Central Vineyards Flashcards

1
Q

Best Producers of Pouilly Fumé

A

Ladoucette “Chateau du Nozet”
Didier Daguenau
Audry

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Reuilly:

A

Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Rosé: Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

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3
Q

Appellations of the central vineyards (9)

A

Orléans
Orléans Clery
Sancerre
Pouilly Fumé
Pouilly Sur Loire
Menetou Salon
Quincy
Reuilly
Coteau du giennois

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4
Q

Styles and encepagement of Coteaux du Giennois (central vineyards)

A

Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Rosé: Pinot and Gamay, neither exceeding 80%.
Rouge: Same

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5
Q

First vintage of Silex

A

1985

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6
Q

When was Daguenau Pouilly Fumé established

A

1982
Louis Benjamin making the wine now

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7
Q

Sancerre Rouge producers

A

Vatan
Vacheron
Alphonse Mellot “Generation XIX”

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8
Q

Pouilly sur Loire is reserved for whites made from this grape

(Central Vineyards)

A

Blanc: 100% Chasselas

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9
Q

Best sites of Chavignol Sancerre

A

Les Monts Damnés

Le Cul de Beaujeu
La Grande Cote (Kimmeridgian Marl) Francois Cottat produces these

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10
Q

Best sites of Bué (Sancerre)

A

La Poussie

Chene Marchand

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11
Q

Best sites between town of Sancerre and Menetreol

A

La Moussiere
Les Romains (Silex)
Belle Dame

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12
Q

minimum Yields, must weight for Sancerre

A

Blanc: 65 hl/ha
Rosé: 63 hl/ha

Blanc 170g/L
Rosé and Rouge: 175 g/l

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13
Q

Main Red Grape of Menetou-Salon

A

100% Pinot Noir

Central Vineyards

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14
Q

Departement of Sancerre

A

Cher

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15
Q

Communes of Production Sancerre

A

Bannay
Bue
Crezancy en Sancerre
Menetoul Ratel
Menetreol-Sous Sancerre
Montigny
Ratel
Menetreol-Sous Sancerre
Montigny
Saint Satur
Sainte Gemme-en Sancerrois
Sancerre
Sury-en Vaux
Thauvenay
Veauges
Verdigny
Vignon

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16
Q

Who produces Clos la Néore

A

Edmond Vatan
Parcel in Sancerre of famous Mont Damnes vineyard

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17
Q

In what departmenmt is Pouilly Fumé

A

Nievre

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18
Q

Red wine of Orléans-Clery AOP is this (the only style of Orleans Clery)

A

100% Cabernet Franc!

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19
Q

Orleans AOP:

(2006, same year as Orleans-Clery)

A

Blanc:
Principal Variety: Min. 60% Chardonnay
Accessory Variety: Pinot Gris
Rosé:
Principal Variety: Min. 60% Meunier
Complementary Variety: Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir
Rouge:
Principal Variety: 70-90% Meunier
Accessory Variety: Pinot Noir

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20
Q

In Quincy they do this to prevent frost

A

Wind turbines

On Cher river

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21
Q

Soil of Quincy

A

sand

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22
Q

Second AOP in France only to Chateauneuf du Pape (est. 1936)

A

Quincy (white wine only from Sauvignon Blanc)

1936

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23
Q

Sancerre vineyards on this side of Loire River

A

3000 ha on left bank

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24
Q

Main village of Sancerre, most famous historically

A

Chavignol

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25
Q

Sancerre became AOC in this year

A

1936

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26
Q

in this year, Red and rose wines made solely from Piot Noir were incorporated into Sancerre’s region

A

1959

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27
Q

Another word for Caillottes

A

Griottes (limestone pebbles of different styles)
Oxfordian Limestone

28
Q

Soil types of Sancerre

A

Terres Blanches (relatively cool, longer ripening)
Caillottes (more open fruity wines)
Silex (rich in flint, on Eastern slopes of Sancerre) powerful firm styles

29
Q

Who owns Barre a Mine vineyard in Pouilly Fumé

A

Michel Redde

30
Q

Pinot Noir is planted on both sides of Sancerre’s fault lines. How does this affect taste

A

Both flint and limestone based expressions

31
Q

What style of wine is Alphonse Mellot’s Vingt Mille Pieds Sous Sancerre?

A

A serious rosé made from 100% Pinot Noir, with 20,000 vines per hectare

32
Q

Pouilly Fumé sits on this bank of the Loire across from Sancerre

A

East

1333 ha

33
Q

After Phylloxera, when Sauvignon Blanc plantings began to dominate, one region remained Chasselas Dominant

A

Pouilly-Sur-Loire AOP

34
Q

Seven Villages (communes) of Pouilly-Fumé

A

Pouilly-Sur-Loire
Saint-Andelain (highest point, and home to Didier Dageneau)
Garchy, Mesves-sur-Loire, Saint-Laurent-l’Abbaye, Saint-Martin-sur-Nohain, Tracy-sur-Loire

35
Q

How did Pouilly Fumé get its name

A

“smoked white of Pouilly”
because of the smoke colored bloom at maturity
Blanc Fumé de Pouilly

36
Q

Wines of Didier Dageneau have been labeled as this since 2017

A

VdF

37
Q

Pouilly-Sur-Loire village has this soil

A

Clay-limestone Kimmeridgian Marl, oyster shells

38
Q

Northeast in the Appellation of Pouilly Fumé, soils are predominately this

A

Oxfordian Limestone Caillottes, as in Sancerre

39
Q

Two fine producers making Pouilly Sur Loire AOC wines

A

Michel Redde
Jonathan Pabiot (both Pouilly Fumé producers)

40
Q

Most significant of “Satellite appellations” of Central vineyards, with 627ha moving Southwest away from the loire toward the town of Bourges

A

Menetou-Salon

41
Q

Soils of Menetou Salon

A

Kimmeridgian and Portlandien limestone soils

42
Q

Most important village of Menetou Salon

A

Morogues

43
Q

This AOC has more organic vineyards than any in the Central Vineyards
(like Sancerre, but earlier ripening)

A

Menetou-Salon

Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Rosé: 100% Pinot Noir
Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir

Sauvignon Gris planted before 31 July, 2009 permitted for white wine, but may not be replanted.

44
Q

Quincy AOC is located Southwest of this town

A

Bourges

45
Q

Two river valleys of Reuilly and Quincy

A

Arnon and Cher

46
Q

Vines of Quincy, on a terrace of ancient sandy soil, are planted on this bank of the Cher

A

Left

47
Q

Quincy is entirely devoted to this wine

A

Sauvignon Blanc (Max10% Sauvignon Gris)

48
Q

Reuilly is 289ha and sits just Southwest of Quincy in this river valley

A

Arnon

49
Q

Though half the production of Reuilly is Sauvignon Blanc, in 1961 it was granted appellation status for this grape

A

Pinot Noir

50
Q

Reuilly is famous for Vin Gris made from this grape

A

Pinot Gris

51
Q

Coteaux du Giennois is named after this city in the North of the region

A

Gien

52
Q

Vineyards of Coteaux du Giennois AOC are concentrated in this party of the region

A

Far South, closer to Pouilly-Fumé appellation

53
Q

Styles produced in Coteaux du Giennois

A

Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Rosé: Pinot Noir and Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)
Rouge: Pinot Noir and Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)
AOC in 1998
Flint and limestone soil

54
Q

Departements of Coteaux du Giennois

A

Loiret and Nievre

55
Q

Two IGPs of Loire Valley (formerly classified as Vin de Pays, both on right bank of Loire)

A

Cotes de la Charité
Coteaux de Tannay

56
Q

Cotes de la Charité IGP covers 50 ha south of Pouilly, in a wooded area with these soils

A

Calcareous clay

57
Q

Styles of Cotes de la Charité IGP (loire valley just south of pouilly sur loire)

A

White: Chardonnay and Pinot Gris
Red: Pinot Noir, a bit of rosé

58
Q

Coteaux de Tannay (IGP) is 25 ha just east of this vineyard area

A

Coteaux du Giennois

59
Q

Main style of wine of Coteaux de Tannay IGP

A

White: Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Melon B, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois
Reds: Pinot Noir and Gamay account for 25% of production
small amounts of rosé

60
Q

Orleans AOC is on both sides of the Loire around the city of Orleans and is distinctive for this grape

A

Pinot Meunier
Dominant in both red and rosé styles
60% for rosé, 70-90% for red

61
Q

Main white grape of Orléans AOC

A

Chardonnay, small amount of Pinot Gris permitted 30%

62
Q

Wines of Orléans-Clery are 100% this

A

100% Cabernet Franc

63
Q

Islands of Flint are particularly present in this town of Pouilly Fume

A

Saint-Andelain

64
Q

Vineyards from Les Montes Damnés rise to this elevation and this slope

A

436m

45 degree slope

65
Q

Ripe vintages of Sancerre

A

2018, 2019, 2020