Loire

Question 1

What are considered classic white varieties for Loire?

Answer 1

Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, and Melon de Bourgogne

Question 2

What are other white secondary and int’l varieties are in Loire?

Answer 2

Chardonnay, Orbois (Arbois/Menu Pineau), Romorantin, Gros Plant (Folle Blanche), and Chasselas

Question 3

What is Cab Franc known locally in Loire?

Answer 3

Breton

Question 4

What red varities are in Loire?

Answer 4

CF, Pinot Noir, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec (Côt), Pineau d’Aunis, and Groslot (Grolleau).

Question 5

What climate is Pays Nantais?

Answer 5

Cool, wet maritime region

Question 6

List the 4 AOPs for Muscadet in Pays Nantais

Answer 6

Muscadet AOP
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu AOP - newest 1994
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine AOP largest over 80% production

Question 7

How is the majority of Sèvre-et-Maine bottled?

Answer 7

Sur lie - aged on lees over the winter and are bottled directly off the fine lees (without filtering) between March 1 and November 30 of the year following the harvest

Question 8

Who is Guy Bossard and what is added to his wine labels?

Answer 8

A producer trying to create a badge for higher quality wine. “Hermine d’Or,” an unofficial label term that promotes terroir and stresses ageability

Question 9

What are some of the subzones for Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine?

Answer 9

2011 -Clisson, Le Pallet, and Gorges
2019 - Château Thébaud, Goulaine, Monnières-Saint-Fiacre, and Mouzillon-Tillière

Question 10

What other grape in Pays Nantais may be produced sur lie besides Muscadet?

Answer 10

Gros Plant

Question 11

Anjou produces both sweet and dry interpretations of Chenin Blanc, what is it known locally as?

Answer 11

Pineau de la Loire

Question 12

What wine blend in dominated by the Grolleu grapes in Anjou-Saumur?

Answer 12

Rose - 45% of total area production

Question 13

What styles are permitted under Anjou AOP

Answer 13

red, white, and sparkling

Question 14

What is unique about Savennières AOP? What style of wine is made?

Answer 14

100% Chenin Blanc great complexity, honeyed richness with age. Dry, austere and rigid in their youth.
Blue schist soils with volcanic debris

Question 15

What is monopole in Anjou-Saumur

Answer 15

Coulée de Serrant AOC in 2011, rigidly biodynamic Nicolas Joly

Question 16

What styles are produced in Coteaux du Layon AOP and Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP?

Answer 16

boytritis and sweet wines from late harvested Chenin Blanc

Question 17

Where are Bonnezeaux AOP and Quarts de Chaume AOP located within?

Answer 17

Coteaux du Layon

Question 18

When did Quarts de Chaume receive Grand Cru status? About how many cases of wine are produced annually?

Answer 18

2010. About 10,000 cases annually of the 40 ha

Question 19

Which villages are entitled to add their names to the basic Coteaux du Layon AOP

Answer 19

Beaulieu-sur-Layon, Rochefort-sur-Loire, Faye d’Anjou, St. Lambert du Lattay, St. Aubin de Luigné, Rablay-sur-Layon, and Chaume.

Question 20

Who are some highly regarded producers of Savennières

Answer 20

Domaine des Baumard and Château Pierre-Bise

Question 21

Where is Château des Fesles located?

Answer 21

a well respected estate in Bonnezeaux

Question 22

What is min RS for Chaume? What is min RS for Coteaux du Layon AOP?

Answer 22

Chaume - 80g
CdL - 34g

Question 23

When did INAO give the commune of Chaume premier status?

Answer 23

2011 after QdC received Grand Cru in 2010

Question 24

What are some red wine only AOPs?

Answer 24

Anjou-Villages AOP
Anjou Brissac AOP

Question 25

Saumur AOP covers?

Answer 25

Red from CF, CS, Pineau d’Aunis Dry white from 100% Chenin Rose, sparkling wines

Question 26

Where would you find soft tuffeau limestone soils?

Answer 26

Saumur and Touraine

Question 27

Which AOPs produce the classic, age worthy examples of Cab Franc?

Answer 27

Chinon AOP, Bourgueil AOP, and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP

Question 28

Chinon soil types?

Answer 28

tuffeau, clay, and varennes

Question 29

Bourgueil soil types?

Answer 29

Sand and limestone

Question 30

Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil soil types?

Answer 30

lighter alluvial soils (lighter style of wine)

Question 31

Which AOP in Touraine can produce red, white, and rose?

Answer 31

Chinon AOP Bourgeil & SNdB only produce red & rose

Question 32

What is the range of sweetness levels for Vouvray?

Answer 32

sec, sec-tendre (off-dry), demi-sec, moelleux, and liquoreux

Question 33

How are sparkling wines made in Vouvray?

Answer 33

méthode traditionnelle and may be either pétillant or mousseux

Question 34

Touraine AOP requirements?

Answer 34

Sauvignon Blanc and a maximum 20% Sauvignon Gris

Question 35

Touraine red and rosé varieties

Answer 35

Gamay, Groslot, Pineau d’Aunis, and Cabernet Franc

Question 36

What is a French appellation for both wines and goat milk cheeses

Answer 36

Valençay AOP Mainly SB

Question 37

Sancerre soil types?

Answer 37

silex - flint terres blanches -Kimmeridgian clay from Chablis caillottes - stony, lots of fossils

Question 38

Whites produced from the Chasselas grape is from what AOP?

Answer 38

Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP

Question 39

What was the second demarcated appellation in France

Answer 39

Quincy, a white wine only

Question 40

What are some AOPs in Central Vineyards?

Answer 40

Menetou-Salon AOP - SB & PN Reuilly AOP - SB & PN, rose vin gris from PG Quincy AOP Coteaux du Giennois AOP - SB, red & rose from PN, Gamay Orléans AOP - red, white, rose (lots of PM and Chard) Orléans-Cléry AOP red only CF

Question 41

Which regions themselves are much closer to Lyon and Beaujolais than the Central Vineyards

Answer 41

Côtes du Forez AOP and Côte Roannaise AOP - only Gamay

Question 42

In which departement is Châteaumeillant AOP located

Answer 42

Cher Red & Roses primarily from Gamay

Question 43

Sancerre may produce what styles

Answer 43

Red, white, rose

Question 44

What is the red grape of Menetou-Salon?

Answer 44

Gamay

Question 45

What is the IGP of the Loire Valley?

Answer 45

Val de Loire