Bordeaux Flashcards
How many sub-regions and named appellations are there in Bordeaux?
Bordeaux has 38 sub-regions and 57 appellations with distinct microclimates and soil types.
What are the Medoc’s appellations?
Medoc AOC (formerly Bas-Medoc AOC) & Haute-Medoc AOC.
What are Haut-Medoc’s nested appellations?
Saint-Estephe AOC, Pauillac AOC, Saint-Julien AOC, Listrac-Medoc AOC, Moulis-en-Medoc AOC, Margaux AOC
Describe the styles of wine produced in (Bas) Medoc AOC. What area is under vine? About how much wine is produced annually in the region?
The lower Medoc has a high proportion of clay and limestone-based soils, and a smaller area of Garonne and Pyrenees gravel soils.. As such, the Cru Bourgeois in the area tend to produce St.-Emilion/Right Bank style wines based on Merlot. There are approximately 5,700 acres under vine, and the region produces an annual average of 300,000 hectoliters of wine.
What is the primary grape of Haut-Medoc?
Cabernet Sauvignon.
What is Unimedoc?
Unimedoc is a group comprised of four of the five Haut-Medoc cooperatives that ensures aging, bottling practices, and marketing from its members.
How many viticultural properties are in the Haut Medoc? How many are independent? What about the rest?
There are 584 viticultural properties in the Haut-Medoc. 239 are independent and 345 belong to one of the five cooperatives in the region.
Name five Cru Bougois Chateaux
Chateaux: de By, du Perier, La Cardonne, Castera, La Clare, Greysac, Laujac, Livran, Loudenne, de Monthil, les Ormes-Sorbet, Patache-d’Aux, Potensac, Plagnac, Preuillac, St.-Bonnet, St.-Cristophe, St.-Saturnin, Sestignan, Sigognac, Le Tertre-Caussan, La Tour de By, La Tour Haut-Caussan, La Tour-St.-Bonnet, La Valerie, Vieux Ch. Landon, La Glorie du Paysan.
Name three more value-oriented AOPs near Pomerol
Lalande de Pomerol, Fronsac, Canon Fronsac
Name three more value-oriented AOPs near St.-Emilion
Cotes de Castillon, Lussac-St.-Emilion, Puisseguin St.-Emilion, St.-George-St.-Emilion
If a guest wants a lower-cost sweet Bordeaux wine, what AOPs would be good options?
Loupiac, Cadillac, Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, Cerons
Name five 1855 Second Growths.
Ch. Mouton-Rothschild (1st growth since 1973), Rauzan-Segla, Rauzan-Gassies, Leoville Las Cases, Leoville Poyferre, Leoville Barton, Durfort-Vivens, Gruaud-Larose, Lascombes, Brane-Cantenac, Pichon Longueville Baron, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Ducru-BeaucaillouCos-D’Estournel, Montrose.
Which First Growths are located in Pauillac?
Lafite Rothschild, Latour, Mouton-Rothschild.
In which AOP is Ch. Margaux found?
Margaux.
What First Growth is found in Pessac-Leognan?
Ch. Haut-Brion
In what AOP are the “Leo” Chateaux found?
St.-Julien
Name five 1855 Third Growths.
Kirwan, d’Issan, Lagrange, Lagona Barton, Giscours, Malescot St. Exupery, Cantenac-Brown, Boyd-Cantenac, Palmer, La Lagune
Name five 1855 Fourth Growths
St.-Pierre, Talbot, Branaire-Ducru, Duhart-Milon, Pouget, La Tour Carnet, Lafon-Rochet, Beychevelle
Name five 1855 Fifth Growths
Pontet-Canet, Batailley, Haut Batailley, Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Grand-Puy,Ducasse, Lynch-Bages, Lynch-Moussas, Dauzac, du Terte, Haut-Bages Liberal, Pedesclaux, Belgrave, de Carmensac, Cos Labory.
What are the second wines of the First Growths?
Ch. Lafite Rothschild: Carruades de Lafite
Ch. Mouton Rothschild: Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild
Ch. Margaux: Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux
Ch. Latour: Les Forts de Latour
Ch. Haut-Brion: Le Clarence de Haut-Brion
Which 1855 Second Growths are found in Margaux?
Rauzan-Segla, Rauzan-Gassies, Dufort-Vivens, Lascombes, Brane-Cantenac.
Which 1855 Second Growths are found in St.-Julien?
Leoville Las Cases, Leoville Poyferre, Leoville Barton, Gruaud-Larose, Ducru-Beaucaillou
Which 1855 Second Growths are found in Pauillac?
Pichon Longueville Baron, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Which 1855 Second Growths are found in St.-Estephe?
Cos d’Estournel, Montrose
Which 1855 Third Growths are found in Margaux?
Kirwan, d’Issan, Giscours, Malescot St. Exupery, Cantenac-Brown, Boyd-Cantenac, Palmer
Which 1855 Third Growths are found in St.-Julien?
Lagrange, Lagona Barton
What are the requirements for a Bordeaux Superieur AOP wine?
-Minimum 10.5% ABV naturally.
-Minimum 12 months in barrel.
-Maximum 50 hectoliters per hectare yield.
What is micro-oxygenation?
Micro-oxygenation is a winemaking technique in which the winemaker adds a controlled amount of oxygen to a wine to simulate the effects of barrel-aging and stabilize the wine.
