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Languedoc Flashcards

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1
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What is the climate of Languedoc?

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Mediterranean

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2
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What is Épisode Cévenol?

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A weather phenomenon generally happening in autumn

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What is the Via Domitia?

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A Roman-built road linking Gaul to Italy and Spain

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Who is Arnaud de Villeneuve?

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A physician and alchemist credited with creating the technique of mutage in 1283

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What is mutage?

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The process of stopping a partially complete alcoholic fermentation through the addition of spirits in order to keep some residual sugar in the finished (fortified) wine. This process is used for VDN winemaking

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What is VDN?

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Vins Doux Naturels: a fortified dessert wine

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When did the monks of the Abbey Saint-Hilaire start creating their sparkling wine: Blanquette de Limoux?

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1531

150 years before Dom Pérignon began making Champagne

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Who is Pierre-Paul Riquet?

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The engineer and builder of the Canal du Midi

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Which canal links the Mediterranean port of Sète to the Garonne River in Toulouse?

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Canal du Midi

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What is the main grape variety in La Clape AOC?

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Bourboulenc

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What is the sole grape variety used in Blanquette Méthode Ancestrale?

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Mauzac Blanc

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12
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Which red grape is enjoying a surge in popularity in Languedoc?

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Carignan

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13
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Which Languedoc grape undergoes carbonic maceration to tame its aggressive tannins?

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Carignan

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14
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What percentage of France’s organic vineyards are planted in Languedoc Roussillon?

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38%

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15
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What is the traditional training system used in Languedoc?

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Gobelet

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16
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All Languedoc AOC DCGs make only red wine except for which one?

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Cabrières: produces both red and rosé

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17
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Name the 11 Languedoc AOCs DCGs

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Cabrières
Grés de Montpellier
La Méjanelle
Montpeyroux
Pézenas
Quatourze
Saint-Christol
Saint-Drézéry
Saint-Georges-d’Orques
Saint-Saturnin
Sommières

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18
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What style of wine is produced in Fitou AOC?

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Red, typically Carignan and Grenache blends

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What style of wine is produced in Limoux AOC?

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Dry white, red, sparkling white

Whites: Mausac Blanc, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc
Red: Merlot (plus Côt, Cab Franc, Can Sauv, Grenache, Syrah)

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What are the primary grapes used in Crémant de Limoux?

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Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Mauzac Blanc, Pinot Noir

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21
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Which is the largest non-regional AOC in Languedoc and 4th largest in France?

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Corbières

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22
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Describe Blanquette Méthode Ancestrale

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Made from 100% Mauzac
6-7% alcohol
Minimum 2 months aging

23
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Blanquette de Limoux is primarily made with Mauzac, but which 2 other grapes are permitted?

A

Chardonnay
Chenin Blanc

24
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What style of wine is produced in La Clape?

A

Dry whites: Bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc

Red: GSM

25
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All wines from Faugéres must be a blend of at least 2 varieties, and whites must contain which grape?

A

Roussane

26
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Which AOC produces more white wine than any other AOC in Languedoc?

A

Picpoul de Pinet

27
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Which AOC boast 50% of its vineyards as organic?

A

Terrasses du Larzac

28
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What grape is used to make Languedoc’s Fortified wines?

A

Muscat a Petits Grains Blanc

29
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Which AOC is the largest and the oldest of the Muscat VDNs in Languedoc?

A

Muscat de Frontignan

30
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What is the 5th AOC that makes sweet fortified whites?

A

Clairette du Languedoc
- its sweet VDNs are made from Clairette
- also produced dry and semi-sweet (not fortified)

31
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Which Languedoc VDN AOC requires a higher minimum sweetness level than the others?

A

Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervous

32
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What is France’s largest IGP and most exported IGP?

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Pays d’Oc IGP

33
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What are the most important red grapes in the Pays d’Oc IGP?

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Merlot
Cab Sauv
Syrah

34
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What are the most important white grapes in the Pays d’Oc IGP?

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Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Viognier

35
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What are the most used grapes for the Pays d’OC?

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Grenache
Cinsault
Syrah

36
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What percentage of France’s varietal wines is produced as Pays d’Oc?

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92%

37
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Which AOC is made up of two separate zones within the southern part of Corbières?

A

Fitou

38
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What are the AOCs of the Atlantic Corridor?

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Cabardès
Limoux
Malepère

39
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What are the AOCs of the Coastal Plains?

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Picpoul de Pinet
La Clape

40
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What are the AOCs of the Mountains and Hillsides?

A

Pic Saint-Loup
Minervois
Saint-Chinian
Faugères
Corbières
Fitou

41
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What is the primary grape variety of Limoux?

A

Chenin Blanc

42
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What is the most westerly Languedoc AOC?

A

Malepère

43
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Which AOCs can only made red and rosé wines?

A

Cabardès
Malepère
Pic Saint-Loup

44
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Which 4 AOCs can only make red wines?

A

Terrasses du Larzac
Minervois-La-Livinière
Corbières Boutenac
Fitou

45
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What 5 Languedoc AOCs can all make dry white, rosé, and red?

A

Languedoc
Faugères
Minervois
Saint-Chinian
Corbières

46
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The limestone outcrop known as the Falaise de l’Hortus (cliff of Hortus) is found in which Languedoc AOC?

A

Pic Saint-Loup

47
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Which Languedoc AOC is in the foothills of the Cévennes mountains?

A

Faugères

48
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As of 2020 how many DCGs are there in Languedoc?

A

11

49
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Which Languedoc AOC claims to have first produced sparkling wine?

A

Limoux

50
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In what year was France’s first wine cooperative founded?

A

1905 in Maraussan, near Béziers

51
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In what year were Languedoc and Roussillon joined?

A

1972

52
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What are the two DCGs of the Saint-Chinian AOC?

A

Berlou
Roquebrun

53
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Which Languedoc AOC has planted an equal split of Atlantic and Mediterranean grapes?

A

Cabardès

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