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Bordoux Flashcards

1
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1855 classification 5 first growths

A 
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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3
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First growth of Margaux

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Chateau Margaux

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4
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First growth of Graves

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Chateau haut brion

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5
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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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6
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The two regions of Medoc

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Bas-medoc

Haut-medoc

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7
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Jalles means

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Drainage channel- to help prevent swampland from reverting

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8
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Medoc AOP’s must be what type of wine

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Red wine

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9
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Left bank propular grape

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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10
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Right bank popular grape

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Merlot and Cabernet franc

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11
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Merlot performs well in what type of soul

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Clay

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12
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Cabernet Sauvignon does well in what type of soil

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Granite

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13
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What river is next to the Haut-Medoc

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Gironde river

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14
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Medoc starts of in the north next two what river

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Girond Esturay

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15
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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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16
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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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17
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1855 classifications was created by Who

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Napoleon III

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18
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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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19
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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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20
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Super second growth of St. Estephe

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Chateau Clos d’Estournal

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21
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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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22
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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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23
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Claret means

A

Red Bordeaux wine

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24
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Commune Margaux - name the five villages

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Soussans
Margaux
Cantenac
Labrador
Arsac
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25
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What is the second wine of Margaux called

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Pavillon

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26
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What is the best 3rd growth of Margaux

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Chateau Palmer

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27
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In graves what is the first identifiable vineyard estate in the region

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Chateau Pape-Clement

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28
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What type of soul is in graves

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Sand, gravel and light clay

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29
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Sand, Gravel and light clay in Graves is also called what

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Boulbenes

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30
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Graves has one first growth and that is….

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Chateau Haut-Brion

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31
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How many Cru classe are for red and white wine in Graves

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13 red wines

9 white wines

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32
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Chateau la your haut brion and chateau laville haut brion was combine into what label

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Chateau La Mission - which supply fruit for second red and white wines

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33
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What subregion of Graves was created in 1987

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Passac-Leognan

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34
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Pessac-Leognan Cru classe properties are located within the communes of Pessac-Leognan are called

A 
Pessac
Leognan
Cadaujuc 
Canjan
Gradignan
Martillac 
Merignac 
Saint-Medard-d’Eyrans
Talane
Villenave d or nan
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35
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Graves Superior AOP produces what type of wines

A

Sweet white wines

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36
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Appellations of Graves Superieur AOP

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Cerans
Barsac
Sauternes

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37
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The rivers next to Sauternes

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Ciron

Garonne

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38
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Sauternes AOP has three type of grapes

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Semellion
Sauvignon Blanc
Muscadelle

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39
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Sauternes AOP is known for what style of wines

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Most expensive and acclaimed dessert wines, botrytis cinera may be found

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40
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Botrytis Cinera is known as what in Sauterenes

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Pourriture Noble aka Noble Rot

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41
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Sauternes was classified alongside Medoc in 1855 in its own classification, what chateau achieved Premier Cru Superier

A

Chateau d’Yquem

42
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Sauternes AOP covers five villages

A 
Sauternes
Barsac
Fargues
Preignac
Bommes
43
Q

Barsac may be labeled as what to AOP

A

Sauternes AOP

Barsac AOP

44
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What is the minimum weight in Sauternes of grams per liter

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221 grams per a liter

45
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Finished wines in Sauternes will achieves at least how many grams per liter of residual sugar

A

45 gram per liter is residual sugar

46
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What unclassified chateau in Sauternes releases the remarkable “Creme de Tête “

A

Chateau Gilette

47
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What does Chateau d’Yquem do during poor years

A

Do not produce ex. 1992 or 1974

48
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What does AOC mean

A

Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée

49
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What does AOP mean

A

Appellation d’Origine Protégée

50
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What does INAO mean

A

Institut does Appellations d’Origine

51
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What does IGP mean

A

Indication Géographique Protogee

52
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What does Courtiers mean

A

brokers of wine

53
Q

Bordeaux Chateaus will produce a grand vins for estate wines and some may also do what?

A

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

54
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Climate of Bordeaux is what?

A

Maritime influence by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gironde estuary

55
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What six grapes are allowed in Bordeaux AOP ?

A

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, petits Verdot, Malbec and carmenere.

56
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Assemblage means

A

Blend

57
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Merlot is the most widely planted grape in Bordeaux that performs well in what type of soil

A

Clay-based soils as they delay natural vigor

58
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Cabernet Sauvignon performs well in what type of soil

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Drained gravel which allows the vine’s root system to dig deeply while slight water stress adds concentration to the fruit

59
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Cabernet Franc performs well in what type of soil

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Limestone-based soils, which promote acidity and freshness in the wines

60
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Encépagement means

A

Grape planting: grape variety

61
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On the left bank ( medoc and graves) Cabernet Sauvignon comprises of what % in the blend

A

Two-thirds blend Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, Cabernet franc and other varieties make up the remainder

62
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On the right bank of Bordeaux what is the percentage blend of the grapes

A

Merlot and Cabernet franc dominate the blends of the right bank, at three quarters and one quarter respectively

63
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What grapes dominate the basic Bordeaux AOP white blends

A

Semillion
Sauvignon Blanc
Muscadelle

64
Q

Red and off dry white wines with a higher minimum alcohol content may qualify for ?

A

Bordeaux Superieur AOP

65
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Traditional method sparkling wines are produce in Bordeaux as ?

A

Crément de Bordeaux AOP

66
Q

Barriques are what in Bordeaux

A

225-liter capacity barrels

67
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Unlike the grand cru vineyards in Burgandy, the properties of Bordeaux hold what rather than the land.

A

Hold status rather than the land itself, so a vineyard may be classified or declassified as it changes ownership

68
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Cru Artisan has how many produces in Medoc’s eight appellations had the right to use the designation

A

44 small produces

69
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Cru Bourgeois was originally introduced sun 1933 was divided into how many properties

A

444

70
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Right bank AOPs

A

St. Emilio AOP
Pomerol AOP
Fronsac AOP
Canon Fronsac AOP

71
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St. Emilion is prodiminatly is what type of red grape

A

Merlot

72
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St. Emilion contains diverse soil into types, what are those types

A

Cotes (steep limestone)

Graves ( gravelly limestone plateau resembling souls of medoc)

73
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St. Emilion classification - 3 tier system

A

St. Emilion priemers grand cru classe A

St. Emilion priemers grand cru classe B

St. Emilion priemers grand cru classe

74
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St. Emilion Grand Cru AOP is what?

A

An appellation not a classification

75
Q

Pressac is a synonym for?

A

Malbec on the right bank

76
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Bouchet is the synonym for what?

A

Cabernet Franc on the right bank

77
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Pomerol AOP has soil that is dominate of what?

A

Sand, clay and gravel with a subsoil of iron pan and rich clay

78
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Crasse de fer is what?

A

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

79
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Pomerol AOP most popular Chateau that has great crasse de fer

A

Chateau Petrus

80
Q

Pomerol great vineyards

A

Chateau Petrus
Chateau Lafleaur
Le Pin

81
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Four satellite appellations of Pomerol AOP?

A

Lussac
St-George
Montagne
Puisseguin

82
Q

Pomerol neighboring red wine regions

A

Lalande-de-Pomerol AOP (lalande-de-Pomerol & neac)
Fronsac AOP
Canon-Fronsac AOP

83
Q

Grand Classe A wines of the classification of St. Emilion in 2012

A

Chateau Angelus
Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Chateau Pavie

84
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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
85
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What is the difference between grand cru vs grand cru classe

A

Grand cru indicates the appellation and the grand cru classe indicates a classified produced within the appellation

86
Q

St. Emilion AOP can be blended and bottled by ?

A

Negociants

87
Q

St. Emilion Grand Cru AOP must be bottled by who in order to have that on the label?

A

Must be estate bottled

88
Q

Fronsac and Canon Fronsac AOP is located where?

A

West of the city of libourn

89
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What two rivers seperate Fronsac AOP from lalandede Pomerol and from entry-deux-mers?

A

Isle river and Dordogne River

90
Q

What is the two Best commune sites in of Fronsac AOP is what?

A

Saillans and La Rivière

91
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Chateau’s of Fronsac AOP

A

Chateau de La Rivière
Chateau Dalem
Chateau de La Dauphine
Chateau Fontenil

92
Q

Canon Fronsac AOP chateaus ?

A

Chateau Grand- renouil

Chateau Gaby

93
Q

Oldest cultivated vineyards of Bordeaux are?

A

Bourg AOP

Cote de Bourg

94
Q

What chateau is the leading lights of the appellation of Cote de Bourg?

A

Chateau Roc de Cambes

95
Q

Cote de Bordeaux AOP

A 
Francs 
Castillon
Blay
Cadillac
Sainte Foy
96
Q

Entre- deux- mers means what

A

The land between two seas

97
Q

On the eastern shore of Garonne lies the what three sweet wine appellations?

A

Loupiac
St. Croix-du-mont
Caudillac

98
Q

Exclusively whites ares in entre-deux-mers can also be produced as what?

A

Premiers Cotes de Bordeaux AOP

99
Q

What AOP ( south of loupiac) may be produce white wines in sec, moelleux and liquoruex style?

A

Cote de Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOP

100
Q

Graves de Vayres AOP can release what types of wines?

A

Both red and whites

101
Q

Entre-deux-mers produces what grape?

A

Sauvignon Blanc

102
Q

Entre-deux- mers is located between what two rivers?

A

Garonne and Dordogne Rivers

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