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Bordeaux Flashcards

1
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What event forged ties with England in the 1152?

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Marriage of Eleanor and Henry Plantagenet

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True or false: Bordeaux wine trade was dominated by the church in the Middle Ages?

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False - the trade was secular and commercial

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Why didn’t the Napoleonic inheritance laws affect Bordeaux as much as other areas of France?

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The Bordelaise focussed on selling shares in their estates rather than dividing the land

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What did Joseph Capus introduce to the French wine industry

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The AC system

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Bordeaux is France’s largest AOC vineyard area - True or False?

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True

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6
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What are petit Chateaux?

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Unranked wine estates in Bordeaux

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7
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What was the first golden age of Bordeaux?

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The period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry Plantagent and the commercial trade with England

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8
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When did the Dutch drain the Medoc?

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1600s

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What created the second golden age of Bordeaux wine?

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The commercial trade with the Netherlands and England during the 1700s

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10
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What was the first recognised Bordeaux Chateau?

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Haut-Brion

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What created the third golden age for Bordeaux?

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Robert Parker’s promotion and scoring of the wines in 1982

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12
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Who proposed the creation of second wines to the Bordeaux Chateaux?

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Emile Peynaud

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13
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What caused the widespread replacement of Malbec with Merlot?

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The winter freeze of 1956

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14
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What caused the shift from white wine production to red in Bordeaux?

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The winter freeze of 1956

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15
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What is a grand vin?

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The highest quality wine from a chateau

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16
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True or false. The majority of Bordeaux production is consumed in France?

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True - 56%

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17
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What is the climate of Bordeaux?

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Maritime

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18
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What factors moderate the climate in Bordeaux?

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Gulf Stream
Landes Forest

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What is the primary type of soil in Bordeaux

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Sedimentary

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20
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What is the highest AC in Bordeaux

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Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux

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21
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What are the new red grape varieties permitted in Bordeaux since 2021

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Arinarnoa
Castets
Marsaelan
Touruga Nacional

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22
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What are the two new white varieties permitted in Bordeaux since 2021

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Alvarino
Liliorila

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23
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The 2021 new white varieties can be planted anywhere in Bordeaux. True or False?

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True

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24
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What is the most widely planted grape variety in Bordeaux?

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Merlot

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What is the most widely planted white grape variety in Bordeaux?

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Equal between Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc

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26
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What areas of Bordeaux is Cot mostly found?

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Bourg, Blaye Entre-deux-Mers

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The 2021 new red varieties can be planted anywhere in Bordeaux. True or False?

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True

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28
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What is Taille Medocaine?

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A vine training method similar to double Guyot but with shorter canes

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29
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What are the primary training methods used in Bordeaux?

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Single & Double Guyot
Taille Medocaine

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30
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What does the Haute Valeur Environmental award mean?

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The estate follows high environmental practices such as biodiversity, judicious agrochemical use and careful water management

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What is a tris?

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Pass through the vineyard to pick botrytis affected grapes

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32
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The use of delestage is reducing in Bordeaux. True or False

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True. Pigeage and Remontage is now more common

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33
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What wine is Bordeaux would be pink?

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Rosé

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34
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What wine in Bordeaux is light red?

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Clairet

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35
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How many regional ACs does Bordeaux have?

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3
Bordeaux
Bordeaux Superior
Cremant de Bordeaux

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36
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What wine styles can be made using the Bordeaux AC designation?

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Dry white
Rosé
Red
Light Red (Clairet)
Semi-Sweet white

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37
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What wine styles can be made under the Bordeaux Superior AC designation?

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Red and semi-sweet white only

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38
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What white grape variety cannot be used in semi-sweet whites in Bordeaux AC?

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Alvarinho

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39
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What distinguishes Bordeaux superior from Bordeaux AC

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Tighter production standards
Lower maximum yields
high minimum alcohol level
Must be estate bottled

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40
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Cremant de Bordeaux can be white or rosé. True or false

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True
If rosé it can only be made from red varieties

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41
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True or false. White wine can be made in all the Medoc ACs

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False. No white wine can be labelled with any Medoc AC

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42
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What’s the predominant soil type in Medoc AC?

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Clay and limestone

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43
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What is the predominant soil type in Haut-Medoc AC?

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Gravel

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44
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Which Medoc commune AC has a higher percentage of clay than the others

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St-Estephe

45
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Which Medoc commune AC has the highest number of classified chateaux?

46
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Which is the most southerly of the Medoc commune ACs?

47
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What is the predominant grape found in Listrac-Medoc AC?

48
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What is the predominant grape found in Moulis-Medoc AC?

49
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Which is the furthest north Listrac or Moulis?

50
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Where were the first Bordeaux vineyards planted?

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In the Graves

51
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What wine styles can be made in Graves AC?

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Dry white and red

52
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What the predominant wine style of Graves AC?

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Red - 85% of production

53
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What wines styles can be produced in Graves Superior AC?

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Semi-Sweet white only

54
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What wine styles can be made in Pessac-Leognan AC?

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Dry white and red

55
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What causes the ideal conditions for botrytis in the Sauternais?

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Mists created by the cold waters of the Ciron river meeting the Garonne

56
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What ACs may be used by Sauternais Chateaux for their dry red wines?

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Bordeaux or Bordeaux Superior ACs

57
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What ACs may be used by Sauternais Chateaux for their dry white wines?

A

Bordeaux AC

58
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What’s the primary grape planted in Sauternes AC?

59
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What’s the primary soil type found in Barsac?

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Clay/ Limestone

60
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Barsac producers may bottle their wines as Sauternes AC. True or false

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True, but Sauternes cannot bottle their wines as Barsac

61
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Which is further north Sauternes or Barsac?

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Barsac is on the left bank of the Cirons

62
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What is the name of the most northerly AC of the Sauternais?

63
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Cerons AC can bottle its red wines as Graves AC. True or False?

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True. It has a higher proportion of gravel soils enabling this

64
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What is the predominant grape variety planted in the entre-deux-mers?

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Sauvignon Blanc

65
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Which river separates Graves from Entre-Deux-Mers?

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The Garrone

66
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What wines styles can be made in Entre-Deux-Mers AC?

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Dry whites only

67
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How much of the dry white production in Bordeaux does Entre-Deux-Mers AC account for?

68
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What wine styles are produced in Cadillac AC?

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Sweet White

69
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What wine styles are produced in Loupiac AC?

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Sweet White

70
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What wine styles are produced in Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AC?

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Sweet White

71
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True or False. Wines labelled Entre-Deux-Mers AC must be a blend?

72
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What is the name of the DGC found in Entre-Deux-Mers AC?

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Entre-Deux-Mers Haut-Benauge AC

73
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What river borders Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont ACs?

A

The Garonne

74
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Which is considered the most prestigious of the following ACs and why? Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont ACs

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Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AC - it has a higher proportion of gravel soils

75
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What river borders Graves de Vayres AC?

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The Dordogne, but it’s opposite the estuary of the Isle, which deposited the gravel soils

76
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What wine styles can be made in Graves de Vayres AC?

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Dry white, semi-sweet white and red - most of the production is red.

77
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What is the principal city on the right bank of the Dordogne?

78
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Which ACs lie on the right bank of the Isle river?

A

Fronsac and Cannon Fronsac ACs

79
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What wine styles can be made in the Libournais?

80
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What can be found in the soils in Pomerol that make them distinctive?

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The soils are iron rich

81
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Which two St-Emilion ACs share the same zone of production?

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St-Emilion and St-Emilion Grand Cru ACs

82
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Which St-Emilion AC has the greatest production?

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St-Emilion Grand Cru AC- 3 x that of St-Emilion

83
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What are the requirements for St-Emiliion Grand Cru AC

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Lower Yields
Higher minimum alcohol
Bottled at the Chateau
Pass two tastings

84
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What is the primary soil type of St-Emilion

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Limestone and Clay

85
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Where can sand be found in St-Emilion?

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Close to the river

86
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Which two chateaux in St-Emilion have “Pomerol” soils?

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Chateaux Cheval-Blanc and Figac

87
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What is the primary wine style of Côtes de Bordeaux AC?

88
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How many DGCs does Côtes de Bordeaux have?

89
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Which Côtes de Bordeaux AC DGCs only produce red wine?

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Cadillac Côtes-de-Bordeaux and Carillon Côtes de Bordeaux

90
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Which Côtes de Bordeaux AC DGC can be found on the left bank of the Dordogne?

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Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux AC

91
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Which Côtes de Bordeaux ACs can make sweet wine?

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Francs and Sainte-Foy

92
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What is the primary wine style of Blaye AC?

93
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What wine styles can be made in Blaye AC

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Dry white and red

94
Q

What Chateaux did the 1855 classification classify?

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Medoc and Sauternes, but with one chateau from Graves

95
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How many levels where there in the 1855 classification for red wines?

96
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How many levels where there in the 1855 classification for sweet wines?

97
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Which is the only wine to have the classification Premier Cru Superieur?

A

Chateau y’quem

98
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What are the levels of the Cru Bourgeois classification?

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Cru Bourgeois
Cru Bourgeois Supérieurs
Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

99
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How often will the Cru Bourgeois classification be reviewed post 2018?

A

Every 5 years

100
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How many estates are ranked in the Cru Bourgeois Classification (2020)

101
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How does the Graves classification differ to the 1855 classification?

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It ranks the wines not the chateaux and red and white wines can be ranked differently

102
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How many levels are there in the Graves classification?

103
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How many wines are ranked in the Graves Classification?

104
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How many levels are there in the St-Emilion Grand Cru Classé classification?

105
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What are the levels in the St-Emilion Grand Cru Classé classification?

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Premier Grand Cru Classé A (4)
Premier Grand Cru Classé B (14)
Premier Grand Cru Classe (64)

106
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How frequently is the St-Emilion Grand Cru Classé classification revised?

107
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How many cru Artisans are there?

108
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What does cru Artisan designation recognise?

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Boutique wineries

109
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What are the requirements to be classified as cru Artisan?

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Must be in control of the whole production process

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