PART 1 - FRANCE
Student Name: _______________________________________ Date:___________
1.) Name the three principal red varietals used to make red Bordeaux wines:______________________________
2.) Name the two principal white varietals used to make white Bordeaux wines:___________________________
3.) What is the highest quality level designation for Bordeaux wines?___________________________
4.) Name the principal red varietal of red Burgundy wines:_____________________________
5.) Name the principal white varietal of white Burgundy wines:____________________________
6.) Beaujolais is a Pinot Noir-based wine. (True or False?)
7.) After Premier Cru Classé, what is the next highest quality level designation for Burgundy wines?
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8.) Name the primary river associated with the Cotes du Rhone wine district:__________________________
9.) Name the most"noble" red varietal of the Cotes du Rhone district used principally in the great wines produced in the northern segment of this wine region:____________________________________________
10.) The most exotic dry white wine of the Cotes du Rhone (and perhaps in all of France) is made from which varietal? __________________________________
11.) Alsace is best known for red or white wines? (circle one.)
12.) The Riesling wines of Alsace are normally very dry or very sweet? (circle one.)
13.) Alsatian wines are normally 100% varietal in their make-up. (True or False?)
14.) Name the white varietal used to make Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume:___________________
15.) Name the white varietal used to make the wines of Vouvray:_____________________
16.) Muscadet is a Loire Valley sweet table wine. (True or False?)
17.) Name two of the principal red varietals used in Loire Valley wine production:_______________________
18.) Provence is located adjacent to Spain or the southern Rhone? (circle one.)
19.) The principal varietals used for red wines in the South are Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsault, and Carignan. Name one of the other non-traditional red varietals used in Languedoc-Roussillon blends:_______________________
20.) Which of the world's most popular white varietals is being used with great success in the Languedoc-Roussillon?
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