Bordeaux Reds Flashcards
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Q
Dominant grape(s) for Right Bank reds
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Merlot
Cabernet Franc
1
Q
Dominant grape(s) for Left Bank reds
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Cabernet Sauvinon
2
Q
Two most important AOCs of the Right Bank
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Pomerol
St. Emilion
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Q
Top category within the Cru Bourgeois
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Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
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Q
1st Growths of the Medoc and their AOCs
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Chateau Lafite-Rothschild (Pauillac AOP) Chateau Latour (Pauillac AOP) Chateau Mouton-Rothschild (Pauillac AOP) Chateau Margaux (Margaux AOP) Chateau Haut-Brion (Graves AOP)
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Q
Name one 2d Growth and it’s AOC
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Chateau Cos d’Estournel (St. Estephe)
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Q
Name four communes of the Medoc
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St Estephe
Pauillac
St Julien
Margaux
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Q
Discuss classification of Pomerol and suggest two top chateaux
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There is no classification in Pomerol
Chateau Petrus
Chateau Le Pin
8
Q
Name the 1er Cru ‘Class A’ of St. Emilion
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Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval-Blanc
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Q
en primeur
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the yearly offering of Bordeaux wine as futures
