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Bordeaux Flashcards

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What is the overall climate of Bordeaux?

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Moderate Maritime

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What climate effects affect Bordeaux wine?

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  • Warming from Gulf Stream
  • High Rainfall
  • High Humidity
  • Significant Cloud Cover
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What determines which grapes are most planted in Bordeaux Vineyards?

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The water and heat retention of vineyard soils

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What is the purpose of the Bordeaux Blend?

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To limit the effect of a variable climate on crop production

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What are the 6 permitted red grapes in Bordeaux?

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  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Malbec
  • Carmenere
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What is the most planted variety in Bordeaux?

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Merlot

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What are the main white varieties in Bordeaux?

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  • Semillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle
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What is the term for the Small oak barrel used for ageing in bordeaux?

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Barrique

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What allows the production of the great sweet wines of Bordeaux (Sauternes)?

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Noble Rot/Botrytis Cinerea

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10
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What is the major estuary in Bordeaux?

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The Gironde Estuary

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Which 2 rivers combine near the city of bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary?

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Dordogne and Garonne

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Which river is associated with Bordeaux’s right bank?

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Dordogne

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Which River is associated with Bordeaux’s Left Bank

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Garonne

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What is the region between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers called?

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Entre-deux-mers

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15
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What are the major Generic appellations of Bordeaux?

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Bordeaux, Bordeaux Superieur, Bordeaux Rose and Bordeaux Clairet

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16
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Which forest protects Bordeaux from the worst effects of the atlantic ocean

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The Landes Forest

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Wines from the Medoc Appellation come from where and on which bank?

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Bordeaux, Northern Portion of Left Bank

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Where in the Medoc would we find the Haut-Medoc? What is different?

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Southern portion of Medoc, Better soils and growing conditions

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Which are the most 4 most important communal AOP’s in the Haut-Medoc?

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  • Saint-Estephe
  • Pauillac
  • Saint-Julien
  • Margaux
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What is the northernmost of the the Quality communes in the Haut-Medoc?

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Saint-Estephe

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Which is the southernmost of the quality communes in the Haut-Medoc

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Margaux

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In which appellation are all of the cru classes de graves located?

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Pessac Leognan

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What is the style difference between Pessac-Leognan and the Haut-Medoc?

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Pessac Leognan is still suited to Cabernet Sauvignon but producers lighter more aromatic wines

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What is the primary soil in the Medoc?

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Clay with small gravek outcroppings

25
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What is the primary soil in Pessac-Leognan and Graves?

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Gravel

26
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What is the dominant grape of red left bank bordeaux?

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Typically Cabernet Sauvignon

27
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What is the dominant grape of red right bank bordeaux?

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Merlot

28
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What are the 3 major appellations of the Right Bank of Bordeaux from East to West?

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  • Saint-Emilion
  • Pomerol
  • Fronsac
29
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What is the primary soil of Saint-Emilion?

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  • Gravel and Limestone are the most important

- Clay Limestone is found on the escarpment and sandy soils at the base of the escarpment.

30
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Where are you most likely to find a garagiste wine?

A

Pomerol or the Right Bank in General

31
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Which 4 villages can add their name to Saint-Emilion?

A

Lussac, Montagne, Puisseguin and Saint-Georges

32
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What appellation is a satellite of Pomerol?

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Lalande de Pomerol

33
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Where are Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac Located?

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Right Bank, West of Libourne

34
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Which appellation was created in 2008 to group together lesser known Bordeaux appellations?

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Cotes de Bordeaux

35
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Which 4 areas can now add their name to Cotes de Bordeaux?

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Blaye, Cadillac, Castillon and Francs

36
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Where are the best quality dry white wines found in Bordeaux?

A

Pessac-Leognan

37
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A dry white wine from Sauternes would be labeled as what?

A

Bordeaux AC

38
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What is usually the dominant grape in white wines from Graves and Entre-deux-mers?

A

Sauvignon Blanc

39
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The traditional botrytis affected sweet wines of Bordeaux are located around which rivers?

A

Garonne and Ciron

40
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What is the Classic sweet wine region of Brodeaux?

A

Sauternes

41
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What appellation can be sold under its own appellation or as sauternes?

A

Barsac

42
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Which grape dominates the sweet wines of Bordeaux? Why?

A

Semillon because it is more susceptible to Botrytis

43
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Name 2 lesser sweet wine appellations in Bordeaux

A
  • Cerons
  • Loupiac
  • St-Croix-du-Mont
  • Premieres cotes de bordeaux
44
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Which is the only Bordeaux region who’s classification is part of the AOC system?

A

Saint-Emilion

45
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What is unique about Bordeaux Classifications?

A

They aren’t based on vineyards but on producers. If a classified producer buys or sells a vineyard it gains or loses the classification.

46
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What is the dominant classification for Medoc and Sauternes?

A

The 1855 Classification

47
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How many 1855 First Growths are there? How many were there originally?

A

The are 5, originally there were 4 until Mouton-Rothschild was added

48
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What are the 5 1855 first growths?

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Chateau Margaux, Chateau Latour, Chateau Haut Brion, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Lafite Rothschild

49
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Which is the only 1855 First growth not in the Medoc?

A

Chateau Haut-Brion in Graves/Pessac Leognan

50
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When was Chateau Mouton Rothschild promoted to first growth?

A

1973

51
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When was the original cru bourgeois system created?

A

1932

52
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What is the cru bourgeois system now? Why?

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A quality assessment by tasting panel given to specific wines from specific vintages. This was done following legal challenges to the classification.

53
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When was the Graves Classification created?

A

1959

54
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What is the difference between Saint-Emilion Grand Cru and Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe?

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Grand Cru refers only to a wine meeting higher standards of alcohol. Grand Cru Classe refers to a wine in the St. Emilion Classification

55
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What are the 3 levels of the St. Emilion Classification from Highest to Lowest?

A

Premier Grand Cru Classe A
Premier Grand Cru Classe B
Grand Cru Classe

56
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When was the St. Emilion Classification first created?

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1955

57
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What is the name for the Trade Structure in Bordeaux?

A

La Place de Bordeaux

58
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What are the 3 elements of the Bordeaux trade?

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Producers/Growers, Courtiers (Brokers) and Negociants (Merchants)

59
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What is the name for the system of pre-sales in bordeaux?

A

En-Primeur

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