Bordeaux Flashcards
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Traditional Method Sparkling wines are released under what AOP?
Cremant de Bordeaux AOP
Where would you find chateau chases spleen?
Moulis
What is the difference between St. Emilion Grand cru AOP and the Saint-Emillion AOP
0.5% alc increase and longer elevage
Sweet wines may be produced in the Grave AOP, but what must they be relabeled as?
Grave Supérieur AOP
What should you expect from a wine labeled Clairet?
Rose made in a darker style
What is both the most widely planted grape in BDX and the first to ripen?
Merlot
5 communes of sauternes
Bommes Preignac Barsac Fargues Sauternes
What LB appellation has the deepest croupes
Paulliac
What 6 grapes are permitted for Bordeaux AOP red wines?
Cabernet Merlot CF Petite Verdot Malbec Carmenere
What grapes may be used in Rose/Clairet production?
All 6 red grapes
What may be labeled as Grave AOP?
red and dry white
what is the BURDIGALA?
In the 3rd century BCE, a Celtic tribe known as the Bituriges Vivisci occupied the raised gravel terrace just west of the Garonne River and founded a permanent settlement and trading station, Burdigala—a place to which the tide flows. Already a major commercial outpost for the tin trade, Burdigala fell under Roman rule in 56 CE as the forces of Julius Caesar swept over Gaul. The Romans expanded the city’s role in frontier commerce, fortified it with miles of walls, and planted grapevines. Under their rule Burdigala became a great city of antiquity and capital of the Roman province of Aquitaine. The Roman poet Ausonius, whose writings provide evidence of early winegrowing in Bordeaux, was born in Burdigala in 310 CE.
With the decline of the Roman Empire by the end of the 4th century, Burdigala fell prey to successive waves of Germanic marauders. The Vandals sacked the city in 409 and the Visigoths arrived in 414, subjugating Burdigala’s inhabitants for nearly a century. By 507 Clovis, the first King of the Franks and founder of the Merovingian dynasty, destroyed the Visigoth presence in Gaul and added the city of Burdigala to his territory. Under Frankish control, the city of Burdigala became the city of Bordeaux. It survived seizure by Arabic invaders in the 8th century and a brutal sacking by Vikings in the 9th to reemerge as an important port of trade in the Duchy of Aquitaine by the beginning of the next millennium. In 1137, a young woman named Eleanor succeeded her father William X as the Duchess of Aquitaine, heir to the sovereign realm between the Pyrenees and the Garonne River.
North to South- Lafite and Latour
Lafite in the North
Latour in the South
What is Clairet?
Rose made in Bordeaux
What is Pourriture Noble a synonym for?
Botrytis
What are the communes of Pessac-Leognan?
Pessac Leognan Cadaujac Canejan Gradignan Martillac Merignac Saint-Medard-d'Eyrans Talence Villenave-d'Orons
What does Cru Bourgeois indicate on a label?
The wine has been submitted for blind tasting and is a mark of quality
what was the last vintage of la tour haut brion? What was it classified for?
2005, red wine
Def Jalles
Drainage channels which criss cross low lying landscape throughout the medoc
Name the two Medoc appellations without any classified growths
listrac and moulis
What are the five communes within the Margaux?
Margaux Cantenac Soussans Arsac Labarde
What year was mouton upgraded, who did the label
1973, picassso
first vintage for label art for mouton?
Is there a gap, if so what years are missing?
in 1924, Baron Philippe asks Jean Carlu to design the label but the initiative, ahead of its time, is not repeated until 1945 with the “V” for victory label after France defeats Germany
Max amount of Ugni Blanc, Merlot Blanc and Colombard allowed in Bordeaux AOP white blend
max 30% of the blend
