Bordeaux Left Bank

Question 1

What department is Bordeaux AOP loacted within?

Answer 1

Girdonde

Question 2

What weather condition brings warm waters up from the Caribbean?

Answer 2

Atlantic Gulf stream

Question 3

What type of trellising are vines trained on in Bordeaux?

Answer 3

Most vines are trained on vertical trellises in the Guyot system; double is common on
the left bank and simple on the right.

Question 4

what type of trellising is used in the production of sweet wine in Bordeaux?

Answer 4

Cordon-training is rare throughout Bordeaux, save for those vines
intended to produce sweet wines. Traditional in Sauternes, cordon-training produces smwhat type of trellising is used in the production of sweet wine in Bordeaux?aller berries that
attract botrytis

Question 5

What technology is employed in BDX when water content is too high?

Answer 5

When water content is too high, some well-funded estates choose to concentrate must through other
means, like vacuum distillation or reverse osmosis. (When employed in California, such technologies
reduce alcohol content; in Bordeaux, the intent is usually the opposite.

Question 6

On average how many months does the “raising”(Elevage) of the wine typically last for a top red Grand Vin ?

Answer 6

“raising” of wine in barrel—typically lasts around 18-24 months.

Question 7

Bordeaux AOP Haut-Benauge Blanc is made in what style?
what is the RS ?

Bordeaux AOP Haut-Benauge Blanc

Answer 7

sweet style, Blanc “Haut Benauge”: 5-60 g/l

Question 8

what is the enepagement of Bordeaux AOP Haut-Benauge Blanc?

Bordeaux AOP Haut-Benauge Blanc

Answer 8

Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Muscadelle

Question 9

What are the 6 AOP’s of Graves?

Graves

Answer 9

• Graves AOP
• Graves Superieures AOP
• Pessac-Leognan AOP
• Cerons AOP
• Barsac AOP
• Sauternes AOP

Question 10

what is the min RS of Sauternes?

Graves-Sauternes

Answer 10

45 g/l

Question 11

What is the maximum yield (Rendement de Base):?

Answer 11

25 hl/ha

Question 12

What are the AOP’s of Entre Deux Mers AOP?

Entre Deux Mers

Answer 12

• Entre Deux Mers AOP
• Cadillac AOP
• Graves de Vayres AOP
• Loupiac AOP
• Cotes De Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP
• Sainte Croix du MOnt AOP

Question 13

What are the sweet wine producing AOP’s of EDM?

Entre Deux Mers

Answer 13

• Cadillac AOP (Liquoreaux)
• Loupiac AOP(Liquoreaux)
• Cotes De Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP (Sec, Molleaux, Liquoreaux)
• Sainte Croix du MOnt(Liquoreaux)

Question 14

St-Estèphe

Cotes De Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP (Sec, Molleaux, Liquoreaux) which is the sweetest?

Entre Deux Mers

Answer 14

Residual Sugar:
Sec: max. 4 g/l
Moelleux: 34-45 g/l
Liquoreux: min. 45 g/l (51 g/l prior to 2011)

Question 15

St-Estèphe

Château Cos d’Estournel?

Second Lables

Answer 15

Les Pagodes de Cos

Question 16

St-Estèphe

Château Montrose

Second Lables

Question 17

St-Estèphe

Château Calon-Ségur

Second Lables

Answer 17

Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur (Prior to the 2013 vintage, this was labeled simply as Marquis de Calon.)

Question 18

St-Estèphe

Château Lafon-Rochet

Second Lables

Answer 18

Les Pélerins de Lafon-Rochet

Question 19

St-Estèphe

Château Cos Labory

Second Lables

Answer 19

Le Saint Estèphe de Cos Labory (since 2011, previously Charme de Cos Labory)

Question 20

Pauillac

Château Lafite-Rothschild

Second Lables

Answer 20

Carruades de Lafite

Question 21

Pauillac

Château Latour

Second Lables

Answer 21

Les Forts de Latour

Question 22

Pauillac

Château Mouton-Rothschild

Second Lables

Answer 22

Le Petit Mouton de Mouton-Rothschild

Question 23

Pauillac

Château Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville

Second Lables

Answer 23

Les Griffons de Pichon Baron (debuted with 2012 vintage)
Les Tourelles de Longueville (debuted in 1983 as “Baronet de Pichon”)

Question 24

Pauillac

Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Second Lables

Answer 24

Pichon Comtesse Réserve (renamed in 2017 previously Réserve de la Comtesse)

Question 25

# Pauillac Château Duhart-Milon ## Footnote Second Lables

Answer 25

Moulin de Duhart

Question 26

# Pauillac Château Batailley ## Footnote Second Lables

Answer 26

Lions de Batailley (debuted with 2015 vintage)

Question 27

# Pauillac Château Clerc-Milon ## Footnote Second Lables

Answer 27

Pastourelle de Clerc-Milon (new in 2009)

Question 28

# Pauillac Château Croizet-Bages ## Footnote Second Lables

Answer 28

Alias Croizet-Bages (2011-onward) La Tourelle de Croizet-Bages (1998-2010)

Question 29

# Pauillac Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse ## Footnote Second Lables

Answer 29

Prélude a Grand Puy Ducasse

Question 30

# Pauillac Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste ## Footnote Second Lables

Answer 30

Lacoste Borie

Question 31

# Pauillac ## Footnote Second Lables

Question 32

# Geography What two rivers does the GIRONDE ESTUARY turn into?

Answer 32

* Dordogne (Right bank) * Garone (Left Bank)

Question 33

# Geography What appelation is on the WESTERN banks of the Gironde Estuary & Garonne River?

Answer 33

Medoc & Graves (left bank)

Question 34

# Geography The Right bank is on the Eastern bank of what river?

Answer 34

Dordogne River

Question 35

# Geography What appellations are on the Eastern Bank of the GIRONDE ESTUARY?

Answer 35

Blaye & Bourg

Question 36

# Geography What appelation is in between the Garonne and Dordogne?

Answer 36

Entre Deux Mers

Question 37

# Climate What viticultural challenges does rainfall cause for Bordeaux?

Answer 37

Rain can interrupt flowering, reducing yields and inviting rot.

Question 38

# Climate What does the Atlantic Gulf Stream do for Bordeaux?

Answer 38

Brings warm waters up from the Caribbean, keeping Bordeaux's Climate mild.

Question 39

# AOP What are the 3 regional appellations that apply to the entire area of Brdx?

Answer 39

* Bordeaux AOP * Bordeaux Superieur AOP * Cremant De Bordeaux AOP

Question 40

# AOP What appellations would be considered as SUB appellations that fall as the "middle tear" for regional?

Answer 40

* Medoc AOP * Entre Deux Mers AOP * Cotes de Bordeaux AOP

Question 41

# Terroir Gravel Croupes?

Answer 41

Mounds of warm gravel soil that could drain easily in Bordeaux's unpredictably wet Atlantic wather.

Question 42

# Vintages What relationship in terms of Vintages does 2002 and 2007 have?

Answer 42

Rainier interludes, thin wines came out of it. nb

Question 43

# Bordeaux There are 2 lightliy pigmented wines that can be produced in bordeaux?

Answer 43

Rose (pink) Clairet (semi red)

Question 44

What is Jalle Du Breuil? what chateauxs does it seperate?

Answer 44

Marks the Southern Boundary of Saint-Estephe and divides CH. COS d'Estournel from Paulliac's Chateau Lafite Rothschild

Question 45

# Viticulture in Bordeaux Bordeaux's vine training is relatively uniform, what would be commonly found?

Answer 45

Most vines are trained on vertical trelisses in the Guyot system ## Footnote Double is common on the left bank. Simple on the right.

Question 46

# Viticulture What type of vine training systemis used for sweet wine in BDX?

Answer 46

Coron System: Traditional in Sauternes, cordon training produces smaller berries that attract botrytis.

Question 47

# Wine making What methods do some estates choose to employ to conventrarte must when water is too high?

Answer 47

Vacumm Distillaion. or Reverse Osmosis

Question 48

# Wine making What is CLIQUAGE?

Answer 48

* Where moderate doses of oxygen are applied to finished wine in barrel. * Used to simulate the larger oxygen exposure traditonallyt acoomplished through racking

Question 49

# Medoc Which is the broadest appelation in the Medoc?

Answer 49

Medoc AOP ## Footnote The Médoc AOP itself is the broadest appellation but is generally reserved for wines from the most challenging vineyard sites—i.e., the Bas-Médoc, those vineyards north of the commune of Saint-Estèphe, where the forest’s ability to buffer Atlantic winds and rain is reduced.

Question 50

# Medoc Name the 6 smaller commune appelations within the HAUT-MEDOC?

Answer 50

1. Saint-Estephe 2. Paulliac 3. Saint-Julien 4. Margaux 5. Listrac-Medoc 6. Moulis

Question 51

# Medoc