Ch 14

Question 1

Jurancon

Answer 1

south west France

• foot hills of pyrenees
• dry and sweet
• Pest Manseng –> complex, sweet, high acid
• undergoes Passerillage
• pronounced apricot, grapefruit, sometimes spicy notes from new oak

Question 2

Madiran

Answer 2

South west france
toward the pyrenees
-Tannat deeply colored, high tannin, used in red blends
-need long periods of bottle ageing and best have concentrated black fruit and high levels of soft ripe tannin

Question 3

Cotes de gascogne

Answer 3

South west France

• south east of Bordeaux
• IGP
• Ugni Blanc–> dry light bodied white wine
• green apple aroma and flowers

Question 4

Cahors

Answer 4

south west France

• east of bordeaux on the River Lot
• black wines, tannic, long lived
• malbec most important grape
• – merlot and tannat
• best aged in oak deeply colored, high tannin, intense dark berry fruit
• matured slowly, cedar and earthy

Question 5

describe monbazillac

Answer 5

a major appalation of the Dordogne east of Entre Doux Mers
south of river
-climate has less moderate maritime influences than bordaux
-Gross Semillon and Sauv Blanc
-botrytised sweetness

Question 6

describe bergerac

Answer 6

a major appellation of the Dordogne

• east of Entre Deaux Mer’s
• norm of the river
• climate has less moderating maritime influences as Bordeaux
• grow red and white Bordeaux varieties