Bordeaux

Question 1

What are the Cotes de Bordeaux Subzones, and what can be made in them?

Answer 1

Castillon: Red
Cadillac: Red
Blaye: Blanc Sec, Red
Francs: Blanc Sec, Blanc Liqoureux, Red
Sainte-Foy: Blanc Sec, Blanc Moelleux, Blanc Licqoureux, Red

Question 2

Rose AOPs of Bordeaux

Answer 2

Bordeaux AOP

Cremant de Bordeaux AOP

Question 3

What are the Sweet Wine AOPs (Licqoureux)?

Answer 3

Cotes de Bordeaux Blanc
Premiere Cotes de Bordeaux

ENTRE-DEUX-MERS:
Cadillac
Loupiac
Cotes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire
Sainte-Croix-du-Mont
Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux

GRAVES:
Graves Superieures
Cerons
Barsac
Sauturnes

Question 4

What are the St.-Emilion Satellites?

Answer 4

Lussac-St.-Emilion
Montagne-St.-Emilion
Puisseguin-St.-Emilion
Saint-Georges-St.-Emilion

Question 5

St.-Emilion Classification

Answer 5

Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot
Chateau Beausejour
Chateau Belair-Monange
Chateau Canon
Chateau Canon-la-Gaffeliere
Chateau Figeac
Clos Fourtet
Chateau La Gaffeliere
Chateau Larcis-Ducasse
La Mondotte
Chateau Pavie-Macquin
Chateau Troplong-Mondot
Chateau Trottevielle
Chateau Valandraud

Question 6

Which Cotes de Bordeaux village has its own AOC?

Answer 6

Cotes de Bordeaux St Macaire

Question 7

What is the general minimum RS for sweet wines in Bordeaux?

Answer 7

45 g/l

Question 8

What are the AOPs of the Medoc, North to South?

Answer 8

St.-Estephe
Paulliac
St.-Julien
Listrac
Moulis
Margaux

Question 9

What St. Emilion producers have signaled their intention to leave the classification system?

Who still remains?

Answer 9

Angelus
Ausone
Cheval Blanc

Chateau Pavie still remains

Question 10

What new bottling has Chateau Angelus recently introduced?

When?

Answer 10

“Hommage a Elisabeth Bouchet,” named for Stephanie de Bouard’s grandmother.

It is 100% Cabernet Franc first made form the 2016 vintage

Question 11

What are the Premier Crus of Sauturnes?

Answer 11

La Tour Blanche
Lafeurie-Peyraguey
Clos Haut-Peyraguey
Rayne-Vigneau
Suiduiraut
Coutet
Climens
Guiraud
Rieussec
Rabaud-Promis
Sigalas-Rabaud

Question 12

When did the classification of Graves take place?

What Chateau were classified for both white and red?

Answer 12

1959

Bouscat
Carbonnieux
Domaine de Chevalier
Latour-Martillac
Malartic-Lagraviere
Olivier

Question 13

What is the only estate to receive a promotion in the 1855 classification?

When did it occur?

Answer 13

Mouton-Rothschild

1973

Question 14

What was the only estate that was classified in 1855 that was not located in the Medoc?

Answer 14

Haut-Brion

It is located in Graves

Question 15

What rivers contribute to the incidence of botrytis in Sauturnes?

Answer 15

The Ciron and the Garonne

Question 16

What was the first vintage of Ygrec?

Answer 16

1959

Question 17

When was the last Cru Bourgeois classification?

How long will it stand?

Answer 17

2020

5 years

Question 18

What estates are classified as Cru Bourgeois?

Answer 18

Paveil de Luze
d'Arsac
Le Bosq
Lillian Ladouys
Le Crock
Lestage
d'Agassac
Arnauld
Belle-Vue
Cambon la Pelouse
Charmail
Malescasse
Malleret
Taillan

Question 19

What happens to soils along the Gironde estuary as they approach the Atlantic?

Answer 19

Gravel washed against the shore begins to diminish, and there is more clay.