Touraine

Question 1

Wine styles of Touraine

Answer 1

White, red, rosé, Vin Mousseux, Primeur Rouge

W: 80% SB + SG
R: cot, CF
Rosé: min. 2 varieties
Vin Mousseux: white, 60% chenin blanc or orbois
Primeur Rouge: nouveau style, 100% gamay

Question 2

Subzones of Touraine

Answer 2

5

Azay-le-Rideau
-W: 100% chenin blanc
-Rosé: 60% grolleau

Amboise
-W: 100% chenin blanc
-R: 100% cot
-Rosé: 70% cot + gamay

Chenonceaux
-W: 100% SB
-Red: 50% cot + CF

Oisly
-W only: 100% SB

Mesland
-W: 60% chenin blanc + chardonnay, SB
-R: 80% gamay
-Rosé: 60% gamay

Question 3

Wine style of Touraine Noble-Joué

Answer 3

Rosé vin gris
Min. 60% meunier + PG,PN

Question 4

Wine style of Bourgeuil and St-Nicolas-de-Bourgeuil

Answer 4

Red, rosé

90% CF + CS

Question 5

Wine style of Chinon; river and soil

Answer 5

White, red, rosé

W: 100% Chenin blanc

R, Rosé: 90% CF + CS

Vienne River
Tuffeau limestone, Varenne alluvial sand

Question 6

Wine style of Vouvray and Montlouis-Sur-Loire

Answer 6

Vouvray
W only (still, sparkling)
95% chenin blanc + orbois

Montlouis-Sur-Loire
W only (still, sparkling, methods ancestral)
100% chenin blanc

Question 8

Wine style of Valençay

Answer 8

White, red, rosé

W: 70% SB
R, Rosé: 30-60% gamay + PN,cot

Question 9

Wine style of Cheverny and Cour-Cheverny

Answer 9

Cheverny
-W: 60-84% SB/SG + chardonnay, orbois
-R, Rosé: 60% PN + gamay,cot

Cour-Cheverny
-white only: 100% romorantin (sec 4g/L, moelleux 20-45g/L)

Question 10

PDO and wine style of Loir River

Answer 10

3

Jasnières
-white only: 100% chenin blanc (sec, off-dry)

Coteaux du Loir
-W: 100% chenin blanc
-R, Rosé: 65% pineau d’aunis

Coteaux du Vendômois
-W: 80% chenin blanc + chardonnay
-Rosé: vin gris 100% pineau d’aunis
-R: 50% pineau d’aunis