Bordoux Flashcards
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1855 classification 5 first growths
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Chateau latife Rothschild Chateau latour Chateau mouton Rothschild Chateau Margaux Chateau haut brion
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3 first growths in Pauilac
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Chateau latife Rothschild
Chateau Mouton Rothschild
Chateau latour
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First growth of Margaux
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Chateau Margaux
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First growth of Graves
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Chateau haut brion
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When was chateau mouton Rothschild elevated from second growth to the first growth
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1973
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The two regions of Medoc
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Bas-medoc
Haut-medoc
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Jalles means
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Drainage channel- to help prevent swampland from reverting
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Medoc AOP’s must be what type of wine
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Red wine
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Left bank propular grape
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Cabernet Sauvignon
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Right bank popular grape
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Merlot and Cabernet franc
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Merlot performs well in what type of soul
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Clay
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Cabernet Sauvignon does well in what type of soil
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Granite
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What river is next to the Haut-Medoc
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Gironde river
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Medoc starts of in the north next two what river
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Girond Esturay
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Top communes in the Haut-Medoc
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Saint estephe Pauiloc Saint julien Listrac-Medoc Moulins-en-Medoc Margaux
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The top communes in haut-Medoc that carry the premier crus
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Pauilac- 3 first growths
Margaux- 1 first growth
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1855 classifications was created by Who
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Napoleon III
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The two less notable designations mark chateaux of quality in Bordeaux
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Cru Artisa in 2002
Cru bourgeois in 1933 and then again in 2003 and 2008 and 2020
Both every 5 years re-evaluated
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Three categories of Cru Bourgeois
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Cru Bourgeois Exceptional
Cru Bourgeois Superieur
Cru Bourgeois
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Super second growth of St. Estephe
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Chateau Clos d’Estournal
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Chateau Duhart-Milon is a 4th growth in what commune in Medoc
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Pauilac
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St. Julien includes two 2nd growths considered super seconds
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Chateau Leoville Las Cases
Chateau Ducru-Beacaillou
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Claret means
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Red Bordeaux wine
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Commune Margaux - name the five villages
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Soussans Margaux Cantenac Labrador Arsac
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What is the second wine of Margaux called
Pavillon
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What is the best 3rd growth of Margaux
Chateau Palmer
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In graves what is the first identifiable vineyard estate in the region
Chateau Pape-Clement
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What type of soul is in graves
Sand, gravel and light clay
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Sand, Gravel and light clay in Graves is also called what
Boulbenes
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Graves has one first growth and that is….
Chateau Haut-Brion
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How many Cru classe are for red and white wine in Graves
13 red wines
| 9 white wines
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Chateau la your haut brion and chateau laville haut brion was combine into what label
Chateau La Mission - which supply fruit for second red and white wines
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What subregion of Graves was created in 1987
Passac-Leognan
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Pessac-Leognan Cru classe properties are located within the communes of Pessac-Leognan are called
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Pessac
Leognan
Cadaujuc
Canjan
Gradignan
Martillac
Merignac
Saint-Medard-d’Eyrans
Talane
Villenave d or nan
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Graves Superior AOP produces what type of wines
Sweet white wines
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Appellations of Graves Superieur AOP
Cerans
Barsac
Sauternes
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The rivers next to Sauternes
Ciron
| Garonne
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Sauternes AOP has three type of grapes
Semellion
Sauvignon Blanc
Muscadelle
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Sauternes AOP is known for what style of wines
Most expensive and acclaimed dessert wines, botrytis cinera may be found
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Botrytis Cinera is known as what in Sauterenes
Pourriture Noble aka Noble Rot
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Sauternes was classified alongside Medoc in 1855 in its own classification, what chateau achieved Premier Cru Superier
Chateau d’Yquem
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Sauternes AOP covers five villages
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Sauternes
Barsac
Fargues
Preignac
Bommes
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Barsac may be labeled as what to AOP
Sauternes AOP
| Barsac AOP
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What is the minimum weight in Sauternes of grams per liter
221 grams per a liter
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Finished wines in Sauternes will achieves at least how many grams per liter of residual sugar
45 gram per liter is residual sugar
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What unclassified chateau in Sauternes releases the remarkable “Creme de Tête “
Chateau Gilette
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What does Chateau d’Yquem do during poor years
Do not produce ex. 1992 or 1974
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What does AOC mean
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
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What does AOP mean
Appellation d’Origine Protégée
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What does INAO mean
Institut does Appellations d’Origine
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What does IGP mean
Indication Géographique Protogee
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What does Courtiers mean
brokers of wine
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Bordeaux Chateaus will produce a grand vins for estate wines and some may also do what?
Some Chateaux will Produce red and white and some will produce a less-expensive “second wine” comprised of fruit considered inappropriate for the grand vin
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Climate of Bordeaux is what?
Maritime influence by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gironde estuary
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What six grapes are allowed in Bordeaux AOP ?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, petits Verdot, Malbec and carmenere.
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Assemblage means
Blend
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Merlot is the most widely planted grape in Bordeaux that performs well in what type of soil
Clay-based soils as they delay natural vigor
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Cabernet Sauvignon performs well in what type of soil
Drained gravel which allows the vine’s root system to dig deeply while slight water stress adds concentration to the fruit
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Cabernet Franc performs well in what type of soil
Limestone-based soils, which promote acidity and freshness in the wines
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Encépagement means
Grape planting: grape variety
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On the left bank ( medoc and graves) Cabernet Sauvignon comprises of what % in the blend
Two-thirds blend Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, Cabernet franc and other varieties make up the remainder
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On the right bank of Bordeaux what is the percentage blend of the grapes
Merlot and Cabernet franc dominate the blends of the right bank, at three quarters and one quarter respectively
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What grapes dominate the basic Bordeaux AOP white blends
Semillion
Sauvignon Blanc
Muscadelle
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Red and off dry white wines with a higher minimum alcohol content may qualify for ?
Bordeaux Superieur AOP
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Traditional method sparkling wines are produce in Bordeaux as ?
Crément de Bordeaux AOP
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Barriques are what in Bordeaux
225-liter capacity barrels
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Unlike the grand cru vineyards in Burgandy, the properties of Bordeaux hold what rather than the land.
Hold status rather than the land itself, so a vineyard may be classified or declassified as it changes ownership
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Cru Artisan has how many produces in Medoc’s eight appellations had the right to use the designation
44 small produces
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Cru Bourgeois was originally introduced sun 1933 was divided into how many properties
444
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Right bank AOPs
St. Emilio AOP
Pomerol AOP
Fronsac AOP
Canon Fronsac AOP
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St. Emilion is prodiminatly is what type of red grape
Merlot
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St. Emilion contains diverse soil into types, what are those types
Cotes (steep limestone)
| Graves ( gravelly limestone plateau resembling souls of medoc)
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St. Emilion classification - 3 tier system
St. Emilion priemers grand cru classe A
St. Emilion priemers grand cru classe B
St. Emilion priemers grand cru classe
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St. Emilion Grand Cru AOP is what?
An appellation not a classification
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Pressac is a synonym for?
Malbec on the right bank
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Bouchet is the synonym for what?
Cabernet Franc on the right bank
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Pomerol AOP has soil that is dominate of what?
Sand, clay and gravel with a subsoil of iron pan and rich clay
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Crasse de fer is what?
a special type of soil in the French region of Pomerol, which consists of a sand-gravel soil with intermediate layers of clay and an underlayer of iron-bearing iron ore stone
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Pomerol AOP most popular Chateau that has great crasse de fer
Chateau Petrus
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Pomerol great vineyards
Chateau Petrus
Chateau Lafleaur
Le Pin
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Four satellite appellations of Pomerol AOP?
Lussac
St-George
Montagne
Puisseguin
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Pomerol neighboring red wine regions
Lalande-de-Pomerol AOP (lalande-de-Pomerol & neac)
Fronsac AOP
Canon-Fronsac AOP
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Grand Classe A wines of the classification of St. Emilion in 2012
Chateau Angelus
Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Chateau Pavie
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Grand Classes B classification of St. Emilion from 2012
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Chateau Bea-sejour becot
Chateau Beausejour ( Duffau-lagarosse)
Chateau Belair-Monage
Chateau Canon
Chateau Figea
Chateau La Gaffelier
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What is the difference between grand cru vs grand cru classe
Grand cru indicates the appellation and the grand cru classe indicates a classified produced within the appellation
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St. Emilion AOP can be blended and bottled by ?
Negociants
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St. Emilion Grand Cru AOP must be bottled by who in order to have that on the label?
Must be estate bottled
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Fronsac and Canon Fronsac AOP is located where?
West of the city of libourn
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What two rivers seperate Fronsac AOP from lalandede Pomerol and from entry-deux-mers?
Isle river and Dordogne River
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What is the two Best commune sites in of Fronsac AOP is what?
Saillans and La Rivière
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Chateau’s of Fronsac AOP
Chateau de La Rivière
Chateau Dalem
Chateau de La Dauphine
Chateau Fontenil
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Canon Fronsac AOP chateaus ?
Chateau Grand- renouil
| Chateau Gaby
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Oldest cultivated vineyards of Bordeaux are?
Bourg AOP
| Cote de Bourg
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What chateau is the leading lights of the appellation of Cote de Bourg?
Chateau Roc de Cambes
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Cote de Bordeaux AOP
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Francs
Castillon
Blay
Cadillac
Sainte Foy
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Entre- deux- mers means what
The land between two seas
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On the eastern shore of Garonne lies the what three sweet wine appellations?
Loupiac
St. Croix-du-mont
Caudillac
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Exclusively whites ares in entre-deux-mers can also be produced as what?
Premiers Cotes de Bordeaux AOP
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What AOP ( south of loupiac) may be produce white wines in sec, moelleux and liquoruex style?
Cote de Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP
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Graves de Vayres AOP can release what types of wines?
Both red and whites
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Entre-deux-mers produces what grape?
Sauvignon Blanc
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Entre-deux- mers is located between what two rivers?
Garonne and Dordogne Rivers
