Loire

Question 1

Synonym for Orbois

Answer 1

Menu Pineau

Question 2

Sparkling wine appellations in Loire

Answer 2

Saumur Mousseux
Cremant de Loire
Vouvray
Touraine
Montlouis sur Loire
Saumur (center of sparkling wine)

Question 3

Synonym for Grolleau in Loire

Answer 3

Groslot

Question 4

Where does the 629 mile Loire River begin and end

Answer 4

Southern Massif Central flowing West to its mouth on the Atlantic Coast

Question 5

Grolleau is only permitted for rosé in Loire Valley and in these villages

Answer 5

Anjou, Touraine and Saumur AOC

Question 6

When did Phylloxera hit Loire?

Answer 6

1877

Question 7

Muscadet
Vouvray
Bourgueil
Chinon
Saumur

AOCs created in this year

Answer 7

1936

Question 8

What category lies between AOC and VdF?

Answer 8

IGP

Question 9

Permitted yields for Val de Loire

Answer 9

90 hl/ha

Question 10

Where in Loire Valley is Vin Gris permitted?

Answer 10

Coteaux du Vendomois (Pinot d’Aunis) (Touraine)
Reuilly (Vin Gris from Pinot Gris, Central Vineyards)

Question 11

Loire Valley ranks this in hectares planted in France

Answer 11

Third, behind Bordeaux and Rhone

with the countrys largest river

Though Loire is the most sprawling

Question 12

Oldest rocks in Loire Valley are found here

Answer 12

Far West
Armorican Massif, from Hercynian range of mountains from Precambrian era

Question 13

Soil of Amorican Massif

Answer 13

Anjou Noir
(Nantais, Western Anjou and Savenierres)
Dark soils, granite, gneiss, multicolored schist, slate and pudding stones
600 million years old, Precambrian

Question 14

Where in Loire Valley is Anjou Blanc found?

Answer 14

Eastern Anjou, Touraine, Central Vineyards, Sancerre
(67-195 million years old, cretaceous and Jurassic)

Question 15

On what parallel is most of Loire Valley? (Over 800 km of vineyards)

Answer 15

47th Parallel same as volnay

Question 16

Upper Loire vineyards (Central France)
can reach this elevation, different from rest of Loire

Answer 16

200-600 meters elevation

Question 17

Loire Vintages affected by frost in recent years

Answer 17

2021
2019
2017
2016

Question 18

Most of Loires best vineyards have this aspect

Answer 18

Facing south, on slopes near rivers

Question 19

Tributaries of the Loire river

Answer 19

Maine, Sevre, Vienne, Indre, Allier, Loir, Layon, Thouet, Cher

Question 20

Loire Valley moved from cold to temperate in the Huglin index in this year

Answer 20

2010

Have increased by 3 degrees celsius in last 30 years

Question 21

This vintage saw unprecedented early season drought and heat in May, followed by a heat wave in July and another drought

Answer 21

2022

Question 22

Home of Sauvignon Blanc in Loire Valley

Answer 22

Eastern Touraine and Further East in Central Vineyards
450 km from atlantic coast

Question 23

Common Viticultural hazards of Sauvignon Blanc

Answer 23

high vigor, needs low vigor soils or low vigor rootstocks
Powdery mildew
Susceptible to botrytis
Eutypa Dieback
Esca

Question 24

Ripe vintages of Sancerre

Answer 24

2018, 2019, 2020

Question 25

This producer has properties in Marlborough and Sancerre

Answer 25

Henri Bourgeois

Question 26

What was the name of Chenin Blanc 1000 years ago?

Answer 26

Plant d'Anjou

Question 27

Most common synonyms for Chenin Blanc in Loire Valley

Answer 27

Pineau d'Anjou Pineau de la Loire (pineau eventually changed in 19th century to Chenin, because of confusion between Pinot and Pineau)

Question 28

Viticultural hazards of Chenin

Answer 28

susceptible to Frost (early budbreak), mildew, high vigor

Question 29

Chardonnay takes a lead role in this region

Answer 29

Cote d'Auvergne 100% Chardonnay Also blends into Saint-Pourcain with Sacy

Question 30

Appellation for Chasselas in Loire (swiss native grape)

Answer 30

Pouilly Sur Loire (30 ha sandwiched between Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé) Appellation status in 1937

Question 31

DNA testing shows that Cabernet Franc is related to this Basque Grape

Answer 31

Hondurrabi Beltza

Question 32

Cabernet Franc is cultivated these places in Loire Valley

Answer 32

Western half of Touraine Chinon Borgueil Saint-Nicolas-de-Borgeuil Anjou (blended with cab) Touraine (blended with cot or gamay)

Question 33

Styles of Sparkling wine in Loire for which Gamay is authorized

Answer 33

Saumur Fines Bulles Anjou Mousseux (not authorized for Cremant de Loire)

Question 34

In these appellations, Gamay is blended with Pinot Noir

Answer 34

Fiefs Vendéens Coteaux Giennois Chateaumeillant

Question 35

These styles of Loire wine can be 100% Gamay

Answer 35

*Cote Roannaise Cotes du Forez* (only Gamay allowed in these) Saint Pourcain Rosé (volcanic, granitic soils) Coteaux d'Ancenis Anjou and Touraine (Anjou or Touraine Gamay, sometimes labeled Primeur) Cotes d'Auvergne (blended with Pinot Noir)

Question 36

The furthest West one sees Pinot Noir in an appellation

Answer 36

Fiefs Vendéens (permitted grape)

Question 37

Viticultural hazards of Pinot Noir in Loire

Answer 37

Spring frosts (early bud) susceptible to oidium and powdery mildew

Question 38

Grolleau can be found in these wines of Loire

Answer 38

Rosé d'Anjou (fruity, off dry styles) blending component of sparkling wines

Question 39

Pineau d'aunis viticultural hazards

Answer 39

Chlorosis botrytis bunch rot

Question 40

Major regions for Pineau d'Aunis

Answer 40

Touraine: Coteaux du Vendomois Coteau du Loir

Question 41

Cot (Malbec)is a crossing of these grapes

Answer 41

Magdeleine Noire des Charentes x Prunelard

Question 42

Where are plantings of Cot Concentrated in Loire

Answer 42

Touraine, varietal wine or blended with CF or Gamay

Question 43

When did Melon B become established in France?

Answer 43

After interest in the Brandy trade diminished and interest in wine developed. Replanted at the start of the 20th century after phylloxera, when Folle Blanche ripped out

Question 44

Three SGN regions outside of Alsace in France

Answer 44

Monbaillzac (Dordogne, Southwestern France) Coteaux du Layon Coteaux d'Aubance