Loire Wine - Anjou-Saumur Flashcards
1
Q
Which river influences Quarts de Chaume?
A
The Layon river
2
Q
What AOC would you find on the label of a red wine produced by Clos Rougeard?
A
Saumur-Champigny
3
Q
How many bottlings does Clos Rougeard make?
A
- 3 red and 1 white
Le Clos bottling, sourced from 50-to-70-year-old vines blended from the villages of Chacé, Varrains and Dampierre
Les Poyeaux, half-century-old vines in a south-facing parcel of eroded sandstone over tuffeau, adjacent to the deep cellar in their home village of Chacé.
the iconic Le Bourg is from vines averaging 80 years old, planted on a thin layer of clay over a deep bed of tuffeau, also in Chacé
mythic white is made from Chenin Blanc grown in the hallowed Saumur Blanc terroir of Brézé
