Loire Flashcards
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What Loire grape is used for all sweet wines?
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Chenin Blanc
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What are Fines Bulles?
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Fine Bubbles - a term for Loire Valley sparkling wines
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Is chaptalization permitted for Loire reds?
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Yes
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What % of Loire Valley wines are AOC?
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75%
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What rivers bisect Pays Nantais?
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Sévre and Maine
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What is the main topsoil of Pays Nantais?
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Gneiss, porous, provides critical drainage
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What is the main subsoil of Pays Nantais?
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Quartz, igneous rock high in mineral content
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Melon is a crossing of what grapes?
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Pinot x Gouais Blanc
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How many AOC’s are in Lower Loire?
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- Muscadet AOC 2. Muscadet-Coteaux de la Loire 3. Muscadet-Cotes de Grandlieu 4. Muscadet Sevre et Maine (Muscadet Sevre et Maine Clisson, Muscadet Sevre et Maine Gorge, Muscadet Sevre et Maine Le Pallet
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Muscadet AOC
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Encompasses all Pays Nantais. 20% of production
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What is the smallest Muscadet AOC?
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Muscadet-Coteaux de la Loire
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What are the crus of Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine AOC?
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Gorges, Clisson, Le Pallet
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Which Muscadet AOC produces the most?
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Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine AOC
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What grapes dominate Middle Loire?
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Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc
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What is half the production of Anjou?
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Rosé
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What is the largest producer of sparkling wines in Loire?
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Saumur
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Grapes for Crémant production in Loire are planted on what soil?
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Limestone
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Grapes for red production in Loire are planted on what kind of soil?
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Sand
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Manual harvesting is required for what style of Loire wines?
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Crémant and late harvest sweet wines
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Folle Blanche synonym?
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Gros Plant
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Layon is in which production zone?
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Anjou
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Pineau de la Loire
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Synonym for Chenin Blanc
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Chardonnay is primarily used for what in Loire?
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Sparkling
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Breton
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Synonym for Cabernet Franc
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What are the soils of Anjou?
Dark schist, and white chalk interspersed with clay, gravel and shale
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Where will you find most of Anjou's schist soils?
The western portion
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Savennières and Anjou's sweet appellations are on what soil?
Schist
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All chalk is what soil?
Limestone
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Turonian Chalk
Tuffeau synonym
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What are the styles of Anjou Rosé?
Rosé de Loire AOC, Rosé d'Ajou AOC, Cabernet d'Anjou AOC
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Rosé de Loire AOC
Always dry, grapes from Anjou, Saumur, Touraine
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Rosé de Loire AOC grapes
Cabernets, Gamay, Grolleau, Grolleau Gris, Pineau d'Aunis, PN
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Rosé d'Anjou AOC
Grapes from Anjou and Saumur. Mainly Grolleau
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Min RS of Rosé d'Anjou?
7 g/l RS
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Cabernet d'Anjou AOC
Grapes from Anjou and Saumur. Both Cabernets
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Min RS of Cabernet d'Anjou?
10 g/l RS
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Do Anjou Coteaux de la Loire AOC vineyards flank the Layon River?
No, the only sweet wine AOC in Anjou that does not
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How many villages can append their name to Coteaux du Layon?
6
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What is the "1er cru" of Coteaux du Layon?
Chaume
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What is the "Grand Cru" of Coteaux du Layon?
Quarts de Chaume
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What are the soils of Savennières?
Schist, slate, clay
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Does Savennières allow sweet wines?
Yes, demi-sec, moelleux, doux
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Climats of Savennières?
Coulée de Serrant, La Roche aux Moines since 2011
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What year did the climats of Savennières receive independent AOC status?
2011
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What is the soils of Coulée de Serrant?
Red schist
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How many ha is La Roche aux Moines?
33 ha
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Min CB for Anjou Blanc AOC?
80%, with the rest CH, SB
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Saumur Blanc AOC
CB
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Coteaux de Saumur AOC
CB, late harvest, botrytized, off-dry to sweet
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Cabernet de Saumur AOC
Both Cabernets, max 7 g/l RS. Lighter and drier than Cabernet d'Anjou
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What are the red wine AOCs of Saumur?
Saumur Rouge AOC, Saumur-Champigny AOC, Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame AOC
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What is Perruche?
Flint and clay found near river
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What is Aubuis?
Limestone and clay found near river
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Touraine Blanc AOC grapes?
Min 80% SB, up to 20% Sauvignon Gris
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Touraine AOC rosé rules?
Min 2 grapes. No one grape more than 70%. Max 4 g/l RS
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Touraine AOC rosé grapes?
Min 2. Max 70% any 1. CF, CS, Cot, Gamay, Grolleau, PM, Pineau d'Auiis, PG, PN
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Touraine AOC subzones?
Amboise, Azay-le-Rideau, Chenonceaux, Mesland, Noble Joué, Oisly,
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What is a synonym for PN in Tourain?
Auvernat Noir
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What is a synonym for PM in Touraine?
Gris Meunier
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What is the max CS in Bourgueil AOC?
10%
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What is the white grape of Chinon AOC?
CB
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What is the max of CS allowed in Chinon AOC reds?
10%
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Vouvray Sec sugar
Under 8 g/l
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Vouvray Demi-Sec sugar
8-35 g/l
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Vouvray Moelleux sugar
Over 35 g/l
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Vouvray Doux sugar
Over 150 g/l
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What are the grapes of Coteaux du Loir AOC?
Whites - 100% CB. Rosé/Red - Min 65% Pineau d'Aunis dominant, w/ up to 30% Cot, Gamay, Grolleau
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Cheverny AOC white grapes?
Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris
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Cheverny AOC red grapes
PN, Gamay. CF, Cot
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T/F Cour-Cheverny lies within Cheverny AOC?
T
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What is the pressure of Pétillants?
1-2.5 atms. About half of mousseux or crémant
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Mousseux requirements?
Min 3 atms. Min 9 months sur lie
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Crémant de Loire requirements?
12 months aging on lees, 1 month in bottle before release
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Can Crémant de Loire use CS and Pineau d'Aunis?
Yes, but must be less than 30%
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What is Anjou Mousseux AOC?
White and rosé sparkling. Mostly CB, with up to 60% CF, CS, Cot, GY, Grolleau, Pineau d'Aunis
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What is Saumur Mousseux AOC?
Mostly CB, w/ up to 40% CH, SB, CF, CS, GY, Grolleau, GG, PN, PA
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Saumur Mousseux AOC rosé grapes?
Same reds as Saumur Mousseaux but min 60% of CF
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Touraine Mousseux AOC grapes?
White: CB/CH or Arbois/CH
| Rosé: Gamay, CF, Cot dominate
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Montlouis-Sur-Loire Sparkling styles?
Pétillant and Mousseux, 100% CB
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Vouvray Mousseux and Pétillant aging min?
12 months sur lie. 100% CB
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Most vineyards face which direction in Centre Loire?
East and West, as Loire R flows north
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What are the soils of Centre Loire?
Terres Blanches, Caillottes, Silex
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Terre Blanche
Marl rich in oyster fossiles. Gives wines vibrant acidity
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Silex
Flint. Vibrant acidity, adds unique gunflint/smoky finish
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Caillottes
Small limestone pebbles. Wines less structured
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Sandy alluvial deposits along Loire river banks give what kind of wine?
Fruit-forward bottlings
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What AOCs are important for Gamay?
Coteaux du Giennois, Châteaumeillant
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What is the main grape for Coteaux du Giennois?
Gamay
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What is the main grape of Châteaumeillant?
Gamay
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T/F Pouilly-Fumé is white only?
T
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What is the character of Pouilly-Fumé wines?
Gunflint/smoke with depth of flavor and texture
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What is the grape of Pouilly-Sur-Loire?
Chasselas. Covers same zone as Pouilly-Fumé
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What are the soils of Sancerre?
Terres Blanche, Silex, Caillottes
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T/F Menetou-Salon is white only?
F. Red/rosé from PN are produced
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What is the soil of Menetou-Salon?
Kimmeridgian
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What grape other than SB can be blended into Quincy?
Sauvignon Gris
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What river bisects Quincy AOC?
Cher River
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What are the grapes of Reuilly AOC?
W - SB. Reds - PN. Rosé - PN, PG
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What is Touraine Noble Joué?
A vin gris made primarily from Pinot Meunier
