Bordeaux Flashcards
What are the two rivers in Bordeaux
Garonne (left) and Dordogne (right)
What can springtime frost do?
Leads to Coulure and millerandage
What is the BDX mixture
Lime, Copper, Sulfate and water
What is the landes Forest
Man made to protect against the Atlantic winds and weather
when did it become compulsory for estates to bottle their own for classified estates ?
1972
When did classified growths start producing 2nd wines
1982
Soil types and grape preferences
Merlot - Clay
Cab Sav - Drained Gravel
Cab Franc - Limestone
also is Crasse de fer (iron pan and rich clay in pomerol
Boulbenes - mixture of sand, gravel and light clay
What are the other names for Cab Franc / Malbec on the right back
Cab Franc - Bouchet
Malbec - Pressac
What are the new grapes allowed for blending
Whites: Alvarinho, Liliorila Reds: Arinarnoa Castests Marselan Touriga Nacional
what AOP are the new grapes approved for
Only Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superior wines
What the Barrel sizes
225
How many properties in the 1855 Classification
61
What is the break down of growths into the 5 ranks
1st - 5 2nd - 14, 3rd - 14, 4th - 10 and 5 - 18
Name all 5 1st growths
Latour - Pauillac Lafite - Pauillac Mouton Rothschild - Pauillac Margaux - Margaux Haut Brion - Passac Leognan
Name all 14 2nd growths
In Margaux Rasuan Gassies Rausan Segla Lascombes Dufort Viven In St Julien Leoville Poyferre Leoville Las Cases Leoville Barton Gruard Larose Durcu Beaucailou In Pauillac Pichon Longueville Baron Pichon Longueville Comtesse de lalande St Estephe Montrose Cos d'Esournel
Name all 14 3rd growths
St Julien -
Lagrange
Langao Barton
St Estephe
Calon Segur
Margaux Ferriere Marquis D'Aleseme Becker Malescont St Exupery Desmirail (in Cantenac in margaux) Cantenac Brown Kirwarn D'Issan Palmer Boyd Cantenac Giscours - Labarge in margaux La Lagune - Ludon
name all 10 4th growths
St Julien St Pierre Savaistre Talbot Branaire Durcu Beychevelle
Pauillac
Duhart-milon
Margaux
Pouget
Prieure
Marquis de Terme
La tour Carnet - St Laurent
St Estephe
Lafon Rochet
name all 16th 5th growths
Pauillac Pontet Canet Batilley Haut Batailley Grand Puy Lacoste Grand Puy Ducasse Lynch Bages Lynch Mouassas Armilhac Haut Bages Liberale Pedesclaux Crosiet Bages
Margaux Dauzac Due Tertre Belgrave Camensac
St Estephe
Cos Labory
Macau
Cantemerle
name the 5 villages in Margaux
Soussan, Margaux, Cantenac, Labardd, Arsac
Name the 5 villages in Sauternes
Sauternes, Barsac, Fargues, Preignac and Bommes
Name the vintages that Yquem have not released a wine
1910, 15, 30, 51, 64,72,74,92,2012
First vintage of Ygrec
1959, made intermittently until 2004 when it started annual
4 satellite appellations in St Emillion
Lussac, St Georges, Montagne, Puisseguin
What is Crasse de fer
Subsoil of iron pan and rich clay found in pomerol
