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Bordeaux Flashcards

1
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Climate?

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Maritime climate - cool summers & winters
very narrow temperature range
evenly dispersed rainfall throughout the year

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Soil?

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gravel, sandy stone, clay and limestone

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3
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Which is the main estuary? and what are its two rivers?

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Gironde estuary -

dordogne river and garonne river

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4
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what role do the rivers play in affecting the climate

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irrigates the land and causes maritime climate.

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5
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what 3 parts do the rivers divide bordeaux into

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The right bank - of dordgone
entre deux mers - between the rivers
The left bank - of garonne

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6
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Quality levels of France

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Vin de france
Indication Geographique protegee
vins delimite de qualite superieure(discontinued)
Appellation d’origine protegee

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what is vin de france

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100% of grapes from france. vin de table term is discontinued.

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8
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what is indication geographique protegee

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vin de pays - 85% of grapes if singlre varietal

100% if blend of 2

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9
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what is size of a barrique

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225 litres

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10
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which cask is used for fermentation

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French limousin oak. 20-25% is new

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11
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what is chai

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It is a single storey building for storing barriques

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12
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what is assemblage

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blending or marriage of wine before bottling

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13
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how does oak affect the wine

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Imparts tannin flavour, bouquet and oxidation

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14
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what is a bordeaux blend

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Cabernet sauvignon + merlot.

others - malbec, cabernet franc, petit verdot

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15
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What are red wines of bordeaux called

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clarets

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16
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What is a white bordeaux blend

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Sauvignon blanc, Sauvignon gris, Semillon, Muscadelle, ugni blanc, colombard, merlot blanc.

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17
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What are the main and top quality districts of bordeaux

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Medoc, 
Graves,
St- emillion, 
Sauternes, 
Barsac, 
Pomerol
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18
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Name the other districts

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Cerons, Cadillac, Loupiac, Entre-deux-mers, Fronsac, Premier cote de bordeaux, st.croix de mont

19
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Bordeaux classification system - which year and ordered by whom?

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April, 1855
Napolean the 3rd ordered a country wine list o be made.
Grand cru classe - 5 growths

20
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How many vineyards in 1855 classification system?

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Total 61
1st - 5
2nd - 14
3rd - 14
4th - 10
5th - 18
21
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Any major changes in the 1855 classification

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in 1973, chateau mouton-rothschild upgraded to cru 1 from 2

22
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Name the premier crus

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chateau latour - Paulliac
chateau lafite - Paulliac
chateau mouton rothschild - Paulliac
chateau margaux - margaux
chateau haut-brion - pessac leognan
23
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Cru bourgeois classification

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established in 1932, updates in 2003
447 chateaux originally
-x-
in 2003 - Cru Bourgeois exceptional = 9
                 Cru Bourgeois Superieurs = 87
                 Cru Bourgeois = 151
-x- 
200 left out - caused conflict, in 2007, bordeaux court reverted back to old classification system
24
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Medoc is divided into which two parts

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haut-medoc and bas medoc

25
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what is the soil like in medoc

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gravel, clay, limestone

26
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Which are the top 6 communes of medoc and how many are there in total

A 
total = 16
Paulliac
Marhaux
St- estephe
st-julien
Moulis
Listrac
27
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Which is the top grape in medoc and what are the grapes used in the blend

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Cabernet Sauvignon

CS, cabernet franc, Merlot, Petit verdot, Malbec and carmenere

28
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what is the name of the premier cru chateau located in graves

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pessac - leognan

29
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villages of graves

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sauternes, barsac, pessac, talence, leognan, martillac, st-morillon, portets

30
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Graves AOC

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graves Aoc = red and dry white wine

Graves superieur AOC = sweet white wines

31
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what is sauternes famous for?

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Sweet white wines attacked by botrytis cinerea

32
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what are botrytis cinerea wines called in france

A

pourriture noble

33
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what grapes are most susceptible to attack from botrytis?

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sauvignon blanc
semillon
muscadelle

34
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most famous and only premiere cru chateau of sauternes

A

chateau d’Yquem

35
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communes of sauternes

A 
sauternes
barsac
fargues
bommes
preignac
36
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1855 classification of sauternes

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premier cru superiere =1
premier cru = 11
deuxiemes cru = 15

37
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describe wines of barsac

A 
botrytis wine
sweet whites
min 13% abv for AOC
matured in cask for 3 yrs 
matured in bottle for 30-40 yrs
38
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what is the soil profile in st-emilion

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clay, limestone, gravel

39
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what grapes are used in st-emilion

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merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, malbec

40
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St- emilion premiere grand cru classe CLASS A

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Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval blanc - cab franc wines
Chateau Pavie
Chateau Angelus

41
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Which AOC is only for red wines in bordeaux

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Pomerol AOC

42
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What is the soil profile of pomerol

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gravel, east and iron stone

43
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Main grapes of pomerol

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Merlot
cabernet franc
cabernet sauvignon

44
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Name the top pomerol chateaux

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Chateau Petrus
Chateau La fleur
Chateau Conseillante
Chateau Vielle certon de mary de certan
Chateau L'eglise clinet
Chateau Trotonoy
Chateau Latour a Pomerol
Chateau L' Evangile

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