Bourg, Côtes de Bordeaux and Entre-Deux-Mers

Question 1

Where are the oldest cultivated vineyards in Bordeaux found?

Answer 1

within the lesser AOPs of Bourg and Côtes de Bourg

Question 2

The Romans brought viticulture to the limestone slopes of Bourg and neighboring Blaye, but the wines, well-regarded for centuries, were finally eclipsed when?

Answer 2

by those of the Médoc and Graves in the late 1600s

Question 3

Today, the vast majority of Côtes de Bourg wines are what?

Answer 3

RED

Question 4

What is ne of the leading lights of Côtes de Bourg?

Answer 4

Château Roc de Cambes

Question 5

What lies to the north of Bourg?

Answer 5

the larger Blaye AOP

Question 6

Blaye AOP produces what?

Answer 6

red wines

Question 7

Côtes de Blaye AOP uniquely incorporates what in its dry whites?

Answer 7

a large % of Ugni Blanc and Colombard

Question 8

Many estates in this northernmost Bordeaux region are now allying to what concept?

Answer 8

the new Côtes de Bordeaux

Question 9

As of the 2008 vintage, several preexisting Bordeaux appellations were consolidated as what?

Answer 9

the new Côtes de Bordeaux AOP

Question 10

What does the new Côtes de Bordeaux AOP offer?

Answer 10

an effort to simplify labeling language and offer consumers an alternative to the luxury-priced grand vins that govern the image of Bordeaux

Question 11

Côtes de Bordeaux wines are predominantly what?

Answer 11

RED

Question 12

Côtes de Bordeaux wines may list the area of origin on the bottle, what are these subzones?

Answer 12

Francs, Castillon, Blaye, Cadillac

Question 13

Where does Entre-Deux-Mers AOP lie?

Answer 13

the “land between two seas” lies between the Dordogne and Garonne rivers

Question 14

Entre-Deux-Mers AOP produces exclusively what?

Answer 14

dry white wines

Question 15

Like Bordeaux AOP, Entre-Deux-Mers may use what geographical designation?

Answer 15

Haut-Benauge (the subzone) but the wines must be dry in style!

Question 16

On the eastern shore of the Garonne lie what sweet white wine appellations?

Answer 16

Loupiac, Ste-Croix-du-Mont, and Cadillac

Question 17

Loupiac, Ste-Croix-du-Mont, and Cadillac may or may not be affected by what?

Answer 17

botrytis, bitches!

Question 18

Exclusively sweet wines are also produced as what?

Answer 18

Premières Côtes de Bordeaux AOP

Question 19

Côtes de Bordeaux-Saint-Macaire AOP south of Loupiac may produce what styles of white wine?

Answer 19

Sec, moelleux, or liquereux styles

Question 20

What other lesser appellations exist for both red and white wines?

Answer 20

Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux AOP and Graves de Vayres AOP