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Bordeaux Flashcards

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New red grape varietals Bordeaux

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Arinarnoa
Castets
Marselan
Touriga Natcional

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New white wine varietals Bordeaux

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Alvarinho

Liliorila

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Haut benauge

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DGC under Entre duex mers AOC

Dry semi sweet whites from SB and semillon

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Bordeaux superieur AOC

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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
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5
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Cremant de Bordeaux AOC

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70% from primary fruit

Red blanc de noirs

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Medoc AOC

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Clay limestone
Merlot dominates here
40% of peninsulas productions

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Haut medoc aoc

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Southern two thirds of medoc

Gravel

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Saint estephe AOC

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Clay soil, more merlot

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Pauillac AOC

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Gravelly
17 classified growths
Dusty coco

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Saint julien AOC

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River Parker - most underrated area
Gravel, coco cherry
Most like CA

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Listrac medoc

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Fringe of the forest/edge location 
Clay limestone 
Merlot
Heavy dense wines
Benefited by cellaring
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Moulis AOC

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Varied soils

Similar to Listrac

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Margaux AOC

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Sandy gravel

Considered the most delicate and perfumed

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The Medoc AOCs

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Medoc
Saint estephe
Pauillac
Saint julien
Listrac
Moulis
Margaux
Haut medoc
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15
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Graves AOC

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Blends based on CS
Whites semillon and SB
85% red

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Graves superieures AOC

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Only semi sweet white
34g/l
Noble or passerillage

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Pessac leognan AOC

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Once a part of Graves. Received AOC in 1987
Cabs, gravel soil
Clove
Whites age age-able

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Sauternes AOC

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45g/l

Various soils

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Barsac AOC

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Clay limestone
Lemony
Can use sauternes AOC name

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Cerons AOC

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Larger yields due to gravel/sand soil

Dry reds and whites as graves and semi sweet as graves superieures

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Entre deux mers

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Semillon, SB, muscadelle,
2nd colombard, mauzac, merlot blanc, IG I blanc
25% of white wines of Bordeaux

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Graves de vayres

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Rounded pebbles from Isle river
Semi sweet 4g/l
Mostly SB, semillon, up to 35% merlot blanc
Reds are most of the production

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Cadillac
Loupiac
Sainte Croix du mont

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Entre deux mers
51g/l
45g/l
45g/l
Croix is most notable due to its gravel
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Premieres cotes de Bordeaux

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Within Cadillac 34g/l

25
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Libourne

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City Right bank of the dordogne

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Libournals

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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
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Cotes de Bordeaux AOC

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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
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Blaye AOC

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Mix soils

Must be 50% merlot

29
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Cotes de blaye

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Mostly colombard and ugni blanc

White wines

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Bourg AOC / Bourgeais

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65% red grape, merlot dominant

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Classification of 1855 chateau

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1 pessac leognan
26 from sauternes and barsac
60 medoc
87 total

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Emile peynaud

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Championed the second label to improve the grand vin

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Saint emilion satellites

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Lussac
Montagne
Puisseguin
Saint Georges

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