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Orléans AOP

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Orléans

  • Blanc: min 60% Chardonnay, + Pinot Gris
  • Rosé: min 60% Meunier, + Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
  • Rouge: 70-90% Meunier, + Pinot Noir
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Orléans-Cléry AOP

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Orléans-Cléry

  • Rouge: 100% Cabernet Franc
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Sancerre AOP

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Sancerre

  • Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
  • Rosé: 100% Pinot Noir
  • Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir
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Pouilly-Fumé/Fumé de Pouilly AOP

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Pouilly-Fumé, Fumé de Pouilly

  • Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
  • min alc 10.5%
  • max RS 4 g/l
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Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP

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  • Grapes
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Pouilly-sur-Loire

  • Blanc: 100% Chasselas
  • min pot alc 9.5%
  • max RS 4 g/l
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Menetou-Salon AOP

  • Styles
  • Grapes
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Menetou-Salon

  • Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris permitted for white wine but may not be replanted
  • Rosé: 100% Pinot Noir
  • Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir
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Quincy AOP

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Quincy

  • Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc, plus max 10% Sauvignon Gris
  • min pot alc 10.5%
  • max RS 4 g/l
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Reuilly AOP

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​Reuilly

  • Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
  • Rosé: Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
  • Rouge: 100% Pinot Noir
  • max RS: Blanc/Rosé: 4 g/l , Rouge: 2.5 g/l
  • min pot alc: 10.5%
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Coteaux du Giennois AOP

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  • Grapes
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Coteaux du Giennois

  • Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
  • Rosé: Pinot Noir, Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)
  • Rouge: Pinot Noir, Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)
  • min pot alc: 10%
  • max RS: Blanc/Rosé: 4g/l. Rouge: 2.5g/l
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Le Monts Damnes vineyard

  • Soil
  • Village
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Le Monts Damnes vineyard

  • Terres Blanches soils
  • giving broader wines
  • located outside Chavignol
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Le Chene Marchand vineyard

  • Soil
  • Village
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Le Chane Marchand

  • Caillots soils
  • giving finely etched wines
  • located outside Bue
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Producers experimenting with oak

Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé

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  • Alfonse Mellot
  • Henri Bourgeois
  • Didier Dagueneau
  • Vincent Pinard

All Sancerre except Dagueneau

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Sancerre

Area with Silex soils

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  • Menetreol sous Sancerre
  • Bands of silex run NW-SE in both Sancerre and Pouilly Fume
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Sancerre

Soil

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  • Terres Blanches - kimmeridgian clay
  • Caillottes - stony
  • Silex - flinty
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Central Vineyards

9 AOPs

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  • Orléans
  • Orléans-Cléry
  • Coteaux du Giennois
  • Pouilly-Fumé/Fumé de Pouilly
  • Pouilly-sur-Loire
  • Sancerre
  • Menetou-Salon
  • Quincy
  • Reuilly
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What is the red varietal in the Côte Roannaise AOP and Côtes du Forez AOP?

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  • Gamay, in both red and rosé.
  • Côte Roannaise AOP
  • Côtes du Forez AOP?
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What are the styles and varietal requirements of Châteaumeillant AOP?

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  • Rouge: min. 60% Gamay plus Pinot Noir
  • Vin Gris: min. 60% Gamay plus Pinot Noir, max 15% Pinot Gris
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Appellation for Chasselas?

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Pouilly-sur-Loire

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What is Pinot Gris used for in Reuilly?

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  • Vin Gris
  • a pale and dry rose using pink skin for color
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What are the three main soils of Sancerre?

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Silex: Flint
Terres Blanches: Kimmeridgean Clay
Caillottes: Stony, fossil-laden

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What is the sole 100% Sauvignon Blanc AOP in the Central Vineyards?

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Pouilly-Fumé

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What are the major soil types in Pouilly-Fumé?

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Kimmeridgean Marl
Caillottes (Oxfordian Limestone)
Silex (Flint)
Clay-Silica

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What styles and varietals are authorized for Sancerre? What other AOP has the same encépagement?

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

Menetou-Salon

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What is the grape in Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP?

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Chasselas

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What is Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP named for?
The central commune in Pouilly-Fumé
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What are the styles and varietal requirements for **Quincy AOP**?
**Blanc only**: Sauvignon Blanc plus max 10% Sauvignon Gris
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When was the Quincy AOP established?
1936 - the second delimited appellation in France after Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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What are the styles and varietal requirements for **Reuilly AOP**?
**Blanc**: 100% Sauvignon Blanc **Rouge**: 100% Pinot Noir **Rosé**: Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
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What are the styles and varietal requirements for **Coteaux du Giennois AOP**?
**Blanc**: 100% Sauvignon Blanc **Rouge/Rosé**: Pinot Noir and Gamay (neither may exceed 80%)
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Where is the **Coteaux du Giennois AOP**?
North of Pouilly Fumé on the Loire
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What are the styles and varietal requirements for **Orléans AOP**?
**Blanc**: min. 60% Chard, plus Pinot Gris **Rosé**: min. 60% Meunier plus Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris **Rouge**: min. 70-90% Meunier plus Pinot Noir
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What is the single grape in **Orléans-Clery AOP**?
**100% Cabernet Franc**
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Which three AOPs are located along the **Cher River**?
**Valençay (Touraine) Quincy (Central Vineyards) Reuilly (Central Vineyards)**
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Major climats of Sancerre?
**Monts Damnés (Chavignol) Chêne Marchand (Bué)**
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Cotat Family History
Founded by Ferdinand Thomas (1920), handed to Paul and Francis in 1947. The brothers pooled resources and produced one wine under 2 labels. Farming was organic; fertilizer and pesticides were never adopted.
In 1990’s: Paul --> François, and Francis —> Pascal.
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François Cotat: Location and vineyards
Chavignol -Les Monts Damnés -Les Culs de Beaujeu -La Grande Côte Plus .9ha of young vines between Chavignol and Sancerre, bottled as Caillottes (previously Jeunes Vignes to 2008)
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François Cotat: Winemaking
-Harvested late, looking for ripeness. -Must goes direct to barrel with no débourbage (old barrels & demi-muids) -Bottled unfiltered.
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What is Cuvée Paul?
A demi-sec bottling from François Cotat, named for his father, labeled VDF.
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Pascal Cotat: Location and vineyards
Sancerre -Les Monts Damnés -La Grande Côte -plus other assorted Pinot Noir vines (mostly for rosé)
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Pascal Cotat: Winemaking
-Like François: harvested late, and sometimes with a bit of RS. -Fermented in demi-muid, and DO see debourbage before. -Still no fining or filtering.End result is richer, nearly creamy.
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Who produces **Clos la Neore**?
Edmond Vatan From Les Monts Damnés, harvested late (like Cotat), bottled unfined/unfiltered.
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Vacheron: Viticulture
Biodynamic; certified as of 2004
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Vacheron: Wines
Cuvée Domaine: red and white, stainless steel, 70% old oak for red) WHITE - Les Romains (flint; foudre) - Paradis (clay over limestone, 2600-3600hL foudre) - Chambrates (clay and caillottes, mix of foudre and barrel) - Guigne Chèvres (clay and caillottes, large vat) RED - La Belle Dame (from Les Romains, flint, barrel into wooden cuve)
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Why do you see other Vacheron bottlings in the market?
Reine Blanche, Cailleries, etc. are names name up by merchants, renaming wines already made.
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Dagueneau: Vineyards
- En Chailloux (first plot; no longer part of the domaine) - La Folie (flint & clay, partial franc de pied) - Le Bois de Saint-Andélain - Clos du Calvaire - Buisson Menard (heavy clay) - Les Coques - Les Monts Damnés (Sancerre)
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Dagueneau: Wines
- **Blanc Fumé de Pouilly** (replaced En Chailloux; blended from multiple plots - **Pur Sang** (from La Folie) - Buisson Renard (from Buisson Menard) - **Silex** (from Bois de Saint-Andélain) - Astéroïde (La Folie franc de pied) - **Mont Damnés** (first vintage 2006) - Jardins de Babylone (first release 2004)
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Dagueneau: Winemaking & Wood
- Epic investment in the vineyards (1 worker per hectare - equal to Yquem!) - Fermentation and aging in wood (demi-muid and cigare [350-400L]) or stainless. - NO MALOLACTIC.
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Touraine Noble-Joue?
min 40% meunier
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What are "varennes"
sandy alluvial soils in Chinon closest to the river Vienne
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Appellations of Touraine that permit sparkling wine production:
- **Touraine AOP** - **Vouvray AOP** - **Mont-Louis sur Loire**
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5 denominations within **Touraine AOP**
- Oisly (lees-aged SB) - Chenoneaux (SB only) - Amboise (Chenin) - Azay-le-Rideau (Chenin) - Mesland (Chenin, blended with SB/Chard)
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What style of wine does **Touraine Oisly** make?
- lees-aged Sauvignon Blanc
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Saint Nicolas-de-Bourguiel AOP
- Red and Rose - Cab Franc + max 10% Cab Sauv
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Chinon's vineyards sit on what river?
Vienne most on north bank
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Chinon Soil
Tuffeau - yellow limestone unlike white tuffeau of Saumur
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Vouvray AOP:
- 1936 - Blanc: min 95% Chenin + 5% Orbois
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What are Vouvray's clay/flint topsoils called?
"Perruches" (parakeets)
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Domaine Huet's famous dessert wine?
"Cuvee Constance"
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RS levels for Vouvray:
sec: 8 g/L demi-sec: 9-18 g/L moelleux: 18-45 g/L doux: 45 g/L
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Jasnieres AOP:
- 100% Chenin Blanc - known for steely firm wines
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Coteaux du Vendomois AOP:
- **Blanc**: min 80% CB, with max 20% Chard - **Vin Gris** - 100% Pineau d'Aunis - **Rouge** - min 50% Pineau d'Aunis, 10-40% PN, 10-40% CF, max 20% Gamay
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Sancerre Rouge producers:
- Vacheron - Vatan - Alphone Mellot
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Best sites of Chavignol?
- Les Monts Damnes - Le Cul de Beaujeu - La Grande Cote Cotat produces these
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What satellite appellation mirrors Sancerre?
Menetou-Salon
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Quincy is on the left bank of what river?
Cher
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What river influences Reuilly?
Arnon River

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