Languedoc Flashcards
(37 cards)
Mutage
Adding spirt to fermenting sweet wine
Episode Cevenol
Warm and cold fronts meeting
Warm air from the Mediterranean and cold air from the cevennes
Lots of rain (autumn)
Garrigue 3 definition
1 Plants
Thyme, rosemary, rockrose, aleppo pine… etc
2 aroma of plants
3 limestone soil
Languedoc AOC
Dry red, white rose
Must blend
W-bourboulene, clairette, Grenache blanc, marsanne, pic poul, roussanne, tourbat, vermentino
R-Grenache, lledoner pelut, Syrah, Mourvèdre
11 DCGs languedoc
All red Cabrieres (rose too) Gres Montpellier La mejanelle Montpeyroux Pezenas Quatourze Saint christol Saint drezery Saint Georges d orques Saint saturnin Sommieres
Picpoul de pinet AOC
Only dry white
Piquepoul
Clarirette du languedoc AOC
Dry white, semi, fortified
Clairette
pic saint loup AOC
Red rose GSM Must blend (always has to have Syrah) Limestone More continental
Terrasses du larzac AOC
Similar to pic saint loup climate GSM and carignan Red only Largest diurnal swing 50% organic
Faugeres
Dry red white rose W-Grenache marsanne Roussanne vermentino R-GSM and lledoner Shist Elevation and wins moderate the temp Must blend (white must contain Roussane)
Saint chinian AOC
Dry white red rose W-same as faugeres R-same as faugeres Schist/clay limestone Elevations 1320ft Two DCGs Berlou and Roquebrun (mail reds)
Minervois AOC
Clay limestone sandstone
Dry red white rose
Lots of white varieties 80% primary
Reds GSM lledoner
Minervois La liviniere AOC
Schist
Red GSM
Trying to drop Minervois name
La Clape AOC
Dry red rose white
W- same as Minervois (main bourboulenc & Grenache blanc)
R-GSM
Hard area to grow, one of the driest hottest sunniest parts of France
Lots of stone
Corbieres aoc
Dry red white rose W-see La clap R-GSM and carignan Jagged limestone hills, clay marl galets Wild boar Mostly Carignan!
Corbieres Boutenac AOC
Red only Within Corbieres GSM &carignan No one varietals can exceed 80% But 30% must be Carignan
Fitou AOC
Two areas Fitou maritime clay limestone Haut Fitou inland limestone sandstone Grenache and Carignan Red only
Cabardes AOC
Red and rose CS, merlot, CF, Grenache, Syrah Windy Atlantic wind meets Mediterranean wind Granite/gneiss 40% must be CS CF merlot 40% must be Syrah and/or Grenache
Malepere AOC
Red rose Flatter land Limestone clay CF Merlot 40% min Merlot 20% min Cot and/or CF 40% CF for rose
Limoux AOC
Dry white red sparkling
W-mauzac blanc, chard, Chenin B (hand harvest)
R-merlot (hand or machine)
Clay limestone
Whites can not be released until May after harvest
Min 3 varietals in blend red (April 15 release)
1 Blanquette de Limoux
2 Blanquette methode Ancestral
1 mainly Mauzac, small chard or chenin
Sur lie. Oldest in the world
2 100% Mauzac 6-7% sweetness, 2 month aging
Cremant de Limoux AOC
60% chard, 30% Chenin 10% Mauzac
Not a prescribed blend
Pinot Noir approved for mix
Rose 15% PN
Vins Doux Naturels
Muscat 100g/l 15% ETOH 1 muscat de Lunel 2 muscat de mireval 3 muscat de frontignan 4 muscat de saint jean de minervois (highest acid) 125g/l
Pays d Oc IGP
Dry red white rose and sweet white
80% Merlot, CS, Syrah,
85% Chardonnay, SB, Viognier
80% rose- Grenache cinsaut Syrah
-Tasting approval
-Non varietals labeled must be 50% primary
-15% grape varietals labeled for principle
-white grapes can I’ve incorporated into red or rose if fermented together 20% only
