10 French Wines with vocab breakdown

French wine titles to learn to pronounce + vocab breakdown

1 Verget Bourgogne Blanc Terroirs de Côté d'Or 2010 (ver-jay boo-gon blanc terr-wa day koot d'Or)

2 Louvetrie Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Sur Lié 2010 (loo-tree-ev moose-key-det de sèv-ra et men sir lié)

3 Esprit Sarrail Carcassonne Blanc (es pree sa-rye kar-ka-sawn blanc)

4 Maris - Picpoul de Pinet (ma-rie pic-pool de pee-nay)

5 Sylvain Langoureau St Aubin 1er Cru (seel-van long-goo-roo sont oo-bon poo-may crew)

6 Sauvignon Blanc - Saint Roch 2012 (soh-vin-yohn blanc sont rok)

7 Viognier Cinquante-Cinq 2012 (voo-ney sank-con sank)

8 Pouilly-Fuissé - Les Croux Vieilles Vignes 2010 (pu-ji fu-se lay cwa ve-ay veens)

9 Sancerre - Jean Max Roger 2011 (son-sair jean max roh-jhay)

10 Pinot Gris - Hugel Classic 2010 (pee-no gree who-gel classic)

Breakdown of the French wine vocab used in these titles:

• Verget (ver-jhay) rich and varied wines from the very best grapes in France

• Bourgogne Blanc (boo-gon blanc) = White Burgundy

• A “Terroir” is a group of vineyards (or even vines) from the same region, belonging to a specific appellation, and sharing the same type of soil, weather conditions, grapes and wine making savoirfaire, which contributes to give its specific personality of the wine.
• de Côté d'Or (literally “from the golden slope” in French) is a chain of hills called “Plateau de Langres” north of Dijon, France. The south-east facing slope of the hill sides is the site of the celebrated Burgundy vineyards. Just west of the Plateau de Langres is the world famous Champagne region.
• Louvetrie is a word in the title of a French wine
• Muscadet is a white French wine from the western end of the Loire valley, near the city of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire region neighboring the Brittany region.
• Sèvre et Maine Sur Lié is one of three regional sub-appellations for Muscadet
• Esprit is French for “spirit”
• Sauvignon Blanc – green skin grape variety that produces white wine
• Cabernet Sauvignon – red skin grape variety from Bordeaux region in France that produces red wines
• Sauvignon - Médoc region of Bordeaux in SW France
• Sauvignon (soh-vin-yohn) or French (soh-vee-nyawn)
• Cabernet (kab-er-ney) or French (ka-ber-ney)
• Carcassonne (kar-ka-sawn) or (ka-ra-ka-son) a city in and capital of Aude in South France
• Aude (ohd) (owed) city in South France
• Viognier (voo-ney) – a white grape variety from Condrieu in the Rhône vally. Makes full bodied white wines with a lush, soft character.
• Cinquante Cinq – (French for Fifty-Five) originating from Alignan du Vent, just southweat of Montpellier, Cinquante Cinq is the largest family owned coop in France.
• Pouilly-Fuissé – (pu-ji fu-se) is an applellation (AOC) for white wine in the Mâconnais subregion Burgundy in central France, located in the communes of Fuissé, Solutré-Pouilly, Vergisson and Chaintré. Pouilly-Fuissé has Chardonnay as the only grape variety.
• La Croix Vieilles Vignes – La Croix (the cross) Vieilles Vignes (old vines)
• Vielle (old) vs Vieille (old woman)
• Vignes (veena) = French for vines
• Sancerre (son-sair) – French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC)
• Pinot Gris (pee-no gree) – white mutant grape variety of the Pinot noir variety
• Gris is French for gray
• Pinot comes from the French word for “pine cone”
• Pinot Gris from Italy are called “Pinot Grigio”
• Hugel & Fils is a winery in Riquewihr, Alsace, France
• Langudoc – a major wine producing region in France

Speaking French full wine titles with perfect fluency, and understanding the meaning and context of each word. Great knowledge!

July 9, 2014 Rare Earth Wine Bar Marketing v1.05