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Another name for Chenin blanc in Loire

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Pineau de la Loire

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What does “Franc de Pied” mean?

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French vines NOT grafted on Am rootstock

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Another name for Pinot gris in Loire (also in Savoie and Switzerland)

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Malvoisie

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Another name for Sauvignon blanc in Loire

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Fié

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4 main sub-regions that make up the Loire Valley

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  • Pays Nantais
  • Anjou-Saumur
  • Touraine
  • Central Vineyards
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For Crémant de Loire, what is max % for combined Cab sauv and Pineau d’Aunis

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Max 30% combined

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Longest river in France?

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Loire

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Loire’s first official Grand Cru?

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Quarts de Chaume

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Name 2 AOPs that require 100% Chenin in Touraine

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  • Montlouis-sur-Loire (white only)
  • Chinon (all 3 colors)
  • Jasnières (white only)
  • Coteaux du Loir (all 3 colors)
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Name Rosé-only AOPs in Saumur (2)

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  • Cabernet d’Anjou

- Rose d’Anjou

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Saumur AOP requirements for all 3 colors?

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  • No still Rosé
  • White: 100% Chenin
  • Red: Cabernet franc + (Max 30% Cab-sauv + Pineau d’Aunis)
  • Mousseux blanc: Min 60% Chenin + max 10% sb
  • Mousseux rosé: Min 60% Cab franc + max 10% sb (min 9m on lees)
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Grapes for a wine labeled “Saumur Puy Notre Dame”

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Cab franc, with max 15% cab sauv

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What are the requirements for Coteaux de Saumur AOP?

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  • 100% Chenin (only)
  • Semi-sweet wines - passillerage or botrytis, must be harvested in successful tries
  • Min Alc: 15%
  • Min must weight: 238g/l
  • Min RS: 34 g/l
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Requirements for Saumur-Champigny AOP

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  • Red only

- Min 85% Cabernet franc (max 15% cab sauv+pineau d’aunis)

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Name the 2 AOPs in Savennières; one is a monopole owned by whom?

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  • Coulée de Serrant: owned by Nicolas Joly

- Roche aux Moines

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Roche aux Moines has 6 vignerons who make wine there, name 2

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  • Nicolas Joly
  • Château de Chamboureau
  • Domaine aux Moines
  • Château Pierre Bise
  • Domaine des Forges
  • Domaine Jo Pithon
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Residual sugar in Savennières is no longer explicitly stated as of 2011; what are the 4 levels of sweetness and RS levels?

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  • Sec: max 4 g/l
  • Demi-sec: max 18g/l
  • Moelleux: 18-45g/l
  • Doux: more than 45 g/l
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Coteaux l’Aubance AOP makes sweet whites; for still reds made in that region, what are they labeled as?

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Anjou Villages Brissac (Cab Sauv + Cab Franc)

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Which river runs through Bonnezeaux?

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Layon

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Name the 2 villages that have their own AOP within Coteaux du Layon

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Bonnezeaux and Chaume (of Quarts de Chaume AOP)

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Min alc % for Coteaux du Layon (+village, +Chaume Premier Cru, +SGN)?

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  • Layon: 11%
  • Layon “Village”: 12%
  • Layon “Chaume Premier Cru”: 11%
  • Layon “SGN” (with or without village): 19%
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Min RS for Coteaux du Layon and Chaume Premier Cru

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  • Layon: 34 g/l
  • Layon “Chaume Premier Cru”: 80 g/l
  • *Chaptalization not allowed for both
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Which has a higher min must weight, Coteau du Layon or Sauternes?

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Same, 221 g/l

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7 geographical designations can add their name to the Coteau du Layon appellation, name 3

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  • Beaulieu/sur Layon
  • Rablay/sur Layon
  • Rochefort/sur Loire
  • St Aubin/de Luigne
  • St Lambert/du Lattay
  • Faye/d’Anjou
  • Chaume “Premier Cru” - (lieu-dit within Rochefort sur Loire)
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RS, min alc % and min must weight for Bonnezeaux? Is chaptalization legal?
- 100% Chenin - Min 12% alc - Min 51 g/l - Must weight: 238 g/l - Chaptalization is legal for Bonnezeaux AOC
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Where is chaptalization legal? Bonnezeaux, Layon, Layon Chaume Premier Cru, Layon Chaume SGN, Quarts du Chaume
Bonnezeaux and Coteaux du Layon
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Name 2 producers of Bonnezeaux
- Dom de la Sansonnière (Mark Angeli) - Ch de Fesles - Dom de Petits Quarts/Godineaux - Dom René Renou
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Requirements for Quarts du Chaume?
- 100% Chenin - Min 11% alc - Min 85 g/l - Min must weight: 298 g/l - Loire’s first official Grand Cru - Producers: Dom des Baumard, Pierre Bise
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Grapes for Haut-Pitou in Anjou?
- White: Min 60% sauv blanc, sauv gris - Red: Min 60% cab franc, max 10% gamay - Rosé: Min. 40% cab franc, plus a min. 20% p-noir and a min. 20% Gamay
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Only AOP in Anjou where the main grape is Sauv Blanc
Haut-Pitou AOP
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Grapes for Bourgueil, major city and which bank of the Loire river does it lie?
Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv) City: Bourgueil is West of Tours River: Right bank of Loire
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T or F? St Nicolas de Bourgueil requires the same cépage of grapes as Bourgueil. Located W of Bourgueil and N of Chinon (across the Loire river)
- True! | - Red/Rosé: Cab franc majority (+cab sauv)
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Grapes for Valençay?
- White: majority sauv blanc - Red/Rosé: gamay, pinot noir, côt (must have all 3 in blend) * Cher River
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Grapes for Cheverny?
- White: Min 50% combined sauv blanc+gris | - Red/Rosé: Min 50% pinot noir (min 85% combined pinot and gamay
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Can Cour-Cheverny make off-dry wines?
Yes, off-dry wines with min 8 g/l may be produced; may not be chaptalized
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Grapes for Jasnières and the river that runs through it?
- 100% Chenin - dry, off-dry and sweet wines; chapt forbidden with wines +12 g/l RS - sub-region of Coteaux du Loir - Loir river
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Grapes for Coteaux du Loir?
- White: 100% Chenin - Red/Rosé: Min 50% pineau d'aunis - Red: (+gamay, cab f, cot) - Rosé: (+gamay, cot, grolleau) - one of the Loire's northernmost appellations - vyds are protected by the Bercé forest to the north, while the adjacent valleys and hillsides face south, enjoying the Touraine climate
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Synonym for Chenin Noir?
Pineau d’Aunis
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Grapes for Coteaux du Vendômois?
- White: Chenin blanc majority (+chard) - Rosé Vin Gris: 100% pineau d'aunis - Red: Pineau d'Aunis majority (+ cab-franc, pn, gamay)
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What are the 100% Chenin white AOPs in Touraine (4)?
- Mountlouis-sur-Loire - Chinon - Jasnières - Coteaux du Loir
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What are 5 villages that can append its name to the Touraine AOP and what are the white grapes for each?
- Touraine Azay-le-Rideau: 100% Chenin (Rosé majority of Grolleau; does not make red wines) - Touraine Amboise: 100% Chenin - Touraine Mesland: Chenin majority, Rosé is Gamay majority, Red is Min 3 grapes (cab-franc, cot gamay, cab-sauv, p-noir) - Touraine Oisly: 100% sauv blanc (makes only white) - Touraine Chenonceaux: 100% sauv blanc (red mainly Côt and cab-franc; does not make rosé wines)
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Rivers in the following regions: Touraine Noble-Joué, Chinon, Jasnières
- Touraine Noble-Joué: Cher to the N and Indre to the S - Chinon: Vienne - Jasnières: Loir
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Montlouis-sur-Loire is sandwiched between which 2 rivers?
Loire on the N (right bank) and Cher on the S (left bank)
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Loir river runs through 3 AOPs in Touraine, what are they?
Coteaux du Loir, Jasnières, Coteaux du Vendomois
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Which label for Touraine reds is for 100% hand-harvested Gamay grapes, and bottled immediately after harvest?
Touraine 'Premieur'
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Which Rosé-only AOP recreates a historical style of Vin Gris? And which 2 rivers run through it?
- Touraine Noble-Joué (+50% pinot meunier (with pinot noir, pinot gris/malvoisie) - Cher River runs through the N and Indre to the S of it
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Vouvray is East of Tours, what is the min % of Chenin required?
Min 95% Chenin (+arbois/menu pineau)
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T or F? Saumur is Loire’s biggest producer of bubbles
True!
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T or F for Anjou? It is the largest, most diverse and dynamic region; 45% of Anjou production is devoted to rosê (dominated by the Grolleau grape) and 1/3 of plantings are Cab Franc
True!
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Central Vineyard AOPs producing only white (3)
- Pouilly-Fumé - Pouilly-sur-Loire (chasselas) - Quincy
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Central Vineyard AOPs making all 3 colors (5)
- Sancerre - Reuilly - Menetou-Salon - Coteaux du Giennois - Orléans
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Sole Central Vineyard AOP producing only red
- Orléans-Clery (100% cabernet franc)
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Central Vineyards AOP that requires Pinot Noir for reds (5)
- Sancerre - Reuilly - Menetou-Salon - Châteaumeillant (min 60% pn + gamay) - Coteaux du Giennois (pn + gamay-neither may exceed 80%)
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Name the sole Central Vineyards AOP that requires Pinot Meunier
Orléans (red, rosé)
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T or F? Pouilly-Fumé is made of 100% sauv blanc
True!
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Quincy is the 2nd in all France to receive an AOP after CDP, what is the cépage?
Min 90% sauv blanc, max 10% sauv gris
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Which AOP is directly across the River from Sancerre? Which bank of the river does Sancerre lie on?
- Sancerre directly across Pouilly Fumé/Pouilly-sur-Loire | - Sancerre on left bank of Loire river
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Quincy is North of which other AOP?
Reuilly
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Reuilly makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?
- White: 100% sauv blanc - Red: 100% pinot noir - Rosé: Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
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Menetou-Salon makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?
- White: 100% sauv blanc | - Red/Rosé: 100% pinot noir
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Coteaux du Giennois makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?
- White: 100% sauv blanc | - Red/Rosé: pinot noir and gamay (max 80% each)
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Orléans makes all 3 colors, grapes for each?
- White: min 60% chard + pinot gris - Red: 70-90% pinot meunier + pinot noir - Rosé: min 60% pinot meunier + pinot noir/gris
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Central Vineyards AOP that require 100% sauv blanc for its whites (5)
- Reuilly - Menetou-Salon - Coteaux du Giennois - Pouilly-Fumé - Sancerre
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Grape in Orléans-Clery
100% cab franc (red only)
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Where is Châteaumillant?
Central Vineyards
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Synonym of the Sacy grape?
Tressalier
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Grapes for Cotes du Forez, Cote Roannaise?
100% Gamay (red/rosé only)
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Grapes for Châteaumeillant?
- Vin Gris: min 60% gamay + pinot noir (max 15% pinot gris) | - Red: min 60% gamay + pinot noir
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Grapes for St.Pourçain?
- White: 50-80% chardonnay, 20-40% sacy (tresallier), max 10% SB - Red: 40-70% gamay, 25-60% pinot noir - Rosé: 100% gamay
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Grapes for Cote d'Auvergne?
- White: 100% chardonnay | - Red/Rosé: min 50% pinot noir, plus gamay
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Southernmost AOP in Loire?
Cotes du Forez
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Synonym for Folle blanche?
- Gros Plant - Damery - Picpoul; not related to Picpoul in Languedoc
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3 soil types in Chinon
- Varennes: sandy alluvial, gravel (located by the river -- lighter, softer, fruity) - Tuffeau: soft limestone (located on the coteaux - fuller, +tannic, ageing) - Clay with flint, sand (located on the plateau)
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Only region in France to have 2 AOCs
Valençay (cheese and wine)
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Loire AOPs that make a rosé Vin Gris (3)
- Coteaux du Vendômois - Touraine Noble-Joué (off-dry) - Châteaumeillant
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T or F? Boundary of Chinon appellation extended to the southwest along the south bank of the Vienne, to include eight more communes
True!
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Chêne Marchand, La Pouissie are vineyards in which Sancerre village?
Bué
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Which AOP is the most central in all of France (almost dead center in the country)?
St Pourçain
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All 3 colors for Sancerre, what are the grapes and % for each?
- White: 100% sauv blanc | - Red/Rosé: 100% pinot noir
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All 3 colors for Reuilly, what are the grapes and % for each?
- White: 100% sauv blanc - Red: 100% pinot noir - Rosé: pinot noir+gris
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All 3 colors for Menetou-Salon, what are the grapes and % for each?
- White: 100% sauv blanc | - Red/Rosé: 100% pinot noir
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All 3 colors for Coteaux du Giennois, what are the grapes and % for each?
- White: 100% sauv blanc | - Red/Rosé: pinot noir+gamay (max 80% each grape)
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All 3 colors for Orléans, what are the grapes and % for each?
- White: min 60% chard (+pinot gris) - Red: 70-90% pineau meunier (+pinot noir) - Rosé: min 60% pineau meunier (+pinot gris, noir)
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2 AOPs in the Central Vineyards on Cher River
Reuilly and Quincy
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Which requires a higher RS Coteaux du Layon or Coteaux de l’Aubance?
Same, both 34 g/l
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SGN AOPs outside of Alsace
- Coteaux de l'Aubance - Coteau du Layon - Monbazillac
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Which historical event transformed the Nantais into the spiritual home for Melon de Bourgogne?
1709 frost that resulted in a moratorium of red grapes
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What is the common fermentation style for Muscadet?
Concrete, underground fermentation tanks
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Describe the terroir of Savennières AOP
Savennières sits along the north bank of the Loire River in Anjou. The climate is cool and benefits the long/slow ripening process of Chenin Blanc. The slopes are steep and south facing consisting of blue schist and volcanic debris
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Name 3 single vineyards within the Savennières AOP
Clos de Fremine, Clos de la Hutte, Clos Papillion
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Name 3 lieu-dits of Sancerre
- Clos Neore - Mont Damnes - Guigne Chevres - Les Romains - Le Paradis - La Grande Cote
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Arrange the following AOPS in order of increasing residual sugar: Bonnezeaux, Quarts du Chaume, Chaume Premier Cru, Coteaux du Layon
- Coteaux du Layon: 34 g/l - Bonnezeaux: 51 g/l - Chaume 1er: 80 g/l - Quarts du Chaume: 85 g/l
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Are whites allowed in Chinon? What about in Bourgueil?
Yes in Chinon (100% Chenin), no in Bourgueil
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List the 4 crus added to Sevre et Maine in 2019
Chateau Thebaud, Ghoulaine, Mouzillion Tillieries, Monnieres Saint Fiacre
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Which requires longer lees aging Chateau Thebaud or Goulaine?
- Goulaine and Palate 4/1 (18m) | - all others 10/1 (24m)
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Min alcohol % for Muscadet AOP?
9.5%
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Min vine age of Cru Muscadet?
6 yrs
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What is the assemblage for Coteau d’Ancenis? Within which Muscadet appellation does Coteaux d’Ancenis reside?
- Blanc: 100% Malvoisie - Rosé and Rouge: 100% Gamay - located within Coteaux de la Loire
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What are the three Huet single vineyards and their inaugural vintages?
- Haut Lieu (1928) - Le Mont (1957) - Clos du Borg (Inaug 53, purchased 63)
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Name 2 producers of Quarts de Chaume?
Domaines Des Baumard and Chateau Pierre-Bise
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Producer with Monopole AOP of Loire? What is the AOP?
Coulée de Serrant, Nicolas Joly
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