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List the appellations of the Pays Nantais?

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-Muscadet AOP
-Muscadet Sevre et Maine AOP
-Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire AOP
-Muscadet Cote de Grandlieu AOP
-Gros Plant du Pays Nantais AOP
-Coteaux d’Ancenis AOP
-Fiefs Vendéens AOP

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List the Appellations for Melon de Bourgogne.

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-Muscadet
-Muscadet Sevre et Maine
-Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire
-Muscadet Cote de Grandlieu

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Muscadet Sevre et Maine’s subzones?

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In 2011: Clisson, Le Pallet, Gorges.
In 2019: Chateau Thebaud, Goulaine, Monnières-Saint Fiacre, Mouzillon-Tillères.

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Muscadet Sevre et Maine’ s subzones aging requirements?

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-Goulaine and Le Pallet: must be aged on its fine lees until at least April 1 of the second year following the harvest.

Gorges, Clisson, Monnieres-Sain-Fiacre, Mouzillon-Tillieres, Chateau Thebaud: until October 1 of the second year following the harvest.

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Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie aging requirements?

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The wine must be kept on its lees after fermentation until at least March1 of the year following the harvest and bottled off its fine lees between March1 and December 31 of the year following the harvest, and not marketed until March 8.

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Principal Soils in Muscadet Sevre et Maine?

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-Clisson: Granite
-Gorges: Clay and Gabbro (Igneous Rock)
-Le Pallet: Gneis, Quartz, Gabbro

-Goulaine: Gneiss, Schist
-Mouzillon-Tillieres: Gabbro
-Monnieres-Saint-Fiacre: Gneiss
-Chateau Thebaud: Gneiss

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Muscadet Cote de Grandlieu year of establishment?

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1994

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Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire year of establishments?

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1936

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Muscadet AOP year of establishment?

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1937

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Coteaux d’Ancenis year of establishment and styles?

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-2011
-Blanc: Pinot Gris
-Red and Rose: Gamay with 10% max Cabernet Franc
-Malvoisie: semisweet Pinot Gris

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Gros plant du Pays Nantais year and style?

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-2011
-Whites only
70% min. Folle Blanche(Gros Plant)
Montils and max 10% Colombard

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Fiefs Vendèens year and styles?

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-2011
-Blanc: Chenin Blanc, min. 10% Chardonnay
- Rose: Pinot Noir, Gamay
-Rouge: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and min 10% Negrette.

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Loire Valley IGP appellation?

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-Val de Loire
-Cotes de la Charité
-Coteaux de Tannay
-Coteaux du Cher et de l’Arnon
-Puy de Dôme

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Vin Gris appellations?

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-Coteaux du Vendômois: Pineau d’Aunis
-Touraine Noble-Joué:
min. 40% Meunier
-Reuilly: Pinot Gris

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Soils of Pais Nantais?

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Granite, gneiss, multicoloured schists, slate and pudding stones.

The area is known as Anjou Noir because of the dark soils that characterise the Armorican Massif,
the remains of the giant Hercynian range of mountains.

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Climate of the Pais Nantais?

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Cool maritime

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Best producers based in Pais Nantais?

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-Vignoble de l’Ecu
-Domaine du Collier
-Domaine de la Pepiere
-Domaines Landron
-Domaine du Grand Mouton

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Loire Sparkling wine industry is second in volume only to Champagne?

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True

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Hazards in the vineyard and worst recents years?

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-Frost (2021,2019,2017,2016)
-hail, Autumn rain, fungal disease.

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Methods to fight against frost?

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-Candles at night
-Water-spraying at night
-Frost-fan
-Heated electric wires positioned along the training wires.

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White grapes of the Loire Valley?

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-Sauvignon blanc
-Chenin Blanc (Pineau d’Anjou, Pineau de la Loire)
-Melon de Bourgogne
-Chardonnay
-Folle Blanche (Gros Plant)
-Romorantin
-Chasselas
-Pinot Gris

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Red grapes of the Loire Valley?

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-Cabernet Franc (Breton)
-Gamay
-Pinot Noir
-Grolleau
-Pineau d’Aunis
-Côt (Malbec)

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Parents of Malbec?

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Magdeleine Noir de Charente
X Prunelard

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Parents of Romorantin?

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Pinot x Gouais Blanc

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Most planted variety in Loire Valley?
Cabernet Franc
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Rosé wine appellations in Loire Valley?
-Rosé de Loire -Rosé d’Anjou -Cabernet d’Anjou
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Rose de Loire grapes and style?
-Dry -Grolleau, Grolleau Gris, Cab. Franc, Cab. Sauvignon,Pinot Noir, Gamay, Pineau d’Aunis.
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Rosé d’Anjou style and grapes?
-off dry (min.7g/l) -Grolleau,Cab. Franc, Cab. Sauvignon, Cot, Gamay, Pineau d’Aunis.
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Cabernet d’Anjou style and grapes?
-Semi-sweet rosé (min. 10 g/l) -Cab. Sauvignon, Cab. Franc
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Soils in Anjou-Saumur?
-East of Angers dark rocks of Armorican Massif,resembling the soils of the Nantais ends and give way to the Paris basin (Anjou Blanc). A low-lying area that was covered by an ancient sea, and characterised by chalky Cretaceous limestone.
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Important rivers in Anjou?
-Loire -Layon -Aubance
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Climate in Anjou-Samour?
Highest cumulative temperature and lowest rainfall of Loire Valley.
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Anjou AOP Style?
-Blanc: Chenin B plus max 20% Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc -Rouge: Cab. Sauv., Cab Franc plus max 30% Pineau d’Aunis, Grolleau -Anjou Gamay -mousseux Blanc and Rose
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Anjou Brissac AOP style?
Reds only Cab. Sauvignon, Cab. Franc
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Anjou Village AOP style?
Reds only Cab. Sauv., Cab. Franc
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Sweet wine appellations in Anjou/Saumur?
-Coteaux du Layon -Quarts de Chaume -Bonnezeaux -Coteaux de l’Aubance -Coteaux de Saumur -Coteaux de la Loire
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Coteaux du Layon requirements?
-100% Chenin Blanc -min residual sugar: 34 g/l Village designation 51 g/l Chaume premier cru 80 g/l
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Coteaux du Layon yields?
-35 hl/ha -village 30 hl/ha -Chaume 25 hl/ha
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Coteaux du Layon villages?
-Faye d’Anjou -Rochefort sur Loire -Rablay sur Layon -Beaulieu sur Layon -St. Aubin de Luigné -St. Lambert du Lattay -Chaume
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Quarts de Chaume requirements?
-100% Chenin Blanc -min residual sugar: 85 g/l -max yields: 20 hl/ha -no chaptalization
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Quarts de Chaume commune of production?
Rochefort sur Loire
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Quarts de Chaume year of establishment and soils?
-2011 -Sandstone and schists with a thin layer of clay
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Bonnezeaux AOP commune of production?
Thouarcé
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Bonnezeaux AOP requirements?
-100% Chenin Blanc -min. residual sugar: 51 g/l -max yield: 25 hl/ha
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Bonnezeaux year of establishment?
1951
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Coteaux de Saumur requirements?
-100% Chenin Blanc -34 g/l -35 hl/ha Established 1962
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Coteaux de l’Aubance requirements?
Established 1950 -100% Chenin Blanc -34 g/l -35 hl/ha
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Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire requirements?
Established 1946 -100% Chenin Blanc -34 g/l -35 hl/ha
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Soils of Savennieres?
Anjou noir terrein with blue schists and volcanic debris
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Savennieres styles?
-100% Chenin Blanc -sec/moelleux/doux Established 1952
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Coulee de Serrant and Roche aux Moine year of establishment?
2011
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Saumur AOP soils?
Soft tuffeau limestone
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Saumur style?
-Blanc: 100% Chenin Blanc -Rouge and rosé: Cab. Franc plus max 30% Cab. Sauv., Pineau d’Aunis. -Mousseux Blanc 60% Chenin -Mousseux rose 60% Cab. Franc
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60% of the Saumur wine production is sparkling?
Yes
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How Saumur Mousseux are also known?
Fines Bulles
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Saumur subzone and style?
-Puy Notre-Dame ( reds only) -Cab. Franc plus max 15% Cab. Sauv
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Cremant de Loire styles and grapes?
-Mousseux Blanc and rosé. -Chenin B., Chardonnay, Orbois, Cabernet Franc, Grolleau, Grolleau Gris, Pinot Noir, Cabernet. Sauvignon, Pineau d’Aunis.
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Cremant de Loire requirements?
-Traditional Method -9 months on lees prior degorgement. -4 atm pressure -manual harvesting
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Cremant de Loire year of establishment?
1975
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Samur-Champigny style and grapes?
-Reds only -Cab. Franc plus max 15% Cab. Sauvignon, Pineau d’Aunis
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Natural features that render Saumur-Champigny’ s wines among the most highly regarded in Loire valley?
-Fontevraud forrest in the south and to the east and west Loire and Thouet rivers, maintaining higher temperatures in this protected area.
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Soils of Saumur Champigny?
Clay and tuffeau limestone
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Top producers in Saumur-Champigny?
Clos Rougeard
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Top producers in Saumur?
-Domaine Guiberteau -Domaine du Collier -Chateau de Hureau -Chateau de Villeneuve -Chateau de Roches Neuve
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Haut-Poitou styles and grapes?
-Blanc: Sauvignon B plus Sauv. G -Rose: min 40% Cab. Franc -Rouge: min 60% Cab. Franc
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Top producers based in Savennieres?
-Nicolas Joly -Domaine aux Moine -Eric Morgat -Domaine du Closel -Thibauld Boudignon -Chateau d’Epiré
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Top producers of Anjou/Coteaux du Layon/Quarts de Chaume?
-Domaine des Baumard -Chateau Pierre-Bise -Ferme de la Sansonniere -Domaine Richou -Patrick Baudoin -Domaine Delesvaux
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Touraine subzones?
-Amboise -Mesland -Azay-le-Rideau -Oisly -Chenonceaux
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Which Touraine subzones can only produce white wines?
Oisly (100% Sauvignon Blanc)
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Touraine styles?
-Blanc (Sauv. B plus max 20% Sauv Gris) -Rouge and rose: -Mousseux
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Touraine Noble-Joué AOP style?
Vin Gris (rosé) Min 40% Meunier (Gris Meunier), Min 20% Pinot Gris, min 10% Pinot Noir
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Soils in Touraine?
Tuffeau, sand, clay, flint and some gravel
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Bourgueil and Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil styles?
Both red and rosé: Cabernet Franc plus max 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
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Chinon AOP styles?
Blanc: 100% Chenin B Rouge and rosé: Cab. Franc plus max 10% Cab. Sauvignon
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Rivers encompassing Chinon?
Vienne and Loire
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What’s the most prized vineyards of Chinon?
They are located on the Coteaux of tuffeau mixed with clay: -Le Clos de l’Olive -Le Chêne Vert -La Croix Boissèe
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Vouvray style?
-Blanc: Chenin B, max 5% Orbois -Vin Mousseux/petillant
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Vouvray soils?
Tuffeau limestone with top soil of clay and flint (Perruches)
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Max permitted residual sugar for Vouvray?
-Sec max 8 g/l -Demi-sec 9-18 g/l -Moelleux 18-45 g/l -Doux >45 g/l
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Montlouis sur Loire AOP styles?
-Blanc: 100% Chenin B -Mousseux -Mousseux Ancestral Method
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Cheverny AOP style?
-Blanc: Sauvignon B&G plus Chardonnay, Chenin, Orbois -Rouge and Rosé: Pinot Noir plus Gamay, Cot
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Cour-Cheverny style?
Blanc only: Romorantin Sec and Moulleux
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Jasnières AOP style?
Blanc only: 100% Chenin Blanc
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Coteaux du Vendomois style?
-Famous for Vin Gris made with 100% Pineau d’Aunis. -Red: min 50 % Pineau d’Aunis plus Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Gamay. -Blanc: Chenin B plus max 20% Chardonnay
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Coteaux du Loir style?
-Blanc 100% Chenin B -Rose and rouge: Pineau d’Aunis plus Cab Franc, Cot, Gamay.
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Valençay styles?
-Blanc: Sauvignon plus Orbois, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Gris. - Red and Rose: Gamay etc etc
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List the appellations present in the Central Vineyards of Loire Valley?
-Sancerre -Pouilly-Fumé -Pouilly sur Loire -Manetou Salon -Coteaux du Giennois -Quincy -Reuilly -Orléans -Orléans-Clery
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Sancerre styles?
-Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc -Rouge and rosé: Pinot Noir
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Sancerre soils?
-Terres Blanches (Kimmeridgian marl) -Caillottes (Limestone pebbles) -Silex (rich in flint) On Jurassic limestone subsoil (Kimmeridgian, Portlandian or Oxfordian)
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Explain the differences between the grapes grown on different soil types?
-TB are the cooler soils and the wines tend to be more complex and fuller in body. -C produce more open and fruity wines. -S yields powerful, firm and even lightly bitter wines.
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Name 2 exceptional vineyard of Sancerre?
-Les Monts Damnés -Le Chène Marchand
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Percentage of white wines produced in Sancerre?
85%
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Top producers based in Sancerre?
-Domaine François & Pascal Cotat -Edmond & Anne Vatan -Alphonse Mellot -Gerard Boulay -Lucien Crochet -Famille Bourgeois
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Pouilly-Fumé style?
Blanc only: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
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Pouilly Fumé year of establishment?
1937
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Pouilly sur Loire top produces?
-Didier Dagueneau -Michel Redde -Jonathan Pabiot
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Pouilly sur Loire AOP styles?
Blanc only: 100% Chasselas
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Menetou Salon AOP style?
Blanc: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Rouge and rosé: Pinot Noir
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Menetou Salon AOP year of establishment?
1959
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Quincy AOP style?
Blanc only: Sauvignon Blanc plus max 10% Sauvignon Gris
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Reuilly AOP style?
Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc Rose: Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris Rouge: Pinot Noir
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Coteaux du Giennois AOP style?
-Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc -Rouge and rosé: Pinot Noir and Gamay
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Coteaux du Giennois year of establishment?
1998
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IGP appellations of the Central Vineyards?
-Cotes de la Charité -Coteaux de Tennay
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Orleans AOP style and year of establishment?
-Blanc: Chardonnay plus Pinot G -Rose: Meunier plus PG and PN -Rouge: Meunier plus Pinot Noir -Est. 2006
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Orleans-Cléry style and year of establishment?
Rouge only: Cabernet Franc 2006
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List the appellations of Central France region in Loire Valley?
-Saint-Pourçain -Côte d’Auvergne -Côte du Forez -Côte Roannaise
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Which is the most notable wine made in Reuilly?
Vin Gris (pale aromatic rosé) made with Pinot Gris
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Saint-Pourçain AOP year of establishment and styles?
2009 -Blanc: Chardonnay plus Sacy (Tressalier), Sauvignon Blanc. -Rosé: Gamay -Rouge: Gamay and Pinot Noir
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Cotes d’Auvergne AOP year of establishment and styles?
2010 -Blanc: Chardonnay -Rouge and rosé: Gamay and Pinot Noir
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Soils of the Cotes d’Auvergne?
Volcanic ash deposits
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Cotes d’Auvergne subregions?
-Rouge only: Boudes, Chanturgue, Chateaugay, Madargue. -Rosé only: Corent
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Côtes du Forez year of establishment and styles?
2000 -Rouge and Rosé: 100% Gamay
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Côte Roanneise year of establishment and styles?
1994 -Rouge and rosé: 100% Gamay
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Important tributaries of the Loire river divided by regions
-Nantais: Sevre, Maine -Anjou/Saumur: Layon, Aubance, Loir -Touraine: Vienne, Indre, Cher, Loir -Central France: Allier
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Where you likely to find Perruches and what it is?
In Vouvray (Touraine) and is a type of soil composed by clay and flint on soft tuffeau limestone subsoil.
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Where are you likely to find Sacy in Loire Valley?
In Saint Pourçain (Central France) also called Trellisier
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châteaumeillant AOP styles?
-Rosé: min. 60% Gamay plus Pinot Noir and max 15% Pinot Gris. -Rouge: min. 60% Gamay plus Pinot Noir.
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Châteaumeillant AOP year of establishments?
2010
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