Bordeaux Fronsac/Canon Fronsac/Entre deux Mers/Satellites/Blaye and Bourg/Cotes de Bordeaux

Question 1

Which river separates Fronsac from Lalande-de-Pomerol

Answer 1

The Isle

Question 2

Which river separates Fronsac from the Entre deux Mers?

Answer 2

The Dordogne

Question 3

Name 2 important producers in Canon Fronsac

Answer 3

Château Grand-Renouil
Château du Gaby
Château Maeris

Question 4

Name some important producers in Fronsac

Answer 4

Château Dalem
Château de La Dauphine
Château Fontenil
Château de La Rivière

Question 5

Name the 4 satellite appellations of Saint Emilion

Answer 5

Montagne
Saint-Georges
Puisseguin
Lussac,

Question 6

Name the satellite appellation of Pomnerol

Answer 6

Lalande de Pomerol

Question 7

What wine styles may be produced in the Cotes de Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP

Answer 7

Dry and sweet white wines

Question 8

What wine styles may be produced in the Entre deux Mers AOP

Answer 8

Dry whites

Question 9

True or False. Dry white wines from the Entre deux Meres may be produced from a single grape variety

Answer 9

False. At least 2 principal varieties must be present in the blend and accessory grapes (merlot blanc, mauzac, colombard, ugni) not accounting for more than 30%.

Question 10

What wine styles may be produced in the Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux AOP?

Answer 10

Sweet white wines of a minimum 34 g/l residual sugar. Semillon is the principal variety

Question 11

Name the 3 superior sweet wine appellations that lie within the Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux AOP

Answer 11

Cadillac
Loupiac
Sainte-Coix-du-Mont

Question 12

When was the Cotes de Bordeaux AOP introduced?

Answer 12

2009

Question 13

Name the subzones of the Cotes de Bordeaux AOP

Answer 13

Francs
Cadillac
Castillon
Blaye
Sainte Foy

Question 14

What wine styles are allowed in the broad Cotes de Bordeaux AOP?

Answer 14

Red Blends based on Cab Sauv, Cab Franc and Merlot

Question 15

Of the 5 subzones of the Cotes de Bordeaux AOP which only produce red wine?

Answer 15

Castillon and Cadillac

Question 16

Of the 5 subzones of the Cotes de Bordeaux AOP which have the option of producing white wine as well as red?

Answer 16

Blaye, Francs and Sainte Foye

Question 17

What wine styles are permitted in the Cotes de Bourg AOP?

Answer 17

Dry red and white

Question 18

Which AOP cannot label their wines as Cotes de Bordeaux, Blaye or Bourg?

Answer 18

Bourg

Question 19

Which area in Bordeaux has the highest percentage of Malbec vines?

Answer 19

Bourg

Question 20

Name a key producer based in Bourg

Answer 20

Chateau Roc de Cambes

Question 21

What is the difference between the Blaye and the Cotes de Blaye AOP?

Answer 21

Cotes de Blaye is an AOP that exists as a reflection of the region’s position as a historical crossroads between Charente and Bordeaux. The AOP is based on white blends from the Cognac grapes Ugni Blanc and Colombard

Question 22

What is “Haut-Benauge?”

Answer 22

The one sub-zone of the Entre-Deux-Mers