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1
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What is coulure?

A

Failure to fruit set after flowering due to poor weather at flowering

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What is millerandage?

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Failure for berries to develop fully in a bunch, leaving some with no seeds and small while other continue to develop fully

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What is assemblage?

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the final blend of grapes in the wines

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what is encepagment?

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The variety of different grapes planted in a vineyard

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What is the first red grape of Bordeaux to ripen?

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Merlot

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What is the last Bordeaux variety to ripen?

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Petit Verdot, almost non existent on right bank

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What is Pressac?

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Synonym for Malbec on the right bank

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Ugni blanc, Merlot blanc, and Colombard are allowed up to what percent in Bordeaux Blanc wines?

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30%

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9
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What size is a barrique?

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225L

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10
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What are Jalles?

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Drainage canals in Bordeaux that keep the water levels from rising

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11
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Medoc AOP may produce wines in what style?

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Dry red only

may not be released until June 15th following harvest

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12
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Who commissioned the 1855 Classification of Bordeaux?

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Emperor Napoleon III

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13
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What is boulbenes?

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Sand, gravel, and light clay found in Southern Graves

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14
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Graves AOP wines may produce what style?

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Dry red or dry white

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Graves Superuier AOP allows for the production of what style of wines?

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Sweet white wines

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16
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Saunterne AOP wines must have a minimum of how much R/S?

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45 g/L

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17
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Chateau d’Yquem is ranked as what?

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Premier Cru Superiuer

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18
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Which Chateau in St Emilion uses a high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon?

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Chateau Figeac

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What are the 2 broad categories of soils in St Emiion?

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Cotes: steep limestone slopes

Graves: gravelly limestone plateau

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20
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What is Bouchet?

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Cab Franc in Pomerol

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21
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What are the 4 satellite appellations of St Emilion?

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Lussac, St Georges, Montagne, Puisseguin

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What year was Pessac Leognan AOP created?

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1987

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23
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Chateau Cos d’Estrounel

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St Estephe, 2nd Growth

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Chateau Montrose

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St Estephe, 2nd Growth

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Château Pichon Longueville Baron

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Pauillac, 2nd Growth

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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

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Paulliac, 2nd Growth

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Château Léoville-Las Cases

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St Julien, 2nd Growth

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Château Léoville-Poyferré

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St Julien, 2nd Growth

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29
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Château Léoville Barton

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St Julien, 2nd Growth

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Château Gruaud-Larose

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St Julien 2nd Growth

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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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St Julien, 2nd Growth

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Château Rauzan-Ségla

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Margaux, 2nd Growth

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33
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Château Rauzan-Gassies

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Margaux, 2nd Growth

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Château Durfort-Vivens

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Margaux, 2nd Growth

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35
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Château Lascombes

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Margaux, 2nd Growth

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36
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Château Calon-Ségur

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St Estephe, 3rd Growth

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37
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Château Lagrange

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St Julien, 3rd Growth

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38
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Château Langoa Barton

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St Julien 3rd Growth

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Château Malescot-Saint-Exupéry

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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Château Desmirail

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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41
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Château Ferrière

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Margaux 3rd Growth

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42
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Château Marquis d’Alesme Becker

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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43
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Château Kirwan

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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44
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Château d’Issan

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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45
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Château Boyd-Cantenac

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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46
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Château Cantenac-Brown

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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47
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Château Palmer

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Margaux, 3rd Growth

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48
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Château Giscours

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Margaux 3rd Growth

49
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Château La Lagune

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Haut-Medoc, 3rd Growth

50
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Château Cos Labory

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St Estephe 5th Growth

51
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Château Pontet-Canet

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Pauillac, 5th Growth

52
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Château Batailley

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Paulliac, 5th Growth

53
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Château Haut-Batailley

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Pauillac, 5th Growth

54
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Château Haut-Bages-Libéral

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Pauillac, 5th Growth

55
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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

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Pauillac 5th Growth

56
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Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse

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Pauillac, 5th Growth

57
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Château Lynch-Bages

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Pauillac 5th Growth

58
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Château Lynch-Moussas

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Pauillac 5th Growth

59
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Château d’Armailhac

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Paulliac 5th Growth

60
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Château Pédesclaux

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Pauillac 5th Growth

61
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Château Clerc-Milon

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Pauillac 5th Growth

62
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Château Croizet Bages

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Pauillac 5th Growth

63
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Château Dauzac

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Margaux 5th Growth

64
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Château du Tertre

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Margaux 5th Growth

65
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Château Belgrave

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Haut-Medoc 5th Growth

66
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Château de Camensac

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Haut-Medoc 5th Growth

67
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Château Cantemerle

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Haut Medoc 5th Growth

68
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Château Lafon-Rochet

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St Estephe 4th Growth

69
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Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild

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Pauillac 4th Growth

70
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Château Saint-Pierre

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St Julien 4th Growth

71
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Château Talbot

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St Julien 4th Growth

72
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Château Branaire-Ducru

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St Julien 4th Growth

73
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Château Beychevelle

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St Julien 4th Growth

74
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Château Marquis de Terme

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Margaux 4th Growth

75
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Château Pouget

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Margaux 4th Growth

76
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Château Prieuré-Lichine

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Margaux 4th Growth

77
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Château La Tour Carnet

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Haut-Medoc 4th Growth

78
Q

What is the second wine of Cos d’Estrounel?

A

Les Pagodes de Cos

79
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Ch Lafite second wine?

A

Carruades de Lafite

80
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Chateau Margaux second wine?

A

Pavillon Rouge

81
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Chateau Latour second wine?

A

Les Forts de Latour

82
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Mouton Rothschild second wine:

A

Les Petit Mouton de Rothschild

83
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Chateau Haut-Brion second wine:

A

Le Clarence de Haut-Brion (red)

84
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Chateau Ausone second wine:

A

Chapelle d’Ausone

85
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Chateau Cheval Blanc second wine:

A

Le Petit Cheval

86
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Chateau Pavie second wine:

A

Arômes de Pavie

87
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What is the name of the forest that shields the vineyards of Bordeaux from the Atlantic?

A

Landes Forest

88
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Name the 6 communes of the Haut-Medoc North to South:

A

St Estèphe

Paulliac

St Julien

Listrac-Medoc

Moulis

Margaux

89
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What are the 5 communes of Margaux?

A

Cantenac

Arsac

Soussans

Labardes

Margaux

90
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What year was Cru Bourgeois originally introduced?

91
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What year was Cru Artisan recognized formally?

92
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What are the communes of Sauternes?

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Sauternes

Bommes

Fargues

Preignac

Barsac

93
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What year was the St Emilion classification created?

A

1954 but took effect in 1958

94
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What are the satellite appellations of St Emilion?

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Montagne St Emilion

St Georges St Emilion

Lussac St Emilion

Puisseguin St Emilion

95
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What is the difference between St Emilion Grand Cru and St Emilion Grand Cru Classé?

A

Grand Cru denotes an appellation, Grand Cru Classé denotes an classification within an appellation

96
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What is buttonière?

A

Blue clay soils of Pomerol

97
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What is crasse de fer?

A

Iron rich sand deposits found in Pomerol and Lalande de Pomerol

98
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Entre-du-Mers AOP allows for the production of what style of wine?

A

dry white wine

99
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Most of the vineyard acreage planted in Entre de Mers is planted to what and destined for what AOP?

A

Merlot, destined for Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superier AOP

100
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What is the highest elevation region of Bordeaux?

A

Entre de Mers, about 100m

101
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Premiers Cotes du Bordeaux AOP allows for the production of what style of wine?

A

Sweet white wine

Min 34 g/l of rs

102
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Côtes de Bordeaux-Saint-Macaire produces what styles of wine?

A

dry and sweet white wines

103
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Cadillac, Loupiac, and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont are all what?

A

Sweet wine appellations in the Premier Cotes de Bordeaux

104
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Cotes de Bordeaux allows for the production of what styles of wine?

A

Dry Red wines

105
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Bourg AOP allows for the production of what styles of wine?

A

Dry red and white

106
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Blaye AOP allows for the production of what styles of wine?

107
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Cotes de Blaye AOP allows for what styles of wines?

A

Dry red and white

108
Q

Cadillac AOP allows for the production of what style of wine?

A

Sweet whites

Min r/s 51 g/L

109
Q

Name five Chateaus classified for red wine in Graves:

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* Château Bouscaut (Cadaujac)
* Château Carbonnieux (Leognan)
* Domaine de Chevalier (Leognan)
* Château de Fieuzal (Leognan)
* Château Haut-Bailly (Leognan)
* Château Haut-Brion (Pessac)
* Château Latour-Martillac (Martillac)
* Château Malartic-Lagravière (Leognan)
* Château La Mission Haut-Brion (Talence)
* Château Olivier (Leognan)
* Château Pape-Clément (Pessac)
* Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte (Martillac)
* Château La Tour-Haut-Brion (Talence)

110
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Name 5 chateaus classified for white wine in Graves:

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* Château Bouscaut
* Château Carbonnieux
* Domaine de Chevalier
* Château Couhins (Villenave d’Ornon)
* Château Couhins-Lurton (Villenave d’Ornon)
* Château Latour-Martillac
* Château Malartic-Lagravière
* Château Laville-Haut-Brion (Talence)
* Château Olivier

111
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Name Five Classified sweet wines from Saunternes:

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* Château La Tour Blanche, Bommes (Sauternes)
* Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Bommes (Sauternes)
* Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey, Bommes (Sauternes)
* Château de Rayne-Vigneau, Bommes (Sauternes)
* Château Suduiraut, Preignac (Sauternes)
* Château Coutet, Barsac
* Château Climens, Barsac
* Château Guiraud, Sauternes
* Château Rieussec, Fargues (Sauternes)
* Château Rabaud-Promis, Bommes (Sauternes)
* Château Sigalas-Rabaud, Bommes (Sauternes)

112
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Cadillac-Cotes de Bordeaux allows for what styles of wine?

113
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Blaye AOP allows for what styles of wine?

114
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Blaye - Cotes de Bordeaux allows for what styles of wine?

A

Red and white

115
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St-Croix-du-Mont allows for what styles of wine?

A

Sweet white wines

116
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Cotes du Bourg allows for what styles of wine?

A

Red and White

117
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Fronsac AOP allows for what style of wine?

118
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Canon-Fronsac allows for what style of wine?

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