The Loire Valley

Question 1

What is the principal white grape of the Lower Loire?

Answer 1

Melon de Bourgogne

Question 2

What is the principal white grape of the Middle Loire?

Answer 2

Chenin Blanc

Question 3

What is the principal white grape of the Centre Loire?

Answer 3

Sauvignon Blanc

Question 4

What is the principal red grape of the Middle Loire?

Answer 4

Cabernet Franc

Question 5

What is the principal red grape of the Centre Loire?

Answer 5

Pinot Noir

Question 6

What is the climate of the Lower Loire?

Answer 6

Maritime

Question 7

What is the climate of the Middle Loire?

Answer 7

Maritimes with Continental influences

Question 8

What is the climate of the Centre Loire?

Answer 8

Continental

Question 9

What is the Pays Nantais is also known as?

Answer 9

Lower Loire

Question 10

The Loire River takes its name from the latin word “liger”. What does liger mean?

Answer 10

Silt or Sediment

Question 11

What does “fines bulles” refer to?

Answer 11

all types of Sparkling wines (petillant, Mousseaux, cremant) - In the Loire, this is the term they refer to

Question 12

Who was Henry Plantagenet?

Answer 12

Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine, King Henry II of England

Question 13

What is “tuffeau”

Answer 13

Turonian Chalk; found in the Middle Loire

Question 14

Where is “Black Anjou”?

Answer 14

Western Anjou - soil dark schist and Sandstone

Question 15

Where is “White Anjou”?

Answer 15

Eastern Anjou - soils white tuffeau or Turonian Chalk

Question 16

What are “perruches”?

Answer 16

Flinty-clay soils found in the Middle Loire

Question 17

Name the only Grand Cru in the Loire Valley?

Answer 17

Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru

Question 18

What does “Silex” refer to?

Answer 18

Flint - found in the Centre-Loire

Question 19

What does “terres blanches” refer to?

Answer 19

Soil Limestone-rich Kimmeridgean marl found in the Centre-Loire

Question 20

What does “caillottes” refer to?

Answer 20

Limestone-rich Portlandian marl pebbles - found in the Centre-Loire

Question 21

What is the name of the regional IGP for the Loire Valley?

Answer 21

Val de Loire IGT

Question 22

What is the principal grape used in the production of sweet wines in the Loire?

Answer 22

Chenin Blanc

Question 23

Cot is a Loire synonym for which grape?

Answer 23

Malbec

Question 24

Cremant de Loire production is concentrated in which part of the region?

Answer 24

Middle Loire

Question 25

Coulee de Serrant is a monopole. True or false?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What is Touraine Noble Joue?

Answer 26

An AOC focused on wines made by the 3 Pinots: Pinot Noir, Meunier and Pinot Gris

Question 27

What is the "Chaine des Puys"?

Answer 27

a chain of extinct volcanos in the Upper Loire

Question 28

Gros Plant is a Loire synonym for which grape?

Answer 28

Folle Blanche

Question 29

Savennieres Roche Aux Moines is a monopole. True or False?

Answer 29

False

Question 30

DGC is an acronym for which term?

Answer 30

Denomination Geographique Complementaire

Question 31

Due to the Loire Valley’s northerly location, the preferred vineyard orientation is…

Answer 31

South

Question 32

In the Loire Valley, a fully continental climate is found in…

Answer 32

Centre and Upper Loire

Question 33

Which of the following pairings is incorrect? a. Pays Nantais : Muscadet b. Anjou: Valençay c. Centre-Loire: Pouilly-Fumé d. Touraine: Vouvray

Answer 33

b. Anjou: Valençay

Question 34

The Sèvre and Maine are

Answer 34

Rivers

Question 35

Which of the following pairings is correct? a. Pays Nantais: Sauvignon Blanc b. Chinon: Cabernet Franc c. Sancerre: Chenin Blanc d. Vouvray: Melon de Bourgogne

Answer 35

b. Chinon: Cabernet Franc

Question 36

Which of the following AOCs does not produce a botrytized dessert wine? a. Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire b. Touraine Noble Joué c. Coteaux de l’Aubance d. Coteaux du Layon

Answer 36

b. Touraine Noble Joué

Question 37

Which of the following white wines is not made from Sauvignon Blanc? a. Sancerre b. Pouilly-Fumé c. Pouilly-Fuissé d. Menetou-Salon

Answer 37

c. Pouilly-Fuissé

Question 38

Which of the following pairings is not correct? a. Melon: Muscadet b. Cabernet Franc: Breton c. Chenin Blanc: Pineau de la Loire d. Pinot Noir: Orbois

Answer 38

d. Pinot Noir: Orbois

Question 39

Which of the following AOCs produces wines made from Chenin Blanc? a. Quincy b. Vouvray c. Bourgueil d. Cour-Cheverny

Answer 39

b. Vouvray

Question 40

Sancerre Rouge is made from… a. Pinot Noir b. Cabernet Franc c. Grolleau d. Pinot d’Aunis

Answer 40

a. Pinot Noir

Question 41

Chinon is primarily made from… a. Cabernet Sauvignon b. Cabernet Franc c. Pinot Noir d. Gamay

Answer 41

b. Cabernet Franc

Question 42

Most of the dessert wines of the Loire Valley are made from… a. Sémillon b. Sauvignon Blanc c. Muscat d. Chenin Blanc

Answer 42

d. Chenin Blanc

Question 43

Which appellation, planted to Muscadet, lies furthest from the sea and is comprised of rolling terrain? a. Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire b. Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu c. Muscadet Sèvre et Maine d. Gros Plant du Pays Nantais

Answer 43

a. Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

Question 44

Which is statement is incorrect? a. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy are both located in the Centre-Loire b. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy are both white-only AOCs c. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy both craft white wines from Sauvignon Blanc d. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy both flank the Loire River

Answer 44

d. Pouilly-Fumé and Quincy both flank the Loire River

Question 45

Which of the following pairings is incorrect? a. Savennières: Right Bank of the Loire b. Chinon: Left Bank of the Loire c. Bourgueil: Left Bank of the Loire d. Vouvray: Right Bank of the Loire

Answer 45

c. Bourgueil: Left Bank of the Loire