FR: Loire Valley Flashcards

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Loire IGPs

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Val de Loire
* 9% of production
* 5 IGP, the others = ~ .2% of production

[Côtes de la Charité
Coteaux de Tannay
Coteaux du Cher et l’Arnon
Puy de Dôme]

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Loire plantings & production

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56.9k
* 78% locally consumed, 25% exported
* 53 AOC’s count for 75% of production
* 12% VDF

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Vin Gris

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Very pale rosé wines - not legally regulated. Made from very brief skin contact.

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3 frost fighting strategies

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  1. Frost fans
  2. Candles/chauferrettes (not ecologically-friendly)
  3. Water spraying (access to water can be a problem) aka aspersion
  4. Heated electric wires (costly)
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Loire frost vintages since 2015

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2016
2017
2019
2021 (WORST)

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At what temp does photosynthesis start to decrease

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30° C/ 86° F
* photosynthesis decreases, eventually leading to the vine shutting down and delaying maturation

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Melon B parents? Romorantin?

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both Gouais Blanc x Pinot

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Feigentraube

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A German synonym for Sauvignon Blanc

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Cotes de Auvergne AC

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Cotes de Auvergne AC
* runs along Allier River, tributary of Loire - so classified as Loire
* 75% of production is red. Vyd is 50% Gamay, 20% PN
* only Chardonnay-focused Loire Valley AOP
* volcanic! Massif Central

AC since 2012. Puy-de-Dome IGP covers this area.

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Pay Nantais’ synonym for Folle Blanche & reason for high # of plantings

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Gros Plant
* highly productive, highly acidic variety traditionally used by the Dutch in the 17th century to make Cognac

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Côt parents

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Magdeleine Noire des Charentes x Prunelard

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Massif Armoricain

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W Loire: Nantais/half of Saumur
* SOILS: Granite, gneiss, multicolored schist, slate, and pudding stones.
EX: Anjou Noir
* 600 million years of weathering = Hercynian Mtns reduced to gentle slopes

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5 tributaries of the Loire

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Maine
Sèvre
Vienne
Indre
Allier
Loir
Layon
Thouet
Cher

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Sur Lie
- 4 ACs that can use the label
- general timeframe

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Autolysis = flavor, aroma, texture
- Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
- Muscadet Sevre et Maine
- Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu
- Gros Plant du Pays Nantais

5 - 14 months aging on lees - from March 1 until Nov 30/Dec 31 of year after harvest
**Not for Crus

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Muscadet soils

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TOPSOIL: clay, sand, gravel

SUBSOIL: Metamorphic/igneous mix.. gneiss, gabbro, granite, schist, clay

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Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine Elevage

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Basic: none mentioned
Sur Lie: March 1 to Dec 31 for bottling; can be sold as soon as March 8

CRUS:
- Goulaine/ Le Pallet: shortest elevage - fine lees until April 1 of 2nd year
- the rest…. Oct 1 of 2nd year
[Gorges, Clisson, Mouzillon-Tillières, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, Château-Thébaud]

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Muscadet “sur lie” aging requirement

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On lees until March 1 of year after harvest
Can be sold as soon as March 8
Must be off lees by Dec. 31

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Aging requirements for Goulaine and Le Pallet* (less aging than the other crus)

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April 1 of 2nd year
(the rest mandate Oct 1)

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Muscadet Crus
(7)

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Complimentary geographic denominations

2011: Clisson, Gorges, Pallet

2019: Goulaine, Château Thébaud, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, and Mouzillon-Tillières

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Muscadet Cru Communaux with GRANITE

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Clisson

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Muscadet Cru Communaux with GNEISS

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DOMINANT:
- Monnières-Saint-Fiacre
- Château-Thébaud

MIXED:
- Le Pallet: Gneiss, quartz, and gabbro
- Goulaine: Gneiss, schist

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Muscadet Cru Communaux with GABBRO

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  • Mouzillon-Tillières: Gabbro
  • Gorges: Clay and gabbro
  • Le Pallet: Gneiss, quartz, gabbro
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Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP

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SWEET WHITES: 100% Pinot Gris (Malvoisie); 20-40gl RS
ROSÉ/REDS: 90% Gamay + max 10% Cabernet Franc

[Sweet Malvoisie = 2/3 of production, most consumed in region]

Overlaps Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

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Muscadet yields

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  • Muscadet AC: 70 hl/ha
  • Muscadet Sevre et Maine etc: 55 hl/ha
  • Crus: 45 hl/ha
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3 Muscadet Cru on deck for ratification
1. Champtoceaux (Coteaux de la Loire) 2. La Haye Fouassière 3. Vallet
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Red wines in the Pays Nantais
1. Coteaux d'Ancenis (Gamay w max 10% CF) 2. Fief Vendeens (CF/PN/Negrette blends)
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Dedicated Rosé AC's in the Loire
1. Rosé de Loire (dry) 2. Rosé d'Anjou (min 7gRS) 3. Cabernet d'Anjou (min 10gRS)
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Cabernet d'Anjou AOP
Semi-sweet rosé Anjou-wide; 45% of region production * Cab Franc and/or Sauv * MIN 10gl RS
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Rosé d'Anjou AOP
Semi-sweet Rosé Anjou-wide; 17% of region production * Grolleau, CS, CF, Gamay, Cot, Pineau d'Aunis * MIN 7gl RS
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Rosé de Loire AOP - grapes (7) - max RS
Dry Rosé Anjou-Saumur + Touraine * Grolleau, CS, CF, Gamay, Cot, Pineau d'Aunis, PN * MAX 3 gl RS
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Anjou-Saumur AC's for DRY WHITES (6)
Anjou AC Coulée de Serrant AC Haut-Poitou AC Saumur AC Savennieres AC Savennieres Roche aux Moines AC
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Anjou-Saumur AC's for STILL ROSÉ (3)
Cabernet d'Anjou AC Rosé d'Anjou AC Haut-Poitou AC (w/r/r)
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Anjou-Saumur AC's for ROUGE (6)
Anjou Anjou-Villages Anjou Villages-Brissac Haut-Poitou Saumur Saumur-Champingy
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Anjou-Saumur AC's for SPARKLING (2)
Anjou AC Saumur AC
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Anjou-Saumur AC's for liquoreux (6)
Anjou Coteaux de la Loire Bonnezeaux Coteaux de l'Aubance Coteaux du Layon Coteaux de Saumur Quarts de Chaume
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Anjou AOP grapes/styles
WHITES: min 80% Chenin REDS: * Cab Franc, Sauv, Grolleau, Pinot d'Aunis * varietally labelled 100% Gamay VIN MOUSSEUX: Chenin-based whites, Cab Franc/Sauv, Cot etc Rosé
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Dry whites from Anjou-Saumur's licoreux appellations
can use Anjou AOP
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Anjou-Villages AOP- what styles of wine?
Better Anjou sites recognized * RED ONLY: Cab Franc and/or Cab Sauv
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Anjou-Villages Brissac - grapes/styles - what does it overlap
Centered on Aubance River area * a dry microclimate with less humidity * SAME area as Coteaux de l'Aubance REDS ONLY: Cab Franc and/or Sauv
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Anjou Noir vs Anjou Blanc
Noir = dark schists of the Massif Amoricain Blanc = limestones of the Paris Basin
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Coteaux du Layon AOP RS levels
100% Chenin Blanc; Blanc & SGN * min 34gl RS, 54gl RS for village * min 80gl RS for Premier Cru
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Coteaux du Layon + Village - yields - min RS - villages (6)
Yields 30hl/ha (vs 35) min 54gl RS (vs 34) Beaulieu-sur-Layon Faye-d’Anjou Rablay-sur-Layon ** Rochefort-sur-Loire (Chaume) ** Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné ("pearl of layon") Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay
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Coteaux du Layon Premier Cru Chaume - min RS - yields - village
Rochefort-sur-Loire * min 80gl RS * max 25 hl/ha yields * No chaptalization at this level, the others can
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Quarts de Chaume AOP - soils - styles - RS - yields - claim to fame
"Only Grand Cru in the Loire" ROCHEFORT-SUR-LOIRE * SOILS: sandstone, schist * 100M - "high" for this area; overlooks the Layon River * passerillage OR botrytis * NO chaptalization * Min RS 85 gl * max 20 hl/ha
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Bonnezeaux AOP - min RS - commune - river
* min 51 gl RS; chaptalization is allowed * Thouarcé = sole commune * north bank of Layon River
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Rochefort-sur-Loire
Hill of Chaume aka Quarts de Chaume, Coteaux du Layon Premier Cru Chaume
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Layon River AC's
Bonnezeaux Coteaux du Layon Quarts de Chaume
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Coteaux de l'Aubance AOP
Aubance River * similar to Coteaux du Layon... min 34 gl RS, max yields 35 hl/ha
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Coteaux de Saumur AOP
Blanc (liquoreux) * * min 34 gl RS - no chaptalization * 10 hectares planted - not important * Limestone soils (rather than Anjou schist)
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Savennieres communes of production
Bouchemaine La Possonnière Savennières
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Savennieres RS
Sec: max 4gl (8 if TA within 2gl of RS) Demi-Sec: Max. 18gl Moelleux: 18 - 45 gl Doux: 45+
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coulées
valleys
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Savennieres soils
Anjou Noir blue schist with volcanic debris
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Coulée de la Serrant - ownership - 3 sections - soils
Nicolas Joly; Monopole 3 sections: 1. Grand Clos de la Coulee 2. Clos du Chateau 3. Les Plantes * Anjou noir: schist, volcanics * lower yields than the reg and Roche - 30hl/ha, 25hl/ha for demi/doux
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Savennieres Roche aux Moines - name - max RS
"Monk's Rock" * Max 4gl RS for Sec * MIN Moelleux/Doux 30 gl RS *S/SW outcrop of Amoricain Massif * 35hl/ha, 25 for demi/doux Ch. de Chamboreau, Dom. FL, Dom. aux Moines
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Saumur rivers
Loire River mainly - all AC's touch it Thouet River
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Main style produced in Saumur?
60% of production is sparkling
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Saumur AOP grapes/styles
* WHITE: 100% Chenin * REDS: Cab Franc + max Sauv/PdA * PUY NOTRE DAME: Cab Franc + max 15% Sauv * Chenin-based sparkling, Cab Franc-based sparkling rosé
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Saumur Mousseux - alternative name - lees aging - varieties
Fines Bulles BLANC: min 60% Chenin ROSÉ: min 60% Cab Franc * min 9 months on lees 60% of total Saumur production
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Cremant de Loire AOP - styles - lees/elevage - grapes (3w/5r) - min bars
Saumur + Touraine Blanc & rosé * Chard, Chenin, Orbois * Cab Franc, Sauv, Grolleau, Pineau d'Aunis, Pinot Noir ** 9 months on lees, 12 months from tirage before release ** Min 4 bars pressure **Must be hand-harvested
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Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame - where - styles/grapes
SUBZONE of Saumur AOP * Min. 85% Cab Franc, max 15% Sauv *60ha around the town of that name, highest point in the region @ 80M * lower yields (50 vs 57 for Saumur) and no chaptalization
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Saumur-Champigny AOP - meaning of name - grapes, styles - forest, river - soils
Campus ignis = field of fire * Min. 85% Cabernet Franc + Cab Sauv, Pineau d'Aunis * Fontevraud Forest (s), Rivers Thouet + Loire * clay + tuffeau limestone
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Clos Rougeard - vineyards/bottlings - last vintage w the Foucaults
Saumur-Champigny superstars Nady & Charly Foucault * Le Clos: Cab Franc, blended sites * Les Poyeaux, Le Bourg: single vineyard Cab Franc * Brézè: Saumur Blanc 2016 was the last vintage before the sale
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Brézè producers
Saumur AOP Domaine Guiberteau Arnaud Lambert Chateau de Breze Clos Rougeard Domaine du Collier
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Haut-Poitou AOP
Saumur Sauvignon Blanc-based whites Cabernet Franc-based rosé, reds
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Touraine soils
Paris basin * tuffeau, sand, clay, flint, alluvial terraces
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Touraine AOP subzones
1. Amboise (W/R/R: Chenin, Cot) 2. Mesland (W/R/R: Chenin, Gamay) 3. Azay-le-Rideau (W/Rose: Cheinin, Grolleau) 4. Oisly (W: SB) 5. Chenonceaux (W/R: SB, Cot)
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Touraine Amboise
WHITE: 100% Chenin ROSÉ: Cot-based RED: 100% Cot
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Touraine Oisly
WHITES only - 100% Sauvignon Blanc, lees-aged *sand, clay soils
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Touraine Chenonceaux
Largest Touraine AOP subzone * 100% Sauv Blanc, Cot-based reds
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Touraine Azay-le-Rideau
Touraine AOP subzone 100% Chenin Blanc WHITES Grolleau-based ROSÉ
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Touraine Mesland
Touraine AOP subzone Chenin-based whites, Gamay-based Rosé and Red
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Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil AOP - grapes, styles - soils
Touraine, north bank of the Loire * ROSÉ/RED: Cabernet Franc based * SOILS: tuffeau-based clay upslope; most vineyards are on sandy gravels on an alluvial terrace
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Bourgeuil AOP - styles - soils
Touraine, north bank of the Loire * ROSÉ/RED: Cabernet Franc based * SOILS: tuffeau-based clay upslope; half of vyd on sandy gravels on an alluvial terrace
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Chinon - grapes/styles
100% Chenin Blanc Cabernet Franc-based Rosé/Red
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Chinon soils
varennes (alluvial sand) tuffeau (soft limestone) clay Longer answer: 1. Lower, flatter land by river: sand, silt, gravel alluvial terraces (Véron Peninsula at confluence of rivers = highly sandy) 2. Tuffeau / clay mix: on the cotes. Yellow limestone. BEST SITES ** Le Clos de l’Olive, Le Chêne Vert, and La Croix Boissée = famed vineyards 3. Top of the hillsides: clay and sand mix with flint
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Chinon rivers
Vienne + Loire Rivers
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Vineyards/lieux-dit of Chinon
Les Beaux Monts (Breton) La Croix Boissée (Baudry) Les Grezeaux (Baudry) Le Clos de l’Olive Le Chêne Vert
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Chinon Blanc producers
Dom. de la Noblaie Bernard Baudry Couly-Dutheuil Pascal Lambert
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Varennes
Alluvial sand and gravelly soils found along the banks of the Vienne and the Loire in Chinon
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Vouvray AOP grapes/styles
Blanc: Min. 95% Chenin, max 5% Orbois (encepagement) Vin Mousseux/Pétillant *majority Chenin = assemblage
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Vouvray Soils/Lay of the land
Tuffeau (limestone) basis Perruches: Clay/flint topsoils --> Premières côtes Deeper, richer clay soils on the plateau. Cooler, damper. Sparkling wine grapes
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Premieres Cotes
Vouvray - "First slope". The steepest, rockiest section of Vouvray - home to all the "grand cru vineyards" Huet: Le Mont, Le Bourg, Le Haut-Lieu are here Clay & silex (perruches) on a limestone (tuffeau) bench above the Loire River
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Perruches
Chinon Clay/flint topsoil with limestone underneath
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Vouvray Mousseux
60% of Vouvray production * grapes from the cool, damp clay-rich soils of the plateau * min potential alc = 9.5% (vs 11% for still wines) * 90% is consumed in France, whereas 65% of still wine is exported
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Vouvray RS - sec - demi-sec - Moelleux - Doux
Sec: 8gl (TA within 2gl of RS) Demi-Sec: 9 - 18 Moelleux: 18 - 45 Doux: 45+ **Sec-Tendre: unofficial sec to demi-sec in between. Just enough sugar to round it out
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Montlouis-sur-Loire -grapes/styles
South side of Loire River - opposite Vouvray * 100% Chenin Blanc * Blanc, Vin Mousseux/Petillant * Vin Mousseux Fermentation Unique (aka ancestral)
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Montlouis-sur-Loire rivers
sandwiched between Loire River (south bank) and Cher River
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Montlouis-sur-Loire Vin Mousseux á Fermentation Unique (7 rules) - lees - process - rs
Ancestral method (single fermentation) * Native yeast fermentation * Min. 9 months on lees * Must be disgorged * No dosage is permitted * hand-harvested * vintage dated * max 5 gl RS
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Vouvray vineyards/lieux-dit
- Clos Naudin (P. Foreau) - Le Mont, Clos du Bourg, Haut Lieu (Huet) - Les Perrieres
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Silex
Flint
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Montlouis-sur-Loire producers
- Dom. de la Taille Aux Loups (Jacky Blot) - Le Rocher des Violettes - Francois Chidaine
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Cheverny AOP
Touraine WHITE: min. 50% Sauv Blanc/Gris + Chard, Orbois, Chenin ROSÉ/RED: min. 85% comb. Pinot Noir/Gamay **always blends
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Cour-Cheverny AOP
Touraine 100% Romorantin
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Jasnieres
Touraine 100% Chenin Blanc
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Coteaux du Vendômois AOC - river - grapes/styles
Touraine (banks of the Loir River) * WHITES: Chenin Blanc-based * ROSE/RED: Pineau d'Aunis-based
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Sancerre's main soil types
1. Terres Blanches: Kimmeridgian marl (clay/limestone) 2. Caillottes: gravel + Oxfordian limestone pebbles 3. Griottes: clay + Oxfordian limestone pebbles 3. Silex: clay with flint. Predominant in villages closer to river on east side of the fault line
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Les Montes Damnes, Culs de Beujeu, La Cote soil type
Terres Blanche: Kimmeridian marl with clay/limestone (Chavignol)
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Grand Chemarin, Chene Marchand soil type
Caillottes - aka Oxfordian limestone (Bué)
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Chavignol - main soil type - top 3 vineyards
Tiny hamlet right next to Sancerre TERRES BLANCHE/KIMMERIDGIAN SOILS * Les Monts Damnés * Cul de Beujeu * Côte d'Amigny (aka La Côte, Grand Côte) Gerard Boulay, Pascal Cotat, Francois Cotat, Vatan
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Clos la Néore
Edmond & Anne Vatan Chavignol, Sancerre Les Monts Damnés - parcel near the bottom Terre Blanche
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Les Montes Damnès soils
Kimmeridgian
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Bué soils + key vineyards
Oxfordian limestone - Caillottes: gravel + limestone pebbles - Griottes: clay + limestone pebbles Grand Chemarin, Chêne Marchand [Lucien Crochet]
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Chêne Marchand
Bué Lucien Crochet Oxfordian limestone - Caillottes: gravel + limestone pebbles - Griottes: clay + limestone pebbles
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Sancerre vineyards - list the top 5
- Chêne Marchand (Bue) - Les Montes Damnes (Chavignol) - Cul de Beujeu (Chavignol) - Grand Chemarin (Bue) - Côte d'Amigny (aka La Côte, Grand Côte)
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Where would you find Silex in Sancerre
Land closer to the river - east side of the n-s running fault line. Bannay, Saint-Satur, Menetreol, Thauvenay, Vinon
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Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP
Overlaps Pouilly-Fume 100% Chasselas *early-ripening, vigorous. Ripens ~ 7 - 10 days before SB
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Saint-Andelain
Village in Pouilly-Fume - highest point in the AC * home to D. Dageneau
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Pouilly-Fume producers
Louis Benjamin Dageneau Ladoucette Dom. du Bouchot Gitton
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Didier Dageneau
Louis Benjamin Dageneau (now) * Saint-Andelain * VDF since 2017 * Asteroide = Franc de Pied bottling * En Chailloux, Pur Sang = single parcels * cigares.. 320L oval barrels
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Menetou-Salon AOP
Central Vineyards W/R/R - Sauv Blanc, Pinot Noir * more organic vineyards than any other Central Vineyards AC
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Quincy AOP - river - grapes/styles
Central Vineyards Left bank of the Cher River WHITES ONLY: Sauv Blanc + max 10% Gris * sand-based soils with gravel, clay, and silt 66 frost-fighting windmills
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Why did Quincy fare better with frost in 2021 than other regions?
Fans Left bank of the Cher with sandy gravel, clay, silt. Quincy is cool, humid and prone to frost. The growers purchased 66 windmills in 2000. The whole AC is densely planted and almost wholly covered by the fans
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Reuilly AOP - grapes/styles - river
Central Vineyards; Arnon River WHITES: Sauvignon Blanc ROSÉ: Pinot Gris/Pinot Noir RED: Pinot Noir
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Coteaux du Giennois - grapes, styles - river
Central Vineyards - across the river from Sancerre, on the east bank WHITE: Sauvignon Blanc ROSÈ/RED: Pinot Noir/Gamay *blends* SOILS: flint/limestone
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Orléans AOC
Central Vineyards WHITES: Min. 60% Chard + PG ROSÈ/RED: Pinot Meunier dominant + Pinot Noir
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Orléans-Clery AOC
Central Vineyards Right bank of the Loire RIver 100% Cab Franc REDS ONLY
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Loire Volcanique - what regions
Growers association in the Central France (Massif Central = volcanic formation) Côtes d’Auvergne Côte du Forez Côte Roannaise Saint-Pourçain "[Gamay on granite](https://www.beckywasserman.com/domaines/robert-serol/welcome-to-loire-volcanique/#sthash.ZeQFM7G7.dpbs)"
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Central Franc AOPs
**Saint-Pourçain** (W: Chard/Sacy, R/R: Gamay/PN) **Côtes d’Auvergne** (W: Chard, R: min 50% Gamay +PN) **Côtes du Forez** (R/R: Gamay) **Côte Roannaise** (R/R: Gamay) "Gamay on Granite" - Massif Central volcanics
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Saint-Pourçain AOP
Central France WHITES: Chard, Tressalier, SB blends ROSÈ: 100% Gamay REDS: Gamay/PN blends
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Côtes d’Auvergne AOP
Varietal Chardonnay, Gamay (w some PN) rosé & reds * has crus.. Cornet is known for Rosé * volcanic soils Loire
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Côtes du Forez AOP
Central France ROSÉ/REDS: 100% Gamay
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Côte Roannaise AOP
Central France ROSÉ/REDS: 100% Gamay
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Central Vineyards - rosé appellations? (6)
1. Orléans 2. Sancerre 3. Menetou-Salon 4. Reuilly 5. Châteaumeillant 6. Coteaux du Giennois
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Central Vineyards red wine appelations (7)
1. Orléans 2. Sancerre 3. Menetou-Salon 4. Reuilly 5. Châteaumeillant 6. Coteaux du Giennois 7. Orléans-Clery
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Central Vineyards that do NOT make white wine (2)
Châteaumeillant AOP (R/R) Orléans-Cléry AOP (Red only)
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"pearl of layon"
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
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Central Vineyards appellations NOT on the LOIRE River
- Reuilly (Arnon River Valley and by the Cher) - Quincy (left bank of Cher) - Chateaumeillant (Arnon River) - Menetou-Salon (no river) [Touraine Cher AC's = Montlouis (S border), Valencay]
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Anjou-Saumur Liquoreux AC's (6) - RS - which forbid chaptalization
- Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire (min 34gl RS) - Coteaux de l'Aubance (min 34gl RS) - Coteaux de Saumur (min 34gl) - Coteaux du Layon (min 34gl; 54 for village, 80 for 1er cru) - Bonnezeaux (min 51gl RS) - Quarts de Chaume (min 85gl RS) ** Quarts de Chaume, Coteaux du Layon SGN/Premier Cru, & Coteaux du Saumur forbid chaptalization
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Name of the fossil in Kimmeridgian soils
Exogyra Virgula
131
Fines Bulles
Saumur Mousseux
132
Saumur AC's subzone
Saumur Puy Notre Dame
133
Coulee de la Serrant sections
1. Grand Clos de la Coulee 2. Clos du Chateau 3. Les Plantes