Burgundy Flashcards
Number of village wines
44
Number of premier cru
662
Number of Grand Cru
33
year consolidated from 100 to 84 app
2017
Rank in France for AOCs
1
Rivers used for trading
Saone, Rhone, Seine, Loire
how many Dukes before merged into France
4
Dukes in order of rule
Phillipe the Bold
John the Fearless
Phillippe the Good
Charles the Rash
How much more expensive wine in 17thCentury
10x
Who gave right for Gevrey to append village name. what was village.
King Louis-Phillippe 1847
Chambertin
First wine auction where
Hospice de Beaune 1859
What org did first vineyard classification
Agricultural Committee of Beaune
1861
% white wine
60%
red and rose %
29%
cremant %
11%
% wine exported
50%
% of overall production ? % revenue ?
4.5%, 21%
cases produced
15.5M
Part of what region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
3 admin departments
Yonne
Cote d’Or
Saone-et-Loire
Climate ?
Influence in North ? South ?
Continetal
Ocean
Med
Saone river influence
None
Length North to South
140 mi
Climate threats
Spring frost, summer hail
Differential in bud break South to North
1 week
Differential in harvest South to North
early sept vs late sept
What geo formation does it sit on
Paris basin
Oldest marine deposits located where ?
Maconnais
Youngest marine deposits located where ?
Chablis
Where is granite massif ?
Beaujolais
Soil other than granite is what type
sedimentary
Cote dOr soil type
Colluvial
Crests of Cote d’Or produces what Cru?
Hautes Cotes de Beaune / Nuits
Top of slopes in Cote ‘dOR which Cru
Premier
Bottom of Cote d’Or slope which AOCs
Village
Causes for different soil types in close areas
faulting
Pinot Noir ideal soil
limestone or mari with hi limestone
Chardonnay ideal soil
marl
Which grapes added to occasional blend / field blend?
Pinot Blanc / Gris
3 wines typically delivered as blend
Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains
Cremant de Bourgogne
Coteaux Bourguignons
Aligote AOCs
Bouzeron
Bourgogne Aligote
% wine other than Cha, P. Noir, Gamay, Aligote
1%
White grapes allowed (6)
Chardonnay
Aligote
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot blanc
Sacy
Melon
Rose / Gris Grapes (2)
Pinot Gris
Sauvignon Gris
Syn for Pinot Gris
Pinot Beurot
Typical use of Pinot Gris
Allowed in limits for many appellations
Marsannay and Bourgogne Rose can be 100% but not common
Red Grapes (3)
Pinot Noir
Gamay
Cesar
Where can Cesar be used
Yonne department and Irancy
Where can Gamay be a primary grape outside of Beaujolais ? how sole grape ?
Macon reds and roses
Sole grape where Macon wine carries the denomination geographique complementaire
Where must fruit be sourced from for Bourgogne Gamay
10 Beaujolais Cru vineyards
Most common training method
Guyot
What is Lutte Raisonee
REasoned fight common farming practice
Adoption of organic farming
8.6%
Notable Biodynamics
DRC and Leflaive
Where is machine harvesting used
Chablis and Maconnais
Where is handpicking dominant
Cote d’Or
Where is mix of hand and machine
Cote Chalonnaise
how much has budbreak moved forward
10 days
What is the hail shield
cloud seeding with silver oxide
How is frost mitigated
straw fires in vineyards to create smoke
Where is steel ferment and steel/neutral vats maturation of white common
Chablis , Maconnais
Where is oak maturation common for white
Cote d’Or or Chalonnaise at Village level or higher
Where is oak maturation common for white. % of new oak typical ?
Cote d’Or or Chalonnaise at Village level or higher
20%-50%
Causes of premox
certain clones, fully ripe fruit, less sulfur, less battonage
Chardonnay versus warmer climate
less fruit, aroma, ABV, oak
more acid (structure), mineral
Changes to Pinot Noir vini, result
whole cluster addition. brighter flavor
Extraction method changes for pinot
Open top vats with punch down, now pump over
Extraction method changes for pinot
Open top vats with punch down, now pump over and shorter macerations
Time in barrel for classified Pinot in Cote d’Or and Chalonnaise
12-18 month, some new oak
Pinot characteristics versus warmer climate
Less pigment, tannin, fruit, ABV, oak
More structure and spice
Where is Rose produced
Regional AOCs and MArsannay
Regional Apps for sparkling
Cremant de Bourgo
Bourgo Mousseux
MT
How many regional AOC for specialty
4
Bourgongne AOC
Styles
White (p) 2
Red(p) 1
Rose(s) 1
Red (s) 2
dry white red rose
Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc
Pinot Noir
Pinot Gris
Gamay from B. Cru
Cesar
Bourgogne AOC
Red req
White req
Rose aka / req
if 85% Gamay req
If Cesar included where allowed ?
typical 100% pinot noir but can contain any, if Gamay must be from B Cru.
typical 100% chard but can contain any
typical 100 Pinot noir but can contain any like Red. Clairet
must label Bourgougne Gamay
Bourgogne AOC
how many DGCs
newest ? styles allowed in ? loc ?
13
Cotes du Couchois, red, west of Cote Chalonnais
Coteaux Borguignons AOC
styles
white(p) 4
Red(p) 3
Rose (p) 1
fka
known as ?
dry red, white, rose
chard, pinot blanc, melon, Aligote
pinot noir, gamay, cesar (yonne)
pinot gris
Bourgo Grand Ordinaire
Most general Regional AOC
Coteaux Borguignons AOC
grapes in Rose allowed?
other grapes allowed if planted before 2009
all red plus pinot gris
Sacy, Tressor
Macon AOC
styles
white(p) 1
Red (p) 2
# DGC white / red(rose)
req for DGC red
styles allowed villages
dry white, red, rose
chardonnay
pinot noir, gamay
26 / 20
100 Gamay
white only