Bordeaux Flashcards
New red grape varietals Bordeaux
Arinarnoa
Castets
Marselan
Touriga Natcional
New white wine varietals Bordeaux
Alvarinho
Liliorila
Haut benauge
DGC under Entre duex mers AOC
Dry semi sweet whites from SB and semillon
Bordeaux superieur AOC
Stricter than Bordeaux AOC Lowe yield higher alcohol Red wines must be aged until June 15 No dry white wines… no alvarinho Must be estate bottled
Cremant de Bordeaux AOC
70% from primary fruit
Red blanc de noirs
Medoc AOC
Clay limestone
Merlot dominates here
40% of peninsulas productions
Haut medoc aoc
Southern two thirds of medoc
Gravel
Saint estephe AOC
Clay soil, more merlot
Pauillac AOC
Gravelly
17 classified growths
Dusty coco
Saint julien AOC
River Parker - most underrated area
Gravel, coco cherry
Most like CA
Listrac medoc
Fringe of the forest/edge location Clay limestone Merlot Heavy dense wines Benefited by cellaring
Moulis AOC
Varied soils
Similar to Listrac
Margaux AOC
Sandy gravel
Considered the most delicate and perfumed
The Medoc AOCs
Medoc Saint estephe Pauillac Saint julien Listrac Moulis Margaux Haut medoc
Graves AOC
Blends based on CS
Whites semillon and SB
85% red
Graves superieures AOC
Only semi sweet white
34g/l
Noble or passerillage
Pessac leognan AOC
Once a part of Graves. Received AOC in 1987
Cabs, gravel soil
Clove
Whites age age-able
Sauternes AOC
45g/l
Various soils
Barsac AOC
Clay limestone
Lemony
Can use sauternes AOC name
Cerons AOC
Larger yields due to gravel/sand soil
Dry reds and whites as graves and semi sweet as graves superieures
Entre deux mers
Semillon, SB, muscadelle,
2nd colombard, mauzac, merlot blanc, IG I blanc
25% of white wines of Bordeaux
Graves de vayres
Rounded pebbles from Isle river
Semi sweet 4g/l
Mostly SB, semillon, up to 35% merlot blanc
Reds are most of the production
Cadillac
Loupiac
Sainte Croix du mont
Entre deux mers 51g/l 45g/l 45g/l Croix is most notable due to its gravel
Premieres cotes de Bordeaux
Within Cadillac 34g/l
Libourne
City Right bank of the dordogne
Libournals
Fronsac - right bank of isle Canon fronsac -right, merlot, CF Pomerol - left Lalande de pomerol - left, iron rich soil Saint emillion - left Saint emillion grand cru - left
Cotes de Bordeaux AOC
Cadillac cotes de Bordeaux red only Francs cotes de Bordeaux Castillon cotes de Bordeaux Sainte foy cotes de Bordeaux Blaye cotes de Bordeaux 3% whites area
Blaye AOC
Mix soils
Must be 50% merlot
Cotes de blaye
Mostly colombard and ugni blanc
White wines
Bourg AOC / Bourgeais
65% red grape, merlot dominant
Classification of 1855 chateau
1 pessac leognan
26 from sauternes and barsac
60 medoc
87 total
Emile peynaud
Championed the second label to improve the grand vin
Saint emilion satellites
Lussac
Montagne
Puisseguin
Saint Georges
