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Minervois style, grapes and site for the best wines |
Red from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre blended with number of local varieties Some white and rose Aoc minervois La Liviniere area in the centre of appellation - 60% Syrah, Mourvèdre and Grenache |
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Banyuls and Banyuls Grand Cru style and grapes |
Red white and rose VDN Banyuls min 50% Grenache Banyuls GC min 75% Grenache The rest is made up from 9 other varieties |
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Time of maturation for Banyuls GC, name of aoc for red table wine |
30 months before sale, but top quality are aged 10-20 years collioure aoc |
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Blanquette de Limoux style and grapes |
Sparkling; Min 90% mauzac plus Chardonnay and chenin |
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Blanquette de Limoux style and grapes |
Sparkling; Min 90% mauzac plus Chardonnay and chenin |
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Soil in limoux |
Heavy limestone |
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Blanquette de Limoux style and grapes |
Sparkling; Min 90% mauzac plus Chardonnay and chenin |
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Soil in limoux |
Heavy limestone |
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Cremant de limoux grapes and aging |
Max 90% of Chardonnay and chenin with max 20% mauzac and Pinot noir Min 12 months on lees |
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Blanquette de limoux ancestrale aging and method of production and grape |
One fermentation in bottle, one year on lees, no disgorge with sediment left Mauzac |
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Corbieres style and grapes |
Mainly red some rose little white bourboulenc, Grenache blanc and maccabeu Min 50% Grenache, lladoner pelut, Mourvèdre, Syrah, , max 20% cinsault, carignan, Picpoul and terret noir Top estates use maceration carbonique followed by 12 months new oak |
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AOC for finest red wine in Corbieres and soil |
Corbieres boutenec aoc; Limestone |
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Costieres de nimes style and grapes |
Red white rose from min 40%carignan 25% Grenache, 20% Syrah but most producers use larger proportions of Syrah White Grenache blanc |
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Two parts of Fitou. What is style and grapes |
Fitou maritime and Fitou montagneux Red wine from min 30% carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, lladoner pelut Carignan, grenache, lladoner min 70% Syrah and Mourvèdre min 10% |
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Frontignan name aoc, style and grapes |
Muscat de frontignan; VDN and VDL from muscat |
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La Clape aoc style and grapes |
Red and rose from min 70% Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre White from min 40% bourboulenc, Grenache blanc and clairette |
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Languedoc climat |
Mediterranean |
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How many terroirs in Corbieres, name 4 most prominent |
11 Sigean, Durban, fontfroide, lagrasse |
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What is riversaltes grenat made from? How long aging requirements |
Min 75% Grenache, at least 1 year in wood and 3 months in bottle |
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What is rivesaltes tuile made from, describe aging. |
Min 50% Grenache and aged for 2 years in wood |
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What means hors d’age? |
Indicates the wine has been matured for min 5 years and may be applied to Grenat or Ambre wines |
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Muscat de rivesaltes aoc grapes and style |
Muscat blanc a petits grains and muscat d’alexandrie and is only white or rose |
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What is rivesaltes rancio aoc? |
These wines have been matured in cask for long period and have developed oxidized/maderized character |
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Style of cotes du roussillon |
Red white and rose made from blends of a number of varieties |
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Picpoul de Pinet style and grape |
White wine from Picpoul |
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Clairette du Languedoc styles |
VDN, VDL, Rancio, dry and sweet whites |
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Cotes du roussillon villages style, how many village in and specify these which can use name on label. |
Red wine only and must be blend of min 3 varieties 25 Only 4: latour de France, caramany, lesquerde, tautavel |
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Collioure what is it? styles and grapes |
Red and rose from min 60% GSM plus cinsault and carignan Whites from Grenache, malvoise, maccabeo, marsanne, roussanne It is same delimited area as Banyuls but not fortified and produced as Collioure aoc |
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Languedoc aop how many villages and name aop for these |
16, aop coteaux du languedoc But 12 are allowed to append their names on the label |
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St Chinian style and grapes |
Red and rose min 50% of Grenache, lladoner, Mourvèdre and Syrah. Max of 40% carignan and 30% Cinsault - similar to lighter Bordeaux White from Grenache blanc blended up to 7 varieties |
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St chinian villages (2) name, style and list grapes |
Berlou and Roquebrun only red Berlou carignan led with Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah Roquebrun is Syrah driven with Grenache and Mourvèdre |
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Pic st loup style and grapes |
GSM and up to 10% other southern grapes (Min 2 grapes in blend) |
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Terrasses du larzac style and grapes |
Red from Grenache, carignan, cinsault and Syrah |
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Cabardes style and grapes |
Red from Syrah predominant, Cabernet, Malbec, merlot, Grenache |
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Cotes de malepere style and grapes |
Red from min 50% merlot, min 20% Cabernet franc and Malbec Rose from cabernet franc min 70% |
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Faugeres style and grapes |
Red Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre White bourboulenc |
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Name best 3 villages in Languedoc aop and type of soil |
La Clape chalky, clay gravel; Pic St Loup chalky stony; terrasses du larzac clay-limestone |
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Limoux style and grapes |
Mainly whites from min 15% mauzac, Chardonnay and chenin - barrel fermented first appellation in France to stipulate Red wine (new 2004) min 50% merlot, min 30% of carignan, Grenache, Malbec and Syrah, max 20% of Cabernet Sauvignon and franc |
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Maury where is located and what style and grapes, name aoc for table wines |
Situated in roussillon Red and white unfortified and rose VDN made mainly from Grenache and similar to Banyuls Table wines sold cotes du roussillon village |
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Rivesaltes style and grapes? Percentage of production for VDN |
Red white and rose all VDN 50% of all VDN wines in France Grenache noir, gris and blanc |
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What is rivesaltes ambre? |
Produced from white grapes and aged in wood for min 2 years taking oxidative character |
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VDN and VDL |
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