Borgogne Flashcards
Burgundy:
What 5 villages share the Côte de Nuites Village AOC?
What do they mostly produce?
- Fixin (Northern)
- Brochon (Northern)
- Premeaux (Southern)
- Comblanchien (Southern)
- Corgoloin (Southern)
- btwn Dijon and Corgoloin
- continental climate
- produce mostly red wine 89%
- dark berry fruits, earth and spice; except chamb-musigny delegate perfume, silky
- whites elegant, apple
- mainly PN and Chard
- limestone; limestone rich marls
- Marsanny - top qual rose - PN, delegate and fruity
- Musigny has only 1 GC white
Burgundy:
What are the AOCs of Côte-de-Nuits and the Grand Crus?
North to South
- Marsannay - Fruity rose
- Fixin
- Gevrey-Chambrtin (9 GCs)
- 1. Chambertin
- 2. Chambertin Clos de Bèze
- 3. Chapelle-Chambertin
- 4. Charmes-Chambertin
- 5. Mazoyères-Chambertin
- 6. Griotte-Chambertin
- 7. Latricières-Chambertin
- 8. Mazis-Chambertin
- 9. Ruchottes-Chambertin - Morey-St-Denis (5 GCs)
- 1. Clos-de-la-Roch
- 2. Clos St Denis
- 3. Clos des Lambrays
- 4. Clos de Tart
- 5. Bonnes Mares - Chambolle-Musigny (2 GCs)
- 1. Bonees Mares
- 2. Musginy - Vougeot (I GC)
- 1. Clos de Vougeot - Vosne-Romanée (8 GCs)
- 1. L Romanee
- 2. Romanee-Conti
- 3. Romanee-St-Vivant
- 4. Richebourg
- 5. La Tache
- 6. Echezeaux
- 7. Grands Echezeaus
- 8. La Grand Rue - Nuits St George
Burgundy:
What are the principle AOCs of Côte de Beaune? (their Grand Cru) from North to South
- Ladoix-Serrigny (2 GCs)
- 1. Corton (red and white GC)
- 2. Corton-Charlemagnee - Aloxe-Corton (3 GCs)
- 1. Aloxe-Corton
- 2. Corton
- 3. Corton-Charlemagne - Pernand-Vergelesses (2 GCs)
- 1. Corton
- 2. Corton-Charlemagne - Chorey-Les-Beaune
- Savigny-Les-Beaune
- Beune
- Pommard (red only)
- Volnay (red only)
- Monthelie = vys lie on the mouth of a comb
- Auxey-Duresses
- Meursault
- St Romain
- Puligny-Montrachet (4 GCs)
- 1. Montrachet
- 2. Bâtard-Montrachet
- 3. Chevalier-Montrachet
- 4. Bienvenues-Bâtard - Chassagne-Montrachet (3GCs)
- 1. Montrachet
- 2. Bâtard-Montrachet
- 3. Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet - Saint-Aubin
- Santenay
- Maranges = southernmost part of the Cote de Beaune
- Cote de Beaune Villages AOC
- All village AOCs have the option to label Cote de Beaune Villages AOC
- Except: Beuane, Aloxe-Corton, Pommard, Volnay
- CdB Village wines exclusively red
- South of Cote de Nuits; north of Cote Chalonnaise
- Most vys face east
- Continental climate
- Chard and PN
- Limestone; limestone rich marls; soils are a little younger than CdNuits
- 57% red; 43% white
- 8 GC all white; only Corton is red and white
- all village appellations can label cote de beuane villages bur for excpetions: beaune, aloxe-corton, pommard and volnay; red only, tannic, acid, red fruit; need bottle age
Burgundy:
What are the need to know AOCs of the Côte Chalonnaise? North to South
Principle villages north to south:
- Bouzeron - known for perfumed Aligote; no red
- Rully - known for Cremant de Bourgogne production
- Mercurey - mostly red wine production
- Givry - mostly red wine production
- Montagny - only white wines
- continental climate
- Chardonnay, Aligote (Bouzeron AOC)
- PN, Gamay, (Coteaux Bourguignons AOC and Passe-Tout Grains AOC)
- Limestone and Marl
- 62% red; 38% white
- red, white, rose and sp
Burgundy:
What are the need to know AOCs of Grand Auxerrois and Châtillonnais?
Grand Auxerrois AOCs:
- Saint-Bris AOC
- whites from SB and SGris; only AOC for these vars
- sw of chablis; only appell in bourg w/ these two grapes - Irancy AOC
- red crafted from PN and up to 10% Cesar (rustic, grip and spice)
- sw of chablis
- soils are portlandian marl
- 67% white; 33% red
Châtillonnais AOC
- top bottling Cremant
- only regional bottlings
- Cremant from PN, Gamay, Chard, Aligote
- 95% white; 5% red
- mostly portlandian marls
- southeastern of chablis; btwn Chab and Dijon
Burgundy:
What are the need to know AOCs of Maconnais?
- Poully-Fouissé: Chardonnay; soils like cote d’or
- Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loche: neighbouring AOCs - Saint-Veran
- once part of Beaujolais, Beaujolais Blanc) - Viré-Clessé
- two villages north of Macon
- Chardonnay
- climate is influenced by Med; lots of sun, warm and dry, mild winters; more pronounced fruit flavours
- Chard, Aligote, PN, Gamay
- Limestone and Marl (some of oldest in in Bourg)
- Granite and schist (only region in Bourg where granite and schist of Beauj appear - as only 1.8 miles north of Beauj)
- 80% is at regional AOC level
- most labelled Macon-Villages or Macon +name of producing village
- 26 villages can append name to regional Macon AOC (Macon-Lugny)
- no red or rose Macon-villages AOC
- red or rose from Macon are labelled Macon, Macon Superieur or Macon +name of village
Burgundy: Chablis:
What are the principle AOCs of Chablis and the lieu-dit of the Grand Cru?
Location?
Soils?
Grand Crus:
- There are 7 climats that share 1 hillside, for this reason they are considered 1 Grand Cru.
Prem Crus:
Kimmeridgean marl; 89 climats along both banks of Serein; vy all on slopes
Chablis AOC - found on the slopes; portlandian
Petits Chablis AOC - found on the plains
Location: slopes of the Serein river Valley: Grand Aux nr Auxerre (west), Tonnerre (east); Chatillonnais (immediately east);
continental w/ maritime influences
Kimmeridgean and portlandian soils
Chardonnay
What is the role of Negociants in Burgundy?
- Companies that buy grapes/wines from growers that are too small
- 52% of wines sold are through negociant
What are the traditional wine making techniques in Burgundy?
- Most ferments are done by wild yeast;
- staying true to the terroir
- They use old oak barrels
- so they don’t impart wood tannins
What role did the church play in Burgundy?
- The churge was the biggestland owner in Burgundy
- Planted many of the first vines
What roles did the dukes have in Burgundy?
Philippe the Bold - outlawed Gamay in Cote d’Or
John the Fearless - asked King Charles for a fixed zone of production
What influences did Napoleon and the revolution have in Bourgogne?
Napoleon:
- issued Napoleonic code which stated inheritable property be divided equally amoung siblings
Revolution:
- Church lands were conviscated and redistributed to the farmers that worked the land
What is the hierarchy withing Burgundy?
How many at each level?
- Grand Cru AOC - 33 AOCs
- Premier Cru AOC - 635 climats
- Village AOC - 44 AOCs
- Regional AOCs - 23 AOCs
What are the primary grapes in Burgundy?
Where are they grown?
- Chardonnay
- Chablis
- Cotes de Beune
- Cote Challonais
- Maconnais - Pinot Noir
- Cotes de Nuits
- Cotes de Beune
Burgundy:
What soils do Chardonnay and Pinot Noir?
Both like limestone soil and limestone rich clays (marls)
