Bordeaux Flashcards
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What weather pattern helps prevent hard frost from effecting Bordeaux
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Atlantic Gulf stream from the Caribbean
2
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Merlot buds __ ripens__
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Early/early
3
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Merlot is prone to what maladies
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Rot and Coulure
4
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Name three synonyms of Cabernet Sauvignon within bordeaux
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(Graves)
Petit Cabernet
Vidure
Petit Vidure
(Right bank)
Petit Bouchet
5
Q
Cabernet Sauvignon buds__ Ripens__
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Late/Late
6
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Synonym for Cabernet Franc on the right bank and Left bank
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Bouchet (right Bank)
Carmenet (left Bank)
7
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What maladies is Cabernet Franc Suseptible to?
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Downy and Powdery Mildew
8
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CAbernet Franc Buds__ Ripens__
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Early/Early
9
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Synonym for Malbec on the right Bank
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Pressac Noir
10
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What three appellation cover the enitirity of Bordeaux?
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux Superieur
Cremeant de Bordeaux
11
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What styles of wine are allow under Bordeaux Superior?
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Red
Med Sweet
12
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What IGP does bordeaux fall with in?
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Atlantique
13
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What was the name of Bordeaux under English rule
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Aquitaine
14
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When did English rule end in Bordeaux?
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1453
15
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What are the Dutch contributions to Bordeaux?
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Draing the Medoc
Use of sulfur prior to aging of wine
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Name for the canals built by Dutch engineers in bordeaux?
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Jalles
17
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Name for gravel upcropping in the Medoc?
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Croupes
18
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When and wehre was Malbec first seen in Bordeaux?
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St Emilion 1730
19
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When did the current barrique size start to be employed?
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the 1860s
20
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What are the 3 vineyard diseases of American Origin?
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Odium
Phylloxera
Peronospera
21
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What was the first major disease to hit Bordeaux?
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Oidium (1852)
22
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What is the 4th most planted red grape of bordeaux?
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Villard Noir
23
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What is Bordeaux mixture and why is it used?
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Copper sulfate
used to fight downy and powdery mildew
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What bordeaux grapes graft poorly?
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Malbec
Carmenere
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Who wasthe weinfuhrer?
Herr Bomers
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Sur Souches
Pricing based on the last vintage
27
What was the first chateau to estate bottle their production?
Mouton Rothchild (1924)
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When did estate bottling become common practice?
1960s
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What is considered the modern day break out vintage of Bordeaux?
1982
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What are the string of three great vintages of the 80s?
88
89
90
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Coutier
Broker
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From what vintage onward will Latour no longer be participating in the En Primeur
2012
34
What is a societe civile? What is its purpose?
A way to avoid breaking proerty up by creating shares in a holding company for the property that are split between family members.
35
What are the common vine training methods on both the right and left bank?
Left bank - Double guyot
Right - Single guyot
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Where in bordeaux would you most likely encounter cordon trained vine? Why?
Sauternes and other areas for sweet wine because cordon trained vines produce smaller berries that attract botrytis
37
What makes organic more challenging in bordeaux?
cool wet weather makes the vineyarrds prone to mildew and rot
38
Sweet and dry whites are typically undergo ____ fermentation?
Barrel fermentation
39
What type of cap management are you most likely to encounter in Bordeaux? Why?
Remontage whiich reduces the rick of over extraction
40
What is the typical elevage for red bordeaux?
18 to 24 months
41
When do the white wines of bordeaux go through Malolactic fermentation?
They don't typically go through malo. only in aciditc vintages
42
What is the purpose of micro-Oxygenation?
soften green rustic tannic edges
43
What is cliquage?
Micro-oxygenation of finished wine in barrel
44
When are the wines of bordeaux bottled
in april after fininf and filtration
45
What is the name of the forest that separates the medoc from the Atlantic Ocean
Landes Forests
46
What are the communal appelactions of the Haut Medoc?
St Estephe
Pauillac
St Julien
Margaux
Listrac-Medoc
Moulis
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What marks the southern barrier of the St Estephe?
Jalle de Breuil
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Where in the Medoc will you find the deepest croupes?
Pauillac
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What 2 Chateau mark the northern and southern borders of Pauillac?
North -Lafite-Rothschild
South - Latour
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What are the communes of Production for Pauillac?
Pauillac
Saint-Sauveur
Saint Estephe
St Julien-Beychevelle
51
What commune of Bordeaux has the highest proportion of Classed growth?
St julien
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What are the communes of production for St Julien?
Saint Julien Beychevelle
Cussac Fort Medoc
Saint Laurent Medoc
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What are the five communes of Margaux?
Margaux
Soussans
Cantenac Labarde
Arsac
54
When was cru Artisan officially recognized?
2002
55
How often are the Cru Artisan ranking updated?
every 5 years
56
When was the Cru Bourgeois classification first introduced?
1932
57
When was the Cru Bourgeois label banned and when was it reinstated?
banned in 2007
reinstated in 2008
58
What forest separates Graves from the Atlantic?
Landes Forest
59
How does the soil change from the Northern part of Graves to the southern part of Graves?
The Southern part has a higher portion of sand and limestone
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What styles of wine are made under the Graves AOP?
Dry white and red
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What styles of wine are made in the Graves Superieures AOP?
Semi sweet to sweet whites
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What can you infer from a producer that uses the Graves AOP?
The Producer is most likely from the south
63
Who can we credit with the reemergance of the Pessac Leognan Appellation?
Andre Lurton
64
When was the Pessac Leognan AOC created?
1987
65
What are the communes of production of Pessac Leognan?
Pessac
Leognan
Cadaujac
Canejan
Gradignan
Martillac
Merignac
Saint Medard d'Eyrans
Talence
Villenave d'Ornon
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Pourritre Noble
Botrytis
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What are the communes of Sauternes?
Barsac
Sauternes
Fargues
Priegnac
Bommes
69
What is the minimum Alc.of Sauternes?
15% (12% acquired)
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What is the Minimum RS for Sauternes?
45g/l
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What river influence the wine of Sauternes?
Garonne
Ciron
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What is the common range of RS in Sauternes?
120-160
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Historically what is the difference between the wine of Barsac and Sauternes?
Barsac has been drier but no longer much different
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How are wine of Sauternes are labeled if Dry?
Bordeaux AOP
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When was the first vintage of Ygrec?
1959
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When did productions of Ygrec become annual?
2004
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What are the communes of production of Cerons?
Cerons
Illats
Podensac
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How are the dry wines of Cerons labeled?
Graves
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What vintages since 1900 has d'Yquem not produce wine?
1910
1915
1930
1951
1952
1964
1972
1974
1992
2012
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What are the two rivers that influence St Emilion?
Dordogne and the Barbanne Rivers
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What are the communes of production of St Emilion?
Libourne
Saint-Christopher-des-Bardes
SAint Emilion
Saint-Etienne-de-Lisse
Saint-Hippolyte
Saint-Laurent-des-Combes
Saint-Pey-d'Armens
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens
Vignonet
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What is the minimum must weight of Merlot in St Emilion?
194g/l
83
How does the soil change as you move from St Emilion to Pomerol?
As you move toward Pomerol the soil becomes more gravelly
84
What are the 2 unofficial zones of St Emilion?
The Cotes
The Graves
85
When was the St Emilion Grand Cru AOP introduced?
1954
86
Can a negociant make St Emilion Grand cru wines?
No
87
Where are most of the Grand Cru estates of St Emilion located?
On the Limestone "cotes" and the "plateau"
88
What is the elevage for St Emilion Grand Cru?
Wines may not be released before the second year after harvest
89
When was the St Emilion Grand cru Classe completed and legally ratified?
completed 1955
Legal 1958
90
In what year was there legal action taken over the results to the St Emilion Grand cru classe?
2006
91
Who is responsible for St Emilion Grand Cru Classe promotion and demotion?
INAO
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What are the standards that St Emilion Grand Cru Classe are judged?
Soil
Topography
Vitivultural
Winemaking techniques
Reputation
Tasting of decades worth of wine
93
What rivers surround Pomerol?
Isle
Barbanne
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What communes are included within Pomerol?
Libourne
Pomerol
95
What appellation in Bordeaux is famous for Crasse de Fer? What is it?
Pomerol it is a an Iron rich sand deposit mixed with clay
96
What is unique about the soil of Petrus?
It is on a Blue clay desposit
97
What cause Cabernet Francs replacement as Pomerol's most planted grape?
a deep frost in 1956 that caused growers to focus on more reliable Merlot
98
Geographically where are most of the great Chateaux of Pomerol located?
In the eastern part of the appellation on the plateau
99
What are the sub-region of St Emilion?
Lussac-St Emilion
Montagne St Emilion
Puisseguin St Emilion
Saint Georges St Emilion
100
What commune of Fronsac typically offers the highest quality wine?
Sailans
La Riviere
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What separates Fronac from Lalande de Pomerol?
The Isle River
102
What is Frondais Molasse?
Soil of fronsac which is a mixture of soft clay and limestone
103
Name 3 producers from Canon Fronsac?
Chateau Franc Capet
Chateau Gaby
Chateau Mazeris
Chateau Toumalin
Chateau Vrai Canon Bouche
Ponty
104
Where are the satellites of Satellites of St Emilion located in relationship to St Emilion?
North of St Emilion
105
What divides St Emilion from its satellites?
The Barbanne River
106
What is the the Northern most Satellite of St Emilion?
Puisseguin
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What are the Communes of Lalandes de Pomerol?
Lalande-de-Pomerol
Neac
108
What styles of wine are made in the Entre Deux Mers AOP?
Dry White wine
109
What are the Communes of Cotes de Bordeaux-Saint-Macaire?
Caudrot
Le Pian-sur-Garonne
Saint-Andre-du-Bois
Saint-Laurent-du-Bois
Saint-Laurent-du-Plan
Saint-Macaire
Saint-Martial
Sainte-Martinde-Sescas
-Saint-Pierre-d'AurillacetSaintFoylaL'ongue
110
What styles of wine are produced under the Cotes de Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP?
Dry and sweet white wine
111
What sweet wine appellations lie within the Premier Cotes de Bordeaux AOP?
Cadillac
Loupiac
Sainte-Croix-du-Mont
112
Name the newly allowed grapes of Bordeaux AOP?
Touriga Nacional
Marcelan
Albarino
Petit Menseng
113
What style of wine is Produced in the Cotes de Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP?
Sweet White wine
114
What are the best sweet wine appellation on the right bank of the Garonne
Cadillac
Loupiac
Saint Croix du Mont
115
What are the 4 geographic designation of Cotes de Bordeaux?
Castillon
Francs
Cadillac
Blaye
Saint Foy
116
Which COte de Bordeaux designation have the most strict requirements?
Castillon
Cadillac
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What regions of Cotes de Bordeaux are able to make both red and white wine?
Blaye
Francs
Sainte Foy
118
Which Cote de Bordeaux designation has is anextension of the limestone cotes of Saint Emilion?
Castillion
119
What styles of wine are produced in the Bourg AOP?
Red
White
120
Where is Bordeaux is the Highest concentration of Malbec?
Bourg
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Who is considered Bourg's premier Producer?
Chateau Roc de Cambes
122
Where in Bordeaux would you find whites based on Ugni Blanc and Colombard?
Cotes de Blaye
123
Second label of Cos d'Estournel
Les Pagodes de Cos
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Second Label of Montrose
La Dame du Montrose
125
Second label of Calon Segur
Since 2013 Marquis de Calon
126
Second label of Lafon Rochet
Les Pelerins de Lafon Rochet
127
Second label of Cos Labory
Charmes de Cos Labory
128
Second Label of Lafite
Carruades de Lafite
129
Second Label of Latour
Les Forts de Latour
130
Second label of Mouton Rothchild
Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild
131
Second label of Baron de Pichon Longueville
Les Griffons de Pichon Baron (est 2012)
Les Tournelles de Longueville (est 1983)
132
Second label of Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Reserve de la Comtesse
133
Second label of Duhart Milon
Moulin de Duhart
134
Second label of Batailley
Lions de Batailly (debutesd 2015)
135
Second label of Chateau Clerc Milon
Pastourelle de Clerc Milon (2009)
136
Second label of Croizet Bages
La Tourelle de Croizet Bages
137
Second Label of Grand Puy Ducasse
Prelude a Grand Puy Ducasse
138
Second label of Grand Puy Lacoste
Lacoste Borie
139
Second Label of Haut Bages Liberal
La Chapelle de Bages
140
Second label of Haut Batailley
Chateau La Tour L'Aspic
141
Second label of Chateau Lynch Bages
Echo de Lynch Bages (as of 2008)
Paulliac de Lynch Bages (2009)
142
Second Label of Lynch Moussas
Les Haut de Lynch Moussas
143
Second label of Pedesclaux
Fluer Pedesclaux (2007)
144
Second Label of Pontet Canet
Les Hauts de Pontet Canet
145
Second Label of Ducru Beaucaillou
La Croix du Beaucaillou
146
Second label of Gruaud Larose
Sarget de Gruaud Larose
Larose de Gruaud
147
Second label of Leoville Barton
Reserve Leoville Baron
148
Second Label of Leoville Las Cases
Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases
149
Second Label of Leoville Poyferre
Pavillon de Poyferre
150
Second label of Lagrange
Les Fiefs de Lagrange
151
Second Label of Langoa Barton
Lady Langoa
152
Second Label of Beychevelle
Amiral de Beychevelle
153
Second Branaire Ducru
Duluc du Branaire Ducru
154
Second label of Talbot
Connetable de Talbot
155
Second label of Margaux
Pavillon Rouge
Margaux du Chateau Margaux
156
Second Label of Brane Cantenac
Baron de Brane
157
Second label of Durfort Vivens
Vivens Rouge
Relais de Dufort Vivens
158
Second label of Lascombes
Chevalier de Lascombe
159
Second label of Rauzan Gassies
Gassies
160
Second label of Rauzan Segla
Segla
161
Second label of Boyd Cantenac
Jacques Boyd
162
Second label of Cantenac Brown
BriO de Cantenac Brown
163
Second label of Desmiral
Chateau Fonterney (french market)
Intial de Desmirail
164
Second label of Ferriere
Les Ramparts du Ferriere
165
Second label of Giscours
La Sirene de Giscours
166
Second label of d'Issan
Blasson d:Issan
167
Second label of Kirwan
Les Charmes de Kirwan
168
Second Label of Malescot St Exupery
La Dame de Malescot
169
Second label of Marquis d'Alesme Becker
Marquis d'Alesme
170
Second label of Palmer
Alter Ego
171
Second label of Marquis de Terme
Les Gondats de Marquis de Terme
172
Second label of Pouget
La Tour Massac
173
Second label of Prieure Lichine
Confidences de Prieure Lichine
174
Second label of Dauzac
Aurore de Dauzac
175
Second label of du Tertre
Haut du Tertre
176
Second label of La Lagune
Moulin la Lagune
177
Second label of La Tour Carnet
Douves de Carnet
178
Second label of Belgrave
Diane de Belgrave
179
Second label of Camesac
La Closerie de Camensac
180
Second label of Cantemerle
Les Allees de Cantemerle
181
Second Label of Sociando Mallet
La Demoiselle de Sociando Mallet
182
What are the official subzones of Bordeaux?
Haut Benauge
183
Where is Haut Benauge?
Entre Deux Mers
184
What are the Communes for Haut Benauge?
Arbois
Cantois
Escoussans
Gornac
Ladaux
Mourens
Saint Pierre de Bat
Soulignac
Targon
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What Style of wines are made in the Haut Benauge?
Off dry white to sweet whites
