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Bordeaux - Côtes de Bordeaux Flashcards

1
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What is Cotes de Bordeaux

A

Collection of vineyard areas in Bordeaux that make an AOC

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2
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How are the vineyards of Cotes de Bordeaux?

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All slope to the rivers or Gironde estuary
Cote = slope

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3
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What is the style of all Cotes de Bordeaux AOC?

A

Red Wine Only
Except for 3 DCGs

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4
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Where can producers source grapes?

A

Any of the 5 vineyard areas

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5
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Cotes de Bordeaux AOC red grapes

A

Merlot
CabFranc
CabSav
Cot
Petit Verdot
Carmenere

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6
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What DCGs can produce dry whites as well as reds?

A

Blaye
Francs
Saints-Foy

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7
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What are the major production in Blaye

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White 60% (3% of all Bordeaux in 2018)
(Only 40% reds based on Merlot)

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8
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What are authorize white grapes in Blaye?

A

Semillon
SavBlanc
Muscadell
Colombard
Ugni Blanc

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9
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Name the 5 DCG in Cotes de Bordeaux AOC?

A

Blaye
Cadillac
Francs
Castillon
Sainte-Foy

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10
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Soils of Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux

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Clay and limestone = Merlot
Some gravel = CabSav

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11
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What is the dominante grape of Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux?

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Merlot and only RED WINES
Significant addition of CabSauv

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12
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What are the soils of Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux?

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Clay

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13
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What Cotes de Bordeaux uses 70~80% Merlot? And why?

A

Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux
BC abundant of clay

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14
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What are the styles of Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux?

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Red Only

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15
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What Cotes de Bordeaux is similar in style to Saint Emilion?

A

Castillon - Clay soils

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16
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What Cotes de Bordeaux makes sweet wines?

A

Francs > 5.1%
Sante-Foy >5.1%

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17
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What does Francs make?

A

Red, Dry and Sweet whites

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18
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What are approved white grapes in Franc?

A

1st
Semillon
SavBlanc
Muscadelle

2nd
Colombard
Ugni Blanc

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19
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What are the soils of Francs?

20
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What soils to CabFranc like?

21
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Which DCG has a significant portion of CabFranc in its Merlot dominant blend?

22
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Which DCG makes white, semi-sweet and sweet

A

Sainte Foy

23
Q

Which Cotes de Bordeaux is furtherest east

A

Sainte Foy

24
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What river and bank is Sainte Foy?

A

Dordogne Left Bank

25
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What river and bank is Castillon?

A

Dordogne Right Bank

26
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What river and bank is Francs

A

Dordogne Right Bank

27
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What river and bank is Cadillac

A

Garonne Right Bank

28
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What river and bank is Blaye

A

Dordogne and Gironde Right Bank

29
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What style is Blaye AOC

30
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What type of soils in Blaye AOC

A

sandy gravel, clay and limestone

31
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Most widely planted grape in Blaye AOC?

32
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Production rules for Blaye AOC?

A

At least 50% Merlot, CabFranc, and/or CabSav

33
Q

What AOC had 3 official names?

A

Bourg
Bourgeais
Cotes de Bourg

34
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What does Bourg AOC make?

A

Dry white and red

35
Q

Bourg AOC authorized grapes?

A

(W) - Semillon, SavBlanc, Muscadelle, Colombard, SavGris
(R) Merlot, CabFranc, CabSav, Cot

36
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What is Bourg’s dominate red grape?

A

Merlot 65%

37
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What is Bourg’s dominate white grape?

A

SavBlanc 40%

Colombard 20%
Sémillon 20%

38
Q

What are the red only DCG?

A

Cadillac
Castillon

39
Q

What is the majority of wine style in Francs Côtes de Bordeaux DGC?

A

Red vast majority

40
Q

Which vineyards of DGC of Côtes de Bordeaux AOC face east?

A

Sainte-Foy

41
Q

What direction most of the Côtes faces?

42
Q

What year did the Bordelais debut Côtes de Bourdeaux?

43
Q

Which appellation within the Côtes produces only dry white wine?

A

Côtes de Blay AOC

44
Q

What appellation within the Côtes does not authorize Sémillon, SauvBlan and Mascadelle as P but only S?

A

Côtes de Blay AOC

45
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What are the primary white grape varieties of Côtes de Blay AOC?

A

Colombard
Unigi Blanc
(But currently in transition)

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