptalization is forbidden for wines with more than 12 g/l of residual sugar
Jasnieres vines face SouthEast on this river
Loir
Tributary
120 ha Coteaux du Vendomois is named for this town
Vendome
Assemblage of Coteaux du Vendomois
Blanc: Wines are single varietal Chenin Blanc, or Chenin Blanc accounts for the majority of the blend.
Rouge: Pineau d’Aunis accounts for the majority of the blend.
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
Vin Mousseux/Pétillant
Vin Mousseux à Fermentation Unique (ancestral method)
Communes: Lussault-sur-Loire, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Saint-Martin-le-Beau