Loire Valley

Question 1

Pays Nantais Major AOPs

Answer 1

• Muscadet AOP
• Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOP [80% of production]
• Muscadet Coteaux De Loire AOP
• Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu AOP

Question 2

Anjour-Samur Major AOPs

Answer 2

• Anjou Villages AOP-Saumur AOP
• Savennieres AOP
• Coteaux du Layon
• Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP
• Bonnezeaux AOP [sub cdl]
• Quarts-deChaume AOP [sub cdl]

Question 3

Touraine Major AOPs

Answer 3

• Chinon AOP
• Bourgueil AOP
• St-Nicolas-De-Bourgueil AOP
• Vouvray AOP
• Montlois Sur Loire AOP
• Touraine AOP
• Cheverny
• Jasnieres AOP
• Coteaux du Loir AOP

Question 4

Central Vineyards Major AOPs

Answer 4

• Sancerre AOP
• Pouilly-Fume AOP
• Pouilly-Sur Loire AOP
• Mentou-Salon AOP
• Quincy AOP
• Orleans AOP

Question 5

Rose de Loire Grapes/Style

Answer 5

-30% Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc-dry

Question 6

Cabernet d’Anjou Grapes/Style

Answer 6

-Cabernet Sauvignon/Franc blend-medium-sweet

Question 7

Rose d’Anjou Grapes/Style

Answer 7

-mainly Grolleau grape-less sweet style

Question 8

Sancerre Rose’ Grapes/Style

Answer 8

-Pinot Noir-dry, delicate fruit

Question 9

Pays Nantais Soils

Answer 9

-Gravel(“gneiss”) and Sand over Schist and Granite

Question 10

Muscadet “Sur Lie” Laws/Requirements

Answer 10

• spends winter on Lees,
• must originate from one of 3 qualifying regions
• bottled unfiltered off lees between March 1/Nov 30 year following harvest

Question 11

Anjou-Saumur Grapes/Vinification

Answer 11

• Chenin Blanc, Cab Franc, Grolleau
• 45% production is Rose’
• dry, off dry, sweet versions of Chenin

Question 12

Anjou-Villages Grapes/Vinification

Answer 12

• Cabernet Franc

- Dry Red Wines

Question 13

Saumur Grapes/Vinification

Answer 13

• Chenin Blanc
• Cabernet Franc
• known for sparklers from Chenin Blanc

Question 14

Savennieres Soils

Answer 14

Blue Schist & Volcanic Debris

Question 15

Savennieres Location/Topography

Answer 15

• North bank of Loire River

- Steep, south facing hills

Question 16

Savennieres Grapes/Vinification

Answer 16

100% Chenin Blanc

Dry White Wines

Question 17

Savennieres Sub-Appellation[Grand Crus]

Answer 17

• Roche aux Moines AOP

- Coulee De Serrant AOP[a Nicolas Joly monopole]

Question 18

Coteaux du Layon Grapes/Style

Answer 18

• 100% Chenin Blanc

- Late harvest botrytis affected grapes, Sweet Wines

Question 19

Bonnezeaux/Quarts-de-Chaume Location/info

Answer 19

• Subzones of Coteaux du Layon

- South of Loire River on bank of Layon River [humid conditions]

Question 20

Touraine Soils

Answer 20

-Tuffeau (soft limestone)

Question 21

Chinon Soils

Answer 21

tuffeau, clay, and varennes

Question 22

Chinon Grapes/Vinification

Answer 22

• Cab Franc = Reds+Rose,

- White[Chenin Blanc]

Question 23

Bourgueil/St-Nicolas-De-Bourgueil Grapes/Style

Answer 23

Cabernet Franc [up to 10% Cab Sav]

reds/rose’

Question 24

Vouvray Soils

Answer 24

Tuffeau

Question 25

Vouvray Grapes/Style

Answer 25

- 100% Chenin Blanc - Sparkling, sec(dry), sec-tendre (off-dry), demi-sec (semi-sweet), moelleux, and liquereux - Sparkling are method traditionalle & petillant (semi sparkling) or mousseaux (sparkling)

Question 26

Montlois Sur Loire AOP Grapes/Style

Answer 26

-similiar to Vouvray [Chenin Blanc, range of sweetness]

Question 27

Touraine Grapes/Style

Answer 27

- Whites: Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris [max 20%] - Reds: Gamay, Groslot, Pinea d’Aunis, Cabernet Franc

Question 28

Conteaux du Loir Grapes/Style

Answer 28

reds: Pineau d’Aunis [a.k.a Chenin Noir] whites: from Chenin

Question 29

Jasnieres Grapes/Style

Answer 29

100% Chenin, similar to Vouvray

Question 30

Sancerre Soils

Answer 30

- silex - terres blanches - caillottes[same as Kimmeridgian Clay]

Question 31

Pouilly-Sur Loire Grapes/Styles

Answer 31

-whites from Chasselas

Question 32

Pouilly-Fume Soils

Answer 32

-Silex [w/ higher % flint] hence "flintiness"

Question 33

Quincy Grapes/Info

Answer 33

- White Wine Only. Sauvignon Blanc [10% Sauvignon Gris] | - 2nd AOP in France!

Question 34

Touraine Producers White

Answer 34

- Domaine Huet Vouvray [all styles] | - Jackie Blot in Montlouis

Question 35

Central Vineyards Producers

Answer 35

- Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy Sancerre - Domaine Didier Dagueneau Silex [Pouilly-Fumé] - Domaine Auchere

Question 36

Anjou-Saumur Producers

Answer 36

- Château des Fesles [Bonnezeaux] | - Domaine des Baumard [Quarts du Chaume, Savinerres]]

Question 37

Touraine Producers Red [Chinon]

Answer 37

- Chateau De La Grille Chinon | - Domaine De La Perriére Chinon