Bordeaux-Left Bank Flashcards by Jenni Beard

Bodies of water to the east and west of the Médoc

East: Gironde Estuary

West:Atlantic Ocean

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Main Médoc subregions (from north to south)

Bas-Médoc

Haut-Médoc

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Best main Médoc subregion

Haut-Médoc

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Describe the Landes Forest

A man-made forest on the western edge of the Médoc that shields the region from Atlantic weather and winds

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of Médoc AOPs

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Médoc AOPs (North to South)

Bas-Médoc AOP

Haut-Médoc AOP

Saint-Estèphe

Pauillac

Saint-Julien

Listrac-Médoc

Moulis

Margaux

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Color(s) of wine allowed in Saint-Estèphe

Red

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Northernmost AOP in the Médoc

Saint-Estèphe

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Leading château in Saint-Estèphe

Cos d’Estournel

Montrose

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classified estates in Saint-Estèphe

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Color(s) of wine allowed in Pauillac

Red

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Leading château in Pauillac

Lafite-Rothschild

Latour

Mouton-Rothschild

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Color(s) of wine allowed in Saint-Julien

Red

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classified estates in Saint-Julien

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premier cru estates in Saint-Julien

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What color(s) of wine may be produced in Margaux?

Red

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classified estates in Margaux

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Color(s) of wine allowed in Listrac

Red

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Color(s) of wine allowed in Moulis

Red

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classified estates in Moulis

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classified estates in Listrac

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Other Médoc classifications besides the 1855 classification

Cru Bourgeois

Cru Artisan

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Cru Artisan officially recognition year

In use for nearly 150 years before that

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Cru Artisan château requirements

Property under 5 hectares

Located in one of the 8 AOPs of the Médoc

Must manage the vineyard

Must produce the wine

Must sell the wine

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Cru Artisan château

Cru Bourgeois introduction year

1932

How often are cru bourgeois wines re-assessed?

Annually

Médoc premieres crus wines

Haut-Brion Lafite-Rothschild Mouton Rothschild Latour Margaux

Premieres crus wine(s) in Pauillac

Lafite-Rothschild Mouton Rothschild Latour

Premieres crus wine(s) in Margaux

Margaux

Château Lafite-Rothschild's location and classification

Pauillac Premier cru

Château Mouton Rothschild's location and classification

Pauillac Premier cru

Château Latour's location and classification

Pauillac Premier cru

Château Margaux's location and classification

Margaux Premier cru

Château Haut-Brion's location and classification

Pessac-Léognan (Not the Médoc) Premier cru

Médoc deuxièmes crus wines

Brane-Cantenac Cos d'Estournel Ducru-Beaucaillou Durfort-Vivens Gruaud-Larose Lascombes Léoville-Barton Léoville-Las-Cases Léoville-Poyferré Montrose Château Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longuevile Pichon-Langueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande Rauzan-Ségla Rauzan-Gassies

Château Brane-Cantenac's location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Deuxième cru

Château Cos d'Estournel's location and classification

Saint-Estèphe Deuxième cru

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou's location and classification

Saint-Julien Deuxième cru

Château Durfort-Vivens' location and classification

Margaux Deuxième cru

Château Gruaud-Larose's location and classification

Saint-Julien Deuxième cru

Château Lascombe's location and classification

Margaux Deuxième cru

Château Leoville-Barton's location and classification

Saint-Julien Deuxième cru

Château Leoville-Las-Cases' location and classification

Saint-Julien Deuxième cru

Château Leoville-Poyferré's location and classification

Saint-Julien Deuxième cru

Château Montrose's location and classification

Saint-Estephe Deuxième cru

Château Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longuevile's location and classification

Pauillac Deuxième cru

Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande's location and classification

Pauillac Deuxième cru

Château Rauzan-Segla's location and classification

Margaux Deuxième cru

Château Rauzan-Gassies' location and classification

Margaux Deuxième cru

Médoc troisièmes crus wines

Boyd-Cantenac Calon-Ségur Cantenac-Brown Desmirail Ferrière Giscours d'Issan Kirwan Lagrange La Lagune Langoa-Barton Malescot Saint Exupéry Marquis d'Alesme Becker Palmer

Château Boyd-Cantenac's location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Troisième cru

Château Calon-Ségur's location and classification

Saint-Estèphe Troisième cru

Château Cantenac-Brown's location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Troisième cru

Château Desmirail's location and classification

Margaux Troisième cru

Château Ferrière's location and classification

Margaux Troisième cru

Château Giscours' location and classification

(Labarde) Margaux Troisième cru

Château d'Issan's location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Troisième cru

Château Kirwan's location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Troisième cru

Château Lagrange's location and classification

Saint-Julien Troisième cru

Château La Lagune's location and classification

(Ludon) Haut-Médoc Troisième cru

Château Langoa-Barton's location and classification

Saint-Julien Troisième cru

Château Malescot Saint Exupéry location and classification

Margaux Troisième cru

Château Marquis d'Alesme Becker location and classification

Margaux Troisième cru

Château Palmer location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Troisième cru

Médoc quartrièmes crus wines

Lafon-Rochet Duhart-Milon-Rothschild Saint-Pierre Talbot Branaire-Ducru Beychevelle Marquis de Terme Pouget Prieuré-Lichine La Tour Carnet

Château Lafon-Rochet location and classification

Saint-Estèphe Quartrièmes cru

Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild location and classification

Pauillac Quartrièmes cru

Château Saint-Peirre location and classification

Saint-Julien Quartrièmes cru

Château Talbot location and classification

Saint-Julien Quartrièmes cru

Château Branaire-Ducru location and classification

Saint-Julien Quartrièmes cru

Château Beychevelle location and classification

Saint-Julien Quartrièmes cru

Château Marquis de Terme location and classification

Margaux Quartrièmes cru

Château Pouget location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Quartrièmes cru

Château Prieuré-Lichine location and classification

(Margaux-Cantenac) Margaux Quartrièmes cru

Château La Tour Carnet location and classification

(Saint-Laurent) Haut-Médoc Quartrièmes cru

Médoc cinquièmes crus wines

Cos Labory Pontet-Canet Batailley Haut-Batailley Haut-Bages-Libéral Grand-Puy-Lacoste Grand-Puy-Ducasse Lynch-Bages Lynch-Moussas d'Armailhac Pédesclaux Clerc-Milon Croizet Bages Dauzac du Tetre Belgrave de Camensac Cantemerle

Médoc cinquièmes crus

Médoc quartrièmes crus

Médoc troisièmes crus

Médoc deuxièmes crus

Château Cos Labory location and classification

Saint-Estèphe Cinquièmes cru

Château Pontet-Canet location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Batailley location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Haut-Batailley location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Haut-Bages-Libéral location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Lynch-Bages location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Lynch-Moussas location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château d'Armailhac location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Pédesclaux location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Clerc-Milon location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Croizet Bages location and classification

Pauillac Cinquièmes cru

Château Dauzac location and classification

(Labarde) Margaux Cinquièmes cru

Château du Tetre location and classification

(Arsac) Margaux Cinquièmes cru

Château Belgrave location and classification

(Saint-Laurent) Haut-Médoc Cinquièmes cru

Château de Camensac location and classification

(Saint-Laurent) Haut-Médoc Cinquièmes cru

Château Cantemerle location and classification

(Macau) Haut-Médoc Cinquièmes cru

Graves location in Bordeaux

Just south of Haut-Médoc along the western (left) bank of the Garonne River

What geographic feature separates Graves from the Atlantic Ocean?

The Landes Forest

Graves dominant soil types

Gravel

Graves soil composition change North to South

Lower gravel amount and higher amounts of sand and limestone

Graves regional AOPs

Graves AOP Graves Supérieur AOP

Allowed color(s) of wine in Graves AOP

Dry red Dry white

Allowed color(s) of wine in Graves Supérieur AOP

Sweet white wine

Would does Graves AOP indicate about a wine?

That it likely comes from the southern part of Graves due to Pessac-Leognan AOP in the norther section

First Graves classification year

1953

Graves classification characteristics

Price Reputation Taste

Types of wine included in Graves classification

Dry red Dry white

Graves classification category

Cru classé

Graves classification revision year

1959

classified châteaux in Graves

Allowed color(s) of wine in Pessac-Leognan

Red and white

Pessac-Leognan AOP establishment year

1987

Château Bouscaut location and classification

(Cadaujac) Graves Red and White

Château Carbonnieux location and classification

(Leognan) Graves Red and White

Château de Chevalier location and classification

(Leognan) Graves Red and White

Château de Fieuzal location and classification

(Leognan) Graves Red

Château Haut-Bailly location and classification

(Leognan) Graves Red

Château Haut-Brion location and classification

(Pessac) Graves Red

Château Latour-Martillac location and classification

(Martillac) Graves Red and white

Château Malartic-Lagravière location and classification

(Leognan) Graves Red and white

Château La Mission Haut-Brion location and classification

(Talence) Graves Red and white

Château Olivier location and classification

(Leognan) Graves Red and White

Château Pape-Clément location and classification

(Pessac) Graves Red

Château Smith-Haut-Lafite location and classification

(Martillac) Graves Red

Château La Tour-Haut-Brion location and classification

(Talence) Graves Red

Château Couhins location and classification

(Villenave d'Ornon) Graves White

Château Couhins-Lurton location and classification

(Villenave d'Ornon) Graves White

Describe Château Laville-Haut-Brion

Discontinued in 2009 Now La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc

Graves red classified wines

Graves white classified wines

Graves red and white classified wines

Château Calon-Ségur second wine

Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur

Château Lafite-Rothschild second wine

Carruades de Laftie

Château Mouton-Rothschild second wine

Petit Mouton

Château Latour second wine

Les Forts de Latour

Château Brane-Cantenac second wine

La Baron du Brane

Château Cos d'Estournel second wine

Les Pagodes de Cos

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou second wine

La Croix de Beaucaillou

Château Durfort-Vivens' location and classification

Vivens Rouge Relais de Durfort Vivens

Château Gruaud-Larose second wine

Sarget de Gruaud-Larose Larose de Gruaud

Château Lascombe second wine

Chevalier de Lascombes

Château Leoville-Barton second wine

Réserve Léoville-Barton

Château Leoville-Las-Cases' location and classification

Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases

Château Leoville-Poyferré second wine

Pavillon de Poyferré Château Moulin-Riche in 2002 and 2003

Château Montrose second wine

La Dame du Montrose

Château Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longuevile second wine

Les Griffons de Pichon Baron (from 2012) Les Tourelles de Longueville (from 1983)

Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande second wine

Réserve de la Comtesse

Château Rauzan-Segla second wine

Ségla

Château Rauzan-Gassies' location and classification

Gassies (from 2009. Previously Chevalier de Rauzan-Gassies)

Communes of Margaux

Margaux-Cantenac Soussans Labarde Arsac

Margaux AOP allowed grapes