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Name all the AOC’s of Pays-Nantais

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Coteaux d'Ancenis
Fiefs Vendeens
Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
Muscadet
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
Muscadet Cotes du Grandlieu
Muscadet Sevre et Maine
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Which Pays Nantais regions permit rose?

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Coteaux d'Ancenis (100% Gamay)
Fiefs Vendeens (Pinot & Gamay based)
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Which Pays Nantais regions permit rouge?

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Coteaux d'Ancenis (100% Gamay)
Fiefs Vendeens (Cab Franc, Negrette, Pinot Noir based)
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Which Pay Nantais region allows sweet wine?

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Coteaux d’Ancenis (100% Pinot Gris, 20-40 g/L)

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What is the synonym for Pinot Gris in Pays Nantais?

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Malvoisie

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Where would you find Malvoisie in Pays Nantais?

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Coteaux d’Ancenis (made as a sweet wine, 20-40g/L)

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What are the sub zones of Fiefs Vendeens?

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Brem, Chantonnay, Mareuil, Pissette, Vix

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Which AOC’s in Pays Nantais permit Sur Lie on the label?

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Gros Plant du Pays Nantais
Muscadet
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
Muscadet Cotes du Grandlieu
Muscadet Sevre et Maine (w/o Subzone)
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What are the sub zones of Muscadet Sevre et Maine

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Clisson
Gorges
Le Pallet

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What are the soil types of the Mascadet S-e-M Subzones

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Clisson - Granite
Gorges - clay & gabbro
Le Pallet - gneiss, quartz, gabbro

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Which sub zone of Muscadet S-e-M is known for Granite soils?

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Clisson

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Which sub zone of Muscadet S-e-M is known for quartz soils?

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Le Pallet

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Which sub zone of Muscadet S-e-M is known for more clay soils?

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Gorges

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What are the aging req’s for Muscadet S-e-M sub zones?

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Clisson & Gorges - Cannot be bottled until April 1, 2nd year after harvest
Le Pallet - Cann be bottled until Nov 1, 2nd year after harvest

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Which AOCs lie north of the Loire River in Pays Nantais?

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Muscadet (a portion)
Coteaux d’Ancenis
Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

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Who is the owner/ winemaker for Domaine de l’Ecu

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Fred Niger (formerly Guy Bossard)

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What grapes are permitted in Gros Plant du Pays Nantais?

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Gros Plant (Folle Blanche, min 70%)
Montils
Colombard (max 10%)

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Grapes of pouilly sur Loire

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100% chasselas

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AOCs for muscadet

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Muscadet
Muscadet sevré et maine
Muscadet coteaux de la Loire
Muscadet côtes de grandlieu

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New name for melon de Bourgogne

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Melon B

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Allowed blend for generic muscadet

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Min 90% melon b
Max 10% Chardonnay

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What is prestige de Loire

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Branded designation for high end sparkling in Loire
-traditional method
-9 months on lees, 12 months in bottle, 24 months total aging
-CB, CF, chard, PN only
12 g/l or less
HEV certified estates

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Prestige de loire permitted AOCs

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Anjou
Crémant de Loire
Saumur
Vouvray
Touraine

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When was prestige de Loire introduced?

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Early 2018

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Soils of Sancerre
Silex- high proportion of flint Terres blanches- kimmeridgian clay from Chablis Caillottes- stony soil with fossils
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Location & styles Coteaux du Giennois
Loire, central vineyards Blanc: sb Rose: PN & gamay (neither to exceed 80%) Red: PN & gamay (neither to exceed 80%)
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Location & styles Reuilly
Loire, central vineyards White: sb Rose: PN and PG Red: PN
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Location & styles Quincy
Loire, central vineyards White only: sb (max 10% Sauvignon Gris)
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Location & styles Orleans
White: Chardonnay (min 60%) plus PG Rose: meunier (min 60%) plus PG, PN Red: meunier (70-90%), plus PN
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Location & styles Orleans- Clery
Loire, central vineyards White Red only: 100% CF
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Location & styles Menetou-Salon
Loire, central vineyards White: sb* Rose: PN Red: PN *Plantings of Sauvignon Gris before 2009 may be used for white, no new planting allowed
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Who makes it & where: Après munuit
Patrick Baudouin Coteaux du layon Chenin blanc
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Best dessert wine vintages Anjou 1990’s & 1980’s
1989 1990 1997
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When did QdC receive its own AOC?
1954
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Origin of QdC name
Monks at abbey of Ronceray (Angers) rented vines in Chaume, paid with finest quarter of the crop, usually coming from QdC. Medieval times
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Who makes it & where: Cuvée Trésor
Bouvet Ladubay Sparkling, saumur, 80% chenin, 20% chard Primary in new oak
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How big is coulee de serrant
7ha (17 acres)
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When was coulee de serrant planted? By who?
First planted 1130 Cistercian monks
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Subzones of coulee de serrant
Grand clos de la coulée Clos du château Les plantes
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Who makes it & where: Cuvée Flamme
Gratien & Meyer Sparkling, saumur Chenin, CF, chard
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Who makes it & where: Ambroisie
Jo Pithon Coteaux du layon, sweet, Chenin
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Who makes it & where: Les Bonnes Blanches
Jo Pithon Coteaux du Layon One of the areas’s top vineyards Chenin, sweet, botrytis
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Who makes it & where: D’Antan
Henri Bourgeois Sancerre, SB Chacignol, only silex soils 6-10k bottles
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Who makes it & where: Cuvée Edmond
Alphonse mellot Sancerre, sauv blanc From La moussiere vineyard Old vines (planted 20’s to 60’s) Sees some new oak, lees aging ~14 months
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Who makes it & where: Clos des blanchais
Henri pelle Menetou salon, sauv blanc A single 6.4 acre site, SE facing on kimmeridgian limestone/ clay w/ shells
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Who makes it & where: Expression of orthogneiss
Domaine de l’Ecu (Guy Bossard) Muscadet S&M, melon
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Quarts de Chaume producers
Ch. Pierre-Bise Baumard
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Who makes it & where: Cuvée CC
Champalou Vouvray, Chenin, moelleux
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Who makes it & where: Les Lys
François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire, Touraine Chenin, botrytis, moelleux
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Who makes it & where: Domaine du clos naudin
Foreau Vouvray, Chenin
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Perruches
Flinty clay soils of vouvray
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Local name for the flint & clay soils in vouvray
Perruches
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Who makes it & where: Clos de l’Echo
Couly-dutheil Chinon, Touraine Cab franc Lieux dit in chinon
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Who makes it & where: Vaumoreau
Pierre-Jacques druet Bourgueil, Touraine Cab franc planted in 1910’s 2-3 years aging
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Who makes it & where: Cuvée Romulus
Domaine de la Taille aux Loups (Jacky Blot) Montlouis-sur -Loire Touraine Chenin, botrytis, Only great years, 300+ g/l
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Who makes it & where: Cuvée Remus
Domaine de la Taille aux Loups (Jacky Blot) Montlouis-sur-Loire, Touraine Chenin blanc Dry, ~10% new oak, heavy sorting
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Huet single vineyard wines
La Haut Lieu Le Mont Clos du Bourg
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Villages of Savennieres
La possinniere Savennieres Epiré
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Producers of Roche aux Moines
Domaine aux Moines Chateau de Chambureau Clos de la coulée de Serrant
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Location & styles Haut-Poitou
Anjou-saumur White: min 70% SB, plus sauv gris Rose: Cab franc (min 40%), plus gamay (min 20%) plus PN (min 20%) Red: min 60% CF plus gamay, Merlot, PN
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Location & styles Coteaux du saumur
Anjou-Saumur white only: 100% CB Min RS 34 g/l
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Location & styles Saumur puy notre dame
Subzone of saumur aoc Red only CF plus CS (max 15%) Not released until June 1 year after
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Location & styles Saumur AOC
White: CB only Rose: CF plus CS and pineau d’Aunis (max 30% combined) Red: same as rose Mousseaux white & rose: CB, SB, chard, PN, cf, cs, gamay, pineau, grolleau
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Savennieres wines of Joly
Coulée de serrant Clos de la bergerie (roche aux moines) Les vieux clos (Savennieres)
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Location & styles Bourgueil
Touraine Rose & red CF plus max 10% CS
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styles and grapes Cheverny
White, rose, red White: 60-84% SB/SG, 16-40% chard, CB, orbois Rose: 60-84% PN, 16-40% gamay, max 25% Malbec Red: same as rose
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Producers making wine from Breze
Clos rougeard Arnaud Lambert (dmne du saint just) Guibertau Domaine du collier
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Geographic designations of Touraine aop
Amboise Azay-le-rideau Chenonceaux Mesland Oisly
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Styles and grapes: Bourgueil
Rose, red Cab franc plus max 10% CS fo both
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Styles and grapes: Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Rose, red Cab franc plus max 10% CS
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Styles and grapes: Chinon
White, rose, red White: CB Rose: cab franc plus max 10% Cs Red: same as rose
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Soils of Chinon
Varennes Tuffeau Clay
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What is Varennes and where do you find it
Alluvial sand soils Chinon
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Styles and grapes: Cheverny
White, rose, red White: 60-84% SB and SG, 16-40% combined chard, orbois, CB Rose: 60-84% PN, 16-40% gamay, max 25% cot Red: 60-84% PN, 16-40% gamay, max 5% cot
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Styles and grapes: Coteaux du Loir
White, rose, red White: CB Rose: pineau d’Aunis, plus cot, gamay, grolleau Red: pineau d’Aunis, plus CF, cot, gamay
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Styles and grapes: Jasnieres
White 100% CB
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Can you chaptilize Jasnieres?
Only if RS is below 12 g/L
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Styles and grapes: Montlouis sur Loire
White, sparkling, vin mousseux à fermentation unique (ancestral) All are 100% CB
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Montlouis sur Loire ancestral req’s
Native yeast ferment Ancestral method Min 9 months on lees Must be disgorged No dosage allowed Hand harvested Must be vintage dated
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Styles and grapes: Touraine-noble-joue
Rose only (dry) Meunier based, with PG, PN
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Styles and grapes: Valençay
White, rose, red White: SB based, accessory Orbois, chard, SG Rose: must be a majority gamay, PN, cot plus CF, pineau Red: majority Gamay, PN, cot plus CF
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Styles and grapes: Vouvray
White, sparkling Min 95% CB, plus orbois
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Vouvray sweetness levels
Sec: max 8 g/l Demi sec: 9-18 Moelleux: 18-45 Liquereux/ doux: 45+
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Who makes clos de la grange?
François chidaine Generic Touraine bottlings (wh, rose, red)
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Styles and grapes Coteaux du vendomois
White, rose, red White: CB majority, with up to 20% chard Rose: 100% pineau d’Aunis (vin Gris style) Red: pineau d’Aunis majority, plus PN, CF, gamay
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Where is coteaux du vendomois located?
Touraine North of loire On the loir river
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Subzones of Toraine
Amboise Mesland Azay-le-rideau Oisly Chenonceaux
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Styles & grapes Touraine “Amboise”
White: CB Rose: cot (min 70%) plus gamay Red: cot
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Styles & grapes Touraine “Mesland”
White: CB (min 60%) plus SB (max 30%), and chard Rose: gamay pus Cot, CF Red: Gamay (60%+), plus Cot, CF
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Styles & grapes Touraine azay-le-rideau
White: CB Rose: grolleau (60%+), plus cot, gamay, and max 10% cf/cs No red produced
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Styles & grapes Touraine Oisly
White: SB only No rose or red
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Styles & grapes Touraine Chenonceaux
White: SB only Red: Cot (50%+), plus min 10% CF
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Huet vouvray bottlings
Le haut lieu Le mont Clos du bourg
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Cuvée Constance
Huet Fully botrytized, dessert bottling 1st vintage 1989
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Nicolas joly bottlings
Les jeux clos- savennieres aoc Les clos de la bergeries- la ouches aux moines aoc La Coulée de serrant- coulée de serrant aoc
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Producers of clos du papillon
Baumard Dmne du closel Domaine des forges
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Dmne des forges Where/ wines produced?
Savennieres Savennieres clos du papillon Coteaux du layon (saint aubin, 1er cru chaume) Quarts du chaume
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Who makes it: Clos de la dioterie
Charles joguet Chinon, cab franc
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Who makes it: clos du chêne vert
Charles joguet Chinon, cab franc
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Who makes it: Les Varennes du grand clos
Charles joguet Chinon, cab franc
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