Bordeaux / SW

Question 1

Worst vintages in Bordeaux

Answer 1

All the 7’s

Question 2

Best vintages in Bordeaux

Answer 2

82 86. 95. 96.

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Question 3

Which rivers influence barsac and Sauternes?

Answer 3

•La Garonne
And
•Le Ciron

Question 4

Name the satellite apps of St. Emilion

Answer 4

• Lussac
• Puisseguin
• Montagne
• St. Georges

Question 5

Where’s Cerons?

Answer 5

It’s on the left bank graves

Before barsac and Sauternes

Question 6

Where’s Cadillac?

Answer 6

It’s on entre deux mers

Question 7

Where’s loupiac?

Answer 7

Entre deux mers

Question 8

Where’s st croix du mont?

Answer 8

Entre deux mers, right across from Sauternes only separated by the garone

Question 9

Where’s premier cotes de Bordeaux?

Answer 9

Entre deux mers

Question 10

Where’s Graves de Vaires?

Answer 10

North entre deux mers, across from cannon fronsac

Question 11

Where’s cotes de Castillón?

Answer 11

Right bank , Rigth of st emilion

Question 12

Where’s cotes de blaye?

Answer 12

North right bank

Question 13

Which one is north? Listrac or moulis

Answer 13

Listrac is north (highest point)

Moulis is South

Question 14

Name of the biggest man made forest that protects bdo from the bad weather and sand dunes

Answer 14

Les landes

Question 15

Soils in the left bank

Answer 15

Gravel and sand
Warm soils

G-tannin/ structure
S-easy/ fruit

Question 16

Soil in the right bank

Answer 16

Clay and limestone
Cold soils

C-prune/walnuts
L-acidity

Question 17

Name the IGP zones of southwest France

Answer 17

W-E

• Cotes de Gascone IGP
• Cotes du Lot IGP
• Aveyron IGP

Question 18

What’s the main grape of Madiran?

Answer 18

•Tannat,
Accessory grapes are

• Cab Franc aka Bouchy
• Cab Sauvignon
• Fer aka Pinenc

Question 19

What type of wine is Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh?

Answer 19

Covering the same area as Madiran

Question 20

Where’s Chateau La Fleur and what’s it’s classification?

Answer 20

None, pomerol

Question 21

What’s special about chateau Figeac?

Answer 21

Located in St Emilion, it’s predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon

Premier grand cru classe B in 1954

Question 22

What are the 2 types of soils in St Emilion?

Answer 22

The cotes and the graves

Cotes are steep limestone hillsides

Graves are gravelly limestone plateaus that resemble the Medoc

Question 23

In what year was the classification of St Emilion established?

Answer 23

1954, published in 55

Question 24

What does Grand Cru mean on a label of ST Emilion?

Answer 24

• Grand Cru Classe -It’s an appellation rather than a classification, it only requires .5% higher alcohol and a longer elevage
• Grand Cru on its own means nothing

Question 25

What’s crasse de fer?

Answer 25

Soil of the tiny 5 square mile pomerol

Sand, clay and gravel

Question 26

What’s special about the soil of Chateau Petrus?

Answer 26

The subsoil clay rises very close to the surface

Question 27

What’s the name for Cab Franc in Pomerol?

Answer 27

Bouchet

Question 28

Name 3 of the best Chateau of Pomerol

Answer 28

• Petrus
• Ch Lafleur
• Ch Trotanoy
• Ch Le pin
• Vieux-Château-Certan

Question 29

Name at least 2 Chateau from the garagistes movement

Answer 29

AKA microchateau

• Le Pin in Pomerol 6k bottles
• Valandrau in St Emilion
• La Mondotte in St Emilion

Question 30

Name all the St Emilion 1954 premier grand cru classe A properties

Answer 30

• Ch Angelus
• Ch Ausone
• Ch Cheval Blanc (Cab Franc)
• Ch Pavie (became A in 2012)

Question 31

Name at least 4 premier grand cru classe B properties of St Emilion

Answer 31

• Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarrosse)
• Château Beau-Séjour Bécot
• Château Bélair-Monange
• Château Canon
• Château Canon-la-Gaffelière[d]
• Château Figeac
• Clos Fourtet
• Château La Gaffelière
• Château Larcis Ducasse[d]
• La Mondotte[d] -garagistes
• Château Pavie-Macquin[a][d]
• Château Troplong Mondot[a]
• Château Trotte Vieille

Question 32

Name 2 of the most expensive vintages of the left bank?

Answer 32

1982 and 1990

Question 33

What’s the appellation of Ch Grand Puy Ducasse?

Answer 33

Pauillac, and along w grand puy lacoste it’s a 5th growth

Question 34

Where’s Ch Chasse-Spleen?

Answer 34

Moulis en Medoc, one of the 6 cru execptionals

Related as it used to be part of the same property as Ch Maucaillou and Poujeaux

Grand-poujeaux was the original name

Question 35

Where can you find tannat in France?

Answer 35

Madiran

Question 36

What are the only changes ever done to the 1855 BDO classification?

Answer 36

The addition of Ch Cantemerle 5th and promotion of Mouton Rothschild in 1973

Question 37

Which classified growth was absorbed by Malescot st Exupery and as a consequence deleted from the list??

Answer 37

Chateau Dubignon, 3rd growth both from

Margaux

Question 38

Name some garagistes wines

Answer 38

Le pin

Valandraud

Question 39

What’s the rank or classification of chateau d’Armailhac?

Answer 39

5th growth, pauillac owned by the mouton Rothschilds

Question 40

What’s the classification of CH. croizet bages?

Answer 40

Pauillac 5th growth