Bordeaux Flashcards
Describe the Blaye AOP
Only red wines cab franc cab sauv merlot located on the right bank of the Gironde River
style of wines made in premier cotes de bordeaux
white wine only
Max yield for Sauternes
25hl
What is a synonym for pressac
Malbec
List four sub regions of cotes de Bordeaux
Francs
Cadillac
Castillon
Blaye
RS of Bordaux Blanc sec
3 g
list another name for Malbec in the right bank of Bordeaux
Pressac
list the three generic bordeaux appellations
Bordeaux AOP
Bordeaux Supérieur AOP
Crémant de Bordeaux AOP
location of Château Chasse-Spleen
Moulis en Medoc AOP
what is the min alcohol for the wines of Listrac-Médoc AOP
11%
what is the minimum must weight for the wines of Pauillac
180 for all red grapes except Merlot which is 189
Since Château La Tour Haut-Brion no longer exists what estate does it supply fruit for now
La Mission Haut Brion
what years was the Pessac-Léognan AOP
created
1987
what is the min alcohol for the white wines of Graves
10.5%
list four sweet wines appellations located in Graves
Graves Supérieures AOP
Cerons, Barsac
describe Boulbenes soil
a mixture of sand gravel and clay
min RS for the wines of Barsac
45
min RS for the wines of Graves Supérieures AOP
34
max yield for the wines of cerons
40hl
describe the difference between the cotes and graves in St.Emilion
he hillside côtes are steep limestone slopes and graves is a gravelly limestone plateau resembling soils of the Médoc.
describe crasse de fer
soil of iron pan and rich clay
what is cabernet franc called in Pomerol
Bouchet
list three “microchâteau”, or garagistes located on the right bank of Bordeaux
Le Pin in Pomerol, and Valandraud and La Mondotte in St-Émilion
min must weight for Merlot in St-Émilion
190