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styles/encepagement of Valencay (Touraine)

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Blanc: 70% Sauvignon Blanc, accessories Orbois, Chard, Sauv Gris
Rose: 30-60% Gamay
Rouge: 30-60% Gamay

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percentage of Pinot Noir required for Cheverny rouge and rosé

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60 to 84% Pinot Noir complementary 16 to 40% Gamay

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Assemblage: Cheverny Blanc

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60 to 84% Sauvignon blanc and Sauvignon Gris complementary varieties 16-40% combined Chardonnay, Chenin and Orbois

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What is Touraine Noble Joué AOP?

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40% Meunier rosé with complementary varieties minimum 20% Pinot Gris 10% Pinot Noir

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AOPs of Touraine

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Touraine
Touraine Noble-Joué (40% meunier)
Chinon
Bourgeuil
Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil
Vouvray
Montlouis sur Loire
Cheverny (sauvignon Blanc/Pinot noir)
Cour-Cheverny
Jasnieres
Coteau du Loir
Coteaux du Vendomois
Valencay (70% Sauvignon Blanc)

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Principal soil type of Vouvray

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tuffeau (limestone)

Sits in Paris Basin
sand, clay, flint, alluvial terraces with deposits of gravel

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In Loire Valley, Cabernet Franc is known locally as _____

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Breton

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Appellations of Touraine that permit sparkling wine production

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Touraine AOP
Vouvray AOP
Montlouis sur Loire AOP

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Jasnieres (Touraine) is physically surrounded by this AOP

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Coteaux du Loir AOP (65% Pinot d’aunis (rouge)

100%chenin (Blanc)

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What are the range of sweetness levels for Vouvray

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Sec (max 8g/l, Total Acidity within 2g/l of RS)

Sec Tendre
Demi Sec
Moelleux
Liquoreux

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What are Varennes

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Sandy alluvial soiles in Chinon closest to the river Vienne

Tuffeau on slopes makes age worthy

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Assemblage for Chinon Rouge and Rosé
Chinon Blanc:
(1937)

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Cabernet Franc plus Max 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Chinon Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc

They may be 100% CF but not legally required

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Min abv% Chinon Blanc and Rouge

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Blanc 10%

Rouge/Rosé 10.5%

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Chinon producers

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Charles Joguet
Olga Raffault
Bernard Baudry

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Communes of production for Chinon

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Thizay
Anché
Avoine
Avon-les-Roches
Beaumont-en-Véron
Brizay
Candes Saint Martin
Riviere
Couziers
Cravant-Les-Coteaux
Crouzilles
Huismes
L’lle-Bouchard
Lerné
Chinon
Saint Germain sur-Vienne

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Vin Mousseaux a fermentation unique is ancestral method for this AOP as of this year

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Montlouis sur Loire 2020

Has to be sec 8g/l
9 months on lees
disgorged no dosage

100% Chenin Blanc

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Who Produces Clos du Papillon (Savenierres)

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Baumard
Domaine des Forges
Domaine du Closel

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This river runs through Chinon

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Vienne

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How is Bourgueil and St. Nicolas de Bourgueil different?

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St. Nicolas de Bourgueil has sandy soil

Sandy silty soils yield more delicate wines that need cooler fermentation and more gentle extraction

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Domaine Huet owns this Tokaji producer

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Kiralyudvar

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This AOP in Loire valley is 100% Pineau d’Aunis (in Touraine)

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Coteaux du Vendomois

Produces wines in all three styles, but specializes in dry Rosé

Blanc is Chenin Blanc, plus max. 20% Chardonnay

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main soils of Chinon

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Varrennes (alluvial sand)

Tuffeau (soft limestone).

Also Perruches! (Very stony, flinty clays combined with silica, perruches soils warm up quickly and are said to be why Sauvignon Blanc grown on them have a flinty taste.)

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Touraine’s Largest and most important wine district: Vouvray (1936)

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Blanc: 11%
Base wines for Vin Mousseux/Pétillant: 9.5%
Traditional Method and 12 mos on lees

Max Yields:
Blanc: 52 hl/ha
Vin Mousseux/Pétillant: 65 hl/ha

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Touraine Noble-Joué AOP is this:

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vin gris, a blend of Gris Meunier (Pinot Meunier), Malvoisie (Pinot Gris), and Pinot Noir.

A traditional style

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What vintage in the last 10 years saw extreme hail damage in Vouvray?
2013 2017 2021
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Touraine lies between these cities and these rivers
Saumur to Blois Loire and Cher Rivers
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Most planted white and red varieties of Touraine
Sauvignon Blanc 43% of plantings Gamay 21% of plantings
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These Five small quality denominations of Touraine emerged within the AOC, accounting for 7% of production
Touraine Oisly Touraine Chenonceaux Touraine Amboise Touraine-Azay-Le-Rideau Touraine-Mesland
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Encepagement for Touraine Amboise
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc Rosé: min. 70% Cot with Gamay Rouge: 100% Cot
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Encepagement for Touraine "Mesland":
Blanc: Min. 60% Chenin Blanc, max. 30% Sauvignon Blanc, max. 15% Chardonnay (the amount of Chardonnay in the vineyard may not exceed the amount of Sauvignon Blanc) Rosé: Min. 80% Gamay, plus Cot and Cabernet Franc Rouge: Min. 60% Gamay, 10-30% Cot, 10-30% Cabernet Franc
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Encepagement for Touraine "Azay-le-Rideau" (Easy rider, chenin Blanc)
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc Rosé: Min. 60% Grolleau; plus Cot, Gamay, and max. 10% combined Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
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Encepagement for Touraine "Oisly": (Feeling Wiley with sauvignon Blanc)
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
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Encepagement for Touraine "Chenonceaux":
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Rouge: min. 50% Cot with min. 10% Cabernet Franc
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Soils of Touraine Mesland
Flinty sands
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Max Yields and training systems for Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil and Bourgeuil
55 hl/ha Guyot Simple
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Communes of Production for Bourgueil AOP
Benais, Bourgueil, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, Chouzé-sur-Loire, Ingrandes-de-Touraine, Restigné, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Saint-Patrice
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Which is bigger: Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil or Bourgeuil
Bourgeuil (1220 ha) Saint Nicolas (1069)
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difference in soil between Bourgueil and Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Bourgueil: tuffeau and clay, on hillside near the protective forest in the North Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil: Sandy Gravel, contributes to easy drinking style
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Viticultural hazard in Bourgueil
Frost, drought and erosion Frost fans and sprinkler systems are utilized
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Loire Valley's largest red producing appellation
Chinon 2,397ha of vines
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What year was Chinon AOC
1937 Just 550 ha of vines at that time
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Today in Chinon, 2of 5 producers also grow other crops. What events contributed to this?
Phylloxera Prussian Occupation (1870-1871) German Occupation during WWII
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Chinon is between these two rivers
Vienne and Loire
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Villages that mark the Eastern and Western boundaries of Chinon
East: Crouzilles West: Savigny-en-Véron
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In Chinon, most vineyards are on this side of the Vienne
North, though vineyards are grown on both sides Some vines reach altitudes of 100 meters
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Famous vineyard of Domaine Charles Joguet (Chinon)
Clos du Chene Vert
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This soil scientist discovered 50 different soil types in Chinon in 1978
Jacky Dupont
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Three main soils of Chinon
Alluvial Terraces (silt, sand, river gravels on lower flatter lands closer to the river) Tuffeau mixed with Clay Sand and Clay mixed with flint
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What is a coteaux in Chinon?
Hillside
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What are puys?
Hillocks of Chinon found in the Véron peninsula, sandy soil mixed with flint
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Where is the Véron peninsula? What is its significance?
Western Chinon, where the Loire and Vienne meet. Highly sandy soils, early to bud, early to ripen
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Where are most prized vineyards in Chinon?
The coteaux, or hillsides. Run from Chinon to Avon-Les Roches and have tuffeau mixed with clay, yellow limestone
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Most prized vineyards of Chinon
Le Clos de l'Olive Le Chene Vert La Croix Boisée all on the coteaux
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half the producers of the coteaux of Chinon use this % of new wood
25% About 5% of producers use 75-100% new oak
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Why is racking important in the wines of Chinon?
Cabernet Franc is prone to Reduction
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Rosé of Chinon is produced using this method
Saignée
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When did Phylloxerra hit Vouvray? What is the encepagement?
1882 Blanc: min 95% Chenin Blanc, plus a max. 5% Orbois
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soil of Vouvray
Tuffeau
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The "premiere cotes" of Vouvray have this soil
Perruches, or clay flint the best wines come from here
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Many of the grapes grown on the "plateau" in the lower elevations of Vouvray do not ripen as easily, and are destined for this style of wine
sparkling wine (Needs 9.5% as opposed to 11% for still wines abv)
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Dry styles of Vouvray have less than this g/l of sugar
<2g/l
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This % of Vouvray is sparkling
60% Though 9/10 of bottles are consumed in France
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These vintages in Vouvray were warm This one was cooler
2018 2019 (warmer) 2021 (cooler)
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Demi Sec Vouvray
9-18 g/l rs
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Moelleux Vouvray
18-45 g/l rs
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Doux Vouvray
45 g/l+
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Montlouis sur Loire sits on this side of the Loire River
South, opposite Vouvray
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ha of Montlouis Sur Loire vs Vouvray
MSL: 442 ha Vouvray: 2,234 ha
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River running to the South of Montlouis sur Loire, moderating temperatures and limiting size
Cher river MSL is sandwiched between Loire and Cher Rivers
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Styles of Montlouis sur loire
Still and Sparkling Chenin. Only whites, like Vouvray
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This Category of Montlouis sur loire is for lightly sparkling wines
Petillant: 1.5-2 bars ATM
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Vin Mousseux a fermentation Unique is this:
Petillant Naturel, One fermentation 9 mos lees Must be disgorged
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Montlouis Sur Loire and Vouvray have the same yields
52 hl/ha 65 hl/ha for sparkling
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The vineyards of Montlouis sur Loire sit on a plateau or face this river
Cher
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Soils of Montlouis Sur Loire
Clay and flint Yellow limestone bedrock from Turonian Era
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Why does Montlouis Sur Loire have a high percentage of young producers and half of them farm organically and hand harvest
Low cost of living
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Laws of Vouvray state that vinification must happen in Vouvray. Montlouis producers with vineyards in Vouvray still must label the wine as this:
VdF Vin de France
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What year did Cheverny become AOC
1993
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Cheverny wines are always this style
Blends
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Soils of Cheverny
Alluvial
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This law increased Cheverny's importance
1577 law forbidding sale of wines made in region around Paris
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Cheverny covers 650 ha south and east of this city
Blois
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Cheverny Blanc
Principal Varieties: 60-84% combined Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris Complementary Varieties: 16-40% combined Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Orbois
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Cheverny Rosé
Principal Variety: 60-84% Pinot Noir Complementary Variety: 16-40% Gamay Accessory Varieties: Max. 25% combined Cabernet Franc and Cot (Malbec)
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Cheverny Noir
Principal Variety: 60-84% Pinot Noir Complementary Variety: 16-40% Gamay Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Cabernet Franc and Cot
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Cour Cheverny AOC in this year
1993
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Cour Cheverny RS levels (Romorantin)
Sec: max. 8 g/l (max. 8 g/l if total acidity is within 2 g/l of the residual sugar) Off-dry wines of more than 8 g/l may be produced, but they may not be chaptalized
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How many ha Cour Cheverny
50
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How many ha Jasnieres
70
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Style of Jasnieres
100% Chenin Blanc only
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What year did Jasnieres become AOC
2001
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Chaptalization is permitted in Jasnieres except for this RS and above
Chaptalization is forbidden for wines with more than 12 g/l of residual sugar
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Jasnieres vines face SouthEast on this river
Loir Tributary
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120 ha Coteaux du Vendomois is named for this town
Vendome
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Assemblage of Coteaux du Vendomois
Blanc: Wines are single varietal Chenin Blanc, or Chenin Blanc accounts for the majority of the blend. Rouge: Pineau d'Aunis accounts for the majority of the blend.
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Montlouis-sur-Loire
Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc Vin Mousseux/Pétillant Vin Mousseux à Fermentation Unique (ancestral method) Communes: Lussault-sur-Loire, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Saint-Martin-le-Beau

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