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Bordeaux Flashcards

1
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5 communes of Margaux

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Margaux
Cantenac
Saussans
Arsac
Labarde
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2nd growth St-Estephe

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Chateau Cos d’Estournel

Chateau Monrose

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2nd growth Margaux

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Rauzan-Segla (Margaux)
Rouzan-Gassies (Margaux)
Durfort-Vivens (Margaux)
Lascombes (Margaux)
Brane-Cantenac (Cantenac)
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2nd growth St-Julien

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Leoville-Las Cases
Leoville Poyferre
Leoville Barton
Graud-Larose
Ducru-Beaucaillou
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2nd growth Pauillac

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Pichon Baron

Pichon Comtesse de Lalande

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Factors affecting climate of Bordeaux - basic

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Bordeaux - maritime climate

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Soil of Bordeaux

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Varied soil
Soil is mainly gravelly with some clay limestone
Medoc and Haut Medoc - alluvial gravel (well draining, deposited by glacial erosion)

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Production and ageing techniques of Red Bordeaux

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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
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Sauternes/Barsac grapes

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Sauvignon Blanc
Semillon
Muscadelle

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Appelation for Y de Yquem

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Bordeaux Superior AOC

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5 communes of Sauternes

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Sauternes
Fargues
Bommes
Preignac
Barsac
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12
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Wine produce in Barsac can ba sold as what?

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AOC Sauternes or AOC Barsac

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Production of Sauternes

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Matured in cask for up to 3 years

Matured in bottle as long as 30-40 years

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1855 classification in Sauternes and Barsac

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3 growths:
only 1 - Premier Cru Superior - Chateau d’Yquem
11 Premier Crus
15 Deuxiemes Crus

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Quality levels AOC, AOP, IGP

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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

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3rd growth Margaux

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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)
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3rf growth St-Estephe

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Chateau Calon-Segur

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3rd growth St-Julien

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Chateau Lagrange

Chateau Langoa-Barton

19
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St. Emilion Grand Cru Classe A

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Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Chateau Angelus (2012)
Chateau Pavie (2012)

20
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Cerons AOP

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similar style of wine as Sauternes include some botrytized grapes
dry red and dry white sold under Graves AOC

21
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St Emilion soil

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clay-limestone and sandy gravel over iron pan, limestone and sand

22
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St-Emilion satellite appelations

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Montagne
Lussac
Puisseguin
St-Georges

23
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Pomerol soil

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sandy gravel and clay to the east and sand with “crasse de fer” ironstone to the west

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Petrus soil

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button of clay (not far from Cheval Blanc)

25
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Pomerol AOC only for red wines. True or false

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True

26
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Best chateaus of Pomerol

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Lafleur Petrus
Le Pin
Lafleur
Vielle Chateau Certan de May de Certan
Conseillante
L'Eglise-Clinet
Latour a Pomerol
L'Evangile
Trotanoy
27
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Loupiac AOP

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White wine, grape: Muscadelle, SBL, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon

grapes may be affected by passerillage/botrytis

28
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Cadillac AOP

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white wine, grape: Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Muscadelle
grapes may be affected by passerillage/botrytis

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Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AOP

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white wine, grape: Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Muscadelle
grapes may be affected by passerillage/botrytis

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