Provence Quiz Flashcards
(84 cards)
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What percentage (according to 2019 figures) of Côtes de Provence AOC production is Rosé?
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91%
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Which is Provence’s smallest AOC in area?
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Palette
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The reds and rosé of Bandol AOC are based on which grape?
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Mourvèdre
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What are the stone vineyard walls that support the terraces in Bandol called?
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Restanques
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Which AOC in Provence is particularly known for organic and biodynamic farming?
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Les Baux de Provence
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Can Provence’s AOCs can produce sparkling wine?
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Some produce rosé sparkling traditional method
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Are light-bodied, crisp and refreshing and are intended to be drunk as an aperitif.
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Vins de Soif
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Are fuller-bodied and more structured and are meant to be drunk with food.
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Vins de Gastronomie
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Are wines for aging – usually red.
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Vins de Garde
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Higher acidity wines tend to be what color?
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Pink color
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Is the historical wine speciality of Palette – it’s made from cooked grape must.
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Vin Cuit
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Low acidity wines tend to be what color?
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Salmon color
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Notre-Dame des Anges
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DCG Côtes de Provence
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Sainte-Victoire
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DCG Côtes de Provence
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Frêjus
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DCG Côtes de Provence
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Pierrevert
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AOC in Provence
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Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence
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AOC in Provence
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Coteaux Varois en Provence
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AOC in Provence
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Bandol
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AOC in Provence
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La Londe
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DCG Côtes de Provence
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Côtes de Provence
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AOC
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Les Baux de Provence
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AOC
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Cassis
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AOC
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Bellet
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AOC
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Palette
AOC
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Pierrefeu
DCG Côtes de Provence
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By what name is the iconic Provencal bottle-shape known?
Flûte à Corset
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None of Provence’s AOCs permit the production of sweet wines
True or False?
Sweet wine is NOT permitted to be made in any part of Provence's AOCs
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Approximately how many hours of sun does Provence receive yearly?
~3000
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Which grape is dominant in Provence’s rosé blends?
Grenache
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AOC - Uniquely makes white wines as well as reds and roses.
La Londe
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AOC - Uniquely can use carbonic maceration for reds.
Sainte-Victoire
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AOC - Reds must spend six months in oak barrels or foudres.
Fréjus
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AOC - Reds are aged until October 15 of the year following harvest.
Pierrefeu and Fréjus
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Which is the most significant IGP in Provence?
Méditerranée IGP
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What is the name of the mountain range that stretches between Fréjus and Cannes?
Massif de L’Esterel
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List what can effect the color of rosé wines?
1. The grape variety/varieties used
2. Ripeness of vintage
3. Temperature at harvest
4. Winemaking method
5. Length of maceration
6. O2 exposure
7. Soil type
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Which is Provence’s most northerly appellation?
Pierrevert AOC
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Produce pink wines
Syrah and Mourvèdre
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Produces rosé with a salmon colour
Tibouren
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Bleed more color into the juice during vinification.
Warm grapes
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Creates delicate, pale colored rosés
Direct Press
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Gives deeper colored rosés
Saignée
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Produces rosés with an orange color
O2 exposure and
Volcanic soils
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Extracts more color
Longer maceration
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Which is the only Provence AOC that allows Chardonnay to be used?
Bellet
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Maquis soils
Maquis is a similar aromatic, resinous scrub to garrigue, but this mix of herbs and shrubs grows on acidic, quartz-rich schist.
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What is Garrique
Garrigue – a term that refers to the aromatic, resinous herbs that grow upon alkaline soils – is found growing on limestone soils.
The word can refer to the limestone soil itself, or the herbs and scrub vegetation that grow on it. It is also used to describe the fragrance of those herbs and even the aromas of the wines that are grown in these soils.
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What is the main soil type found in eastern part of Provence?
Schist
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Maritime Alps
Run along the border with Italy.
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Massif des Maures
Stretch between Hyères and Fréjus
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Massif des Calanques
Stretches from Toulon to Marseille.
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Montagne Sainte-Victoire
lies east of Aix-en-Provence.
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What happened to Provence at the end of the 1400s?
It became a part of France
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Which civilization first introduced wine culture to Provence?
The Phocaeans***
Turks essentially NOT PHONICEANS
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Sainte-Baume
Runs along the coast between Marseille and Cassis.
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Les Alpilles
Is a chain of low mountains south of Avignon.
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Which of these red grapes is unique to Bellet AOC?
Braquet Noir
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Rolle is a synonym for which grape?
Vermentino
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While older vines were planted using the gobelet method, how are newer vines generally trained?
Guyot
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Which AOCs and DGCs of Côtes de Provence have rules that require their red wines are oak aged?
Palette AOC
Côtes de Provence AOC Fréjus
Bandol AOC
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Just one Provence AOC produces more white wine than red or rosé – which one is it?
Cassis
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Which AOCs/DGCs mandate oak aging for their red wines?
Côtes de Provence AOC Fréjus,
Bandol AOC,
and Palette AOC
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Which three Provence AOCs produce 96% of all Provence wines?
Côtes de Provence AOC,
Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence AOC, and
Coteaux Varois en Provence AOC
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What is the climate of Provence?
Mediterranean, with some continental and alpine influences depending on appellation
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In what year was the Côtes de Provence AOC Classification System created?
1955
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What is the northernmost AOC in Provence?
Pierrevert
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What are the two main soil types found in Provence?
Calcareous limestone and quartz-rich schist
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What are the names of the DCGs in Côtes de Provence AOC?
Sainte-Victoire,
Fréjus,
La Londe,
Notre-Dame des Anges,
and Pierrefeu
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Define "maquis"
A mix of resinous herbs that grows on schist soils
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Why is Mourvèdre successful in Bandol AOC?
Late-ripening Mourvèdre thrives in long, hot, coastal Mediterranean growing seasons.
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What is Provence's largest AOC by size and volume?
Côtes de Provence AOC
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Define "vins de soif"
Thirst-quenching, refreshing wines that are intended to be enjoyed as an aperitif.
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Define "vins de gastronomie"
Gastronomic wine, with fuller-body, and more structure and color, intended to be consumed with a meal.
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What Provence AOC is known for organic and biodynamic viticulture?
Les Baux de Provence AOC
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Define "flûte à corset"
The traditional hourglass bottle shape of Provençal rosé
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Define "vin cuit"
Reduced grape must by long cooking; a tradition in the Palette AOC
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Define "baou"
Provençal term for a rocky outcrop
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Define "restanques"
Terraced stone walls in vineyards, especially in Bandol
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What area of Provence was once one of France's largest cork forests?
Massif des Maures
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What percentage of Provence's wine production is rosé?
90%
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Why are the Provence harvest parameters for rosé more in line with those for white wine production?
The focus is on retention of acidity.
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Which AOCs mandate hand harvesting?
Bandol AOC
and Palette AOC
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What are the dominant white grapes in the Cassis AOC?
Marsanne and Clairette
