Bordeaux / SW Flashcards

1
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Worst vintages in Bordeaux

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All the 7’s

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2
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Best vintages in Bordeaux

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82 86. 95. 96.

00 05 06 09 10. 15.

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3
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Which rivers influence barsac and Sauternes?

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•La Garonne
And
•Le Ciron

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4
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Name the satellite apps of St. Emilion

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  • Lussac
  • Puisseguin
  • Montagne
  • St. Georges
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5
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Where’s Cerons?

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It’s on the left bank graves

Before barsac and Sauternes

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6
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Where’s Cadillac?

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It’s on entre deux mers

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7
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Where’s loupiac?

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Entre deux mers

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8
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Where’s st croix du mont?

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

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9
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Where’s premier cotes de Bordeaux?

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Entre deux mers

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10
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Where’s Graves de Vaires?

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North entre deux mers, across from cannon fronsac

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Where’s cotes de Castillón?

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Right bank , Rigth of st emilion

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12
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Where’s cotes de blaye?

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North right bank

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13
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Which one is north? Listrac or moulis

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Listrac is north (highest point)

Moulis is South

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14
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Name of the biggest man made forest that protects bdo from the bad weather and sand dunes

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Les landes

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15
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Soils in the left bank

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Gravel and sand
Warm soils

G-tannin/ structure
S-easy/ fruit

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Soil in the right bank

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Clay and limestone
Cold soils

C-prune/walnuts
L-acidity

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17
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Name the IGP zones of southwest France

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W-E

  • Cotes de Gascone IGP
  • Cotes du Lot IGP
  • Aveyron IGP
18
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What’s the main grape of Madiran?

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•Tannat,
Accessory grapes are

  • Cab Franc aka Bouchy
  • Cab Sauvignon
  • Fer aka Pinenc
19
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What type of wine is Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh?

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Covering the same area as Madiran

20
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Where’s Chateau La Fleur and what’s it’s classification?

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None, pomerol

21
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What’s special about chateau Figeac?

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Located in St Emilion, it’s predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon

Premier grand cru classe B in 1954

22
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What are the 2 types of soils in St Emilion?

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The cotes and the graves

Cotes are steep limestone hillsides

Graves are gravelly limestone plateaus that resemble the Medoc

23
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In what year was the classification of St Emilion established?

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1954, published in 55

24
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What does Grand Cru mean on a label of ST Emilion?

A
  • 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
25
What's crasse de fer?
Soil of the tiny 5 square mile pomerol Sand, clay and gravel
26
What's special about the soil of Chateau Petrus?
The subsoil clay rises very close to the surface
27
What's the name for Cab Franc in Pomerol?
Bouchet
28
Name 3 of the best Chateau of Pomerol
* Petrus * Ch Lafleur * Ch Trotanoy * Ch Le pin * Vieux-Château-Certan
29
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
30
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)
31
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
32
Name 2 of the most expensive vintages of the left bank?
1982 and 1990
33
What's the appellation of Ch Grand Puy Ducasse?
Pauillac, and along w grand puy lacoste it's a 5th growth
34
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
35
Where can you find tannat in France?
Madiran
36
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
37
Which classified growth was absorbed by Malescot st Exupery and as a consequence deleted from the list??
Chateau Dubignon, 3rd growth both from | Margaux
38
Name some garagistes wines
Le pin | Valandraud
39
What's the rank or classification of chateau d'Armailhac?
5th growth, pauillac owned by the mouton Rothschilds
40
What's the classification of CH. croizet bages?
Pauillac 5th growth