Bordeaux

Question 1

What is a Chateau?

Answer 1

Estate under single ownership

Question 2

What is a courtier?

Answer 2

Middleman acting between the chateaux and the Bordeaux merchants

Question 3

What are En Primeur Sales?

Answer 3

Early release of wines for sale

Also known as Futures

Question 4

Recent Highly Regarded Bordeaux vintages?

Answer 4

2000

2005

2009

2010

Question 5

Name the 5 First Growths of the Medoc and the communes they are from

Answer 5

Chateau Lafite-Rothschild (Pauillac)

Chateau Mouton-Rothschild (Pauillac)

Chateau Latour (Pauillac)

Chateau Margaux (Margaux)

Chateau Haut-Brion (Graves)

Question 6

Name the 6 Haut-Medoc communes from North to South

Answer 6

St. Estephe

Pauillac

St. Julien

Listrac

Moulis

Margaux

Question 7

What are the 3 grape varietals of Sauternes?

Answer 7

Semillon

Sauvignon Blanc

Muscadelle

Question 8

What affect does Botrytis Cinerea have on grapes?

Answer 8

Dehydrates the grapes

Concentrates sugars

Changes flavor profile (honey, mushroom)

Question 9

What are the 6 main appellations of Graves?

Answer 9

Graves AOP

[grahv]

Grave Superior AOP

[grahv sew-pay-hryuhr]

Pessac-Leognan AOP

[peh-sahk lay-o-ga(n)]

Cerons AOP

[say-hro(n)]

Barsac AOP

[bahr-sahk]

Sauternes AOP

[so-tehrn]

Question 10

What are the 5 villages of Sauternes AOP?

Answer 10

Sauternes

[so-tehrn]

Barsac

[bahr-sahk]

Fargues

[fahrg]

Preignac

[pray-nyahk]

Bommes

[bom]

Question 11

What are the 4 Premiers Grands Crus Classes A according to the 2012 Classification of St. Emilion?

Answer 11

Ch. Angelus

[a(n)-zhay-lews]

Ch. Ausone

[o-son]

Ch. Cheval-Blanc

[shuh-vahl bla(n)]

Ch. Pavie

[pah-vee]

Question 12

What are the 10 main appellations of the Right Bank?

Answer 12

St. Emilion AOP

[sah(n) tay-mee-lyo(n)]

Lussac - St. Emilion AOP

[lew-sahk sah(n) tay-mee-lyo(n)]

Montagne - St. Emilion AOP

[mo(n)-tah-ny sah(n) tay-mee-lyo(n)]

Puisseguin - St. Emilion AOP

[pwee-suh-gah(n) sah(n) tay-mee-lyo(n)]

St. Georges - St. Emilion AOP

[sah(n) zhohr-zh sah(n) tay-mee-lyo(n)]

St. Emilion Grand Cru AOP (doesn’t refer to the tierred classification but instead is a type of ‘reserve,’ referring to slightly more ripeness and alcohol)

Pomerol AOP

[po-muh-hrol]

Lalande-de-Pomerol AOP

[lah-la(n)d duh pom-hrol]

Fronsac AOP

[fro(n)-sahk]

Canon - Fronsac AOP

[kah-no(n) fro(n)-sahk]

Question 13

What are the 6 best properties in Pomerol?

Answer 13

Ch. Petrus

[pay-trews]

Vieux-Chateau-Certan

[vyuh shah-to sehr-ta(n)]

Ch. La Fleur Petrus

[lah fluhr pay-trews]

Ch. Le Pin

[luh pah(n)]

Ch. Trotanoy

[tro-tah-nwah]

Ch. La Conseillante

[lah ko(n)-say-ya(n)t]

Question 14

What is the typical cepage of Pomerol wines?

Answer 14

75% Merlot

25% Cabernet Franc

Question 15

What is the oldest region in Bordeaux?

Answer 15

Cotes de Bourg

Question 16

Name 6 “Super Seconds”

Answer 16

Ch. Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

[pee-sho(n) lo(n)-guh-veel ko(n)-tehs duh la-la(n)d]

Ch. Pichon Longueville Baron

[pee-sho(n) lo(n)g-veel bah-hro(n)]

Ch. Cos d’Estournel

[ko dehs-toohr-nehl]

Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou

[dew-krew bo-kah-yoo]

Ch. Leoville-Las-Cases

[lay-o-veel lahs kahz]

Ch. Palmer

[pahl-muhr]