Loire Flashcards
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Saumur AOP covers red, dry white, and sparkling white and rosé wines. True or False.
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True
1
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What are the wines of Anjou-Villages AOP?
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Red wine only appellation for cab franc wines- some cab Sauvignon resulting in sturdier wines.
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What are the wines of Saumur-Champigny?
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A light, bright and elegantly floral expression of Cabernet Franc produced from eight villages.
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What are the soils of Saumur?
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Tuffeau
4
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What are the three famous appellations for Cabernet Franc in Tourraine?
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Chinon AOP, Bourgueil AOP, and St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOP
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Describe the wines of Chinon and Bourgueil.
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From Cabernet Franc…Brimming with raspberry and green tobacco aromatics and framed by silky tannin, the wines demonstrate remarkable terroir distinctions.
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Which of the following appellations is within the Anjou region?
- Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
- Savennières
- Vouvray
- Chinon
- Sancerre
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Savennières
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What is the grape of Pouilly-sur-Loire?
A
Chasselas
8
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Which of the following appellations is a sweet wine appellation within Coteaux du Layon?
- La Roche aux Moines
- Clos de Coulée des Serrant
- Bourgueil
- Jasnières
- Quarts du Chaume
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Quarts du Chaume
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Which of the following appellations does not produce white wines?
- Vouvray
- Muscadet
- Chinon
- St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
- Coteaux de l’Aubance
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St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
10
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Which of the following appellations is located in the Central Vineyards?
- Coteaux du Loir
- Saumur
- Menetou-Salon
- Côtes du Forez
- Montlouis-sur-Loire
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Menetou-Salon
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Wines produced in Saumur may be bottled under the Anjou appellation.
- True
- False
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True
12
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What is the dominant soil type of Vouvray?
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Limestone over Tuffeau
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What is the primary red grape of Chinon?
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Cabernet Franc
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Sancerre rouge is produced from the Pinot Noir grape.
True or False
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True
15
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Match the grape to the appellation:
Bourgueil. Sauvignon Blanc
Pouilly Fume. Melon de Bourgogne
Muscadet Sèvre et Main. Cabernet Franc
Cour-Cheverny. Chenin Blanc
Coteaux du Layon Romorantin
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Bourgueil Cabernet Franc Cour-Cheverny Romorantin Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine. Melon de Bourgogne Pouilly-Fumé Sauvignon Blanc Coteaux du Layon Chenin Blanc
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What grape is responsible for the red wines of Menetou-Salon?
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Pinot noir
17
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Which one of the following is not a requirement of sur lie labeling?
• wine must come from one of Muscadet’s three sub-appellations
• the wine is bottled directly off its fine lees without filtering
• the wine is bottled between 3/1 and 11/30 of year after harvest
• the wine must be sourced from vineyards planted in schist soils
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The wine must be sourced from vineyards with schist soil
18
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Chenin Blanc is the only grape allowed in the production of Vouvray.
True or False
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False
19
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Which of the following appellations does not produce white wines from Chenin Blanc?
- Coteaux de l’Aubance
- Savennières
- La Roche aux Moines
- Coteaux du Giennois
- Jasnières
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Coteaux du Giennois
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Which of the following is NOT considered a subzone of Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine AOP?
- Oisly
- Gorges
- Clisson
- Le Pallet
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Oisly
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The white wines of Cheverny are mostly comprised of Sauvignon Blanc.
True or False
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True
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Where is Valençay?
- Anjou
- Pays Nantais
- Touraine
- Central Vineyards
- Saumur
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Touraine
23
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What is the grape of Quincy AOP?
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Chenin Blanc
- Cabernet Franc
- Malbec
- Gamay
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Sauvignon Blanc
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Which producer owns the Clos de Coulée des Serrant vineyard, a monopole?
Nicolas Joy
25
Match the appellation to the region:
Orléans-Cléry. Anjou
Bonnezeaux. Allier (central France)
Coteaux du Loir Touraine
St-Pourçain. Pays Nantais
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu. Central Vineyards
Orléans-Cléry Central Vineyards
St-Pourçain Allier (Central France)
Bonnezeaux Anjou
Coteaux du Loir Touraine
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu. Pays Nantais
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Name the appellations of the Central Vineyards.
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Sancerre
Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-sur-Loire
Menetou-Salon
Quincy
Reuilly
Coteaux du Giennois
Orléans
Orléans-Cléry
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27
Name the appellations of Touraine.
Touraine, Touraine Noble-Joué, Chinon, Bourgueil, St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Cheverny, Cour-Cheverny, Valençay, Coteaux du Loir, Jasnières, Coteaux du Vendômois
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Appellations of Anjou-Saumur.
Anjou, Rosé d'Anjou, Anjou-Villages, Anjou-Villages Brissac, Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire, Cabernet d’Anjou, Cabernet de Saumur, Coteaux de l’Aubance, Coteaux du Layon, Bonnezeaux, Quarts du Chaume, Savennières, Savennières-Roche aux Moines, Savennières-Coulée de Serrant, Saumur, Saumur-Champigny, Coteaux de Saumur, Haut-Poitou (south of Saumur and Touraine)
29
Name the appellations of Pays Nantais.
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Muscadet
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
Fiefs Vendéens
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
Coteaux d'Ancenis
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30
What is another name for Chenin Blanc in Anjou-Saumur?
Pineau de la Loire
31
Anjou makes a rosé from what grape (accounting for 45% of production)?
Grolleau/ Groslot
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Saumur is mainly known for the production of what?
Crémant de Loire
33
What are two sub-appellations of Savennières? Wines from 100% CB that display complexity and honeyed richness.
Roche aux Moins and Coulée de Serrant
34
Name two sweet wine districts south of Angers where the grapes are harvested in tries with a minimum residual sugar of 34 g/l?
Coteaux du Layon
Coteaux de l'Aubance
Trade richness and unctousness with versatility at table
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Name two AOP within Coteaux du Layon for sweet wine production. Name at least one producer for each.
Bonnezeaux. Chateau des Fesles.
| Quarts du Chaume (Grand Cru). Domaine des Baumard and Château Pierre-Bise.
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What is the soil and river common to Quarts du Chaume?
Consists of sandstone and schist hillsides on the banks of the Layon River.
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What is the minimum residual sugar of Quarts du Chaume?
80 g/l
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What is the grape of the Pays Nantais?
Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet is the name of the wine)
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What appellation boasts 80% of Muscadet production?
Muscadet Sèvre-et-Main. 23 communes.
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What are the requirements of the designation "sur lie" in Muscadet Sèvre-et-Main?
Aged over winter and bottled, without filtering, between 3/1 and 11/30 in year after harvest.
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"Sur lie" aging adds complexity, richness and a slight sparkle. True or False
True.
42
Name the three sub zones for Muscadet Sèvre-et-Main?
Clisson, Le Pallet, and Gorges.
43
What are the requirements of the “Cru Communaux” designation, proposed in 2001?
Requires wines from specified schist soils to spend a minimum 18 months sur lie—longer than the actual sur lie term allows.
44
What is the unofficial term that denotes a badge of quality?
"Hermine d’Or”, label term that promotes terroir and stresses age-ability.
45
What is the AOP for Folle Blanche in Pays Nantais?
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
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What is the AOP for young, Gamay based wines in Pays Nantais?
Fiefs Vendèens
47
Vouvray can only be made in sec and sec-tendre styles. True or False
False. It can be made in a range of styles from sec, sec-tendre (off-dry), demi-sec to moelleux and liquereux.
Can also be traditional method sparkling (petillant or mousseux)
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What is the other grape permitted, but not often encountered, for Vouvray?
Orbois (Menu Pineau)
49
What are the grapes and styles of Montlouis-sur-Loire AOP?
Same as Vouvray, but no Orbois.
50
Name the AOP in the northern Loire that is similar to Vouvray but more herbaceous and green.
Jasnières AOP.
51
Touraine Noble-Joué is know for a historical style red wine from Cabernet Franc. True or False
False. Historical style Vin Gris from Gris Meunier (Pinot Meunier), Malvoise (Pinot Gris) and Pinot Noir.
52
What are the white wines of Valençay in Central France? What else is it known for?
Sauvignon Blanc. Goats' milk cheese.
53
What two regions by the Loir, tributary of the Loire, in Allier are know for rosé of Pineau d'Aunis?
Coteaux du Loir and Coteaux du Vendômois.
54
What is the river of Touraine?
Vienne.
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What is the the climate of the Central Vineyards?
Continental
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What white varietal reigns in the Central Vineyards?
Sauvignon Blanc
57
What soils are common throughout Pouilly-Fumé? What characteristic does it impart?
Silex. Gun flint.
58
What two appellations in the Central Vineyards sit across the Loire from each other?
Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre
59
What are the soils of Sancerre?
Terre Blanches: kimmeridgian clay, similar to close by Chablis
Caillottes: stony soil littered with fossils
Silex: flint
60
What white wine only appellation was the second demarcated appellation of France?
Quincy
| Preceded only by Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
61
What is the heartland of Anjou Villages for Cabernet Franc, sturdied by Cabernet Sauvignon?
Anjou-Villages-Brissac. Can be well-priced alternative to Touraine in ripe years.
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What are the two rosé appellations of Anjou?
Cabernet d'Anjou and Rosé d'Anjou.
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What are the two sparkling wines of Saumur?
Saumur Mousseux and Crèmant de Loire.
Crèmant considered finer in some ways.
From Chenin Blanc and up to 10% Chardonnay- often what is too tart and thin for still wine goes into Mousseux.
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What are the soils of Bourgueil, compared to Chinon?
Steeper slopes with more limestone vs. riverside sand and gravel by river and tuffeau on hillsides.
Bougueil, generally , can age longer.
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Who is the best known producer of Vouvray?
Huet
66
Montlouis-sur-Loire is similar to Vouvray in style but is stereotypically lighter. True or False
True
67
What is another name for Pinot Meunier? Pinot Gris?
Gris Meunier. Malvoise.
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What is another name for Cabernet Franc in Loire?
Breton
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What is pourriture noble?
Noble rot
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What are the two famous appellations of Thouarcé and Rochefort-sur-Loire respectively?
Bonnezeaux and Quarts du Chaume.
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The grapes for Crèmant de Loire may only come from Saumur? True or False
False. They may come from a blend of grapes from across Anjou-Saumur and Touraine.
72
What does Champigny translate to?
Field of fire
73
What wines are produced under Touraine AOP?
Red, white, rosé.
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What reds are sold under Touraine AOP?
Groslot, Pineau d'Aunis, Gamay and Cabernet Franc.
| Gamay as primeur bottlings.
75
What are generally acknowledged as the best vineyards in Sancerre?
Chêne Marchand in the village of Bué
| Monts Damnés in Chavignol
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Quincy AOP is a white wine only appellation for Chenin Blanc. True or False
False. White wine only from Sauvignon Blanc
77
What is the primary grape of Menetou-Salon? Describe the wine and soil.
Pinot Noir. A light touch ideal for a summer lunch- limestone soils.
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Only Red wines may be produced in the Chinon AOP. True or False.
False. Small amount of white from Chenin Blanc
79
Name three AOP’s in the Loire Valley that are for Rosé production only.
Cabernet d'Anjou, Rosé d'Anjou and Coteaux du Vendômois
80
Name the seven villages that are entitled to add their name to the Coteaux du Layon AOP
Beaulieu-sur-Layon, Rochefort-sur-Loire, Faye d’Anjou, St-Lambert du Lattay, St-Aubin de Luigné, Rablay-sur-Layon, and Chaume
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In which district of the Loire would you find Quarts de Chaume?
Saumur
Touraine
Coteaux du Layon
Loire Valley
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Coteaux du Layon
82
The Loire is the longest river in France? True or False
True
83
Gros Plant is the Folle Blanche grape? True or False
True
84
What is the climate of the Loire?
Cool, northern
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What is the soil of Muscadet, fanned out from the city of Nantes?
Granite, gneiss and/or schist
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What is the appellation the vaguely sweet, generic white wines made throughout Anjou-Saumur?
Anjou-Blanc
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What are the soils and topography of the vineyards of Savennières?
Steep, south-facing slopes of volcanic schist
88
What are the three appellations in France made up f a single property?
Coulée de Serrant, Romanée Conti in Burgundy and Château-Grillet in the Rhone.
89
Describe the Flavors and structure of Savennières?
Quince, chamomile, honey and cream with a lightning bolt of acidity.
90
Name the three sparkling wine producers located in Saumur owned by Taittinger, Bollinger and Alfred Gratien?
Bouvet-Labuday, Gratien et Meyer, Langlois-Château
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What are the rules of making a crémant, besides having to be made by the Méthode Traditionelle?
The grapes must be harvested by hand, yields must be lower than those for wines labeled sparkling and the wine must be aged for one year.
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Unlike Champagne, many crémant blends contain some Cabernet Franc. True or False
True
93
Chinon is generally the softest and most elegant of the three. True or False
True
94
Touraine Rouge is the basic appellation made from one or any combination of which grapes?
Cab Franc, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, côt, Pineau d'Aunis and Grolleau
95
Touraine Primeur is Touraine Rouge bottled immediately after the harvest when the wine is fresh and grapey (like Beaujolais Nouveau). True or False
True
96
Where is Saviennieres and what is its unique soil?
North bank of Loire. Blue schist mixed with volcanic debris.
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What are the qualifications to be labeled sur lie for Muscadet?
Comes from one of three appellations and aged over winter and bottled directly off the lees between 3/1 and 11/30.
98
What is the Loire's largest, most diverse and most dynamic region?
Anjou
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What percentage of Anjou's total production is devoted to rosé? What is the dominant grape?
40%
| Grolleau
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What are the wines of Anjou-Villages AOP?
Red wine only appellation with cab franc and cab sauv.
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What are the sweetness levels of Vouvray AOP?
Sec, sec-tendre, Demi-sec, molleux, liquereux
