Bordeaux extra Flashcards
Graves translation
Gravel
Left Bank wine style
Cabernet Sauvignon driven blends
Soil types
- Médoc & Graves
- Saint Emilion
- Pomeral
- Gravel
- Limestion, sand, gravel
- Iron pan beneath sand and clay
Right Bank wine style
Merlot driven blends
Does The Médoc do whites?
No, unless labeled Bordeaux AOP
Cabernet Sauvignon soil type
Gravel.
Cab has long growing season & likes drainage
Merlot typical characteristics
Soft, juicy, plum
Medium acid & tannin
Cabernet Sauvignon typical characteristics
Powerful, black fruit
High acid & tannin
Thick skinned grape
Cabernet Fran typical characteristics
Herbal, vegetal, elegant
Graphite, violet
Medium body & tannin
Medium to high acid
Sauvignon Blanc typical characteristics
High acid
Citrus, herbal
Pyrazine
Semillion typical characteristic
Floral, tropical
Rounder
Médoc & Left Bank typical blends
70% Cab Sauv
30% Merlot
little petit verdot, malbec added (1-3% if used)
Saint Émilion & Pomeral typical blends
30% Cab Sauv
70% Merlot
Dry Whites typical Bordeaux blends
80% Sauv Blanc
20% Semillion
Sweet Whites typical Bordeaux blends
20% Sauv Blanc
80% Semillion
Bordeaux, typical time in barrel
About two years
45% of Bordeaux wines are which appellation
Bordeaux AOP
1855 Classification #of chateau & growths
61 named Chateaux
First through Fifth growths
Pessac-Leognan AOP
Dry whites & reds
New French Oak
in Graves
Sauternes AOP
Sweet white wine only
Botrytis effected
Saint Émilion 1955 hierarchy
- Grand Cru Classé A
- Grand Cru Classé B
- Grand Cru Classé
- Grand Cru
Revised every 10 years, updated 2012
Pomeral AOP hierarchy
Pomeral has no AOP hierarchy
Lalande de Pomeral
- Satellite region of Pomeral
- more affordable
- less age-ability, less complex
Entre Deux Mers
White wine only
(unless Bordeaux AOP)
Stainless steel
