Burgundy Flashcards
Chablis grows what type of grape
100% Chardonnay
4 levels of Chablis
Petit Chablis
Chablis AOC
Chablis Premier Cru
Chablis grand cru AOC
Petit Chablis AOC is what
Basic quality Chardonnay from lesser sites
Chablis AOC is
Village wines
Two Chablis premier crus from the right bank
Montee de Tonnerre
Fourchaume
Left bank Premier Crus with the most market traction
Vaillons
Montmains
-Forets
-Butteaux
Chablis Grand Cru composing of what type of slopes
Southwest facing slopes
7 lieu-diets of Grand Cru Chablis
Les clos Vaudesir Valmur Preuses Blanchot Bougros Grenouilles
The 8th parcel of grand Cru Chablis
La Moutonne
La Moutonne overlaps what two grand crus
Vaudesir and Preuses
Lieu-dits means what
Small geographical area bearing a traditional name. The name refers to some characteristic of the pace, it’s former use, past event, etc.
Chablis how many premier crus
40
How many grand cru villages in Beaujolais
10
Name the 10 grand cru villages in Beaujolais
St. Amor Jullienas Moulin-a-vent Chenas Fleurie Chirobles Morgan Regnie Brioully Cote de brioully
How many AOP’s in Beaujolais
11 AOP’s
Name the 3 levels of Beaujolais
Beaujolais AOP
Beaujolais Villages
Cru Beaujolais
Beaujolais main grape
Gamay
Good Chardonnay can be produced and sold as what in Beaujolais
Bourgogne or Beaujolais Blanc
What type of soil is in Chablis
Kinmerdgian Limestone and clay
What type of soul is the southern sector is Beaujolais
Clay based souls where the southern sector is flatter
Northern Beaujolais has what type of topography
Granite hillsides from the Mounts de Beaujolais
Which AOP has the highest elevation and is the coolest
Chiroubles
Which is the smallest of the 10 crus in Beaujolais
Chenas
Which is the largest cru in Beaujolais
Brouilly
What river flows in the Chablis region
Serein river
What department is Chablis in
Yonne
What department is Beaujolais in
Rhône
Northern Beaujolais overlaps into what other region
Maconnais
Phillippe the bold did what with a red grape
Ordered all of Gamay to be ripped up in preference to Pinot noir
Coteaux Bourguignons AOP by burgundy wine law can produce what
Red blends including Gamay, white and rosé
Bourgogne AOP can produce what by the burgundy wine laws
Red, white, rosé
Gamay is not allowed
Beaujolais does what with the grapes in the vat
Carbonic maceration or semi-carbonic maceration
Difference between carbonic maceration and semi-carbon maceration
Carbonic introduces carbon dioxide in the tank and semi-carbonic happens naturally with whole clusters on top squishing the bottom clusters to creat carbon dioxide
Benedict order in cluny, brigands promoted what
Winemaking in the 10th an 11th centuries
Who in the 12th century continued purchasing land and wine making
Cistercians
What happened in the 1970’s
Land owned by the clergy and nobleman was auctioned off after the French Revolution. This started private ownership of vineyards in burgandy
In 1804 land inheritance to be split equally between male heirs, this created the fractured vineyards we have today is called
Nepoleonic Code