Touraine Flashcards
What are the three soil types of Chinon AOP?
Tuffeau Clay
Varennes (alluvial sands)
What styles are permitted in Bourgeuil and St. Nicolas de Bourgeuil?
Red/Rosé only. Cabernet Franc plus max 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
What styles are permitted in Chinon AOP?
Red/Rosé: Cab Franc plus max 10% Cab Sauv White: 100% Chenin Blanc
What is the difference between Bourgeuil and St. Nicolas de Bourgeuil?
More alluvial soils in St. Nicolas de Bourgeuil result in a correspondingly lighter style of wine.
Vouvray is north or south of the river?
North
What is the major soil of Vouvray?
Tuffeau limestone
What are the varietal requirements for Vouvray?
Chenin Blanc plus max 5% Orbois (Menu Pineau) For assemblage, Chenin must constitute the majority.
Aging for Vouvray Pétillant/Mousseux
Released no less than 12 months after tirage (no specifics on lees aging)
What is the current varietal makeup of Touraine Blanc, and what changes are afoot?
Chenin Blanc dominant, plus Sauv Blanc, Orbois, max 20% Chardonnay or Sauvignon Gris. In 2016, the encépagement will change to Sauvignon Blanc plus max 20% Sauvignon Gris
What styles and varietals are authorized for Touraine?
Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc, plus max 49% Sauvignon Gris Rosé/Primeur: Min 2 varieties, none may exceed 70%: Cab Franc, Cot, Gamay, Grolleau/Gris, Cab Sauv, Meunier, Pinot Noir/Gris, Pineau d’Aunis Rouge/Primeur: min. 80% Cabernet Franc and Cot, plus Gamay, Cab Sauv, Pinot Noir (min. 80% Cab Franc west of Tours) Gamay: min. 85% Gamay, plus Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Cot, Pinot Noir Vin Mousseux Blanc: min. 60% Chenin Blanc or Orbois, plus Cab Franc, Grolleau/Griss, Chard, Pineau d’Aunis, Pinot Noir Vin Mousseux Rosé: Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Cot, Gamay, Grolleau/Gris, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pineau d’Aunis
What are the five appending villages in Touraine?
Amboise
Mesland
Oisly
Chenonceaux
Azay-le-Rideau
Which two Touraine villages authorize red, white, and rosé?
Amboise and Mesland
Which Touraine village authorizes white and rosé only?
Azay-le-Rideau
Which Touraine village authorizes white and red only?
Chenonceaux
Which Touraine villages authorizes white only?
Oisly
What are the styles and varietal makeup of Touraine-Amboise?
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc Rouge/Rosé: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cot, Gamay
What are the styles and varietal makeup of Touraine-Mesland?
Blanc: Chenin Blanc, plus Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay
Rouge: min. 60% Gamay, 10-30% Cot, 10-30% Cabernet Franc
Rosé: Gamay, plus Cot and Cabernet Franc
What are the styles and varietal makeup of Touraine-Azay-le-Rideau?
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc Rosé: Grolleau, plus Cot, Gamay, and Cab Franc/Cab Sauv
What are the styles and varietal makeup of Touraine-Chenonceaux?
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Rouge: Majority Cot + Cab Franc, plus Gamay, no grape may exceed 70%
What is the style and varietal makeup of Touraine-Oisly?
100% Sauvignon Blanc
What is Touraine Noble-Joué?
A rosé only appellation for min. 40% Pinot Meunier, min. 20% Pinot Gris, min. 10% Pinot Noir
What are the styles and varietal makeup of Coteaux du Loir?
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc Rosé: min. 50% Pineau d’Aunis, plus Cot, Gamay, Grolleau
What and where is Jasnières AOP?
A white-only AOP for 100% Chenin Blanc inside the Coteaux du Loir.
What are the styles and varietal makeup of the Coteaux du Vendômois?
Blanc: min. 50% Chenin Blanc, plus Chardonnay
Rouge: min. 50% Pineau d’Aunis, plus Pinot Noir, Cab Franc, Gamay
Rosé: 100% Pineau d’Aunis
Along what river would you find the Coteaux du Vendômois?
The Loir River
What are the styles and varietal requirements for Valençay AOP?
Blanc: min. 50% Sauvignon Blanc plus Orbois, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Gris
Rouge: Gamay, Pinot Noir, Cot, plus Cab Franc
Rosé: Gamay, Pinot Noir, Cot, plus Cab Franc, Pineau d’Aunis
For red/rosé, all three principal varieties must be present
What are the styles and varietal requirements for Cheverny?
Blanc: 60-84% Sauvignon Blanc/Gris, 16-40% Chardonnay/Chenin Blanc/Orbois
Rouge: 60-84% Pinot Noir, 16-40% Gamay, max 10% Cab Franc/Cot
Rosé: 60-84% Pinot Noir, 16-40% Gamay, max 25% Cab Franc/Cot
What is the maximum RS in Sec Vouvray and Cour-Cheverny?
8 g/L
What is the maximum RS in Sec Savennières?
4 g/L (8 g/L if TA is within 2 g/L of RS)
Where in Anjou is chaptalization permitted?
Bonnezeaux AOP
Other than the sweet wine appellations, where is chaptalization prohibited?
Coulée de Serrant Roche aux Moines Many other AOP’s for wine with RS
Huet: Vineyards
-Le Haut Lieu: top of the hill (100M) behind the Huet house; Turonian limestone bedrock, covered by brown clay & chalk (aubuis). -Clos de Bourg: to the west, directly north of the town of Vouvray, shallower topsoil (1M), similarly high elevation -Le Mont: directly east of the Huet cellars, lower in elevation, deep topsoil of green clay with lumps of flint (perrons - clay and flint together is perruches).
Foreau: Vineyards
-Les Perruches: named for the soil, to the east of Le Mont -Les Ruettes: farther back from the river, clay over limestone
Foreau: Cuvées
Sparkling: Brut (NV and Vintage, 3-4 years on the lees) and Brut Réserve (RD, 4-8 years on the lees) Sec, Demi-Sec, Moelleux: passerillé, 60-80g/L Moelleux Réserve: botrytis, 120-200g/L, not produced in every vintage. -Goutte d’Or: super-concentrated, botrytized. Produced in 1947, 1990, 2011. -Réserve de Première Trie: passilerage. Only produced in 1989.
Chidaine: Montlouis
SINGLE VINEYARDS -Clos du Breuil: perruches, NW facing, always dry -Clos Habert: clay and fine flint, just upslope of CdB, usually demi-sec -Les Bournais: named for the type of limestone, generally sec. Also produces Franc de Pied (planted 1999) CUVÉES -Les Choisilles: generally sec, named for black flint -Les Tuffeaux: generally sec-tendre, named for limestone -Les Lys: SGN -Brut Méthode Traditionelle, non-dosé
Chidaine: Vouvray
SINGLE VINEYARDS -Clos Baudoin: 70yo vines, en gobelet, clay and chalky limestone, always sec -Le Bouchet: 50yo vines, also clay-limestone, generally demi-sec or moelleux -Les Argiles: clay and limestone
Taille Aux Loups: Winemaking and Viticulture
Generally organic (uncertified). Harvested in tries. In high rot years, fruit is harvested berry by berry and sorted again at the end of the row. No chaptalization. Nearly all wines fermented in oak; from all neutral to 25-33% new on single vineyard or sweet cuvées.
Taille Aux Loups: Sparkling
Triple Zero: Methode Ancestrale (Pet Nat) Brut Tradition: Methode Traditionelle
Taille Aux Loups: Montlouis
-Les Dix Arpents (entry level, 50yo vines, old oak) -Rémus/Rémus Plus (sec, new-to-2yo barrels, 40yo vines v. 70yo vines for Plus) -Clos Michet -Clos Mosny -Demi-sec -Moelleux -Cuvée des Loups -Romulus/Romulus Plus (up to 80yo vines)
Taille Aux Loups: Vouvray
-Les Caburoches (previously Champs Rougets, entry level, sec) -Clos de la Bretonnière (new-to-2yo barrels) -Clos de Venise (same oak as Brentonnière)
Raffault: Wines
-Champs-Chenin (white, all stainless) -Les Barnabés (sand/gravel, stainless, vin de soif) -Les Peuilles (clay/flint, fermented in stainless, aged in foudre for 6-8mos) -Les Picasses (limestone, 50yo vines, fermented in stainless, aged in foudre for 12-14mos).
Baudry: Wines
-Chinon Blanc -Les Graves (25-30yo vines on alluvial soils near the river, all stainless) -La Domaine/Chinon Rouge (75% gravel, 25% limestone, 35yo vines, fermented in cement) -Les Grézeaux (gravel, 60yo vines, fermented in cement, aged in 1-5yo wood) -Clos Guillot (limestone, young vines, fermented and aged in oak) -La Croix Boissée (previously Cuvée Signature, limstone, 35yo vines, fermented and aged in oak) Progressively lower yields going down the lineup.
Joguet: Top Wines
All fermented/aged in 1-3yo barrels between 12-22mos. -Clos de la Dioterie (north facing, clay/chalk, 90yo vines) -Clos du Chêne Vert (upstream of Chinon, southwest aspect, clay/silica/limestone) -Les Varennes du Grand Clos (clay/gravel over limestone) -Les Varennes du Grand Clos Franc de Pied (planted 1982; pulled up in 2006 or 2007)
