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1
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In what year was the INAO created?

A

1935

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2
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In what year did the INAO grant the first AOC?

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1936

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What is the name of the group of people who backed financially the chateaux of the Medoc and controlled the wine trade?

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Courtiers

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What are the six red allowed grapes of Bordeaux AOP?

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenere

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What is Bordeaux’s most widely planted grape?

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Merlot

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6
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In what type of soils are respectively Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot usually planted in Bordeaux?

A

Cabernet Sauvignon in gravel based soils (left bank)
Merlot in clay based soils (right bank)

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7
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In what kind of soil does Cabernet Franc thrive in Bordeaux?

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Limestone-based soils

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What is the difference of encepagement and assemblage?

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Encepagement refers to the proportions of different grapes planted in a vineyard. Assemblage refers to the proportions of grapes on a blend.

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What does Cabernet Sauvignon impart to a Bordeaux blend?

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Structure, power, longevity

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What does Merlot impart to a Bordeaux blend?

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Rounder texture, juicy character

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What does Cabernet Franc impart to a Bordeaux blend?

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Herbal, vegetal, and red fruit aromatics

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12
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What blend of grapes dominate the right bank of Bordeaux?

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Merlot and Cabernet Franc (commonly 3/4 and 1/4 ratios)

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Even though used very little, Petit Verdot is more commonly used in the Right Bank than the Left Bank.
True or False

A

False (Petit Verdot is almost non-existent in the Right Bank)

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14
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What is Malbec known as in Bordeaux’s Right Bank?

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Pressac

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What grapes dominate the white blends of Bordeaux?

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Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle

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16
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What does Sauvignon Blanc offer to a white Bordeaux blend?

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Sharpness, acidity, citrus aromas

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What does Semillon offer to a white Bordeaux blend?

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Creamy and waxy texture, honey aromas, rounder feeling

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In what vessel would a top Bordeaux chateau usually age its red wines?

A

In barriques (225 liter-capacity oak barrels) for up to two years

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19
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What is the AOP for traditional method sparkling Bordeaux’s wines?

A

Cremant de Bordeaux AOP

20
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Cabernet Sauvignon is planted in a higher proportion than Merlot in the Bas-Medoc.

True or False

A

False

21
Q

Who commissioned the classification of 1855 in Bordeaux?

A

Napoleon III

22
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What is the only first growth chateau that is not in the Medoc?

A

Chateau Haut-Brion in Pessac-Leognan (Graves)

23
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How many chateaux were classified in 1855?

A

58 (there are 61 now because of ownership divisions of classified chateaux)

24
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In what year was Chateau Mouton-Rothschild elevated from second to first growth?

A

1973

25
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What are all of the first growths and in which communes are they located?

A

Pauillac: Chateau Latour, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Mouton-Rothschild

Margaux: Chateau Margaux

Pessac-Leognan: Chateau Haut-Brion

26
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How are Lafite and Latour different from each other?

A

Chateau Lafite emphasizes depth and concentration while Latour is more aromatic, lifted, and elegant.

27
Q

Which Haut-Medoc commune has the most classified growths?

A

Margaux (21)

28
Q

Which is the northernmost commune of the Haut-Medoc?

A

St-Estephe

29
Q

Which notable “super-second” is located in St-Estephe?

A

Cos d’Estournel

30
Q

Second growths from Margaux tend to be overperformers.

True or False

A

False (they tend to underperform)

31
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Name one notable overperformer third growth from Margaux

A

Chateau Palmer

32
Q

How are the soils of the Medoc and Graves different?

A

Graves is sandier towards the south, resulting in a mixture of sand, gravel, and clay (boulbenes)

33
Q

Graves AOP allows red wine only.

True or False

A

False (Graves AOP can be either red or dry white)

34
Q

In what year were the wines of Graves classified?

A

1953

35
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In what year were six chateaux added to the Graves classification?

A

1959

36
Q

How were the best wines of Graves classified?

A

Cru Classé

37
Q

What is the only Left Bank chateaux that was classified twice?

A

Chateaux Haut-Brion (both under the Medoc and the Graves classification)

38
Q

Sauternes lies between which two rivers?

A

Ciron and Garonne

39
Q

How is the process of picking individual grapes during different trips through a vineyard called?

A

Tries

40
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How and when were the wines of Sauternes classified?

A

Premier Cru Superieur (only chateau d’Yquem), first growth and second growth (1855)

41
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What is the name of the dry white wine produced by chateaux d’Yquem?

A

Ygrec (labeled as Bordeaux)

42
Q

What other AOP can Barsac AOP be labeled as?

A

Sauternes AOP

43
Q

How is Carbernet Franc known as in Pomerol?

A

Bouchet

44
Q

Entre-Deux-Mers AOP allows only dry white wine.

True or False

A

True

45
Q

When was the classification of St-Emilion created?

A

1954 (published in 1955)

46
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How were St-Emilion best wines classified?

A

Premier Grand Cru Classes A & B and Grand Cru Classe

47
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What is the name of the movement in which Right Bank small chateaux started to make world class wine in the late 1900s?

A

“Microchâteau” or garagistes movement

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