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French wine titles to learn to pronounce + vocab breakdown
- 1 Verget Bourgogne Blanc Terroirs de Côté d'Or 2010
(ver-jhay boo-gon blanc terr-wa day coat d'Or)
- 2 Louvetrie Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Sur Lié 2010
(Looh-veh-tree mus-kah-day de sevv - ay - men - sir - lee.)
- 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-oo-row sont oo-bon poo-may crew)
- 6 Sauvignon Blanc - Saint Roch 2012
(soh-vin-yohn blanc sont rok)
- 7 Viognier Cinquante-Cinq 2012
(Vee-Ohn-yay Sankont 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 Oogell 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 savoir faire, 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 Louvetrie is the name of the vineyards worked by Jo Landron and his people. They are cool producers of organic and biodynamic wines.
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 ( Vee-Ohn-yay) – a white grape variety from Condrieu in the Rhône valley. Makes full bodied white wines with a lush, soft character.
Cinquante Cinq – (French for Fifty-Five) originating from Alignan du Vent, just southwest of Montpellier, Cinquante Cinq is the largest family owned coop in France.
Pouilly-Fuissé – (pu-ji fu-se) is an appellation (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 (veenga) = 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
Langoureau - Long-oo-row Languedoc – 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!
tl;dr List of 10 French wines with pronouncing key and vocab breakdown v1.9
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