S. France - Languedoc/Roussillon/Corsica/Provence Flashcards
(91 cards)
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What is the principle grape of Fronton AOP in Southwest France?
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Negrette
2
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Marcillac AOP must use a minimum of 80% of what varietal?
A
Fer (Servadou), or Mansois
3
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If one was to drink a cheap white wine made from the surplus of white grapes used in the production of Armagnac, what would be the most likely appelation to appear on the label?
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Côtes de Gascogne IGP
4
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Auxerrois is a synonym for which grape in SW France?
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Malbec - used primarily in Cahors
5
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What is the River of Cahors?
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The Lot
6
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What southwest France red wine appellation does not allow Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc?
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Cahors AOP
7
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What styles of wine are made in Saussignac, Rosette and Monbazillac?
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Sweet white wines and dessert wines
8
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What is the name of the top bottling by Chateau Montus?
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- “Prestige”
- 100% Tannat
9
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Name the four AOP’s of Limoux
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- Cremant de Limoux
- Blanquette de Limoux
- Limoux
- Blanquette Method Ancestrale
10
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What is the predominant red grape varietal of Limoux?
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Merlot (min 50%)
11
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What is the main grape used to make Blanquette de Limoux?
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Mauzac (min 90% mauzac+ chardonnay & chenin blanc)
12
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Malvoise du Roussilon is a synonym for what grape?
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Tourbat
13
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Northernmost AOP of Languedoc
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Pic Saint-Loup AOP
14
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What styles are produced under Pic Saint Loup AOC? What grape forms the base?
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- Red and Rosé
- Syrah (min 50% for red; min 30% for rosé)
15
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What wine styles may be produced under Clairette du Languedoc AOC?
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- Still White
- Vin de Liqueur
- Rancio
(all 100% Clairette)
16
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Lledoner Pelut is a mutation of what grape?
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Grenache (pelut = furry; referrs to downy char of leaves that retain moisture)
17
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Name 3 Clairette-based AOPs of France (there are 6)
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- Coteaux de Die AOP
- Clairette de Die AOP
- Cremant de Die AOP
- Clairette du Bellegard AOP
- Clairette du Languedoc AOP
- Bandol AOC (Blanc)
18
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How long does Banyuls Grand Cru have to age in oak for?
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30 months
19
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Agly River, Tet River and Tech River are found in which 2 French AOPs?
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Rivesaltes and Muscat de Rivesaltes
20
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What is the grape of Marcillac?
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Min 80% Fer (Servadou)
21
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Fronton sits between what 2 rivers?
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- Garonne (West)
- Tarn (East)
22
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What styles are permitted under Gaillac 1er Cotes AOC?
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Dry white only
23
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Name 2 producers of Cahors
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- Chateau du Cedre
- Clos La Coutale
- Chateau Lagrezette
24
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Chateau Montus and Chateau Bouscassé are producers in what AOC?
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Madiran AOP (both owned by Alain Brumont)
25
What are the two non contiguous sectors of Fitou AOP?
- Fitou Maritime and Fitou Montagneux
- FITOU MARITIME (By the coast): clay-limestone
- FITOU HAUT/MONTAGNEUX (Inland): schist, fuller, (best)
26
Name 3 fortified wine appellations in the Languedoc
- Muscat de Frontignan
- Muscat de Mireval AOP
- Muscat de Lunel AOP
- Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois
27
How long must Amber and Tuilé styles of Rivesaltes AOP wines be aged?
March 1 of 3rd year following harvest (oxidative environment of aging)
28
What is the southernmost wine appellation in continental France?
Banyuls AOP
29
How many communes are within Gaillac Premieres Côtes AOP?
11
30
What is the name of Didier Dangenau's Jurançon bottling?
Les Jardins de Babylone
31
What was Languedoc's first AOP and tradtionally a source of Rivesaltes VdN?
Fitou (AOP 1948)
32
Malpère AOP can produce what styles of wine?
Red and rosé only
33
The first French region to be introduced to vine-growing and wine-making by the Romans?
Languedoc
34
Type of soil that dominates the hills Fitou, Corbières, Minervois, Faugères, St. Chinian and Languedoc appellations?
Schist
35
Most southerly AOP in Languedoc, in the foothills of the Pyrenees?
Fitou
36
Mountain range near Terrasses du Larzac AOP?
Cévennes (Eastern Languedoc)
37
The only (still) white AOP for which oak is mandatory?
Limoux AOP
38
Grape(s) for Limoux AOP?
White: Mauzac, chard, chenin (still whites must be fermented in oak — the only AOP white for which oak is mandatory
Red: Min 50% merlot; min 30% combined G-S, cot (plus cab f-s)
39
Which is warmer and drier? Eastern or Western Languedoc?
Eastern
40
The oldest AOP in France is for cheese _____ and overlaps this AOP for wine _____.
Roquefort (1925) -- overlaps the Terrasses du Larzac AOP
41
Aniane, Jonquières and Hérault are communes of which AOP?
Terrasses du Larzac AOP
42
The main river in Terrasses du Larzac AOP?
Hérault
43
The vineyards of Montepeyroux and St. Saturnin are located in which AOP?
Terrasses du Larzac AOP
44
The Pézenas sub-appellation is part of which AOP?
Languedoc AOP
45
Oldest Muscat AOP in France?
- Muscat de Frontignan AOP
- 100% Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc
- only Muscat-based AOP that can be VdN or VdL, others are VdN only
46
Which mountain range separates France from Spain?
Albères
47
What is the largest river in the Pyrénées, near Perpignan?
Têt
48
Name the 2 winds in Corbières
Cers - dry and cold from the northwest
| Marin - warm from the Mediterranean
49
River that borders borders Corbières and Minervois
Aude
50
What is mutage and who discovered it?
- Fortification through addition of spirit
| - discovered in 1285 by Arnau de Vilanova
51
T or F? 90% of the VDN produced in France, come from the Languedoc-Roussillon
True!
52
Min alc % for VdN
Min 15%
53
Min Grenache % for Banyuls and Banyuls Grand Cru
- Banyuls: min 50% grenache
| - Banyuls Grand Cru: min 75% grenache
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Min alc % for Banyuls and Banyuls Grand Cru
Both min 15%
55
Largest appellation for VdN?
Rivesaltes
56
Largest Muscat-based appellation in France?
- Muscat de Rivesaltes (Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains and Muscat d'Alexandrie)
- Other Muscat-based AOPs in the Languedoc are 100% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
57
What are "bonbonnes"?
Glass jars sometimes used to age Banyuls out in the sun
58
T or F? There are no dry whites made under Maury AOP
True!
59
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Following Corsican grapes and synonyms?
A) Niellucciu
B) Sciaccarellu
C) Lladoner Pelut
D) Vermentinu
E) Tourbat
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A) Niellucciu = Sangiovese
B) Sciaccarellu = Mammolo (in Tuscany)
C) Lladoner Pelut = Grenache Poilu (mutation of grenache)
D) Vermentinu = Malvoisie de Corse
E) Tourbat = Malvoise du Roussilon
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60
T or F? It is drier and sunnier in Corsica that anywhere in mainland/continental France
True!
61
Which Catalonia AOP borders Banyuls?
Empordà
62
Name 2 vermouths from Languedoc-Roussillon
- Byrrh (Red wine, herbs quinine, orange)
- Dubonnet (Wine, quinine, orange, caramel, herbs...)
- Noilly-Prat (Wines, herbs)
63
Define vermouth and quinquina
- Alc is between 16-18%
- 4 types: dry, sweet (red), bianco, rose
- fortified and made on a base of dry wine with the addition of extracts of herbs, spices, sugar, mistelle, neutral spirit, fruit...(quinine, orange peel, gentian, cinnamon, ginger, thyme..)
- Quinquinas are flavored specifically with cinchona bark and its bitter quinine compound
64
What is the main difference that separates a VdN and other fortified wines?
- the amount and strength of spirit added
- VDN: the spirit accounts for a max of 10% of the total volume; as a result the total alcohol content of the finished product is around 15% abv (min 15% for VDN)
- Port: 20% of spirit added, often under 80% abv = 20% abv alc
65
What are the 2 types of mutage for VdN that can be employed?
- "sur grains": alc added during the fermentation: more structure, better aging potential
- after pressurage and a few days of fermentation: wine is lighter, slightly tannic
66
VdN, only 4 grapes allowed???
- grenache (blanc, gris, noir)
- maccabeu (maccabeo)
- muscat (petits grains & alexandrie)
- malvoisie
67
Define VdL and mistelle
- Vin De Liqueur is a sweet fortified wine also known as mistelle
- Spirit is added prior to fermentation, resulting in a sweeter wine
- In general the alcohol level is between 16-22%
- Mistelle is grape juice mixed with a spirit, however if that grape juice has been at least partially fermented (turned into a wine), once a spirit is added, it has itself become a fortified wine
68
What is Rinquinquin?
- a VdL peach aperitif from Provence/Rhône Valley
- Made by infusing peaches in a 100 proof neutral spirit. Results are mixed with white wine, essential oils of citrus and sugar
69
Name the sole VdN AOP in Corsica
Muscat du Cap Corse AOP (Muscat à Petits Grains Blanc )
70
Which wind blows from the northwest in the bas Languedoc and the Roussillon. It is a dry, cold air from polar regions
Tramontana
71
The only (2) appellations where Mediterranean and Atlantic (Bdx) grapes are mandatorily combined
Cabardès AOP and Malepère AOP (both red and rosé only)
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Mountain range(s) in Minervois AOP
Black Mountains and Cévennes
73
Name the (4) red only AOPs in Languedoc
- Minervois-La Livinière
- Corbières-Boutenac
- Fitou
- Terrasses du Larzac
74
Bourboulenc-based AOP in Languedoc
La Clape AOP
75
Corbières AOP and this other AOP overlap
La Clape AOP
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Mountain range in Pic St-Loup AOP
Hortus (Montagne de l’Hortus)
77
Which 4 communes can append names to Cotes du Roussillon-Villages AOP?
- Latour de France
- Caramany
- Lesquerde
- Tautavel
78
Banyuls AOP for sweet wines, covers the same communes as this other AOP for dry wines
Collioure AOP
79
"Rimage" for wines made in Banyuls means this _____.
Vintage
80
Min RS for Banyuls AOP, Banyuls Grand Cru AOP and Maury AOP
Min 45 g/l
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Max RS for Banyuls Grand Cru "Brut/Dry/Sec"
Max 54 g/l
82
Dry whites made in the Maury AOP area are labeled as this ______.
Côtes Catalanes IGP
83
T or F? For Maury AOP, VdN Ambré, Tuilé and Hors d'Age are aged in glass or other sealed containers
True!
84
T or F? For Maury AOP, VdN Ambré and Tuilé do not have to be vintage dated, but Blanc and Grenat must
True!
85
T or F? Grand Roussillon AOP is the "catch-all" appellation for Roussillon VdN
True!
86
T or F? Rivesaltes Grenat (VdN) is 100% Grenache Noir and must be made in a reductive style
True!
87
In Corsica, grapes and colors for Vin de Corse AP and Vin de Corse "Coteaux du Cap Corse" AOP
- Vin de Corse:
Red/Rose: Min 50% grenache, niellucio, sciacarello (mammolo)
White: Min 75% vermentino+ ugni blanc
- Vin de Corse "Coteaux du Cap Corse"
Red/Rose: Min 60% grenache, niellucio, sciacarello (mammolo)
White: Min 80% vermentino+ ugni blanc
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Synonym of Ugni Blanc in Corsica
Rossola
89
Grapes for Ajaccio AOP
- Red/Rosé: min 40% sciacarello (min 60% combined sciacarello, nielluciu, barbarossa, vermentino, grenache...
- White: min 80% vermentino + ugni blanc (rossola)
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Synonym of Sciaccarello in Tuscany
Mammolo
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Grapes for Patrimonio AOP
- White: 100% Vermentino (Malvoisie de Corse)
- Red: Min. 90% Nielluccio, plus Grenache, Sciaccarello (Mammolo), and Vermentino
Rosé: Min. 75% Nielluccio, plus Grenache, Sciaccarello (Mammolo), and Vermentino
