BORDEAUX Flashcards
How much of AOC production comes from Bordeaux?
~25%
What is annual case production of Bordeaux region?p
61 million cases
What 2 rivers meet to form the Gironde estuary?
Garonne (Left bank and Dordogne (Right Bank)
Which area the two main areas of the Left Bank that lie above and below the city of Bordeaux?
Medoc, Graves,
Which areas are considered Right Bank?
Blaye/Cotes du Blaye, Bourg/Cotes du Bourg, Fronsac/Canon Fronsac, Libourne area AOCs (Pomerol/Lalande-Pomerol, Saint Emilion/St.-Emilion “satellites”), Castillon/Francs/St-Foy Cotes de Bordeaux
Which topographic feature provides shelter from Atlantic Ocean?
Landes forest
What are the leading red grapes of Bordeaux?
Merlot, Cab Sauvignon, Cab Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Carmenere
What are the leading white grapes of Bordeaux?
Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Muscadelle
How many AOCs in Bordeaux?
~40
What are the 3 largest AOCs covering entire region?
Bordeaux, Bordeaux Superieur, Cremant de Bordeaux
How much production do the three largest Bordeaux AOCs account for?
55%
What are the main AOCs on the Left Bank in Medoc area?
Haut Medoc, Medoc, Listrac-Medoc, Moulis-en-Medoc, Margaux, St. Estephe, Paulliac, St. Julien
What are the main AOCs of Left Bank/ Graves?
Graves, Graves Superieur, Pessac-Leognan, Barsac, Cerons, Sauternes
What are two unique features of Entre-deux-Mers AOC?
1) Majority is approved for dry white only, 2) Coolest climate region in Bordeaux
Which other AOCs are in the Entre-Deux/Mers?
Entre-Deux-Mers/Haut Benage (*Bordeaux AOC), Graves de Vayres, Premiere Cotes de Bordeaux, Cadillac, Loupiac, St.-Croix- du-Mont, Cotes du Bordeaux St. Macaire
Which 4 areas lie just outside the Bordeaux AOC to the East and South?
Bergerac, Cotes du Duras, Cotes du Marmandais, St. Foy Cotes de Bordeaux
Which AOCs in the Entre-Deux-Mers AREA are approved for dry red production?
Graves-de-Vayre, St. Foy-Cotes du Bordeaux
What are the main AOCs on the Right Bank?
Bourg/Cotes du Bourg, Fronsac/Canon-Fronsac, Pomerol/Lalande-Pomerol, St. Emilion/St. Emilion “satellites” (Lussac, Montagne, Puisseguin, St. George), )
Which 5 subzones of the Cotes de Bordeaux AOC established in 2009?
Blaye/Cotes du Blaye, Cadillac, Castillion, Francs, Saint-Foy
What is the Bordeaux Classification of 1855 and how many chateau are included? How many sweet wines were classified and what is their breakdown by level?
It ranks 61 chateau (mostly Left Bank) into 5 cru levels based on the market price at that time.
27 sweet wines were also classified; 15 2nd growths, 11 1st growths and one grand gru: Ch, d’Yquem
What are the 5 first growths?
Haut Brion, Lafite-Rotschild, Latour, Margaux and Mouton-Rothschild (awarded in 1973)
What are the “super seconds”
Cos d’Estournel, Montrose, Pichon Longueville Baron
What is the Graves classification system and how many chateau are included?
Ranking of 16 chateau, once in 1953 and again in 1959. There is one level (“cru classes”) which includes Ch. Haut Brion, a Bordeaux premier-cru located in Graves
What is the St. Emilion classification system and when did it begin
Right Bank classification system started in 1954. Reclassified every 10 years. two levels: grand cru classe (63), and premiere grand cru classe A (4)/B (15)
What are the four Premier Grand Cru Classe A chateau?
Angelus. Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Pavie
Ausone and Cheval Blanc will leave in 2022
The 40 AOC appellations count for how much of Bordeaux’s total production?
55%
What are the six communal AOCs of Medoc?
St. Estephe, Pauillac, St. Julien, Margaux, Listrac-Medoc. Moulis-en-Medoc
What are the four communal AOCs of Graves?
Pessac-Leognan, Cerons, Barsac, and Sauternes
What are the seven communal AOCs of Entre-deux-Mers?
Graves-de-Vayres (red), Haut Benage, St. Macaire, Cadillac, Loupiac, St. Croix-du-Mont, Saint-Foye
What is unique about the soils and vineyard parcels in Margaux?
High gravel content and dispersed vineyards (mixed in with classified parcels) so winemaking technique/grape selection trumps terroir
How many chateau can use the “Grand Cru Classe de Graves” labeling from the Graves Classification of 1959?
16
https://www.wine-searcher.com/graves-classification
Why are the white wines of Pessac Leognan so ageworthy?
Oak aging
what is minimum required % of Sauvignon Bland in Pessac-Leognan whites?
25%
What is considered the oldest WINERY on Bordeaux?
Ch. Pape Clement circa 1252
Which AOC has highest temps on Left Bank?
Pessac-Leognan
What is unique about terroir in Pessac-Leognan?
Gravel/Stone in North, acidic (due to pine forests) clay/limestone in South
