Bordeaux Left Bank/Cotes Flashcards
1st Growth
Lafite (Pauillac) Latour (Pauillac) Mouton-Rotschild (1973) (Pauillac) Margaux (Margaux) Haut-Brion (Graves)
Top Communes in Medoc
St Estephe, Pauillac, St Julien, Listrac M, Moulis M, Margaux
Villages of Margaux
Soussans, Margaux, Cantenac, Labarde, Arsac (21 Communes Growth)
Côtes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire Aop
Style, must weight
White (sex, moelleux, liquereux)
Muscadelle, SB, SG, Sémillon
M-> 221 / 34-45 g/l
L-> 255 / 45 g/l
Cru Bourgeois?
What is it?
Cru Bourgeois, an embattled classification originally introduced in 1932, divided 444 properties into three categories: Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, and Cru Bourgeois. The classification was not official until 2003, when only 247 châteaux retained their status. The resulting legal action nullified the entire classification. Cru Bourgeois was reinstated for the 2008 vintage, but the higher designations of cru bourgeois exceptionnel and cru bourgeois supérieur were eliminated. In 2018, new legislation passed to reinstate the previously eliminated terms. In 2020, 249 châteaux were given Cru Bourgeois status, including 14 crus bourgeois exceptionnels and 56 crus bourgeois supérieurs. The classification will be reviewed every five years, with a new list appearing in 2025.
Medoc Aop
Which style is allowed?
Red only. More Merlot {CLAY soil in Bas Medoc}. JALLES, drainage channels.
Haut Medoc AOP
Style?
Red only. Cab Sav (GRAVEL soil). Drainage channel built by the Dutch in 16th called CROUPES (unearthed gravel mounds/small hill)
Which year Mouton Rothschild got upgraded?
1973
Communes of Sauternes
Sauternes, Barsac, Bommes, Preignac, Fargues
Previous name of Chateau d’Armailhac?
Chateau Mouton-Baronne Philippe (from 1933- 1988)
What’s the soil of St.Estephe?
Higher proportion of Clay among Gravel.
In fact slightly higher proportion of Merlot planted.
Cru Artisan?
Cru Artisan, a designation that has been in use for nearly a century and a half, was formally recognized in 2002. Beginning in 2005, 44 small producers throughout the Médoc’s eight appellations had the right to use the designation, denoting their place as exceptional stewards of the land and craft of winemaking, without the financing or apparatus of large-scale operations. The crus artisans work an average of six hectares each. Following a review in 2018, the number of producers has decreased to 36, reflecting changes in ownership. Rankings will now be updated every 5 years, as opposed to every 10 as previously required.
2nd growth ST ESTEPHE
Château Cos d’Estournel, Saint-Estèphe
Château Montrose, Saint-Estèphe
3rd growth ST ESTEPHE
Château Calon-Ségur, Saint-Estèphe
4th ST ESTEPHE
Château Lafon-Rochet, Saint-Estèphe
5th ST ESTEPHE
Château Cos Labory, Saint-Estèphe
2nd Pauillac?
Château Pichon Longueville Baron, Pauillac
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac
4th Pauillac?
Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild, Pauillac
5th Pauillac?
Château Batailley, Pauillac Château Haut-Batailley, Pauillac Château Haut-Bages-Libéral, Pauillac Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Pauillac Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac Château Lynch-Moussas, Pauillac Château d'Armailhac, Pauillac Château Pédesclaux, Pauillac Château Clerc-Milon, Pauillac Château Croizet Bages, Pauillac
2nd St Julien?
Château Léoville-Las Cases, Saint-Julien Château Léoville-Poyferré, Saint-Julien Château Léoville Barton, Saint-Julien Château Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien
3rd St Julien?
Château Lagrange, Saint-Julien
Château Langoa Barton, Saint-Julien
4th St Julien?
Château Saint-Pierre, Saint-Julien
Château Talbot, Saint-Julien
Château Branaire-Ducru, Saint-Julien
Château Beychevelle, Saint-Julien
Famous chateaux in Moulis?
CHASSE SPLEEN
2nd Margaux?
Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux (Margaux)
Château Rauzan-Gassies, Margaux (Margaux)
Château Durfort-Vivens, Margaux (Margaux)
Château Lascombes, Margaux (Margaux)
Château Brane-Cantenac, Margaux (Cantenac)
3rd Margaux?
Château Malescot-Saint-Exupéry, Margaux
Château Desmirail, Margaux (Cantenac)
Château Ferrière, Margaux (Margaux)
Château Marquis d’Alesme Becker, Margaux (Margaux)
Château Kirwan, Margaux (Cantenac)
Château d’Issan, Margaux (Cantenac)
Château Boyd-Cantenac, Margaux (Cantenac)
Château Cantenac-Brown, Margaux (Cantenac)
Château Palmer, Margaux (Cantenac)
Château Giscours, Margaux (Labarde)
4th Margaux?
Château Marquis de Terme, Margaux (Margaux)
Château Pouget, Margaux (Cantenac)
Château Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux (Cantenac)
5th Margaux?
Château Dauzac, Margaux (Labarde)
Château du Tertre, Margaux (Arsac)
Bordeaux Generic Appellation?
- Bordeaux AOP (Blanc,Rouge, Claret)
- Bordeaux Superieur AOP (W/R, min 6/9mth oak)
- Cremant de Bordeaux AOP (W/Rosé - 9mth lees)
ENTRE DEUX MERS AOP?
- HAUT BENAUGE AOP= dry W (Semillon, Sav Blanc, Muscadelle)
- SAINT MACAIRE AOP (dry/sweet)
- GRAVES DE VAYRES AOP (R/W good quality Bordeaux/ W= 30% MERLOT BLANC)
COTE DE BORDEAUX (2009)?
- COTE DE BLAYE AOP (W= Dry from Ugni B, Colombard, Sav Blanc)
- COTE CADILLAC AOP ( only R= Merlot, Cab Sav, Cab Franc, Malbec)
- COTE DE CASTILLON AOP ( mainly R= Merlot)
- COTE DE FRANCS AOP ( R/W - dry/sweet)
- SAINT FOY AOP ( R/W - dry/sweet)
PREMIER COTES DE BORDEAUX AOP?
- SAINT CROIX DU MONT AOP ( W sweet botrytis)
- LOUPIAC AOP (sweet)
- CADILLAC AOP (sweet)
New RED GRAPES
AOP Bordeaux & AOP Bordeaux Supérieur wines
Red:
Arinarnoa, (Tannat x Cabernet Sauvignon crossing)
Castets,
Marselan (Grenache x Cabernet Sauvignon crossing)
Touriga Nacional
New WHITE GRAPES
White:
Alvarinho
Liliorila ( Baroques x Chardonnay crossing)
Petit Manseng
Changes 1885?
1) 1856 Cantemerle was added as a 5th growth.
2) 1973, when Château Mouton Rothschild was elevated from a second growth to a first growth vineyard after decades of intense lobbying by the powerful Philippe de Rothschild.
3) the removal of Château Dubignon, a third growth from Margaux that was absorbed into the estate Château Malescot St. Exupéry.
BLAYE AOP?
Rouge:
Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot
Accessory Varieties: Cot (Malbec), plus a max. 15% combined Petit Verdot and Carmenère (max. 10% Carmenère)
COTE DE CADILLAC AOP?
Only Red!
CADILLAC AOP?
Only White/Sweet/Botrytis
Grapes Cremant de Bordeaux AOP (w/Rosé)?
Vin Mousseux Blanc:
Principal Varieties: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cot, Petit Verdot, Carmenère, Muscadelle, Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris
Accessory Varieties: Max. 30% combined Colombard, Merlot Blanc, and Ugni Blanc
Vin Mousseux Rosé: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cot, Petit Verdot, Carmenère
3rd Haut Medoc?
Château La Lagune, Haut-Medoc (Ludon)
4th Haut Medoc?
Château La Tour Carnet, Haut-Médoc (Saint-Laurent)
5th Haut Medoc?
Château Belgrave, Haut-Médoc (Saint-Laurent)
Château de Camensac, Haut-Médoc (Saint-Laurent)
Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc (Macau)