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Rate the 2009 vintage in Bordeaux.

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Excellent

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What is the primary grape of Francs Cotes de Bordeaux?

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Merlot

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What’s the difference between Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux AOC and Blaye AOC?

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Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux = red + white

Blaye = red only

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What are the two rivers that meet in Bordeaux’s sweet wine appellations?

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Ciron and the Garonne

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General vine density in Bordeaux?

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5,000 to 6,000 in some vineyards and up to 10,000 vines per ha in the most famous vineyards

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A wine labeled Blaye will be what style?

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Dry red

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Which of the following wines will most likely be the higher quality?

Bordeaux AOC

Cotes de Bordeaux appellations

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Cotes de Bordeaux group of appellations are considered more concentrated, ageworthy and serious than basic Bordeaux AOC

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Most common vine training method in Bordeaux?

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Guyot

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What is the appellation of Pavillon Blanc de Chateaux de Margaux?

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Bordeaux AOC (only reds allowed for Médoc appellations)

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A wine labeled “Entre-deux-Mers” will be what color?

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White only

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Ste-Croix-du-Mont is on which bank in Bordeaux?

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Right bank

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A wine labeled Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux will be what style?

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Dry red or white

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What is a petits chateaux in Bordeaux?

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A chateau that lies outside any grander appellation than Bordeaux AOC but which expresses terroir and practices chateau bottling

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Name the appellations allowed to produce sweet wines in the Cotes de Bordeaux

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Francs Cotes de Bordeaux

St. Foy Cotes de Bordeaux

Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

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What is the primary grape of Chateau Figeac?

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Rate the 2010 vintage in Bordeaux.

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Excellent

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A wine labeled Cotes de Bordeaux will be what style?

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Dry red

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A wine labeled Bourg or Cotes de Bourg will be what style?

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Dry red or white

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Rate the 1991 vintage in Bordeaux.

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Poor. Heavily hit by frosts

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A wine labeled Cotes de Blaye will be what style?

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Dry white only

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What is the difference between Bordeaux AOC and Bordeaux Supérieur?

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One step up in quality. Lower max yields and aged 10 months,

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Name the two white wine appellations of the Cotes de Bordeaux

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Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

Cotes de Blaye

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Sauternes, Barsac and Cérons are on which bank?

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Left Bank

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Ste-Croix-du-Mont is located on the banks of which river?

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Garonne

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Define encépagement

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The French term for the mix of vine varieties planted on a particular property

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Name three sweet wine appellations on the right bank?

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Loupiac

Cadillac

Ste-Croix-du-Mont

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Ste-Croix-du-Mont is part of which larger region?

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Entre-deux-Mers

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Most Bordeaux AOC wines are what color?

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What is the name of Chateau Margaux’s white wine? What grape is it made from?

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Pavillon Blanc de Chateau Margaux. 100% Sauvignon Blanc

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Name two synonyms for Malbec in Bordeaux’s Right Bank.

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Pressac, Cot

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Define “cuve”

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Large fermentation barrels in Bordeaux; can be made of cement, stainless steel or wood

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A wine labeled Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux will be what style?

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Sweet white only

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A wine labeled Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux will be what style?

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What are the main grapes of Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux?

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Merlot

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Franc

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Name 3 other grapes besides the ones listed below grown and used in Bordeaux AOC dry whites:

Sauvignon Blanc

Sémillon

Muscadelle

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Sauvignon Gris

Ugni Blanc

Colombard

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A wine labeled Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux will be what style?

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Bordeaux’s most famous chateaux account for how much of the region’s production?

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Who is Chateau Ausone named for?

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Latin poet Ausonius (AD 310-394)

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Which of the following grapes will be picked last in Bordeaux?

Merlot in Pomerol

Cabernet Sauvignon in Médoc

Sauvignon Blanc in Entre-deux-Mers

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Which of the following is considered the highest quality:

Loupiac

Cadillac

Ste-Croix-du-Mont

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Ste-Croix-du-Mont

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What are the grapes of Ste-Croix-du-Mont?

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Sauvignon Blanc

Sémillon

Muscadelle

Sauvignon Gris

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How many cases of Pavillon Blanc de Chateau Margaux are produced?

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Less than 1,000/year

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A wine labeled Bordeaux Moelleux will be what style and quality level?

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Sweet wine of a basic Bordeaux AOC quality level

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What is Bordeaux’s most widely planted grape?

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Rate the 1992 vintage in Bordeaux.

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Poor. Diluted.

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Which 3 sweet wine appellations are across the river from Ste-Croix-du-Mont?

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Cérons

Barsac

Sauternes

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What is the differnece between moelleux and liquoreux in Bordeaux?

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Moelleux refers to a sweet wine whose ferment was arrested (via SO2, filtration)

V.

Liquoreux refers to a sweet wine made uisng grapes affected by Noble Rot

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What is the primary grape of Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux?

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Define assemblage

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The blending of the wine (ex. which lots of which varieties will be blended into a Bordeaux Grand Vin)

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What are the main grapes for white Cotes de Blaye AOC wines?

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Colombard

Ugni Blanc

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Which river is primarily associated with Castillon Cotes de Bordeax?

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Who is Ausonius and why is he important?

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First to mention Bordeaux as a wine region and the first known wine-grower in Bordeaux (AD 310-394)

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Most red Bordeaux AOC is produced in what region?

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Entre-deux-Mers (that eponymous appellation reserved for whites only)

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A wine labeled Francs Cotes de Bordeaux will be what style?

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Dry or Liquoreux Red or White

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A wine labeled St. Foy Cotes de Bordeaux will be what style?

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Dry or sweet (liquoreux or moelleux) red or white

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Sauternes, Barsac and Cérons are located on the banks of which river?

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Name three other Bordeaux sweet wine appellations besides the three listed below:

Sauternes

Barsac

Cérons

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Loupiac

Cadillac

Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

Bordeaux Superieur

Saint-Crox-du-Mont

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What are the soils of Ste-Croix-du-Mont?

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Clay and limestone

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What is the appellation of Chateau Reynon?

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Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux

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What is the synonym for Cabernet Franc on the Right Bank?

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Name the red wine only appellations of the Cotes de Bordeaux

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Cotes de Bordeaux

Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux

Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux

Blaye

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In what commune would you find Chateau Figeac?

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St. Emilion

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In what commune would you find Chateau Cheval Blanc?

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St. Emilion

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Name the 4 satellite appellations of St. Emilion

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Lussac-Saint-Émilion

Montagne-Saint-Émilion

Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion

Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion

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Where is this?

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Chateau Margaux

Margaux

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Where is this?

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Chateau Haut-Brion

Pessac-Leongnan

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Where is this?

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Chateau Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac

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Where is this?

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Chateau Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac

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Where is this?

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Chateau Latour

Pauillac

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