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Where is Touraine located?

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Eastern part of Middle Loire

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How many soils types in Touraine?

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4 main
W. -Tuffeau
E - Silex, Perruches
Hills - Aubis - Clay & limestone
River - sand, gravels

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What is the climate of Touraine and risks increase from?

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Transition to semi-Continental
Frost

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What soils are widespread from W Touraine to Vouvray?

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Tuffeau

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What soils are found on Touraine hillsides?

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Aubuis - clay and limestone

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What soils are found near the Touraine rivers?

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Sedimentary - sand and gravel

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What soils are found in E Tourine starting at Vouvray and Montouis?

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Silex, Perruches - flinty clay

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What are the main rivers in Touraine?

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Loire
Cher
Indre
Vienne

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What is produced in Touraine’s western zone?

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Red from CabFranc

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What is produced in Touraine’s central zone?

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White from Chenin Blanc

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What is produced in Touraine’s East zone?

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White from SavBlanc

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What is the largest AOC in Touraine subregion?

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Touraine AOC

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What is the dominate production in Touraine?

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Red at more the 50%
CabFranc

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Dominant white grape from Touraine?

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Chenin Blanc & SavBlanc

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What does Touraine AOC produce?

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All but sweet wine

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Most AOCs that produce red in Touraine subregion also produce what?

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Rosé

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What are Pineau d’Aunis, Meunier and CabFranc used for?

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Rosé (5% total)

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What are the NTK 3 AOCs that make semi- sweet and sweet wine in Touraine?

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Vouvray
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Cours-Cheverney

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What are the 3 most important AOCs producing sparkling “fines bulles” in Touraine?

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Vouvray
Montlouis-sur-Loire
Touraine AOC

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What are Touraine AOC whites usually made from?

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SavBlanc

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What grapes are used in Touraine AOC reds are made west of Tours?

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CabFranc

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What grapes are used in Touraine AOC reds are made East of Tours?

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Côt

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What style are Touraine AOC rosés?

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DRY

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How many Touraine AOC DGCs?

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5
Amboise
Azay-le-Rideau
Chenonceaux
Mesland
Oisly

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What is contained within Touraine AOC and only makes rosés?
Touraine Noble Joué AOC
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What is Vin gris?
Blend of Pinots Meunier Pinot Noir Pinot Gris
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What is the distinct rosé made by Touraine Noble Joué AOC is dry, using 3 Pinots and direct press (largely)?
Vin Gris
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What style is Vin Gris?
DRY - Always
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What is the production of Touraine AOC dry white?
60% dry white
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What are the soils of Touraine AOC?
Mostly Tuffeau, but since it is a big AOC covers the rest of the soils, eg sand, gravel, perruches, aubuis, clay
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How are Touraine AOC mousseux made?
Traditional -9m lees W - Chenin Blanc Rs - CabFranc, Gamay, Grolleau
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How is Gamay produced in Touraine AOC?
Primeur
33
What AOC shares its name with a famous goat cheese?
Valençay AOC
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What river is Valençay AOC on?
Cher - Left Bank
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What are the soils of Valençay AOC?
Perruiches (stone, flint clay), sandy gravel, chalk
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What grapes and for which wine styles in Valençay AOC?
W - SavBlanc R, Rs - Gamay
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What is the largest AOC for red wine in Loire?
Chinon AOC - CabFranc
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Where is one of the warmest growing regions in Touraine?
Chinon AOC
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What are Chinon AOC whites made from?
100% Chenin Blanc
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What protects Chinon?
Forest N & W
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What are the soils of Chinon AOC?
Slopes - Tuffeau Elevation - flint-clay, sand River - sand/ clay
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Where are Chinons lighter wine with great finesse planted?
At elevation sand and flinty-clay soils
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What are the only approved grapes of Chinon?
CabFranc, CabSav Chenin Blanc
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What river is Chinon found?
Vienne
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What grape forms the backbone and body of Vin Gris?
Meunier
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What grape forms roundness and length of Vin Gris?
Pinot Noir
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What is the secondary grape the provides fruit and finesse to Vin Gris?
Pinot Gris
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How is Vin Gris made and what is forbidden?
Largely Direct press no red wine can be made from the same vat
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What are the only 2 AOCs in Touraine sub-region to produce only red and rosé?
Bourgueil St Nicolas de Bourgueil
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What AOC lies to the N of Chinon on the Right Bank of the Loire?
Bourgueil AOC
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What was once part of Bourgueil and west of the AOC?
St Nicolas de Bourgueil
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Which has higher "gravel soils" St Nicolas de Bourgueil or Bourgueil?
St Nicolas de Bourgueil
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What AOC is divided between "gravel wines" and "tuffeaus wines"
Bourgueil
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What do gravel wines produce?
Raspberry fruit
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What do tuffeau wines produce?
more structured complexity Spiced plams
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What are the only permitted grapes in St Nicolas de Bourgueil and Bourgueil?
CabFranc
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Middle Loire's largest producer of white AOC by volume?
Vouvray
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Which AOC has 60% production of mousseux and pétillant made tradition 12m lees?
Vouvray
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Which AOCs in Touraine produces only whites in dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling?
Vouvray Montlouis sur Loire
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Where is the grape Orbois used?
Vouvray
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What is the primary white grape in Vouvray?
Chenin Blanc
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What are Vouvray soils?
Aubuis Perruches
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What AOC is bookended by the Loire and Cher rivers?
Montlouis-sur-Loire
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What white only AOC in Touraine makes dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling only from 100% Chenin Blanc?
Montlouis-sur-Loire
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What AOC has 35% TerraVitis and 35% organic production?
Montlouis-sur-Loire
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What AOC had pétillant original approved in 2017?
Montlouis-sur-Loire
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What AOC is between Beuvron, Cosson and Bievre river in the woods making it slightly drier?
Cheverny
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What AOC has 25% organic and 32% Terra Vitis vineyards?
Cheverny
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What can Cheverny produce?
White, red and rosé
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Where is the only white wine from Romorantin grown?
Cour-Cheverny AOC
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What AOC lies within Cheverny?
Cour-Cheverny AOC
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What are Cour-Cheverny AOC wines?
White only, mostly dry, some semi-sweet to sweet allowed
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Where are the reds and rosés mostly Meunier and whites from Chardonnay
Orleans
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What AOC straddles with Loire with sandy, pebbles on Left Bank but few vineyards on the Right Bank?
Orleans
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What AOC is red CabFranc only and lies within Orleans?
Orleans-Clery
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What Crémant where 80% of production is covered by the large houses?
Crément de Loire
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What AOC’s sparkling wine has longer age requirements 12m versus 9m Crémant de Loire AOC
Vouvray AOC
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What is the sparkling wine style in Montlouis-sur-Loire?
Pétillant Originel
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What is the name for hand-picked Chenin Blanc with no additive (eg sugar) and only 1 fermentation with no dosage?
Pétillant Originel
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List top 3 producers in Touraine?
Touraine - 39% Vouvray - 22% Chinon - 13%
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Rosé made from Meunier,Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
Touraine Noble Joué
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Rosé made from Cabernet Franc?
Chinon AOC
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Which landform is Touraine on?
Paris Basin

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