2. Bordeaux and the key developments in the history of Bordeaux Flashcards
What is Bordeaux’s two rivers called?
River Garonne and River Dordogne
What lies west, east and in between the Dordogne and Gironde rivers?
The left bank and the right bank of bordeaux. In the middle is entre-deux-mers.
What can be said about the amount of planted grapes in bordeaux?
Near 90 percent are black grapes. Merlot is about 60 percent of total plantings. In the AOC about 85 percent is red, 10 per cent is white, 4 percent rose and 1 percent sweet.
How have the Dutch residents had an influence on Bordeaux?
In the 17th and 18th century, Dutch residents drained the marshes in the dirty of Bordeaux, revealing gravelly soils suitable for vineyard plantings.
What houses were famous in Europe by the mid-18th century?
Château lafite and château Margaux and the other first growths.
What influence on commerce did the growing success of bordeaux wines have?
It made bordeaux a stronghold for entrepreneurial merchants who originated from Britain, Ireland, Germany, holland and elsewhere but who became wine brokers with international reputation in Bordeaux. This is where the remaining négociant system was founded.
What key event happened in 1855?
The world exhibition in paris where the brokers from Bordeaux classified the estates from médoc, and haut brion in graves into five bands. Also sauternes was classified into three bands. The 1855 classification has the first with official status ant remains until today.
What were the foundations for the 1855 classification?
Price of the wines.
How large is the area under vine in bordeaux?
About 111’ ha of which the majority is for modest bordeaux or bordeaux supérieur. As a contrast prestigious areas such as Pomerol are small (800ha)
How is the sales mix of Bordeaux wines price-wise?
Around 70 percent of the produced wines of Bordeaux are sold as inexpensive or mid priced. 3 percent are premium or superpremium.
