South West France

Question 1

Appellations large or small

Answer 1

small

Question 2

Appellations clustered of scattered

Answer 2

scattered

Question 3

planted before or after Bordeaux

Answer 3

before

Question 4

language spoken Gascony

Answer 4

Occitan

Question 5

what area was former French province

Answer 5

Gascony

Question 6

what city was route to market

Answer 6

Bordeux

Question 7

what is the major coop brand that was created

Answer 7

Marques & Coop

Question 8

Which coop drive the creation of the coop brands

Answer 8

Vinovalie

Question 9

Climate

Answer 9

Contiental with Influences

Question 10

Bergerac / Dordogne Climate inf

Answer 10

maritime warmer than bordeaux

Question 11

Garonne, tarn, lot influence

Answer 11

maritime and med inf by AOC

Question 12

Pyrenees influence

Answer 12

some maritime, Pyrenees rain shadow and foehn wind

Question 13

main topo

Answer 13

rolling hills
river terraces of Aquitaine basin

Question 14

Rivers

Answer 14

Dordogne
Garonne
Lot
Tarn
Gers
Adour

Question 15

Soils
primarily
6 classes

Answer 15

sedimentary
LS
Marl - clay sand LS
Alluvial gravel pebble sand granite
wind blown loess
flysch - shale / marl with sandstone
shale, granite, mica . schist

Question 16

spontaneous crosses created which 2 grapes

Answer 16

merlot cot

Question 17

merlot parentage

Answer 17

cf x madeleine noir clarentes

Question 18

cot parentage

Answer 18

prunelard x madeleine noir clarentes

Question 19

where did the following go:
cot
carmeniere
tannat

Answer 19

argentina
chile
uragguay

Question 20

most white dry or sweet

Answer 20

dry

Question 21

sweet viti methods

Answer 21

SGN or VT

Question 22

sparkling methods

Answer 22

Ancestrale or MT

Question 23

red / rose styles

Answer 23

dry, some vin primeur

Question 24

how many regional or semi-regional AOC

Answer 24

0

Question 25

AOCs Dordogne / Bergerac

Answer 25

Bergerac Cote de Bergerac Monbazillac Saussignac

Question 26

Dordogne / Bergerac Loc upriver from ? flanks ? extension of ? uplands on what land mass part of what region

Answer 26

Saint Foy Dordogne Bordeaux SW Central MAssif Perigord

Question 27

Dordogne / Bergerac hang time vs Bordeaux styles vessel dom red in Bergerac

Answer 27

longer dusty slightly rustic tannin cask or barrique merlot

Question 28

Primary Grapes 2 white 1 Gri 4 red

Answer 28

SB, Sem Sauv Gris CS, CF, Cot, Merlot

Question 29

Dordogne / Bergerac soil climate inf

Answer 29

clay , LS some atlantic

Question 30

Bergerac AOC blend req rose limits

Answer 30

2 grapes, at least 50% P max 20% white grapes. max 10% muscadelle and/or sb and sauv gris combined

Question 31

Cote de Bergarac AOC vs Bergerac which style not allowed

Answer 31

higher ABV dry white

Question 32

Monbazillac sweetness vs sauternes harvest reqs blend req ABV req

Answer 32

sweeter hand for VT or SGN 80% P 12% min

Question 33

Saussignac blend req grape condition req

Answer 33

50% P VT or SGN

Question 34

Garonne, Tarn, Lot N and S border regions Language notable White grape notable Red (7) Soil specialty

Answer 34

Bordeaux and Languedoc Occitan Len de l'El Cot, Fer Servedou, Negrette, Gamay, Tannat, Syrah, Duras Bouldenes - sandy, clay in Bouzet and Fronton

Question 35

Tarn AOCs CLimate inf

Answer 35

Fronton Gaillac med

Question 36

Fronton Loc blend req dom prod local legend re P grape soil

Answer 36

Just N of Toulouse. RB Garonne, LBTarn 40% Negrette red came from Cyprus w/ Knights Templar Boulbenes - sandy clay

Question 37

Gaillac soil loc sweet wine types grapes allowed in white

Answer 37

LS, sand, flint, gravelly alluvium flanks Tarn VT and Doux all white and gris

Question 38

where can white and red wine be primeur

Answer 38

Gaillac

Question 39

Gaillac grapes for Doux for VT VT viti reqs , options

Answer 39

Mauzac, Musc, Len de l'El Len de l'El, Ondenc hand, passerillage or SGN

Question 40

Gaillac Sparkling types / grapes / style

Answer 40

Ancestrale / Mauzac Blanc, Rose / Brut, Semi-Sec, Doux MT / Len de l'El, Mauzac / 9 mos lees, <5% RS Blanc Sec Perle / all P Wh / CO2 injected or captured in malo

Question 41

Gaillac dry red / rose reqs age vessel red primeur type / method rose prod req

Answer 41

blend of 2, min 50% p vat or barrel gamay 100%, semi-carbonic saignee or DP

Question 42

Flanking the Lot AOC

Answer 42

Cahors

Question 43

Cahors Local name for Cot Vineyard Locs blend req grapes not allowed climate note notable fans

Answer 43

Auxerrois LS Plateaus of Causses, Gravelly slopes, river terraces 70% Cot CS,CF dry King Henry II, Peter I, Pope John xxii

Question 44

Pyrenees AOCs

Answer 44

Madiran Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Jurancon Iroulequy

Question 45

Pyrenees Influence appellations located ? white grapes red grapes

Answer 45

froehn wind warm drry around rivers gros / petit manseng tannat, cs, cf, courbu noir, manseng noir

Question 46

Which grape on both side of Pyrenees

Answer 46

Gros Manseng

Question 47

Where is Petit Manseng primarily

Answer 47

SW, Jurancon , Irouleguy

Question 48

where is Tannat natively from

Answer 48

Adour basin

Question 49

How is CS, CF used in Pyrenees

Answer 49

blending

Question 50

Jurancon loc re: rivers

Answer 50

between Gave d'Oloron and Gave de Pau

Question 51

Irouleguy river loc

Answer 51

Nive flanks

Question 52

Madiran river

Answer 52

Adour LB

Question 53

Madiran AOC Loc river Loc relative atlantic / pyrenees soil wine blend req blending grapes

Answer 53

LB Adour equidistant pebble studded LS rich clay and silt, iron 50% Tannat Cf, Cs, Fer Serv

Question 54

Syn for CF and Fer Servadou in Tannat

Answer 54

Bouchy / Pinenc

Question 55

Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh loc blend req styles other reqs

Answer 55

in Madiran 2 grapes, 1 P dry wh, sw in sw no botrytis, passer allowed

Question 56

Jurancon topo style soil inf (4) label req for dry Jurancon on label means

Answer 56

steep dry to sweet white sandy clay, galets Alt, Atlantic precip, froehn, Med sun sec on lable sweet

Question 57

Local name for galets in Jurancon

Answer 57

poudingues

Question 58

Jurancon sweet grapes allowed method req harvest req harvest when

Answer 58

GM / PM majority or varietal passerillage, no SGN hand , 2 passes late oct into November

Question 59

Jurancon VT grapes allowed method req harvest req release req

Answer 59

GM and PM only passer 2 passes, hand, starts after Nov 1 june 15th 2nd year

Question 60

Irouleguy Topo Influence soil white req red req rose req majority prod

Answer 60

steep on terraces alt, pyrenees, terraces shelter from W and N wind sandstone, LS, clay blend of 2 majority tannat and/ or CF 90% red red

Question 61

Cote de Gascogne IGP majority prod prod in order same zone as % exported

Answer 61

dry white dry whi, sweet, wh, rose, red armagnac 75%