Burgundy

Question 1

Bouzeron

region and grape

Answer 1

Cote de Challonaise

100% Aligoté

Question 2

Montagny

region and grape

Answer 2

Cote de Challonaise

Chardonnay

Question 3

Givry

region and grapes

Answer 3

Cote de Challonaise

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Question 4

Beaujolais

grape

Answer 4

Predominantly Gamay with small production of Chardonnay

Question 5

Name 3 of the 9 villages in the Cote de Nuits

Answer 5

1. Gevrey-Chambertin (Grand Cru)
2. Vougeot (Grand Cru)
3. Musigny (Grand Cru)
4. Marsanny
5. Fixin
6. Morey St. Denis
7. Flagey-echezeaux
8. Vosne-romanee
9. Vuits St. Georges

Question 6

Napoleon’s Code of Inheritance

Answer 6

1804 - all estates were to be divided equally among the heirs, fragmenting the vineyards

Question 7

Chablis

grape

Answer 7

Chardonnay

Question 8

Cote de Nuits

grape

Answer 8

Pinot Noir

Question 9

Maconnais

3 AOP’s

Answer 9

1. Macon
2. St. Veran
3. Pouilly-Fuisse

Question 10

Cote

Answer 10

hillside or slope

Question 11

Cote de Beaune

region and grapes

Answer 11

South end of Cote d’or

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Question 12

Name a designated Chablis Grand Cru

Answer 12

1. Les Clos
2. Les Preuses
3. Valmur
4. Bougror
5. Blanchot
6. Vaudesir
7. Grenouilles

Question 13

Gevrey-Chambertin

region and grape

Answer 13

Cote de Nuits (Grand Cru)

Pinot Noir

Question 14

Classic Regions/Villages for Chardonnay

Answer 14

1. Chablis
2. Maconnais (Macon, St. Veran, Pouilly-Fuisse)
3. Montagny
4. Parts of Cote de Challonaise (Mercurey, Rully, Givry, Montagny)

Question 15

Volnay

region and grape

Answer 15

Cote de Beaune

Pinot Noir

Question 16

Morgon

region and grape

Answer 16

Beaujolais (Grand Cru)

Gamay

Question 17

Cote de Chalonnaise

5 sub-regions

Answer 17

1. Mercurey
2. Givry
3. Rully
4. Montagny
5. Bouzeron

Question 18

Morgon AOP

main grape

Answer 18

Gamay

Question 19

Name the 5 regions of Burgundy

Answer 19

1. Chablis
2. Cote d’Or (Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune)
3. Cote de Chalonnaise
4. Maconnais
5. Beaujolais

Question 20

Mercurey

region and grapes

Answer 20

Cote de Chalonnaise

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Question 21

Monopole

Answer 21

Parcel with single ownership

Question 22

Name 3 of the common Cote de Beaune Villages

Answer 22

1. Alex-Corton (Grand Cru)
2. Volnay
3. Meursalt
4. Pommard
5. Puligny-Montrachet
6. Chassagne-Montrachet

Question 23

Burgundy Climate

Answer 23

Continental

Question 24

Rully

region and grapes

Answer 24

Cote de Chalonnaise

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Cremant de Borgogne

Question 25

What are the best vineyards in the Cote d’Or called

Answer 25

Grand Cru

24 of the 33 are in Cote de Nuits

Question 26

Les Clos

region and grape

Answer 26

Chablis (Grand Cru)

Chardonnay

Question 27

How many villages and how many Grand Cru are in Beaujolais

Answer 27

38 villages

10 Grand Cru

Question 28

10 Beaujolais Grand Cru

Answer 28

1. Morgon
2. Cote de Bruilly
3. Brouilly
4. Regenie
5. Chirobles
6. Fleurie
7. Julienas
8. Saint-Amour
9. Chenas
10. Moulin-a-vent

Question 29

Musigny

region and grape

Answer 29

Cote de Nuits (Grand Cru)

Pinot Noir

Question 30

What were the Cistercian Monks responsible for

Answer 30

Studying the vineyards and identifying superior parcels that produced wines of distinctive character

Question 31

Maconnais

grape

Answer 31

Chardonnay

Question 32

Pommard

region and grape

Answer 32

Cote de Beanue

Pinot Noir

Question 33

Clos

Answer 33

Plot that is surrounded by dry stone walls

example - Clos Vougeot (Grand Cru)

Question 34

Difference between Domaine Bottling and a Negociant

Answer 34

Domaine - owns the vineyard and owns the entire process from growing to aging to bottling

Negociant - merchants that buy grapes and bottle under their own label

Question 35

Meursalt

region and grape

Answer 35

Cote de Beaunt

Pinot Noir