Bordeaux Reds Flashcards

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Dominant grape(s) for Right Bank reds

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Merlot

Cabernet Franc

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Dominant grape(s) for Left Bank reds

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Cabernet Sauvinon

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Two most important AOCs of the Right Bank

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Pomerol

St. Emilion

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Top category within the Cru Bourgeois

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Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

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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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Name one 2d Growth and it’s AOC

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Chateau Cos d’Estournel (St. Estephe)

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Name four communes of the Medoc

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St Estephe
Pauillac
St Julien
Margaux

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Discuss classification of Pomerol and suggest two top chateaux

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There is no classification in Pomerol

Chateau Petrus
Chateau Le Pin

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Name the 1er Cru ‘Class A’ of St. Emilion

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Chateau Ausone

Chateau Cheval-Blanc

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en primeur

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the yearly offering of Bordeaux wine as futures

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