Loire Flashcards
What is the principal white grape of the Lower Loire?
Melon de Bourgogne
What is the prinicpal white grape of the Middle Loire?
Chenin Blanc
What is the principal white grape of the Centre-Loire?
Sauvignon Blanc
What is the principal red grape of the
Middle Loire?
Cabernet Franc
What is the principal red grape of the Centre-Loire?
Pinot Noir
What is the climate of the Lower Loire?
Maritime
What is the climate of the Middle Loire?
Maritime with continental influences
What is the climate of the Centre-Loire?
Continental
What is the Pays Nantais is also
known as?
The Lower Loire
The Loire River takes its name from the latin word “liger”. What does liger mean?
Silt or Sediment
What does “fines bulles” refer to?
Fine Bubbles.
In the Loire, the term refers to all types of wine within the sparkling category (pétillant, mousseux, crémant).
Who was Henry Plantagenet?
Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine, King Henry II of England
What is “tuffeau”?
Turonian chalk; found in the Middle Loire.
Where is “Black Anjou”?
Western Anjou; soils here are dark schist and sandstone.
Where is “White Anjou”?
Eastern Anjou; soils here are white tuffeau or Turonian chalk.
What are “perruches”?
Flinty-clay soils found in the Middle Loire
Name the only Grand Cru in the Loire Valley?
Quarts de Chaume
Grand Cru
What does “silex” refer to?
Flint; found in the Centre-Loire.
What does “terres blanches” refer to?
Limestone-rich Kimmeridgean marl found in the Centre-Loire.
What does “caillottes” refer to?
Limestone-rich Portlandian marl pebbles found in the Centre-Loire.
What is the name of the regional IGP for
the Loire Valley?
Val de Loire
What is the principal grape used in the production of sweet wines in the Loire?
Chenin Blanc
Côt is a Loire synonym for which grape?
Malbec
Crémant de Loire production is concentrated in which part of the region?
Middle Loire
