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styles/encepagement of Valencay (Touraine)

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Blanc: 70% Sauvignon Blanc, accessories Orbois, Chard, Sauv Gris
Rose: 30-60% Gamay
Rouge: 30-60% Gamay

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percentage of Pinot Noir required for Cheverny rouge and rosé

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60 to 84% Pinot Noir complementary 16 to 40% Gamay

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Assemblage: Cheverny Blanc

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60 to 84% Sauvignon blanc and Sauvignon Gris complementary varieties 16-40% combined Chardonnay, Chenin and Orbois

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What is Touraine Noble Joué AOP?

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40% Meunier rosé with complementary varieties minimum 20% Pinot Gris 10% Pinot Noir

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AOPs of Touraine

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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)

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Principal soil type of Vouvray

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tuffeau (limestone)

Sits in Paris Basin
sand, clay, flint, alluvial terraces with deposits of gravel

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In Loire Valley, Cabernet Franc is known locally as _____

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Breton

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Appellations of Touraine that permit sparkling wine production

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Touraine AOP
Vouvray AOP
Montlouis sur Loire AOP

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Jasnieres (Touraine) is physically surrounded by this AOP

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Coteaux du Loir AOP (65% Pinot d’aunis (rouge)

100%chenin (Blanc)

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What are the range of sweetness levels for Vouvray

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Sec (max 8g/l, Total Acidity within 2g/l of RS)

Sec Tendre
Demi Sec
Moelleux
Liquoreux

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What are Varennes

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Sandy alluvial soiles in Chinon closest to the river Vienne

Tuffeau on slopes makes age worthy

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Assemblage for Chinon Rouge and Rosé
Chinon Blanc:
(1937)

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Cabernet Franc plus Max 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Chinon Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc

They may be 100% CF but not legally required

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Min abv% Chinon Blanc and Rouge

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Blanc 10%

Rouge/Rosé 10.5%

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Chinon producers

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Charles Joguet
Olga Raffault
Bernard Baudry

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Communes of production for Chinon

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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

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Vin Mousseaux a fermentation unique is ancestral method for this AOP as of this year

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Montlouis sur Loire 2020

Has to be sec 8g/l
9 months on lees
disgorged no dosage

100% Chenin Blanc

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Who Produces Clos du Papillon (Savenierres)

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Baumard
Domaine des Forges
Domaine du Closel

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This river runs through Chinon

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Vienne

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How is Bourgueil and St. Nicolas de Bourgueil different?

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St. Nicolas de Bourgueil has sandy soil

Sandy silty soils yield more delicate wines that need cooler fermentation and more gentle extraction

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Domaine Huet owns this Tokaji producer

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Kiralyudvar

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This AOP in Loire valley is 100% Pineau d’Aunis (in Touraine)

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Coteaux du Vendomois

Produces wines in all three styles, but specializes in dry Rosé

Blanc is Chenin Blanc, plus max. 20% Chardonnay

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main soils of Chinon

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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.)

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Touraine’s Largest and most important wine district: Vouvray (1936)

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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

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24
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Touraine Noble-Joué AOP is this:

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vin gris, a blend of Gris Meunier (Pinot Meunier), Malvoisie (Pinot Gris), and Pinot Noir.

A traditional style

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What vintage in the last 10 years saw extreme hail damage in Vouvray?

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2013
2017
2021

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Touraine lies between these cities and these rivers

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Saumur to Blois
Loire and Cher Rivers

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Most planted white and red varieties of Touraine

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Sauvignon Blanc 43% of plantings
Gamay 21% of plantings

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These Five small quality denominations of Touraine emerged within the AOC, accounting for 7% of production

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Touraine Oisly
Touraine Chenonceaux
Touraine Amboise
Touraine-Azay-Le-Rideau
Touraine-Mesland

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Encepagement for Touraine Amboise

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Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
Rosé: min. 70% Cot with Gamay
Rouge: 100% Cot

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Encepagement for Touraine “Mesland”:

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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

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Encepagement for Touraine “Azay-le-Rideau”

(Easy rider, chenin Blanc)

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Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc
Rosé: Min. 60% Grolleau; plus Cot, Gamay, and max. 10% combined Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon

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Encepagement for Touraine “Oisly”:

(Feeling Wiley with sauvignon Blanc)

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Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc

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Encepagement for Touraine “Chenonceaux”:

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Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Rouge: min. 50% Cot with min. 10% Cabernet Franc

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Soils of Touraine Mesland

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Flinty sands

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Max Yields and training systems for Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil and Bourgeuil

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55 hl/ha
Guyot Simple

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Communes of Production for Bourgueil AOP

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Benais, Bourgueil, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, Chouzé-sur-Loire, Ingrandes-de-Touraine, Restigné, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Saint-Patrice

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Which is bigger: Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil or Bourgeuil

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Bourgeuil
(1220 ha)
Saint Nicolas
(1069)

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difference in soil between Bourgueil and Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil

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Bourgueil: tuffeau and clay, on hillside near the protective forest in the North
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil: Sandy Gravel, contributes to easy drinking style

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39
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Viticultural hazard in Bourgueil

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Frost, drought and erosion
Frost fans and sprinkler systems are utilized

40
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Loire Valley’s largest red producing appellation

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Chinon
2,397ha of vines

41
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What year was Chinon AOC

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1937

Just 550 ha of vines at that time

42
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Today in Chinon, 2of 5 producers also grow other crops. What events contributed to this?

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Phylloxera
Prussian Occupation (1870-1871)
German Occupation during WWII

43
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Chinon is between these two rivers

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Vienne and Loire

44
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Villages that mark the Eastern and Western boundaries of Chinon

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East: Crouzilles
West: Savigny-en-Véron

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In Chinon, most vineyards are on this side of the Vienne

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North, though vineyards are grown on both sides
Some vines reach altitudes of 100 meters

46
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Famous vineyard of Domaine Charles Joguet (Chinon)

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Clos du Chene Vert

47
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This soil scientist discovered 50 different soil types in Chinon in 1978

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Jacky Dupont

48
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Three main soils of Chinon

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Alluvial Terraces (silt, sand, river gravels on lower flatter lands closer to the river)
Tuffeau mixed with Clay
Sand and Clay mixed with flint

49
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What is a coteaux in Chinon?

50
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What are puys?

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Hillocks of Chinon found in the Véron peninsula, sandy soil mixed with flint

51
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Where is the Véron peninsula? What is its significance?

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Western Chinon, where the Loire and Vienne meet. Highly sandy soils, early to bud, early to ripen

52
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Where are most prized vineyards in Chinon?

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The coteaux, or hillsides. Run from Chinon to Avon-Les Roches and have tuffeau mixed with clay, yellow limestone

53
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Most prized vineyards of Chinon

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Le Clos de l’Olive
Le Chene Vert
La Croix Boisée

all on the coteaux

54
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half the producers of the coteaux of Chinon use this % of new wood

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25%

About 5% of producers use 75-100% new oak

55
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Why is racking important in the wines of Chinon?

A

Cabernet Franc is prone to Reduction

56
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Rosé of Chinon is produced using this method

57
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When did Phylloxerra hit Vouvray? What is the encepagement?

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1882

Blanc: min 95% Chenin Blanc, plus a max. 5% Orbois

58
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soil of Vouvray

59
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The “premiere cotes” of Vouvray have this soil

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Perruches, or clay flint
the best wines come from here

60
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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

A

sparkling wine

(Needs 9.5% as opposed to 11% for still wines abv)

61
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Dry styles of Vouvray have less than this g/l of sugar

62
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This % of Vouvray is sparkling

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60%

Though 9/10 of bottles are consumed in France

63
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These vintages in Vouvray were warm
This one was cooler

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2018
2019 (warmer)

2021 (cooler)

64
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Demi Sec Vouvray

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9-18 g/l rs

65
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Moelleux Vouvray

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18-45 g/l rs

66
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Doux Vouvray

67
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Montlouis sur Loire sits on this side of the Loire River

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South, opposite Vouvray

68
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ha of Montlouis Sur Loire vs Vouvray

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MSL: 442 ha
Vouvray: 2,234 ha

69
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River running to the South of Montlouis sur Loire, moderating temperatures and limiting size

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Cher river

MSL is sandwiched between Loire and Cher Rivers

70
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Styles of Montlouis sur loire

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Still and Sparkling Chenin. Only whites, like Vouvray

71
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This Category of Montlouis sur loire is for lightly sparkling wines

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Petillant: 1.5-2 bars ATM

72
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Vin Mousseux a fermentation Unique is this:

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Petillant Naturel,
One fermentation
9 mos lees
Must be disgorged

73
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Montlouis Sur Loire and Vouvray have the same yields

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52 hl/ha
65 hl/ha for sparkling

74
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The vineyards of Montlouis sur Loire sit on a plateau or face this river

75
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Soils of Montlouis Sur Loire

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Clay and flint
Yellow limestone bedrock from Turonian Era

76
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Why does Montlouis Sur Loire have a high percentage of young producers and half of them farm organically and hand harvest

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Low cost of living

77
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Laws of Vouvray state that vinification must happen in Vouvray. Montlouis producers with vineyards in Vouvray still must label the wine as this:

A

VdF
Vin de France

78
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What year did Cheverny become AOC

79
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Cheverny wines are always this style

80
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Soils of Cheverny

81
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This law increased Cheverny’s importance

A

1577 law forbidding sale of wines made in region around Paris

82
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Cheverny covers 650 ha south and east of this city

83
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Cheverny Blanc

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Principal Varieties: 60-84% combined Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris
Complementary Varieties: 16-40% combined Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Orbois

84
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Cheverny Rosé

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Principal Variety: 60-84% Pinot Noir
Complementary Variety: 16-40% Gamay
Accessory Varieties: Max. 25% combined Cabernet Franc and Cot (Malbec)

85
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Cheverny Noir

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Principal Variety: 60-84% Pinot Noir
Complementary Variety: 16-40% Gamay
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Cabernet Franc and Cot

86
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Cour Cheverny AOC in this year

87
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Cour Cheverny RS levels (Romorantin)

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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

88
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How many ha Cour Cheverny

89
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How many ha Jasnieres

90
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Style of Jasnieres

A

100% Chenin Blanc only

91
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What year did Jasnieres become AOC

92
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Chaptalization is permitted in Jasnieres except for this RS and above

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Chaptalization is forbidden for wines with more than 12 g/l of residual sugar

93
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Jasnieres vines face SouthEast on this river

A

Loir
Tributary

94
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120 ha Coteaux du Vendomois is named for this town

95
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Assemblage of Coteaux du Vendomois

A

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.

96
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Montlouis-sur-Loire

A

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

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