Bordeaux Flashcards
5 communes of Margaux
Margaux Cantenac Saussans Arsac Labarde
2nd growth St-Estephe
Chateau Cos d’Estournel
Chateau Monrose
2nd growth Margaux
Rauzan-Segla (Margaux) Rouzan-Gassies (Margaux) Durfort-Vivens (Margaux) Lascombes (Margaux) Brane-Cantenac (Cantenac)
2nd growth St-Julien
Leoville-Las Cases Leoville Poyferre Leoville Barton Graud-Larose Ducru-Beaucaillou
2nd growth Pauillac
Pichon Baron
Pichon Comtesse de Lalande
Factors affecting climate of Bordeaux - basic
Bordeaux - maritime climate
Soil of Bordeaux
Varied soil
Soil is mainly gravelly with some clay limestone
Medoc and Haut Medoc - alluvial gravel (well draining, deposited by glacial erosion)
Production and ageing techniques of Red Bordeaux
Red Bordeaux:
- Fermentation in stainless steel vats or wood
- Then - into barrels called barriques (225 L, made from French Limousin oak)
- Generally between 20-50% of the barrels are new
- Must from diffenrent varietals and plots kept separately
- Throughout the next few months - slow maturation in chai or barrel hall, complete MLF
- It is racked off into cleaned casks every 3 months
- Assemblage or blending
- After 1 year moved to 2nd year chai or another part of the chai where it completes its oak maturation
- The wines usually bottled after 2 years and matured in bottle until ready for drinking
Sauternes/Barsac grapes
Sauvignon Blanc
Semillon
Muscadelle
Appelation for Y de Yquem
Bordeaux Superior AOC
5 communes of Sauternes
Sauternes Fargues Bommes Preignac Barsac
Wine produce in Barsac can ba sold as what?
AOC Sauternes or AOC Barsac
Production of Sauternes
Matured in cask for up to 3 years
Matured in bottle as long as 30-40 years
1855 classification in Sauternes and Barsac
3 growths:
only 1 - Premier Cru Superior - Chateau d’Yquem
11 Premier Crus
15 Deuxiemes Crus
Quality levels AOC, AOP, IGP
Vin de France (Vin de Table) - lowest category, grapes from France (no specific region)
may say vintage and grape
IGP (Vin de Pays) - 85% varietal name on the label
AOC (or AOP new) - highest level
regulations for each region or district, certain standards
AOC/AOP is a guarantee of origin of wine
Cru Bourgeois - since 2009
any medoc chateau can apply
chateau has to pass tasting panel after 2 years of harvest
every 5 years
3rd growth Margaux
Chateau Kirwan (Cantenac) Chateau d'Issan (Cantenac) Chateau Cantenac-Brown (Cantenac) Chateau Boyd-Cantenac (Cantenac) Chateau Palmer (Cantenac) Chateau Giscours (Labarde) Chateau Malescot-St-Exupery (Margaux) Chateau Desmirail (Margaux) Chateau Ferriere (Margaux) Chateau Marquis d'Alesme Becker (Margaux)
3rf growth St-Estephe
Chateau Calon-Segur
3rd growth St-Julien
Chateau Lagrange
Chateau Langoa-Barton
St. Emilion Grand Cru Classe A
Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Chateau Angelus (2012)
Chateau Pavie (2012)
Cerons AOP
similar style of wine as Sauternes include some botrytized grapes
dry red and dry white sold under Graves AOC
St Emilion soil
clay-limestone and sandy gravel over iron pan, limestone and sand
St-Emilion satellite appelations
Montagne
Lussac
Puisseguin
St-Georges
Pomerol soil
sandy gravel and clay to the east and sand with “crasse de fer” ironstone to the west
Petrus soil
button of clay (not far from Cheval Blanc)
Pomerol AOC only for red wines. True or false
True
Best chateaus of Pomerol
Lafleur Petrus Le Pin Lafleur Vielle Chateau Certan de May de Certan Conseillante L'Eglise-Clinet Latour a Pomerol L'Evangile Trotanoy
Loupiac AOP
White wine, grape: Muscadelle, SBL, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon
grapes may be affected by passerillage/botrytis
Cadillac AOP
white wine, grape: Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Muscadelle
grapes may be affected by passerillage/botrytis
Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AOP
white wine, grape: Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Muscadelle
grapes may be affected by passerillage/botrytis
