Bordeaux - Left Bank Flashcards
The earliest and latest grape to ripen in Bordeaux?
- Earliest: Merlot
- Latest: Carmenere
Cross of Merlot?
Cab franc X Magdeleine Noire des Charentes
Min vine density in the Medoc?
- 6,500-10,000 vines/ha
* min 5,000 vines/ha in St Emilion
Name the 6 new grapes were approved to make Bordeaux AOP and Bordeaux Superiore AOP
White: Albariño, Liloria
Red: Arinarnoa, Castets, Marselan, Touriga Nacional
This sole appellation in Bordeaux makes red, white, rosé, clairet
Bordeaux AOP
What are the types of vine training found in the Left Bank, the Right Bank and Sauternes?
- Double Guyot in Medoc
- Single Guyot in Rt Bank
- Cordon in Sauternes
Cross of Carmenere?
Cab franc X Gros cabernet
Name the classified Growths in the Haut-Medoc (1/3rd, 1/4th, 3/5th)
- 3rd: La Lagune
- 4th: La Tour Carnet
- 5th: Belgrave, Camensac, Cantemerle
Name the classified Growths in St. Estèphe (2/2nd, 1/3rd, 1/4th, 1/5th)
- 2nd: Cos d’Estournel
- 2nd: Montrose
- 3rd: Calon-Segur
- 4th: Lafon-Rochet
- 5th: Cos Labory
Cross of Cab Sauv?
Cab franc X Sauvignon blanc
Name the classified Growths in Pauillac (3/1st, 2/2nd, 1/4th, 12/5th)
- 1st: Lafite
- 1st: Latour
- 1st: Mouton (1973)
- 2nd: Pichon Baron
- 2nd: Pichon Comtesse
- 4th: Duhart Milon
- 5th: d’Armailhac, Clerc-Milon, Croizet-Bages
Grand Puy-Ducasse, Grand Puy-Lacoste,
Batailley, Haut-Batailley, Haut-Bages-Liberal
Lynch-Bages, Lynch-Moussas,
Pedesclaux, Pontet-Canet
Smallest and largest of the big 4 communes?
- Smallest: St. Julien
- Largest: Margaux
Most northernly and southernly commune in the Medoc?
- Northernmost: St. Estephe
- Southernmost: Margaux
Name the classified Growths in St. Julien (2/Super 2nd, 3/2nd, 2/3rd, 4/4th)
- Super 2nd: Ducru-Beaucaillou
- Super 2nd: Leoville-Las-Cases
- 2nd: Gruaud-Larouse
- 2nd: Leoville-Barton
- 2nd: Leoville-Poyferre
- 3rd: Lagrange
- 3rd: Langoa-Barton
- 4th: Beychevelle
- 4th: Branaire-Ducru
- 4th: Talbot
- 4th: St. Pierre
Highest point in the Medoc?
In Listrac AOP (144 ft/44m)
The 5 communes of Margaux?
- Cantenac
- Labarde
- Arsac
- Margaux
- Soussans
Name the classified Growths in Margaux (1/1st, 5/2nd, 10/3rd….3/4th, 2/5th)
- 1st: Margaux
- 2nd: Brane-Cantenac
- 2nd: Rauzan-Segla
- 2nd: Rauzan-Gassies
- 2nd: Durfort-Vivens
- 2nd: Lacombes
- 3rd: Boyd-Cantenac
- 3rd: Cantenac-Brown
- 3rd: Kirwan
- 3rd: d’Issan
- 3rd: Palmer
- 3rd: Giscours
- 3rd: Malescot Saint-Exupery
- 3rd: Marquis d’Alesme-Becker
- 3rd: Desmirail
- 3rd: Ferriere
Name the classified Growths in Margaux (….3/4th, 2/5th)
- 4th: Marquis de Terme
- 4th: Prieure-Lichine
- 4th: Pouget
- 5th: Dauzac
- 5th: Ch du Tertre
Which left bank estate’s soils is made mostly of Merlot instead of CS? More clay and gravel here so more suited to Merlot.
- Ch Clarke (in Listrac)
2nd labels of all the 1st Growths?
- Mouton: Petit Mouton
- Lafite: Carruades de Lafite
- Latour: Les Forts de Latour
- Margaux: Pavillon Rouge du Ch Margaux
- Haut-Brion: Le Clarence de Haut-Brion
Bordeaux’s only major wine region allowed to produce white, red and sweet under only 1 appellation?
Graves AOP
Oldest wine estate in Bordeaux?
Pape Clement (in Pessac-Leognan)
Name of the soil, sand, gravel, clay associated with Graves?
Boulbenes
Other sweet wines from Graves that’s not Sauternes can be sold as _____.
Graves Superieures AOP
This AOP covers the same area as Graves AOP
Graves Superieures AOP (for sweet wine only)
Name all the 1st Growths in Bordeaux and its communes
- Lafite (Pauillac)
- Latour (Pauillac)
- Mouton-Rothschild (Pauillac)
- Margaux (Margaux)
- Haut-Brion (Pessac-Leognan)
Name all the 2nd Growths (14) in Bordeaux and its communes - 2/Estephe, 2/Pauillac, 5/Julien, 5/Margaux
- Cos d’Estournel (St. Estephe)
- Montrose (St. Estephe)
- Pichon Comtesse (Pauillac)
- Pichon Baron (Pauillac)
- Ducru Beaucaillou (St. Julien)
- Leoville-las-Cases (St. Julien)
- Leoville-Barton (St. Julien)
- Leoville-Poyferre (St. Julien)
- Gruaud-Larose (St. Julien)
- Brane-Cantenac (Margaux)
- Rauzan-Segla (Margaux)
- Rauzan-Gassies (Margaux)
- Durfort-Vivens (Margaux)
- Lascombes (Margaux)
Name all the 3rd Growths (14) in Bordeaux and its communes - 1/Haut-Medoc, 1/Estephe, 2/Julien, 10/Margaux
- La Lagune (Haut-Medoc)
- Calon-Segur (St. Estephe)
- Lagrange (St. Julien)
- Langoa-Barton (St. Julien)
- Boyd-Cantenac (Margaux)
- Cantenac-Brown (Margaux)
- Kirwan (Margaux)
- d’Issan (Margaux)
- Palmer (Margaux)
- Giscours (Margaux)
- Malescot Saint-Exupery (Margaux)
- Marquis d’Alesme-Becker (Margaux)
- Desmirail (Margaux)
- Ferriere (Margaux)
Name all the 4th Growths (7) in Bordeaux and its communes - 1/Haut-Medoc, 1/Estephe, 1/Pauillac, 4/Julien
- La Tour Carnet (Haut-Medoc)
- Lafon Rochet (St. Estephe)
- Duhart-Milon (Pauillac)
- Beychevelle (St. Julien)
- Branaire-Ducru (St. Julien)
- Talbot (St. Julien)
- St. Pierre (St. Julien)
Name all the 5th Growths (18) in Bordeaux and its communes - 3/Haut-Medoc, 1/Estephe, 12/Pauillac, 2/Margaux
- Belgrave (Haut-Medoc)
- Camensac (Haut-Medoc)
- Cantemerle (Haut-Medoc)
- Cos Labory (St. Estephe)
- d’Armailhac, Clerc-Milon, Croizet-Bages
Grand Puy-Ducasse, Grand Puy-Lacoste,
Batailley, Haut-Batailley, Haut-Bages-Liberal
Lynch-Bages, Lynch-Moussas, Pedesclaux, Pontet-Canet
(Pauillac) - Dauzac (Margaux)
- du Tertre (Margaux)
