Bordeaux Flashcards
What is the most widely planted gape in Bordeaux?
Merlot
What are the appellations of the Medoc?
Medoc Haut-Medoc St Esteph Paula’s St Julien Listrac Moulis-en-Medoc Margaux
What does the Medoc AOP cover?
Entire left bank north from Bordeaux. Typically used by chateaux that do not qualify for a more precise appellation.
What are the 6 communes in the Haut-Medoc?
St Estephe Pauillac St- Julien Listrac Moulis Margaux
How many first growths are in St. Estephe?
What is a notable 2nd growth?
Zero
Chateau Cos d’Estournel
What are the 3 first growths of Pauillac?
Ch Lafite Rothschild
Ch Mouton-Rothschild
Ch Latour
What is special about the soil in Pauillac?
The gravel topsoil is at its deepest point
What are the notable 2nd growths of St Julien?
Leoville Las Cases
Ducru-Beaucaillou
Listrac and Moulis have how many classified growths?
Zero
Ch Chass-Spleen in Moulis is most famous estate in the area
What are the five villages of Margaux?
Soussans Margaux Cantenac Labarde Arsac
What are the soils in Margaux and what are the wines often described as?
Thin,sandy gravel over limestone. Clay in the outlying areas.
Wines are produced in a feminine style
What are the appellations of Graves?
Graves Graves Superieur Pessac-Leognan Cerons Barsac Sauternes
What color of wine does Graves produce?
Red and White
White is 25% of production
The soil mixture of sand, gravel and light clay is know as what in Graves?
Boulbenes
What one 1st growth lies in Graves?
Ch Haut-Brion
What years were the red and white wines classified in Graves?
1953 for red
1959 for white
What are the premier sources of sweet white wines in Grave?
Sauternes
Barsac
Cerons
What AOP in Graves is the most northern and known as the source of the best reds and dry whites in the area?
Pessac-Leognan
What is the area between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers that produces dry white wines called?
Entre-Deaux-Mers
What are the sweet white appelations in Entre-Deux-Myers?
Loupiac
St-Croix-du-mont
Cadillac
What are the right bank appellations?
St Emilion Lussac-St Emilion Montagne-St-Emilion Puisseguin-St-Emilion St-Georges-St-Emilion St-Emilion Grand Cru Pomerol Lalande-de Pomerol Fronsac Canon-Fronsac
What are the red wine only appellations of the right bank?
Canon-Fronsac Fronsac Lalande-de-Pomerol Pomerol St-Emilion
What are the “4 satellites” of St-Emilion?
Montagne
Lussac
St Georges
Puisseguin
What two areas in the right bank are allowed to label their wines Cotes de Bordeaux?
Cotes du Castillon
Bordeaux-Cotes de Francs
How many cooperatives are in Bordeaux?
What percentage of wine do they Vinify?
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25%
How is 70% of the wine in Bordeaux sold?
Negociants
Who is the intermediary between the producers and negocients in Bordeaux trade?
Brokers
What is the term “en primeur” reference in Bordeaux?
Translates Futures
It is the system where wine is sold before it is bottled ensuring funding for the winemaker and guaranteed product for the broker.
What are the 5 independent classifications in Bordeaux?
1855 Classification Classification of Graves Classification of St Emilion Cru Bourgeois Cru Artisans
What 2nd growth Chateau was upgraded to a 1st growth in 1973.
Ch Mouton Rothschild
What are the 1st growths in the 1855 classification and what appellation are they from?
Ch Lafite-Rothschild, Pauillac Ch Latour, Pauillac Ch Margaux, Margaux Ch Haut Brion, Pessac-Leognan Ch Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac
What are the second growths of Margaux?
Ch Rauzan-Segla Ch Rauzan-Gassies Ch Durfort-Vivens Ch Lascombs Ch Brane-Centenac
What are the 2nd growths of St-Julien?
Ch Leoville Las-Cases Ch Leoville Poyferre Ch Leoville Barton Ch Gruaud-Larose Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou
What are the 2nd growths of St-Estephe?
Ch Co d’Estournel
Ch Montrose
What are the 2nd growths of Pauillac?
Ch Pichon-Longueville Baron
Ch Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
How many first growths are listed in the sweet wine classification?
How many second?
What chateau is known for being the only “first superior growth”
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Ch Y’quem
How many properties are classified in Graves?
16
St Emilion Grand Cru AOP differs from Et Emilion AOP how?
.5% higher alcohol
Longer aging requirements
This encompasses all St Emilion Grand Cru Classes
What are the chateaux of St-Emilion Premiers Grands Crus Classes A?
CH Angelus
Ch Ausone
Ch Cheval Blanc
Ch Pavie
What are the Chateaux in St Emilion Premier Grand Crus Classe B?
Ch Beau-Sejour Becot Ch Beausejour Ch Belair-Monange Ch Canon ChCanon-la-Gaffeliere Ch Figeac Clos Fourtet Ch La Gaffeliere Ch Lacris Ducasse Ch La Mondotte Ch Pavie-Maquin Ch Troplong-Mondot Ch Trottevielle Ch Valandraud
How many tiers are there now in the Cru Bourgeois classification?
None- originally three tiers but changed to only using “Cru Bourgeois” in 2010
What is the Bordeaux classification that has 44 small producers that have been around for at least 150 years and evaluated every 10 years for quality.
Cru Artisans
What are the red and white grape varieties of Bordeaux?
Red: Merlot, Cabernet, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petite Verdot (historically Carmenere)
White: Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle
