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Burgundy Flashcards

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Chablis grows what type of grape

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100% Chardonnay

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4 levels of Chablis

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Petit Chablis
Chablis AOC
Chablis Premier Cru
Chablis grand cru AOC

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Petit Chablis AOC is what

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Basic quality Chardonnay from lesser sites

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Chablis AOC is

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Village wines

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Two Chablis premier crus from the right bank

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Montee de Tonnerre

Fourchaume

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Left bank Premier Crus with the most market traction

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Vaillons
Montmains
-Forets
-Butteaux

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Chablis Grand Cru composing of what type of slopes

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Southwest facing slopes

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7 lieu-diets of Grand Cru Chablis

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Les clos
Vaudesir 
Valmur 
Preuses 
Blanchot 
Bougros
Grenouilles
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The 8th parcel of grand Cru Chablis

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La Moutonne

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La Moutonne overlaps what two grand crus

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Vaudesir and Preuses

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Lieu-dits means what

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Small geographical area bearing a traditional name. The name refers to some characteristic of the pace, it’s former use, past event, etc.

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Chablis how many premier crus

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40

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13
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How many grand cru villages in Beaujolais

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10

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Name the 10 grand cru villages in Beaujolais

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St. Amor
Jullienas 
Moulin-a-vent
Chenas
Fleurie
Chirobles 
Morgan
Regnie 
Brioully
Cote de brioully
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How many AOP’s in Beaujolais

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11 AOP’s

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Name the 3 levels of Beaujolais

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Beaujolais AOP
Beaujolais Villages
Cru Beaujolais

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17
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Beaujolais main grape

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Gamay

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Good Chardonnay can be produced and sold as what in Beaujolais

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Bourgogne or Beaujolais Blanc

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What type of soil is in Chablis

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Kinmerdgian Limestone and clay

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What type of soul is the southern sector is Beaujolais

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Clay based souls where the southern sector is flatter

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Northern Beaujolais has what type of topography

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Granite hillsides from the Mounts de Beaujolais

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Which AOP has the highest elevation and is the coolest

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Chiroubles

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Which is the smallest of the 10 crus in Beaujolais

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Chenas

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Which is the largest cru in Beaujolais

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Brouilly

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What river flows in the Chablis region
Serein river
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What department is Chablis in
Yonne
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What department is Beaujolais in
Rhône
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Northern Beaujolais overlaps into what other region
Maconnais
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Phillippe the bold did what with a red grape
Ordered all of Gamay to be ripped up in preference to Pinot noir
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Coteaux Bourguignons AOP by burgundy wine law can produce what
Red blends including Gamay, white and rosé
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Bourgogne AOP can produce what by the burgundy wine laws
Red, white, rosé Gamay is not allowed
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Beaujolais does what with the grapes in the vat
Carbonic maceration or semi-carbonic maceration
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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
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Benedict order in cluny, brigands promoted what
Winemaking in the 10th an 11th centuries
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Who in the 12th century continued purchasing land and wine making
Cistercians
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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
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In 1804 land inheritance to be split equally between male heirs, this created the fractured vineyards we have today is called
Nepoleonic Code
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Métayage
Sharecropping
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Fermage
Leasing
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Who created the first classification of Burgundy’s wine
Dr. Jules lavalle
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Domaine means
Private owner
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Domaine bottling began in what century
1920’s
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Wines are traditionally aged in what
228 liter French oak barrels with some using larger, neutral barrels for Chardonnay and Aligoté. Red wines usually more new barrel use than whites
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All reds and whites go through what type of fermentation
Malo-lactic fermentation
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Producers of red white have the choice to increase tannin by what
Whole cluster fermentation or completely de-stem their grapes
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Bâtonnage means
Stirring settled lees back on the wine
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Bâtonnage is typically done for what type of wines
Higher quality white wines
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Wine law of Bourgogne Côte Chalonaise, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Bourgogne Haites Côtes de Beaune
Red and white wines from the mountains around the region
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Wine laws for Bourgogne Aligoté AOP
Dry white wines based from Aligoté
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Wines laws for Bourgogne Mousseux AOP
Dry sparkling RED wine made from Pinot Noir and Gamay in the traditional method
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Wine laws for Bourgogne Passe-Tout- Graines AOP
Dry red and rosé from a mixture of Pinot Noir and Gamay, some white varieties allowed
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Wine laws for Crément de Bourgogne AOP
White and rosé dry and semi-dry sparkling wines made from allowed red and white varieties ( manly Pinot Noir and Chardonnay). The traditional method, aged on the lees for a minimum 9 months, released after 12 months
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Major Villages from Burgundy from north to south
``` Dijon Nuits-st.-George’s Beaune Chacon-sur Sâone Mâcon Lyon ``` These are the major industrial cities, as well as the northern And southern boundaries of Burgandy
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Malo-lactic fermentation means
A secondary fermentation process wherein malic acid converts into lactic acid and carbon dioxide. This process reduces a wine’s acidity and adds complexity
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After WWI who controlled much of Burgundy until the 1920’s
Negociants handled the marketing and making of wines, either because families held to little land to be profitable or because they had other careers within the community
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AOP’s of cote de nuits
``` Cote de nuits villages Marsannay Fixin Gevery chambertin Morley-saint-denis Chambolle musigny Vouget Vosne- romanee Nuits-st-george ```
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Grand crus of gevery chambertin
``` Mazis chambertin Rouchettes chambertin Chambertin clos de beze Chappelle chambertin Griotte chambertin Chambertin Charmed chambertin Latricieres chambertin Mazoyeres chambertin ```
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Morey-saint-denis grand crus
``` Clos da la roche Clos saint-denis Clos des lambrays Clos de tart Bonne mares ```
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Chambolle-musigny grand crus
Bonne mares | Musisgny
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Grand cru of Vouget
Clos de Vouget/ clos Vouget
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Grand crus of Vosne-romanee
``` Richbourg Romanee-saint vivant Romanee-conti La ramonee La grand rue La tache ```
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Gevery chambertin premier cru
Clos saint jacques
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Clos saint Jacques out performs but is excluded from grand crus why?
It’s borders does not touch chambertin itself
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Chambolle-musigny one exceptional premier cru
Les Amoureuses
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Bonnes Mares is shared in what two AOP’s
Money-saint-denis | Chambolle-musigny
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4 premier crus of Vouget
Clos de Perriere Les petite Vouget Les cras Les clos blanc
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Premier crus of vosne-romanee
``` Les suchots Les beaux monts Les petits monts Aux Molconsorts Crus parantoux ```
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Flagey-Echezaux town is not an AOP but has 2 grand crus
Echezeaux | Grand-Echezeaux
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Does Nuits-saint-George have any grand crus?
No
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Top premier cru of Nuits-saint-george
Les Saint Georges
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La Grand was the last grand cru to be promoted in what year
1992
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AOP’s of Cote de Beaune
``` Cote de beaune Cote de beaune villages Ladioux Aloxe-corton Pernand-vegelesses Sauvigny- Les- beaune Chorey-Les-beaune Beaune Pommard Volnay Monthelie Auxey- duresses Saint-Romain Meursault Blatant Saint-aubin Chassagne-montrachet Santenay Maranges ```
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Grand crus of cote de beaune
``` Corton Corton-chalamagne Chevalier-montrachet Buenvenues-batard- montrachet Batard- montrachet Criots- batard- montrachet ```
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What grand cru in cote de beaune is white and red grapes
Corton
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Pommard and volnay are a manly what type of grape
Red ( Pinot noir )
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The three communes of Corton area
Aloxe-corton Ladioux-serrigny Pernard-vegelesses
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Beaune is the commercial capital what headquarter do you find there
Joseph-drouhin Pere et fils Louis Jadot
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Top beaune village wines
Les Bressandes Geves Clos de Mouches
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Top premier crus in Pommard
Les Rugiens | Les Epenots
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Volnay premier crus
``` Les Caillerts Champans Clos de Chenes Taillepieds Marquis d’Angerville ```
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Mersault premier crus
Perrieres Les Genevrieres Les Charmes
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Puligney-montrachet and Chassagne-montrachet both claim to a portion of ?
Montrachet
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Puligny-montrachet best premier crus
Les Pucelles Le Cailleret Les Domaine
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Chassagne-montrachet top premier cru
Morgeot ( is actually 15 smaller premier crus)
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What river flows in Cote Chalonaise
Saone River
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Five main villages of Cote Chalonaise
``` Bouzeron Rully Givry Mercurey Montogny ```
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Bouzeron can grow what white grape besides Chardonnay
Aligote
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Crement de Bourgogne AOP can only be produced in what village in Cote Chalaonaise
Rully
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What two villages in cote Chalonaise produce the best reds in the region
Givry | Mercurey
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Maconnais produces what type of grape
Chardonnay
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What are the 6 AOP’s of Maconnais
``` Macon AOP Pouilly-fuisse Pouilly Loche Pouilly Vinzelles Saint Veran Vire-clesse ```
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Macon AOP is allowed to produce what type of wines
Red, white and rosé
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Blagny in cote de beaune produces what type of wine
Red wine
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Musigny in Cote de nuits can produce what types of wines
White and Red

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