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largest prod Muscadet AOC

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Sevre et Maine

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Pay Nantes largest AOC in size

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Muscadet AOC

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% AOC, IGP, VDF

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83, 9, 7

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what is Perruches ? where ?

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Flinty Clay, Vouvray, M-S-L

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What is the largest sparkling sub region

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Saumur

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What region is #1 for sparkling ? why ?

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Saumur
size and yields allowed for Mousseux > Cremant de Loire

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Where does the Loire flow from / to

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Base of Mont Gerbier to Atlantic

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Syn for Cab Franc in Loire

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Breton

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Gros Plant syn

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Folle Blanche

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what are sapines

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flat bottom boat

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largest prod white AOC middle Loire

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Vouvray

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Touraine AOC
styles
white(p)
red(p) 3
borders

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dry red/wh/rose, sparkling wh/rose
s blanc
cf, cot, gamay
Blois to Vienne

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Sweet wine grapes in specific AOCs

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Malvoisie and Romorantin

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What was decree of Paris that helped Loire

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made illegal for wine produced within 20 leagues of city to be sold

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St Nicholas de Bourgueil AOC
Rose grapes

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CF, CS

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Syn for Pinot Gris

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malvoisie

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What is Aubuis

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Clay . Limestone. in Touraine hillsides

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Cremant de loire AOC
style
grapes (p) 3 wh, 1 ,rose, 5 red
usual grapes 3
large producers or small

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sparkling wh/rose
chard, chenin, orbois
grolleau gris
cf, cs, grollleau, pineau, p noir
chenin , cf, chard
large

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Valencay AOC
style
grapes (4)
loc re: river, other AOCs
soils 3
influence
dom grapes wh/red

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dry wh, red, rose
red(p) cot, gamay, pinot noir
wh(p) s blanc
left bank cher, west of Reuilly
chalk, perruches, sandy gravel
white s. blanc, red/rose gamay

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Pay Nantes soli has LS ?

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little

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2 AOCs contained in Savennieres

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Roche Aux Moines
Coulee de Serrant

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Sub Regions (3)

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Lower - Pays Nantes
Middle - Anjou - Saumu, Touraine
Central and Upper

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Touraine AOC
still white grape

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SB

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Sparkling prod

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MT

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Coteaux d'aubance AOC style loc climate note allowed technique / viti
semi to sweet, 3.4% RS both sides of Aubance river wamest AOC in Anjou SGN allowed if rot
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What is most important red AOC in A-S
Saumur-Champigny AOC
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Montlouis-sur-Loire AOC Petillant Originel reqs (5)
hand harvest no additions including sugar or yeast single fermentation 9 mos age no dosage after disgorge
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Pay Nantes #1 white gtape
Melon
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Orleans-Clery AOC style grape location
red CF only within Orleans
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Grapes in Reuilly rose
Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
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What is the largest "area"
Middle Loire
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Touraine and Central Loire land mass
Paris Basin
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Largest producer AOC Loire
Cabernet d'Anjou
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Dom grape in Valencay rose
gamay
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Vouvray AOC Mousseux method age
MT 12 mos
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Vouvray AOC styles grape(p) Soils (2) influence dom style(2)
dry to sweet white, sparkling white chenin(p), orbois Aubuis, Perruches some oceanic, can warm soils Mousseux and Petillant
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Anjou - Saumur white (p)/ wine styles ? others whites red (p) 2/ wine styles rose / gris (2) other reds
Chenin. dry / sweet / sparkling S. Blanc, chardonnay, orbois /arbois CF red, rose, sparkling / Grolleau Noir, Rose, sparkling Grolleau Gris, Sauv Gris cs, gamey, merlot, pineau d'aunis, pinot noir, cot
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Saumur AOCs by size
Saumur AOC Saumur - Champigny AOC
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Top grape overall
Cab Franc
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what are auvergnates
flat bottom boat
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Where are the Rose Anjou apps
same area as Anjou AOC
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Grape in sweet Anjou - Saumur
Chenin
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Anjou - Saumur #1 wine style
Rose semi-sweet and dry 50%
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Location of sweet wine AOC in S-A grapes
flank Layon River Chenin
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Dom grape in Valencay red
gamay
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Savennieres AOC styles vineyards related to river topo grape, typical style soil 5
dry, semi, sweet. EU rules S facing, perpendicular to right bank steep slopes 5 chenin, classic dry but others slate, schist, volcanic, rock, aeolian sand
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Red prod techniqe
de-stem, crush, macerate 1-4 weeks, ferment in vat or barrel, malo used to reduce acid
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Pay Nantes #1 Red in Coteaux d'Ancenis
Gamay
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Middle Loire-wide AOCs
Cremant de Loire AOC Rose de Loire AOC
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Pay Nantes other whites (6)
Chard Chenin Folle Blanche Colombard Montili S. Blanc
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Rose de Loire AOC size relative to other Roses style grapes(p) 1 gris, 6
smallest rose only Grolleau Gris CF, CS, GAMAY, Grolleau, Pineau, p noir,
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Pay Nantes other whites (6)
Chard Chenin Folle Blanche Colombard Montili S. Blanc
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White wine prod
reductive, neutral vessels, no malo, lees age
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More red or white
white
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Touraine -Middle Loire Rose / Gris grapes
Grolleau Gris Pinot Gris Sauv Gris
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What is the volcanic Loire
upper. 4 apps but 2 on sedimentary
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Cheverny AOC style grapes red, wh, gris rivers influence
dry why, red, rose red(p) p. noir, white (p) s blanc, gris(p) SAuv Gris Beuveon, Cosson, Bievre Wooded area
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Anjou Gamay rules / variations?
100% Gamay, Primeur
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Pay Nantes Rose / Gris
Pinot Gris
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Anjou - Saumur sparkling styles
Mousseux and Cremant de Loire
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Center Loire soils (4)
LS / LS rich pebbles of Portlandian Marl - Cailllottes Clay and LS - Terres Blanches - K marl Flint (Silex) and Clay w Flint (Arguiles e Silex) sand / gravel
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2 names for flinty clay in touraine
arguiles e silex, perruches
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What are the Chaine des Puys
string of extinct volcanoes in upper Loire
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St Nicholas de Bourgueil AOC style grapes ? dom ? Loc, bank, aspect soil differ from Bourgueil wine style from soil alternate label
red, rose CF(p) CS West of Bourg, right bank, S aspect Higher % sandy gravel generous fruit, supple tannin, mature faster Bourg
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Quincy AOC style grapes loc / river soil dom grape
dry white only s blanc(p) Sauv Gris (s) mostly left bank Cher, some right sand, gravel mostly S Blanc
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Loire River starting point
Mount Gerbier de Jonc
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Chinon AOC red(p) white(p) red(s)
cf chenin cs
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Montlouis-sur-Loire AOC style grapes loc re rivers soils (3) dom styles organic % other ?
dry to sweet wh, sparkling wh chenin only left bank Loire (N) cher river to S Aubuis, Perruches, sand / gravel sparkling Pet 35%, Terra Vitas
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Rose d'Anjou AOC style Gris(p) Red(p) 6 prod method allowed dom grape
Rose, .7% RS Grolleau Gris CF, CS, Cot, Gamay, Grolleau, Pineau d'aunis any Grolleau
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Muscadet AOC style white(p) 1 % Muscadet relative to others Sur Lie Allowed ? Assemblage Overlaps what non Musc AOC
dry white Melon smaller than Sevre et Maine no up to 10% chard Gros Plant du Pays Nantes AOC
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Touraine Noble Joue AOC name attrib loc
city and noble grapes inside of Touraine AOC
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training systems (2)
guyot , cordone
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Is chap allowed for white
certain years / conditions
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Cour- Cheverny AOC style grapes sweetness levels dom style
dry to sweet white Romorantin semi 2-4.5% sweet EU levels dry
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Coteaux de Layon AOC SGN reqs release when? label reqs / allowed ?
19% potential ABV at harvest June 1st, 2nd year after Vintage must appear, SGN can be on label
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Anjou Brissac AOC style red(p) blend or single climate delta / reason fka
red CF, CS blend, CF dom warmer due to forest blocking wind Anjou Village Brissac AOC
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what is Terra Vitas
halfway to organic
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Method for stopping ferment in off dry Rose
chilling
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Center Loire Grapes (5) White Rose/Gris Red
S blanc Pinot Gris, Sauv Gris Pinot Noir, Gamay
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Cabernet d'Anjou AOC style red(p) 2 rank in Rose prod color prod method
Rose Rose 1% RS, med dry CF, CS 1 onionskin direct press and saignee allowed
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Touraine -Middle Loire Soil West to Vouvray Hillside Rivers East , Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire
Tuffeau Clay and LS (Aubuis) Sedimentary, sand, gravel Flinty clay - arguiles e Silex or PErruches
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Touraine AOC red East of Tours red west of Tours
Cot CF
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What is Sauvignon Gris used ? for ?
Haut Pitou, white wine
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Anjou - Saumur Soil West Soil East Anjou Soil Saumur (wine effect) Soil rivers (wine effect)
Black Anjou Dark Schist / sandstone White Anjou Tuffeau / white chalk Tuffeau (hi acid / sparkling) Pockets of sand (fruit driven reds)
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Eastern Touraine apps (5)
Valencay Cheverny Cour-Cherverny Orleans Orleans-Clery
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Coulee de Serrant AOC styles owner note / focus founded by harvest reqs
dry to sweet Monopole Joly family, dry focus Cistercian Monks biodyn, multiple
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Bourgueil AOC styles red(p)(s) loc aspects topo
red, rose cf,cs Right bank, north of Chinon south river terraces, plains, hills
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Touraine AOC sub soil top soil (5)
Tuffeau vary. gravel, sand, clay, perruches, aubois
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what is recent change in Vouvray
wine must vinify in Vouvray
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Coteaux de Layon AOC style Premier Cru sweetness soil loc re: Layon aspect influence more sweet or semi-sweet
semi to sweet white 3.4% min 8% schist, gravel , sand both sides s and SW Atlantic sweet
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Reuilly AOC styles grapes(2 p, 1s) Loc re Rivers area note Climate note
dry wh, red, rose s blanc, p, noir (p) pinot gris (s) both sides of Arnon and also Cher left non-contiguous dry meso climate
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Pay Nantes reds (5)
Gamay CS CF Negrette Pinot Noir
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which grape ripens first / last ?
Melon and sparkling, Sept 15 CF / sweet
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Which AOC owned / worked by women
Savennieres
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Anjou Villages AOC style red(p)2 Label rule blend or single
red CF, CS name not on label always blend
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Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOC DGC yields DGC ageing DGC label limit
lower longer on lees no sur lie on label
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Touraine AOC wh or red dom
dry white
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hand harvest usage ?
many areas / all sweet , late
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Touraine AOC where Gamay ? Primeur allowed ?
all yes
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Samur AOC Mousseux dom grape spark white / spark rose others allowed ageing reqs
Chenin, CF any from Samur 9 mos sur leed
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Saumur AOC dom style loc , overlaps
Mousseux, wh or rose all of Saumur, Anjou
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Primary grape for sweet wine
Chenin
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Touraine Noble Joue AOC style grapes required methods
dry rose only meunier(p) p noir, p gris mostly direct press, meunier can be short macer
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Touraine -Middle Loire Red grapes
CF Cot Gamay
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how late does late harvest go ?
Nov
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Muscadet Cote de Grandlieu AOC loca re: Nantes vineyard topo Climate feature
SW flat sea breezes chase clouds / salinity
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Touraine AOC Mousseux wh / rose grapes lees time method
chenin many, cf, grolleau, gamay 9 mos MT
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is chap allowed red
certain AOC only
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4 effects of climate change specifically for Loire
Melon ripening leading to recognition of Crus Muscadet AOC auth Chard Warm dry summer for consistent sweet wine in Layon Dry chenin
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Soil around Loire and tribs(3)
sedimentary, decomposed igneous and metamorphic wind blown sands,
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Top red grape
Cab Franc
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Sancerre AOC style loc re: Loire grapes soils (3) / effect on wine topo and relative to Pouilly F
dry wh / red / rose left bank s blanc, p noir Arguiles e Silex - gunflint Caillottes - perfumed / early mature Terres Blanches - power , ageable steep 50% / higher elevation
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what areas were effected by Vendie wars
Angers and Nantes
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Pay Nantes and Anjou Saumur land mass
Massif Armorican
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Orleans AOC styles grapes - 1(p) wh, 1 (p) red loc soil (3) dom grapes per style
dry wh/ red/ rose white(p) chard, gris(s) p gris red(p) meunier, red(s) p noir both banks Loire mostly left sandy, pebble, alluvium white chard, red/rose meunier
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Pouilly Fume AOC style loc re: Loire soil blending technique syn for S Blanc / meaning
dry wh only right bank Arguiles e Silex - gunflint Caillottes - perfumed / early mature Terres Blanches - power , ageable Sand blend across soil types Blanc Fume / gunflint
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how did white become popular
dutch urged planting for brandewein
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Upper Loire land mass
Massif Central
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where is Tuffeau in Middle Loire
West to Vouvray
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What did Joan of Arc do ?
Convince Charles VII to accept French throne
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Touraine -Middle Loire Grapes West, East, Central
CF SB Chenin
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Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOC loc re: Nantes % Muscadet prod % sur lie
South 75% 90%
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Manetou-Salon AOC style grapes (2) compare to Sancerre / topo / grapes climate risk loc
dry white, rose, red s blanc, p noir sister-like, terroir, grapes, flatter frost due to SW wine exposure not on river banks
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Loire attrib name from ?
Liger -> silt
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largest prod red in Loire
Chinon
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What is Cot
Malbec
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Anjou - Saumur reds in blend
CS , CF
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Touraine AOC DGC differences
grape variety, style, sweetness
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What did Plantaganent do ?
Marry Eleanor Aquitaine, became king of England made Loire popular in England
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Touraine AOC still rose req
must blend at least 2 no 1 more than 70% dry only
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Touraine -Middle Loire red or white dom ? which red grape dom ? white mostly dry or sweet ? dom whites ? where sparkling ? most important sparkling ? grapes in rose ?
red cf dry chenin, SB M-S-L, vouvray vouvray cf, Pineau, meunier
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Pay Nantes soil acidic ?
yes
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Touraine region white grapes
Chenin, SB, Romorantin
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Rose prod methods
Direct press and Saignee
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Quarts du Charmes Grand Cru AOC style attrib name soil (2) aspect / loc re: river influence allowed technique
sweet, 8.5% RS farmers giving 25% harvest to lords schist, sandstone S facing river autumn mist passerillage
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what are garbarres
flat bottom boat
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Chenin apps in Touraine
Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire
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Chinon AOC style loc soils (3) influence
dry red, wh, rose flanks vienne river, left bank loire rivers (sand / gravel), hills tuffeau, hi elevation flinty clay / sand forest protection
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Effect of Railorads
move to hi quality
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Saumur-Champigny AOC style grapes soil loc name attrib
red CF(p) CS, Pineau Tuffeau 8 village near Saumur campus Igni -> field of fire due to warm climate
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Pouilly Sur Loire AOC style grape loc
dry white Chasselas only within Pouilly Fume
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Bourgueil AOC Soils , dom ? wine characteristics per soil
Gravel Tuffeau Gravel Gravel wine raspberry fruit Tuffeau structured complex spice plum
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What effect did French Revolution have
slowed prod of low Q / hi volume
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where are multiple tris required ?
late harvest
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Anjou AOC styles white(p) red(p) 3 gris(s) 1 red(s) 2
all dry, sweet, sparkling except dry rose chenin cf,cs, gamay grolleau gris grolleau noir, pineau d'aunis
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Anjoiu-Coteaux de la Loire AOC syle loc re river , other AOCs influence
semi to sweet, 3.4% RS West of Angers both sides of river within 3km of banks, between Muscat Coteaux de la Loire and Savennieres river , temp moderate / fog
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Touraine Noble Joue AOC rule around vats
no red allowed
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Roche Aux Moines AOC styles when sweet produced harvest reqs name means
dry to sweet, semi to sweet min 3% RS when Rot hand / 2 passes monks rock
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what is term for harvest passes ?
tris
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More red or white in Anjou AOC white assemblage Mousseux white / rose grapes
red 2x Chenin with Chard , S Blan allowed white chenin / others rose any red any gris
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Bonnezeaux AOC style contrast to Quarts name attrib
sweet 5.1% RS more refreshing good waters
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Saumur AOC styles white(p) red(p) 2 red(s) 4 white(s) 2 rose (s) 1
all dry , sparkling chenin CF, CS Pineau d'Aunis, Gamay, P Noir, Grolleau Chard, S Blanc Grolleau Gris
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What area was called the Jardins del la France
Angers to Orleans
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Pay Nantes Vineyard aspect / topography / dist from ocean Climate threats
south flat 0-60 mi Frost humidty
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Pay Nantes soils (4)
rock igneous metamorphic volcanic
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Largest IGP
Val di Loire
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Muscadet Coteau de Loire AOC loc re: Nantes size which banks of Loire overlaps ? vineyard topo
NE smallest both Coteaux d'Ancenis hillsides
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Saumur AOC still white grape - assemblage still red grapes - assemblage Rose style / grape - assemblage Rose fka DGC / style
Chenin CF plus CS / Pineau dry, CF+CS blend Cabernet de Saumur Puy Notre Dame, red CF dom + CS allowed
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Center Loire dom grapes wh / red dist to burgundy climate / threat effect of weather / rain / elevation
s blanc, pinot noir 70 mi frost / hail less diverse grape range harvest differentials
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Anjou - Saumur (Middle Loire) Dom red / white Anjou city and valley Saumur city Climates / relative to Sancerre
CF / Chenin Angers , Layon Saurmur Maritime to Cont West to East more temperate
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Saumur sparkling AKA
Saumur Brut
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Top white grape
Sauvignon Blanc
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What is Montlouis-sur-Loire official bubble designation
Fines Bulles
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What climate issues are there for organic
humidity and rain (weed / mold)
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First AOC to harvest in Central Loire
Reuilly AOC
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# Saumur AOC styles
dry white, red, rose sparkling white, rose
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# Saumur AOC white(p) red(p) 2
chenin cf, cs

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