Bordeaux

Question 1

How many sub-regions and named appellations are there in Bordeaux?

Answer 1

Bordeaux has 38 sub-regions and 57 appellations with distinct microclimates and soil types.

Question 2

What are the Medoc’s appellations?

Answer 2

Medoc AOC (formerly Bas-Medoc AOC) & Haute-Medoc AOC.

Question 3

What are Haut-Medoc’s nested appellations?

Answer 3

Saint-Estephe AOC, Pauillac AOC, Saint-Julien AOC, Listrac-Medoc AOC, Moulis-en-Medoc AOC, Margaux AOC

Question 4

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?

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

What is the primary grape of Haut-Medoc?

Answer 5

Cabernet Sauvignon.

Question 6

What is Unimedoc?

Answer 6

Unimedoc is a group comprised of four of the five Haut-Medoc cooperatives that ensures aging, bottling practices, and marketing from its members.

Question 7

How many viticultural properties are in the Haut Medoc? How many are independent? What about the rest?

Answer 7

There are 584 viticultural properties in the Haut-Medoc. 239 are independent and 345 belong to one of the five cooperatives in the region.

Question 8

Name five Cru Bougois Chateaux

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Name three more value-oriented AOPs near Pomerol

Answer 9

Lalande de Pomerol, Fronsac, Canon Fronsac

Question 10

Name three more value-oriented AOPs near St.-Emilion

Answer 10

Cotes de Castillon, Lussac-St.-Emilion, Puisseguin St.-Emilion, St.-George-St.-Emilion

Question 11

If a guest wants a lower-cost sweet Bordeaux wine, what AOPs would be good options?

Answer 11

Loupiac, Cadillac, Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, Cerons

Question 12

Name five 1855 Second Growths.

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

Which First Growths are located in Pauillac?

Answer 13

Lafite Rothschild, Latour, Mouton-Rothschild.

Question 14

In which AOP is Ch. Margaux found?

Answer 14

Margaux.

Question 15

What First Growth is found in Pessac-Leognan?

Answer 15

Ch. Haut-Brion

Question 16

In what AOP are the “Leo” Chateaux found?

Answer 16

St.-Julien

Question 17

Name five 1855 Third Growths.

Answer 17

Kirwan, d’Issan, Lagrange, Lagona Barton, Giscours, Malescot St. Exupery, Cantenac-Brown, Boyd-Cantenac, Palmer, La Lagune

Question 18

Name five 1855 Fourth Growths

Answer 18

St.-Pierre, Talbot, Branaire-Ducru, Duhart-Milon, Pouget, La Tour Carnet, Lafon-Rochet, Beychevelle

Question 19

Name five 1855 Fifth Growths

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

What are the second wines of the First Growths?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Which 1855 Second Growths are found in Margaux?

Answer 21

Rauzan-Segla, Rauzan-Gassies, Dufort-Vivens, Lascombes, Brane-Cantenac.

Question 22

Which 1855 Second Growths are found in St.-Julien?

Answer 22

Leoville Las Cases, Leoville Poyferre, Leoville Barton, Gruaud-Larose, Ducru-Beaucaillou

Question 23

Which 1855 Second Growths are found in Pauillac?

Answer 23

Pichon Longueville Baron, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Question 24

Which 1855 Second Growths are found in St.-Estephe?

Answer 24

Cos d’Estournel, Montrose

Question 25

Which 1855 Third Growths are found in Margaux?

Answer 25

Kirwan, d’Issan, Giscours, Malescot St. Exupery, Cantenac-Brown, Boyd-Cantenac, Palmer

Question 26

Which 1855 Third Growths are found in St.-Julien?

Answer 26

Lagrange, Lagona Barton

Question 27

What are the requirements for a Bordeaux Superieur AOP wine?

Answer 27

-Minimum 10.5% ABV naturally.
-Minimum 12 months in barrel.
-Maximum 50 hectoliters per hectare yield.

Question 28

What is micro-oxygenation?

Answer 28

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.