Bordeaux Regions Flashcards
Haut-Mèdoc Communes
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People
Suck,
Man!
Saint Estephe
Pauillac
Saint-Julien
Margaux
Sub-Regions of Graves AOP
Pessac Leognan: dry red (cab,merlot, can franc) and white with new french oak, home of Haut Brion
Sauternes:
Botrytis-affected semillon with a bit of sauv Blanc
All have gravel soil
Entre-Deux-Mers AOP
3 grape varieties, soil type, and vinification
Sauv Blanc
Semillon
Muscadelle
Soil: very fertile silt
Mostly unoaked wines
Saint-Èmilion
4 Premier Grand Crus Classè A
(Est. 2012)
Soil, vinification
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Awesome
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Chicken
Chateau Ausone
Chateau Angèlus
Chateau Pavie
Chateau Cheval-Blanc
Sand, Silt, Clay, Gravel, limestone
Merlot, cab franc
Pomerol AOP
Soil types and grapes
Merlot and Cab Franc
Sand
Clay
Gravel
Subsoil of iron pan and rich Clay
5 first Growths of Napoleon III’s 1855 Classification
Chateau Lafite-Rothschild Chateau Latour Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Chateau Margaux Chateaux Haut-Brion
Loupiac
sub-section of which Bordeaux AOC?
Geographic Location?
What kind of wines?
Which grapes permitted?
sub-section of which Bordeaux AOC? Cote de Bordeaux Geographic Location? South of Bordeaux, east side Rive Garonne What kind of wines? Sweet, late-harvest Which grapes permitted? Sauvignon, Semillon, Musadelle, and Savignon Gris
Cadillac AOC
Sub-Region
Grape Varietals
Sub-Region
Entre Deux Mers
Grape Varietals
Sauvignon, Semillon, Musadelle, and Savignon Gris
Moulis AOC
Location
Style
2 producers
Location Between St. Julien and Margaux Style Crunchy, juicy, hedonistic Cab-blends 2 producers Chateaux Poujeaux Chasse Spleen
LIstrac-Médoc AOC
location`
style
2 producers
location` Above Moulis style diverse soils, dry and austere in youth 2 producers Château Fourcas Château Clark
Fonsac AOC
location`
style
2 producers
location` right bank of Rive Garonne, North-east of Medoc and Entre Deux Mers, across the river from Pommerol
style
“Fronsac bite” earthy merlot, don’t go too deep or gets too dry and austere
2 producers
Chateau de la Dauphine
Chateau Gaby
Cote de Bordeaux
5 appellations w/ styles
Blaye - fresh, fruit-forward
Castillon - richer, the-poor-Man’s St. Emillion
Francs - poor-man’s Pommerol
Cadillac, Castillon and Francs
Not-Sauternes Bordeaux Sweet Wines
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Cerons
Cadillac
Barsac
Loupiac
