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Where is st. Emilion and pomerol?

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Right bank

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where is the Medoc?

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left bank

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right bank is primarily which varietal?

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Merlot

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left bank is primarily which varietal?

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Cab Sauv

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What are 2 of the major white grapes grown in Bordeaux?

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Semolina and Sauv Blanc

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Which is the highest level of quality in Bordeaux and what are 5 examples according to the classification of 1855?

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Premier Cru

chateau Margaux
Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Chateau mouton Rothschild
Chateau Latour
Chateau haut brion
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When was chateau mouton Rothschild elevated to premier Cru?

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1973

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What is the climate in Bordeaux?

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Temperate maritime

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What is the quality classification of Sauternes’s Chateau d’Yquem?

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Premier grand Cru

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9
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What are courtiers?

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They act as middlemen between chateaux and merchants.

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What pairs well with red Bordeaux?

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Lamb and duck

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What is Malbec called in Bordeaux?

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Cot

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What is Bordeaux referred to by the Brits?

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Claret

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Where are the majority of premier and grand crus located within Bordeaux?

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Left bank, haut medoc

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How much of the world’s wine production is Bordeaux responsible for? How much of the world’s premium wine production?

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20%

50%

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What are good vintages of Bordeaux?

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2000-2006
2009
2010

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In which AOCs are Bordeaux’s premier crus located?

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Latour, Lafite Rothschild, and Mouton Rothschild are in Pauillac.
Haut Brion is in Graves/Pessac Leognan.
Margaux is in Margaux.

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What are the three area of Bordeaux?

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Left bank, right bank, Entre-Deux-Mers.

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What kind of soil is on Bordeaux’s Left bank?

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Gravel, which retains heat and drains well.

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Which area of Bordeaux’s Left bank grows Sauvignon Blanc?

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Graves

20
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Name the communes of the haut medoc.

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saint Estephe
Pauillac
Saint Julian
Listrac
moulis
Margaux
21
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What is the climate near st. Emilion and pomerol?

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Continental

22
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Where is enter deux mers and what grape is it known for?

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Island between Dordogne and Garonne rivers.

Sauv Blanc dry wines

23
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What grapes are used to make Sauternes?

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late harvest botrytised Semillon, muscadelle and Sauv Blanc

24
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Name four sweet wines of Bordeaux aside from Sauternes.

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Barsac
Cadillac
Loupiac
Saints Croix du mont

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What soil is on the right bank of Bordeaux?

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Clay, iron, limestone, etc.

26
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Where is Fronsac and what wines are produced there?

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Southern Right bank of Bordeaux

Reds

27
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Where are the cotes de bourg and cote de blaye and what wines arts produced there?

A

Right bank Bordeaux

Red and whites

28
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Graphite or pencil shavings usually indicates which AOC and varietal-based wines thereof?

A

Saint Julian cab Sauv based wines

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Which AOC of Bordeaux is considered the powerhouse?

A

Pauillac

30
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Which areas of Bordeaux’s left bank are red-only?

A

medoc

Haut medoc

31
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Name three deuxieme crus of saint Julian.

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Leoville Les Cases
Leoville poyferre
Leoville Barton

32
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which area in northern graves was granted its own AOC in 1987?

A

Pessac Leognan

33
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Which grapes lead in blends from Pessac Leognan and Graves in general?

A

Cab Sauv

Sauv Blanc

34
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Where are Chateaux Palmer and Giscours?

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Margaux AOC

35
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Where are chateaux Cheval Blanc and Ausone located?

A

St. Emilion

36
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Name four chateaux within pomerol AOC.

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chateau Petrus
chateau la fleur Petrus
Chateau la conseillante
Chateau le pin

37
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What are the percentages of which varietals in pomerol wines?

A

75% merlot and 25% cab franc

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What are three of the quality tiers outlined by the Saint Emilion classifications system?

What are two examples of the top tier?

A

Premier grand Cru classe A
Premier grand Cru classe B
grand Cru

chateau Ausone and chateau Cheval Blanc

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What is the Cru classe system? Name an example of an included chateau.

A

Quality classification system in Graves.

haut brion.

40
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What is the Cru bourgeois system?

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Quality classification system of medoc estates left out of the classification of 1855

41
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Which varietals are key in St. Emilion?

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Cab franc and merlot

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What was the name of the event during which Napoleon outlined the classification of 1855?

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Paris universal expedition

43
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what indicators points to Bordeaux whites?

A

Body odor

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