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Climate of Burgundy

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North: cool continental
South: moderate continental

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Climatic hazards of burgundy

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Spring frost
Rain

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Why do a lot of cru overlaps/why is division of land so messed up?

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Due to napoleonic inheritance laws

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Name the 5 areas of burgundy

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  1. Chablis (Yonne)
  2. Cote de Nuits (cote d’Or) - sub-district: haut Côtes de nuits

3.Cote de Beaune (cote d’Or) - sub-district: haut cotes de beaune

4.Cote Challonaise or Region de Mercurey (sâone-et-Loire)

5.Mâconnais

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Grape varieties of Burgundy

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Pinot noir
Chardonnay
Gamay
Aligoté

Pinot Blanc

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Burgundy Classification

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  1. Regional AOC es. Mâcon AOC
  2. Village AOC es. Chassagne Montrachet
  3. AOC premier cru (name of the village + climat) es. chassagne-montrachet clos saint jean premier cru
  4. AOC Grand Cru > sold under the name of the climat es. Batard-Montrachet
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Does AOC premier cru in burgundy allow blending between two cru?

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Yes

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Does AOC grand cru in Burgundy allow blending between cru?

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Yes but the name of the cru cannot appear

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What are the new 2011 Appelation in Burgundy

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Coteaux Bourguignon AOC

Bourgogne Gamay AOC

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What are the grapes for Bourgogne Gamay AOC

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Wines that contains min 30% Gamay
Grapes can only be sourced from the 10 cru of Beaujolais

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What is the new AOC created in 2017 for Burgundy and what it means

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Côte d’Or AOC

Wines 100% Chardonnay or Pinot noir from cote de nuits or cote de beaune

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What does this AOC mean:
Bourgogne passe-tout-grains AOC

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Red and rosè with 9,5% abv
A blend of min 1/3 Pinot noir and the rest Gamay

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What does this AOC mean:
Bourgogne aligotè AOC

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Min 9,5% alchol
Must come from aligotè with up to 15% Chardonnay allowed

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What does this AOC mean:
Cremant de Bourgogne AOC

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Sparkling from burgundy

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What is the river that cross Chablis

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River serein

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Soil in Chablis

What effect has it on the wine

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Oyster fossil
Kimmeridgian clay

It gives chalky character and minerality to the wine

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How are the wines from the lesser vineyards of Chablis called

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Petit Chablis

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What grape varieties are permitted in Chablis

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Chardonnay

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What is the local name given to Chablis

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Beaunoise

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What is the classification of Chablis

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1 petit Chablis AOC
2 Chablis AOC
3 Chablis premier cru AOC
4 Chablis grand cru AOC

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How many grand cru does Chablis have

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1 grand cru with 7 vineyards + 1

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Minimum abv for Chablis grand cru

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11% abv

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What’s the name of the vineyard in Chablis which is not officially a grand cru but can put the words on the label

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La moutonne

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Chablis premier cru minim abv

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10.5%

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List of the Chablis grand cru
Bougros Preuses Vaudésir Valmur Grenouilles Les clos Blanchot
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Name a few Chablis premier cru
Fourchaume Montée de Tonnerre
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Min abv for Chablis AOC
10%
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Min abv for petit Chablis AOC
9.5% abv
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What does Saint Bris AOC produce
Sauvignon blanc and gris
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What does Vézelay AOC produce
Chardonnay
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What mountains do we find on the western part of the Côte d’Or
Massif Central
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What soil do we find in cote de nuits
Sand Limestone Iron-rich marl
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Where is rosè wine produced in cote de nuits
Marsennay Marsannay-la-côte AOC Bourgogne rosé de Marsannay AOC
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Grand cru in Gevrey chambertin
Chambertin Chambertin-clos-de-béze Chapelle-chambertin Charmes-chambertin
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Grand cru in Morey st. Denis
Clos Saint Denis Clos de la roche Clos de tart Clos des Lambrays Bonne-mares
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Grand cru in Chambolle musigny
Bonne-Mares Musigny
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Grand cru in Vougeot
Clos de vougeot
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Grand cru in Flagey-echezeaux
Echezeaux Grand-echezeaux
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Grand cru in Vosne-romanée
Romanée-conti La romanée La tâche La Grande-rue
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Which is the only white wine grand cru in the cote de nuits
Musigny blanc
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Name one premier cru in Chambolle musigny
Les amoureuses
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Name one premier cru in Fixin
Clos du chapitre
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Name one premier cru in Gevrey-chambertin
La Perriere
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Name one premier cru in Nuit-saint-George
Les saints-georges
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Name one premier cru in Vosne-romanée
Aux brûlées
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Name one premier cru in Vougeot
Les petits vougeots
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Cote de beaune soil
Limestone
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Which is the only grand cru for red production in the cote de beaune
Corton
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Grand cru of Aloxe-corton
Corton Corton-charlemagne Charlemagne (partly in Ladoix serrigny)
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Grand cru of Puligny Montrachet
Le Montrachet (overlaps chassagne Montrachet) Chevalier-montrachet Batard-montrachet Bienvenues-batard-montrachet
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Grand cru of Chassagne Montrachet
Criots-bâtard-montrachet Batard Montrachet (shared with Puligny Montrachet)
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Premier cru in Aloxe corton
Les Marechaudes
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Premier cru in Auxey-duresse
Les duresse
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Premier cru in Beaune
La mignotte
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Premier cru in Blagny
Sous blagny
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Premier cru in Chassagne-montrachet
Chassagne
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Premier cru in Ladoix
Hautes Mourottes
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Premier cru in Maranges
La fussière
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Premier cru in Mersault
Perrières
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Premier cru in Monthelie
Le village
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Premier cru in Pernand vergelesse
Vergelesses
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Premier cru in Pommard
Clos blanc
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Premier cru in Puligny Montrachet
Le cailleret
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Premier cru in St aubin
Sur gamay
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Premier cru in Santenay
La comme
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Premier cru in Savigny les beaune
Basses vergelesses
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When was the hospice the beaune bought and by whom
1443 Nicolas rolin and wife
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When is the hospice de beaune auction taking place
3rd Sunday of November
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Is cote de beaune village white or red
Red
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Which premier cru only produce red
Pommard and volnay
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Name a premier cru in morey st Denis
Le village

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