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What is the name of the longest river in France which is in the Loire Valley?
Loire River
What are the 4 AOCs in the Loire?
Pays Nantais
Anjou-Saumur
Touraine
Upper Loire - Pouiilly-Fume & Sancerre
Which area is closest to the Atlantic?
Pays Nantais which is sometimes referred to as Mescadet
Are the wines from the Pays Nantais white or red?
white:
made from the muscadet grape:
which is also known as Melon de Bourgogne which is grown almost exclusively in this part of the Loire Valley
What is the Muscadet Sur Lie AOC?
winemaking technique; wine rests on the lees (dead yeast cells); results in a richer, fuller bodied wine, with a slight effervescence
What wines are produced in the Anjou-Saumur area?
a wide variety: white, red, rose, sweet and sparkling
What are the red grapes from the Anjou-Saumur area?
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Gamay
Grolleau
Malbec (known as Cot)
What are the white grapes from the Anjou-Saumur area?
Chenin Blanc (Pinneau de la Loire)
lesser amounts of Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay
What wine is Saumur know for?
Sparking wine

(give me sau-mur sparking wine)
Does the Anjou-Saumur produce rose wines?
Yes, there are 4 rose appellations:
Rose d'Anjou
Cabernet de Saumur
Dabernet d"anjou
Rose de Loire
Are there sweet wines from the Anjou-Saumur region?
Yes, from Coteaux du Layon and its subregions Bonnezeaux and Quarts-de-Chaume: like Sauternes/long lived/noble rot
What is the 3rd and the largest district of the Loire?
Touraine
What are the most well known area within the Touraine?
Vouvray
Montlouis

both make wines from 100% Chenin Blanc (Pineau)
What are the characteristics of the white wines from Vouvray and Montlous?
naturally high acid
benefit from a little residual sugar
effervescence
both areas produce sparking (mousseux) and light sparkling (petillant) wines
Are there red wines produced int he Touraine?
Yes, red wines are produced here: Chinon is one of the areas that produces red and the principal grape is cabernet franc
The Upper Loire is the 4th area of the Loire....what two appellations are known for classic Sauvignon Blanc?
Sancerre (west bank)
Pouilly Fume (right bank)
at the bend in the Loire River
Are there red wines produced in Sancerre?
Yes, it produces red wine from pinot noir.
Which of these two produce smokier versions of wine?
Pouilly FUME (which means smoke)
The Upper Loire is the 4th area of the Loire....what two appellations are known for classic Sauvignon Blanc?
Sancerre (west bank)
Pouilly Fume (right bank)
at the bend in the Loire River
Are there red wines produced in Sancerre?
Yes, it produces red wine from pinot noir.
Which of these two produce smokier versions of wine?
Pouilly FUME (which means smoke)