Bordeaux

Question 1

When did Henry II marry Eleanor of Aquitaine?

Answer 1

1152

Question 1

What is a Petits Chateau?

Answer 1

An unrated chateau

Question 2

What was Bordeaux’s 1st Golden Age?

Answer 2

Marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry Plantagenet (1152-1453)

Question 3

What year was the Battle of Castillion?

Answer 3

1453 (Hundred Years War)

Question 4

What is Eau de Vie?

Answer 4

Dutch distilled spirit from white wine

Question 5

What was the influence of the Dutch in Bordeaux?

Answer 5

Draining the Medoc

Question 6

What was Bordeaux’s 2nd Golden Age?

Answer 6

1700s expansion of Bordeaux’s wine market to British and Dutch Colonies

Question 7

What are the Plagues of Bordeaux?

Answer 7

1. Powdery Mildew - 1852
2. Phyloxera - 1865
3. Downy Mildew - 1880
4. Great Freeze - 1956

Question 8

What is a Grand Vin?

Answer 8

The main wine made by a chateau

Question 9

What was Bordeaux’s 3rd Golden Age?

Answer 9

The release of Robert Parker’s ‘Wine Advocate’ in which he highly scored the 1982 vintage, refocussing attention on Bordeaux.

Question 10

What is ‘En Primeur’?

Answer 10

Wine sold before its normal time

Question 11

What are cold soils?

Answer 11

Clay and Limestone

Question 12

What are warm soils?

Answer 12

Sand and Gravels

Question 13

What are the new permitted grapes of Bordeaux as of 2021?

Answer 13

Red
1. Arinarnoa
2. Castets
3. Marselan
4. Touriga Nacional

White
1. Alvarinho
2. Liliorila

Question 14

What is the HVE?

Answer 14

Haute Valeur Environmentale

Question 15

What is the ‘Taille Medocaine’ training method?

Answer 15

Similar to Double Guyot with shorter canes