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Name red grapes of Loire Valley

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Cabernet Franc( locally Breton), Pinot Noir, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec (Cot), Pineau d’Aunis, Groslot ( Grolleau)

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Name white grapes of Loire

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Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne, Chardonnay, Orbois, Romorantin, Gros Plant (Folle Blanche), Chasellas

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Climate of Pays Nantais

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Maritime

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Major grape of Pays Nantais

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Melon de Borgogne

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Another name for Melon de Bourgogne

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Muscudet

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Name appeliations for Muscadet grape

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Muscadet AOP, Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP, Muscadet de Grandlieu AOP, Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine AOP

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Describe wine from Muscadet AOP

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Basic appellation for Melon de Bourgogne, neutral wines, bone dry to dry, high in acid, design for youthful consumption

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Which appellation makes 80% Muscadet production in Loore Valley

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Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

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Soil in Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

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Gneiss, silica, clay, granite

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Rule to label sur lie in Loire Valley

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Must originate from the land of one of the three appellation. Wines aged on their lees over winter and bottle directly of the fine lees (without filtering)

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Sub zones of Muscadet Sevre-et-Maine

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Clisson, Le Pallet, Gorges

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New regions of Pays Nantais

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Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP, Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP, Fiefs Vendeens AOP

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Largest region in Loire

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Anjou-Saumur

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Local name for Chenin Blanc in Anjou

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Pineau de la Loire

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Umbrella appellation in Anjou-Saumur and what wines produced

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Anjou AOP, red, white and sparkling wines. Saumur may be bottled as Anjou AOP but not vice versa

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Grape of Savennieres AOP

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100% Chenin Blanc

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Soil of Savennieres AOP

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Mix of blue schist and volcanic debris

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Name sub-appellations of Savennieres

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Roche aux Moines AOP, Coullee de Serrant AOP. Received AOP status in 2011. The latter is a monopoly of biodynamic Nicolas Jolt

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Sweet wine districts of Anjou-Saumur

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Coteaux du Layon AOP, Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP. Mandatory harvesting in tries, minimum 34 grams per liter of residual sugar

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Name AOP within Coteaux du Layon for sweet wines

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Bonnezeaux AOP, Quarts de Chaume AOP. Delivering botrytis-affected fruit.

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Name producers of Savennieres

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Domaine des Baumard, Chateau Pierre-Bise - Quarts du Chaume, Chateau des Fesles - Bonnezaux

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Villages, which may add their name to basic Coteaux du Layon

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

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Red-only appellation of Anjou

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Anjou-villages AOP. Made from Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Anjou Villages Brisaac AOP - most recent appellation covers the same communes as Coteaux de l’Aubance

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Wines of Saumur AOP

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Red, dry white, sparkling white and rose.

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Soils of Chinon
Tuffeau, clay and varennes
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Largest wine district of Touraine
Vouvray AOP
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Grape of Vouvray
Chenin Blanc. Orbois allowed but seldom encountered
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Name AOP of Touraine
Chinon, Bourgueil, St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Vouvray, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Touraine, Touraine Noble-Joue ( historical vin Gris, blend of Pinot Meunière, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir), Coteaux du Loir, Jasnieres, Coteaux du Vendomois, Cheverny, Cour-Cheverny, Valencay
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Grape of Jasnieres
Chenin Blanc
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Appellation which specializing in dry rose from Pineau d'Aunis in Loire
Coteaux du Vendomois AOP
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Grapes of Cheverny AOP
Light red based on Pinot Noir and Gamay, whites dominated by Sauvignon Blanc
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Grape of Cour-Cheverny
Romorantin grape
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Climate of Central vineyards
Continental
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Soils of Sancerre
Silex, terres blanches, caillottes
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Describe terres blanches soul
Same Kimmeridgian clay as Chablis
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Describe coillottes
Stony soil littered with fossils
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Describe silex soil
Has higher proportion of flint and has "gun flint" character
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Grape of Pouilly-sur-Loire AOP
Chasellas
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Name AOP of Central vineyards
Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume, Pouilly-sur-Loire, menetou-salon, Reuilly, Quincy, Coteaux du Giennois, Orleans, Orleans-Clery
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Grapes of Menetou-Salon AOP
Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir
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Major Grape of Reuilly, Quincy, Coteaux du Giennois
Sauvignon Blanc
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Red grape of Reuilly
Pure Pinot Noir, rose and vin Gris made from Pinot Gris
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Wines made in Quincy
Only white, Sauvignon Blanc
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Grape of Orleans-Clery
Red only from Cabernet Franc
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Grapes of Cotes du Forez and Cote Roannaise AOP
Exclusively Gamay similar in style to Beaujolais
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Grape of Chateaumeillant AOP
Red and rose based on Gamay
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Name other AOP of the central vineyards
Cotes du Forez, Cote Roannaise, Chateaumeillant, Cotes d'Auvergne, St-Pourcain.
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What is the highest alcohol level for Muscudet in Pays Nantais?
12%
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How long wine is aged sur lie?
Over winter, bottled between March 1 and November 30 of the year following harvest
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When Muscudet de Grandlieu was established?
1994
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What is "Hermine D'Or" in Loire Valley
Promotes terroir and stresses agebility
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What is Cru Commuaux?
Grapes from specific schist soils, aged for 18 months sir lie, proposed in 2001 and established in 2011. Sub zones: Gorges, Le Pallet, Clisson
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Grape for Rose wine of Anjou
Grolleau, 45% of production of Anjou
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What white grapes maybe in Saumur blanc
Chenin Blanc plus 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc
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Grapes of Saumur Rouge
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pineau d'Aunis
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Grape and location of Saumur-Champigny
Saumur, 8 villages surrounding Champigny may produce wine, Cabernet Franc, light red
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How much of Cabernet Sauvignon may be added to Cabernet Franc in Tourraine?
10%
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What kind of wines produced in Montlouis-Sur-Loire
Similar to Vouvray(used to be part of it), Orbois is not permitted
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Grape and location of Touraine Noble-Joue AOP
Touraine, created in 2001, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris ( Malvosie), Pinot Noir
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Grapes and location of Coteaux de Loir
Touraine, red and Rose base on Pineau d'Aunis, white exclusively from Chenin Blanc
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Grapes and location of Coteaux de Vendomois AOP
Northeast of Coteaux de Loir, dry rose from Pineau d'Aunis
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Grapes and location of Valencay AOP
South of Cour Cheverny, white - Sauvignon Blanc, red and rose - based on Gamay, Pinot Noir and Cot
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Local name for Cabernet Franc in Loire Valley
Breton
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Local name for Chenin Blanc in Loire Valley
Pineau de la Loire

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