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What climatic features influence Burgundy?

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Continental climate, central eastern France

Auxerre to Lyon.

Five regions

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What AOP districts do you find in Burgundy?

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Chablis
Côte de Nuits
Côte de Beaune
Côte Chalonnaise
Côte Mâconnaise

30% is red, 61% white, 8% crémant, 1% rosé

There are 101 appellations in Burgundy

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What grape varietals are permitted in Burgundy?

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Red grapes:
Pinot noir
Gamay

White grapes
Chardonnay
Aligoté

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What soil types do you find in Burgundy?

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Chablis
Kimmeridgian (fossile oysters) and Portlandian clay are the predominant soiltypes

Côte d´Or, and Côte Mâconnais
Limestone is the predominant factor in the soil

Beaujolais
Granite and schist are the predominant factors in the soil

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What production and ageing techniques do you find in Burgundy?

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Traditional

Macération Carbonique

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What quality levels do you find in Burgundy?

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Classification is based on terroir

Regional AOC
AOC Village
AOC Premiers Crus (Village + climat)
AOC Grand Cru (sold under climat name) - 1%

Four tiered hierarchy, mainly based on soil types and the concept of terroir

20011, new appellations came:
Coteaux Bourgogne AOC
Bourgogne Gamay AOC

2017, new appellation came:
Côte d´Or AOC

Bourgogne Aligoté AOC
Crémant de Bourgogne AOC

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Mention the principal communes of Côte d´Or

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Côte d´Or is appr. 19 km long, and rarely more than 0.5 km in width

Côte de Nuits (CFG-MMN-VV):

Chambolle-Musigny
Fixin

Marssanay (only with rosé)
Morey-St-Denis
Nuits-St-George

Vosne-Romanée
Vougeot

Côte de Beaune (ACL-MP-SV)

Aloxe-Corton
Auxey-Duresses

Chassagne-Montrachet
Chorey-lés-Beaune

Ladoix
Maranges
Meursault
Monthélie

Pernand-Vergelesses
Pommard
Puligny-Montrachet

Savigny-les-Beaune
Santenay
St. Aubin
St. Romain

Volnay

Puligny-Montrachet

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What Premier Cru wines do you find in Côte d´Or?

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6 Premier Cru Villages in Côte de Nuits:

Chambolle-Musigny (25 climats) - fx Les Amoureuses
Fixin (5 climats)
Gevrey-Chambertin (26 climats, reds only) - Les Corbeaux
Nuits-St-George (41 climats) - fx Clos de la Maréchale
Vosne-Romanée (14 climats, reds only) - Les Brûlées
Vougeot (4 climats)

16 Premiers Crus Villages in Côte de Beaune

Aloxe-Corton - 13
Auxey-Duresses - 8

Beaune - 42 fx Les Epenottes
Blagny - 7 (reds only)

Chassange-Montrachet - 50 fx Chevenottes

Ladoix - 11

Maranges - 6
Meursault - 30 - Le Jeunelotte
Meursault-Blagny - 4
Monthélie - 10

Pernand-Verglesses - 8
Pommard - 27 (reds only) - fx Clos de la Commeraine
Puligny-Montrachet - 17

Savigny-Lés-Beaune - 22
Santenay - 13
St. Aubain - 29

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What Grand Cru wines do you find in Côte d´Or?

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Of the 24 Grand Cru appellations for red Burgundy, 23 are in Côte de Nuits

Chambolle-Musigny (2, one is white)
Bonnes-Mares; Musigny

Gevrey-Chambertin (8)
Chambertin; Chambertin-Clos de Béze; Chapelle-Chambertin; Charmes-Chambertin; Griottes-Chambertin; Latriciéres-Chambertin; Mazis-Chambertin; Ruchottes-Chambertin

Vosne-Romanée (6)
Richebourg; La Tâche; La Romanée; Romanée-Conti; Romanée-St-Vivant; Grande Rue

Flagey-Echézeaux (2)
Grands Echézeaux; Echézeaux

Morey-St-Denis (5)
Clos de Tart; Clos de la Roche; Clos St-Denis; Clos des Lambrays; Bonne-Mares

Vougeot (1)
Clos de Vougeot

Aloxe-Corton (1)
Corton

Côte de Beaune (whites):

Aloxe-Corton (2)
Corton-Charlemagne; Charlemagne

Chassagne-Montrachet (1)
Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet

Puligny-Montrachet (5)
Bienvenue-Bâtard-Montrachet; Chevalier-Montrachet; Bâtard-Montrachet; Le Montrachet; Chassagne-Montrachet

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Mention villages of Mâcon and Côte Chalonnaise

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Villages of Côte Challonais:

Rully AOC
MercureyAOC
Givry AOC
Montagny AOC
Bouzeron AOC

Villages of Côte Mâconnais:

Poully-Fuissé AOC
Viré-Clessé AOC

Famous rock, Solutré, is in Solutré-Pouilly

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Mention the Cru´s of Beaujolais

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Ten Cru Beaujolais, all reds are:

Brouilly
Chiroubles
Côte de Brouilly

Fleurie
Juliénas Chenas
Morgon
Moulin-à-Vent

Règnié
St. Amour

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How is the structure of the trade in Burgundy?

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System of landownership is complex, and negociants are necessary to buy up wines and blend them. The négociant name is on the label, and is very important

Others sell to cooperative

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Mention some of the smaller production districts, such as Bouzeron, St. Bris. What are their characteristics?

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St. Bris
Irancy
Montagny
Bouzeron
Givry
Mercurey
Pouilly
Fuissé
St. Veran
Mâcon villages

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Name the classic vintages of Burgundy

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2020
2017
2010

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