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What is Climate in Bordeaux?

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Climate is Maritime

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Name the grapes in Bordeaux?

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For reds:
1. Cabernet Sauvignon
2. Cabernet Franc
3. Merlot
4. Petit Verdot
5. Malbec
6. Carmenere
For white:
1. Sauvignon Blanc
2. Semillon
3. Muscadelle

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3
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Explain Claret?

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This is how British call Bordeaux blend

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Name the top sub-regions of Bordeaux?

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  1. Medoc
  2. Graves
  3. Sauternes
  4. Barsac
  5. St. Emilion
  6. Pomerol
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Name the other sub-regions of Bordeaux?

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  1. Cerons
  2. Premiere cotes de Bordeaux
  3. St. Croix du Mont
  4. Cadillac
  5. Loupiac
  6. Entre-Deux Mers
  7. Ste-Foy-Bordeaux
  8. Graves de Vayres
  9. Lalande de Pomerol
  10. Fronsac
  11. Cotes de Bourg
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Name Medoc sub-regions?

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  1. Medoc
  2. Haut-Medoc
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How is soil in Medoc?

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  1. Gravelly
  2. Clay
  3. Limestone
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Name 6 communes of Medoc?

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  1. Pauillac
  2. Margaux
  3. St-Estephe
  4. St-Julien
  5. Moulis
  6. Listrac
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Name the 1 growths?

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  1. Chateaux Lafite ( Pauillac )
  2. Chateaux Margaux ( Margaux )
  3. Chateaux Latour ( Pauillac )
  4. Chateaux Haut-Brion ( Pesac-Leognan Graves )
  5. Chateaux Mouton Rothschild ( Pauillac )
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Name the second labels?

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  1. Latour- Les Forts de Latour
  2. Lafite- Carrudes de Lafite
  3. Haut-Brion- Le Clarence de Haut-Brion
  4. Margaux- Pavillion Rouge du Chateaux Margaux
  5. Segla- Ruzan Segla
  6. Moutone- Le Petit Moutone de Moutone Rothschild
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Name some of the second growths?

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  1. Ruzan-Segla
  2. Ruzan-Gassies
  3. Leoville- Las- Cases
  4. Leoville- Poyferre
  5. Leoville Barton
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Name some of the third growths?

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  1. Kirwan
  2. Lagrange
  3. Lagune
  4. Palmer
  5. Malescot St-Exupery
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Name some of the forth growths?

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  1. Talbot
  2. Pougoet
  3. Lafon Rochet
  4. Beychevelle
  5. Marquis de Terme
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Name some of the fifth growths?

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  1. Lynch-Bages
  2. Lynch-Moussac
  3. Batailley
  4. Pedesclaux
  5. Clerc-Milon
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Name what AOCs Graves encompasses?

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  1. Cerons
  2. Barsac
  3. Sauternes
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How is Graves soil?

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  1. Gravelly
  2. Sand
  3. Marine Deposites rich in carbonates
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Name the Sauternes/Barsac grapes?

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  1. Sauvignon Blanc
  2. Semillon
  3. Muscadelle
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Name the Sauternes/Barsac 5 communes?

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  1. Sauternes
  2. Barsac
  3. Fargues
  4. Bommes
  5. Preignac
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Name the 1855 Premier Cru Superieur in Sauternes?

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Chateaux d’Yquem

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Name some of the Premier Crus in Sauternes?

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  1. La Tour Blanche
  2. Suduiraut
  3. Guiraud
  4. Rieussec
  5. Cootet
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Name some of the second growths in Sauternes?

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  1. Myrat
  2. Filhot
  3. De Malle
  4. Romer
  5. Lamothe- Despojols
22
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What wine style is produced in Cirons? , Cirons is commune of who?

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Cirons produces sweet wine similar in style to Sauternes.
Its a commune of Graves

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How is St. Emilion soil?

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  1. Clay-Limestone
  2. Sandy-Gravel
  3. Limestone
  4. Sand
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Name the 4 satelites of St. Emilion?

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  1. Montagne
  2. Lussac
  3. Puisseguin
  4. St. Georges
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Name the Grand Crus Classe A in St. Emilion?

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  1. Ausone
  2. Cheval Blanc
  3. Angelus
  4. Pavie
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Name the Grand Crus Classe B in St. Emilion?

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  1. Canon
  2. Figeac Clos Fourtet
  3. Pavie- Marquin
  4. Trottevieille
  5. Valandraud
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How is Pomerol soil?

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  1. Sandy- Gravel
  2. Clay to east
  3. Crasses de Fer ironstone to west
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Name the best Chateaux in Pomerol?

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  1. Petrus
  2. Le Pin
  3. Lafleur Petrus
  4. Lafleur
  5. Vielle Chateaux Certan de May Decertan
  6. Conseillante
  7. L’Eglise-Clinet
  8. Latour a Pomerol
  9. L’Evangile
  10. Trotonoy
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Name the communes of Lalande-de-Pomerol?

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  1. Lalande-de-Pomerol
  2. Neac
30
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Name the old regions of Cotes de Bordeaux?

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  1. Blaye
  2. Cadillac
  3. Cotes de Franc
  4. Cotes de Castillon
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Name the grapes used for Blaye-Cotes de Bordeaux?

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  1. Colombard
  2. Ugni Blanc
  3. Sauvignon Blanc
  4. Red Bordeaux Blend
32
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Saint-Macaire location and style?

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South of EDM produce small amount of sweet wine

33
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Name 2 AOCs of Haut-Benauge?

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  1. Bordeaux-Haut-Benauge
  2. E.D.M. Haut-Benauge
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Name communes of Haut-Benauge?

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  1. Arbis
  2. Cantois
  3. Escoussans
  4. Gornac
  5. Ladaux
  6. Mourens
  7. Saint- Pieere-de-Bat
  8. Soulignac
  9. Targon
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E.D.M. some of wine style produced?

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Wide wariety of wine with some good quality sweet botrytised wine.

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Premiers Cotes de Bordeaux Some of wine Style produced?

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Wide wariety of wine with some good quality sweet wine

37
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Sain-Crox-du-Mont, Loupiac, Cadillac some of wine styles?

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Thi are the wines in E.D.M. Region
Produce simillar but lesser sweet wines, they must contain some botrytised grapes

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Saint-Foy-Bordeaux ome of wine styles?

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Wide wariety of wine with some sweet wine