France White Grape Varietals

Question 1

Lower Loire (White)

Answer 1

LOWER LOIRE:
-Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet)
-Pinot Gris
-Folle Blanche

Question 2

Middle Loire (White)

Answer 2

MIDDLE LOIRE:
-Chenin Blanc (Touraine, Saumur, Vouvray, Anjou)
-Pinot Gris
-Sauvignon Blanc
-Chardonnay (mostly unoaked)
-Arbois
-Menu Pineau (Cheverny, Touraine)

Question 3

Centre Loire (White)

Answer 3

CENTRE LOIRE:
-Sauvignon Blanc ( Sancerre/ Pouilly-Fumé)
-Pinot Gris
-Chasselas (swiss originally)

Question 4

Upper Loire “Auvergne” (White)

Answer 4

UPPER LOIRE:
-Sacy (Tressalier)
-Chardonnay
-Sauvignon Blanc

Question 5

Auvergne (White)

Answer 5

-Chardonnay
-Tressallier (Sacy)

Question 6

Champagne (White)

Answer 6

-Chardonnay
-Pinot Blanc
-Pinot Gris
-Petit Meslier
-Arbane

Question 7

Alsace (White)

Answer 7

-Riesling
-Gewurztraminer
-Pinot Gris
-Muscat
-Pinot Blanc
-Sylvaner

Question 8

Burgundy (White)

Answer 8

CHARDONNAY:
-Mâconnais (unoaked tropical fruit forward taste)
-Chablis (unoaked lean mineral)
-Côte de Beaune (oaked and aged Chard)

ALIGOTÉ
PINOT GRIS
SAUVIGNON BLANC

Question 9

The Jura (White)

Answer 9

-Chardonnay (Melon d’Arbois or Gamay Blanc)
- Menu Pineau (Arbois or Orbois)
-Savagnin
-Chinen Blanc

Question 10

Bugey & Savoie (White)

Answer 10

White Bugey must contain 50%:
-Chardonnay

Accessorie grapes:
-Aligoté
-Atlesse
-Jacquère
-Pinot Gris
-Mondeuse Blanche

Bugey-Manicle must contain 100%:
-Chardonnay

Question 11

The Beaujolais (White)

Answer 11

-Chardonnay
-Aligoté

Question 12

Bordeaux (White)

Answer 12

-Sémillon
-Sauvignon Blanc
-Muscadelle

Question 13

The Southwest (White)

Answer 13

Bergerac & Dordogne River:
-Sauvignon Blanc
​-Ugni Blanc
​-Semillon
-Chenin Blanc
​​-Muscadelle
-Ondenc

Garonne & Tarn:
-Len de L’el*
​-Mauzac Blanc*
​-Mauzac Rose
-Saint Côme (a.k.a. ‘Rousselou’)

Pyrénées:
-Camaralet
-Gros Manseng
​-Petit Manseng
​-Lauzet
-Arrufiac
​-Raffiat
-Courbu
​-Clairette Blanche
​​-Baroque

Question 14

The Languedoc- Roussillon (White)

Answer 14

-Maccabeu
-Picpoul
-Chardonnay
-Vermentino
-Muscat
-Grenache Blanc
-Clairette
-Bourboulenc
-Roussanne
-Viognier

Question 15

The Rhone (White)

Answer 15

Norther Rhône:
-Viognier
-Marsanne
-Roussane

Souther Rhône:
-Grenache Blanc
-Clairette
-Viognier
-Marsanne
-Roussanne

Randos:
-Bourboulenc
-Ugni Blanc (Trebbiano)

Question 16

Provence (White)

Answer 16

-Rolle (Vermentino to blend)
-Ugni Blanc (Trebbiano)
-Bourboulenc
-Clairette
-Marsanne
-Roussane
-Grenache Blanc
-Sémillon
-Sauvignon Blanc

Question 17

Corsica (White)

Answer 17

-Bianco Gentile
-Bianco
-Brustiano
-Carcajolo
-Genovese
-Riminese
-Pagadebiti
-Vermentino