Mâconnais Flashcards
(19 cards)
Mâcon AOP produces?
white, rosé, and red wines—including varietally labeled Gamay—and the appellation is available to producers throughout the entire Mâconnais region.
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Blanc Primeur/Nouveau
Rosé: Pinot Noir and Gamay
Rosé Primeur/Nouveau
Rouge: Pinot Noir and Gamay
Mâcon Villages Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Mâcon Villages Primeur/Nouveau (Blanc)
Mâcon with Geographical Designation
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Rouge/Rosé: 100% Gamay
Maconnais lies in which department?
Saône-et-Loire
How many villages append to Mâcon-Villages?
27 communes may currently appear as geographic designations appended to Mâcon. Many of the single communes may produce all three colors of wine, depending on the individual site, but only WHITE wines may be labeled as Mâcon-Villages
e.g. Macon Verze or Macon Lugny
the Mâconnais has five village AOPs:
Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Loché, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Saint-Véran, and Viré-Clessé. All five produce only Chardonnay
Pouilly-Fuissé includes the wines of four communes?
Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly, Vergisson, and Chaintré—with vineyards rising up the slopes below the Rocks of Solutré and Vergisson, two large limestone escarpments that define the landscape of the southern Mâconnais
How many premier crus has Pouilly Fiusse and when?
22
Viré-Clessé allows for a unique style of late-harvest Chardonnay known as?
Blanc Levrouté
When did Vire Clesse became a separate appellation?
1999 it is the youngest
Name the premier crus of Fuisse (7)
Le Clos
Les Brulés
Les Ménétrières
Les Reisses
Les Vignes Blanches
Les Perrières
Vers Cras (shared with Solutré-Pouilly)
Name the premier crus of Chaintre (4)
Le Clos de Monsieur Noly
Les Chevrières
Aux Quarts
Le Clos Reyssier
Name the premier crus of Solutré-Pouilly (8)
La Frérie
Le Clos de Solutré
Au Vignerais
En Servy
Aux Bouthières
Aux Chailloux
Pouilly
Vers Cras (shared with Fuissé)
Name the premier crus of Vergisson (4)
Les Crays
La Maréchaude
Sur la Roche
En France
Name some top producers from Pouilly Fuisse
Chateau Fuisse
Eric Forest
Domaine Ferret
Chateau de Rontets
Domaine Olivier Merlin
Chateau de Quarts
Domaine Leflaive
Domaine Robert Denogent
Name some top producers from Vire Clesse
Jean Thevenet Domaine de la Bongran
Domaine de Heritiers du Comtes Lafon
Domaine Guillemot-Michel
Which villages of Macon can produce only white?
Fuisse
Loche
Vinzelles
Montbellet
Solutre-Pouilly
Uchizy
What styles of wine are produced under the Vire -Clesse AOP
Vire-Clesse AOP= dry whites
Vire-Clesse demi sec AOP= 4-8gr/l
Vire-Clesse AOP Levroutte AOP= 8-18g/l
Sweet wines can be produced in?
Macon and Vire-Clesse AOPs
Macon Serrieres produces?
Dry Rose and Red
Name the premier crus of Pouilly-Loche and Pouilly-Vinzelles in 2024
New Pouilly-Loché Premier Cru (32 ha):
Les Mûres (7.09 ha)
New Pouilly-Vinzelles Premiers Crus (52 ha):
Les Longeays (7.50 ha)
Les Pétaux (2.76 ha)
Les Quarts (12.45 ha)
