Bordeaux / SW Flashcards
Worst vintages in Bordeaux
All the 7’s
Best vintages in Bordeaux
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Which rivers influence barsac and Sauternes?
•La Garonne
And
•Le Ciron
Name the satellite apps of St. Emilion
- Lussac
- Puisseguin
- Montagne
- St. Georges
Where’s Cerons?
It’s on the left bank graves
Before barsac and Sauternes
Where’s Cadillac?
It’s on entre deux mers
Where’s loupiac?
Entre deux mers
Where’s st croix du mont?
Entre deux mers, right across from Sauternes only separated by the garone
Where’s premier cotes de Bordeaux?
Entre deux mers
Where’s Graves de Vaires?
North entre deux mers, across from cannon fronsac
Where’s cotes de Castillón?
Right bank , Rigth of st emilion
Where’s cotes de blaye?
North right bank
Which one is north? Listrac or moulis
Listrac is north (highest point)
Moulis is South
Name of the biggest man made forest that protects bdo from the bad weather and sand dunes
Les landes
Soils in the left bank
Gravel and sand
Warm soils
G-tannin/ structure
S-easy/ fruit
Soil in the right bank
Clay and limestone
Cold soils
C-prune/walnuts
L-acidity
Name the IGP zones of southwest France
W-E
- Cotes de Gascone IGP
- Cotes du Lot IGP
- Aveyron IGP
What’s the main grape of Madiran?
•Tannat,
Accessory grapes are
- Cab Franc aka Bouchy
- Cab Sauvignon
- Fer aka Pinenc
What type of wine is Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh?
Covering the same area as Madiran
Where’s Chateau La Fleur and what’s it’s classification?
None, pomerol
What’s special about chateau Figeac?
Located in St Emilion, it’s predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon
Premier grand cru classe B in 1954
What are the 2 types of soils in St Emilion?
The cotes and the graves
Cotes are steep limestone hillsides
Graves are gravelly limestone plateaus that resemble the Medoc
In what year was the classification of St Emilion established?
1954, published in 55
What does Grand Cru mean on a label of ST Emilion?
- 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
What’s crasse de fer?
Soil of the tiny 5 square mile pomerol
Sand, clay and gravel
What’s special about the soil of Chateau Petrus?
The subsoil clay rises very close to the surface
What’s the name for Cab Franc in Pomerol?
Bouchet
Name 3 of the best Chateau of Pomerol
- Petrus
- Ch Lafleur
- Ch Trotanoy
- Ch Le pin
- Vieux-Château-Certan
Name at least 2 Chateau from the garagistes movement
AKA microchateau
- Le Pin in Pomerol 6k bottles
- Valandrau in St Emilion
- La Mondotte in St Emilion
Name all the St Emilion 1954 premier grand cru classe A properties
- Ch Angelus
- Ch Ausone
- Ch Cheval Blanc (Cab Franc)
- Ch Pavie (became A in 2012)
Name at least 4 premier grand cru classe B properties of St Emilion
- 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
Name 2 of the most expensive vintages of the left bank?
1982 and 1990
What’s the appellation of Ch Grand Puy Ducasse?
Pauillac, and along w grand puy lacoste it’s a 5th growth
Where’s Ch Chasse-Spleen?
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
Where can you find tannat in France?
Madiran
What are the only changes ever done to the 1855 BDO classification?
The addition of Ch Cantemerle 5th and promotion of Mouton Rothschild in 1973
Which classified growth was absorbed by Malescot st Exupery and as a consequence deleted from the list??
Chateau Dubignon, 3rd growth both from
Margaux
Name some garagistes wines
Le pin
Valandraud
What’s the rank or classification of chateau d’Armailhac?
5th growth, pauillac owned by the mouton Rothschilds
What’s the classification of CH. croizet bages?
Pauillac 5th growth
