South West France Flashcards

1
Q

Appellations large or small

A

small

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2
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Appellations clustered of scattered

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scattered

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3
Q

planted before or after Bordeaux

A

before

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4
Q

language spoken Gascony

A

Occitan

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5
Q

what area was former French province

A

Gascony

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6
Q

what city was route to market

A

Bordeux

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7
Q

what is the major coop brand that was created

A

Marques & Coop

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8
Q

Which coop drive the creation of the coop brands

A

Vinovalie

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9
Q

Climate

A

Contiental with Influences

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10
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Bergerac / Dordogne Climate inf

A

maritime warmer than bordeaux

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11
Q

Garonne, tarn, lot influence

A

maritime and med inf by AOC

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12
Q

Pyrenees influence

A

some maritime, Pyrenees rain shadow and foehn wind

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13
Q

main topo

A

rolling hills
river terraces of Aquitaine basin

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14
Q

Rivers

A

Dordogne
Garonne
Lot
Tarn
Gers
Adour

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15
Q

Soils
primarily
6 classes

A

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

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16
Q

spontaneous crosses created which 2 grapes

A

merlot cot

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17
Q

merlot parentage

A

cf x madeleine noir clarentes

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18
Q

cot parentage

A

prunelard x madeleine noir clarentes

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19
Q

where did the following go:
cot
carmeniere
tannat

A

argentina
chile
uragguay

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20
Q

most white dry or sweet

A

dry

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21
Q

sweet viti methods

A

SGN or VT

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22
Q

sparkling methods

A

Ancestrale or MT

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23
Q

red / rose styles

A

dry, some vin primeur

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24
Q

how many regional or semi-regional AOC

A

0

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25
Q

AOCs Dordogne / Bergerac

A

Bergerac
Cote de Bergerac
Monbazillac
Saussignac

26
Q

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

A

Saint Foy
Dordogne
Bordeaux
SW Central MAssif
Perigord

27
Q

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

A

longer
dusty slightly rustic tannin
cask or barrique
merlot

28
Q

Primary Grapes
2 white
1 Gri
4 red

A

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

29
Q

Dordogne / Bergerac soil
climate inf

A

clay , LS
some atlantic

30
Q

Bergerac AOC
blend req
rose limits

A

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

31
Q

Cote de Bergarac AOC
vs Bergerac
which style not allowed

A

higher ABV
dry white

32
Q

Monbazillac
sweetness vs sauternes
harvest reqs
blend req
ABV req

A

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

33
Q

Saussignac
blend req
grape condition req

A

50% P
VT or SGN

34
Q

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

A

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

35
Q

Tarn AOCs
CLimate inf

A

Fronton
Gaillac
med

36
Q

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

A

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

37
Q

Gaillac
soil
loc
sweet wine types
grapes allowed in white

A

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

38
Q

where can white and red wine be primeur

A

Gaillac

39
Q

Gaillac grapes for Doux
for VT
VT viti reqs , options

A

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

40
Q

Gaillac Sparkling
types / grapes / style

A

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

41
Q

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

A

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

42
Q

Flanking the Lot AOC

A

Cahors

43
Q

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

A

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

44
Q

Pyrenees AOCs

A

Madiran
Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh
Jurancon
Iroulequy

45
Q

Pyrenees
Influence
appellations located ?
white grapes
red grapes

A

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

46
Q

Which grape on both side of Pyrenees

A

Gros Manseng

47
Q

Where is Petit Manseng primarily

A

SW, Jurancon , Irouleguy

48
Q

where is Tannat natively from

A

Adour basin

49
Q

How is CS, CF used in Pyrenees

A

blending

50
Q

Jurancon loc re: rivers

A

between Gave d’Oloron and Gave de Pau

51
Q

Irouleguy river loc

A

Nive flanks

52
Q

Madiran river

A

Adour LB

53
Q

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

A

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

54
Q

Syn for CF and Fer Servadou in Tannat

A

Bouchy / Pinenc

55
Q

Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh
loc
blend req
styles
other reqs

A

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

56
Q

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

A

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

57
Q

Local name for galets in Jurancon

A

poudingues

58
Q

Jurancon sweet
grapes allowed
method req
harvest req
harvest when

A

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

59
Q

Jurancon VT
grapes allowed
method req
harvest req
release req

A

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

60
Q

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

A

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

61
Q

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

A

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

62
Q
A