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5 regions of Burgundy

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Chablis
Côte d’Or
Cote chalonnais
Maconnais
Beaujolais

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Red grapes of burgundy

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Pinot Noir
Gamay

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White grapes in burgundy

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Chardonnay (most planted of either color)
Aligote’
Pinot Blanc
(Beurot, Cesar, Tressot, Sacy)

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AOP system in burgundy

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Regional (50% of total production)
Village
Premier cru
Grand cru (less than 2%)

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Baseline general appellation in Burgundy

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Bourgogne AOP:
Red / white / rose’
No gamay permitted
“Bourgogne + geographical designation”

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Coteaux Bourguignons AOP

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Regional appellation that allows Gamay

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Bourgogne Hautes Côte de Nuit/Beaune

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Wines sourced from the low mountains just west of the more prestigious Côte d’Or

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Lieux-Dits in Burgundy

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La chapelle notre dame
La chapitre
Côte St. Jaques
Montrecul
(Approved in 1990)

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Côte de Nuit-villages AOP

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Red + (rarely) white
Grapes sourced from:
Fixin, Brochon, Prissey, Corgolon, Comblanchien

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Côte de Beaune-villages AOP

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Red wines only
Grapes sourced from any village excluding:
Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe-Corton, Beaune

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Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains AOP

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Red and rose wines modelled on the field blends of the past
Pinot Noir min 30%
Gamay min 15%
Vinified together

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Cremant de Bourgogne AOP

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AOP Since 1975
Traditional method
Hand harvested
Chardonnay + Pinot noir
Most of production around Rully (Côte Chalonnaise)

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Bourgogne Moussex

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Older appellation only for sparkling red
(Since 1820s)
Traditional method

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Monopole

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Vineyard under single ownership

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Grand cru

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Single vineyard sites with own AOP
Status (independent from the village it lies in)

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How many grand cru in Burgundy?

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33

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Smallest grand cru in bugundy?

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La Romanee (0.85 Ha)

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Largest grand cru in burgundy?

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Corton (160ha)

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Chablis location

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Between Paris and Beaune, in the Serein River valley

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Chablis climate

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Cool continental

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Grapes allowed in Chablis

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Exclusively Chardonnay

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Chablis soils

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Kimmeridgian Marl = mix of limestone and clay + millions of Oyster fossils
(Best sites, all 1st cru and grand cru)

Portlandien Limestone = younger rock strata, purer form of Limestone / on the elevated plateaus above the hillsides buries the kimmeridgian marl

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How many premier cru in Chablis?

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40 / grouped in 17 major premier crus

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How many grand cru in Chablis ?

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How many grand cru in Chablis?
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7 geographic designations of Chablis Grand cru:
Les clos Les preuses Vaudesir Valmur Grenouilles Blanchot Bougros La Moutonne (monopole overlapping Vaudesir and Preuses)
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Chablis profile
High acidity Medium weight Lees character Intensely mineral / steely character No new oak
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Irancy AOP
Light Pinot Noir based Reds
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Vezelay AOP
Was a denomination of Bourgogne until 2017 for Chardonnay
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St Bris
Only Sauvignon Blanc appellation in Burgundy
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Côte d’Or soils
Limestone (Jurassic period) = building block + topsoil of limestone and clay Argillaceous limestone = higher limestone content Calcareous clay = lower limestone content
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Combes
Dry, transverse valleys carved during the last ice age by melt water erosion Now conduct for cool breezes and hail storms
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Burgundian traditional oak barrel
Piéce / 228Lt
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Batonnage
Stirring the wine’s lees during the Elevage
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Communes of Côte de Nuits
Marsannay Fixin Gevrey Chambertin Morey st Denis Chambolle Musigny Vougeot Vosne-Romanee Flagey-Echezeaux Nuit St George
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Soils of Côte de Nuit
Sandy limestone + iron rich marl
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How many grand cru vineyard in Côte de Nuit?
24
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Only white wine grand cru
Musigny
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Grand’ cru of Gevrey Chambertin
Chambertin Chambertin clos de beze Chapelle Chambertin Charmes Chambertin Griottes Chambertin Mazis Chambertin Mazoyeres Chambertin Latricieres Chambertin Ruchottes Chambertin
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Morey st Denis gran cru
Clo de la Roche Clo st Denis Clo de tart Clo de lambrays Bonne Mares
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Chambolle Musigny grand cru
Musigny Bonne mares
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Vosne romanee grand cru
Richeburg La romanee Romanee-Conti Romanee -st vivant Grand Rue
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Flagey-Echezeaux
Grand Echezeaux Echezeaux
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Nuit St George grand cru
0
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Vougeot grand cru
Clo de Vougeot (largest single vineyard grand cru)
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Gevrey-Chambertin style
Masculine, structured , dark colour, intense concentration and weight
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Gevrey Chambertin producers
Domaine Arman Rousseau Claud Dugat Jean Marie Fourrier
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Chambolle Musigny style
Elegant / silky / delicate / great intensity
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Chambolle Musigny producers
Domaine George de Vogue Ghislaine Barthod
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Morey st Denis style
In between Gevrey and Chambolle
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Morey st Denis producers
Domaine Dujac Domaine Ponsot
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Nuit St Georges style
Sturdy and long lived at their best Hard and angular in their youth
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Côte de Beaune soils
Predominately Limestone : Argovien / Marlstone
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Côte de Beaune grand cru
Corton ( only red ) Corton Charlemagne Charlemagne Criots batard Montrachet Bienvenue batard Montrachet Chevalier Montrachet
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Beaune
Commercial capital / negociant headquarter for Louis Jadot, Bouchard Pere et Fils, Joseph Drouhin
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Pommard
Red wine / most full bodied (after Corton) / high tannins 1sr cru: Les rugiens, Les epenots, clos de epeneaux (Comte d’Armand)
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Pommard famous monopole
Clos des ducs - Marquis d’Angerville
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Volnay
Red wine / soft , fragrant, charming
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Volnay 1st cru Santenots
4 Mersault vineyards adjacent to Volnay / red wine, Pinot Noir
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Mersault
Rich , almost fat, nutty , buttery , honeyed, softer acidity than puligny 1st cru: Perrieres / Les genevrieres / Les charmes Famous producers: Coche-Dury / Guy Roulot / Comte Lafon
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Three communes that share the grand cru of Corton
Aloxe- Corton / pernard-vergelesse / lodoix-serrigny
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Puligny-Montrachet / Chassagne-Montrachet
Most age worthy, greatest depth Finest, most expensive Chardonnay Balance of richness and acidity Chevalier-Montrachet (Puligny) Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet (Puligny) Criots-Batard-Montrachet (Chassagne) Batard-Montrachet (Puligny/chassagne) Montrachet (Puligny/Montrachet)
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Best vintages Côte d’Or
2000 2005 2009 2010
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Communes of Côte de Beaune
Aloxe-Corton Pernard-vergeless Ladoix-serrigny Chorey-le beaune Savigny le beaune Beaune Pommard Volnay Auxey-duresse Monthelie Mersault Puligny Montrachet Chassagne Montrachet Santaney
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Hospice de Beaune
Home for old and infirm opened in 1443 Sales of wine to fund the charity 3rd Sunday each November 61 ha / 50 cuvees
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Soils of Côte chalonnaise
Limestone - clay / similar to Côte de beaune
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Côte chalonnaise geography
Hilly bit less rugged than Côte the Beaune / lots of conduit for cool westerly winds = delayed ripening
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5 main villages of Côte chalonnaise
Bouzeron Rully Givry Mercurey Montagny
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Appellation for Aligote’ in Burgundy
Bouzeron, Côte chalonnaise Only white / Aligote + 15% Chardonnay
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Birthplace of Cremant du Bourgogne
Rully, Côte chalonnaise
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Only red wine villages in Côte chalonnaise
Givry Mercurey (2/3 total production)
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Only white wine village in Côte chalonnaise
Montagny
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1st and 2nd white wine producing regions in burgundy
1st = Chablis 2nd = Maconnais
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True or false, only white wine can be labelled Macon Villages
True
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Macon AOP
Red / white / rose
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Macon Chardonnay
Fruitier and more open than Chablis / no mineral edge / no high acidity as Chablis / mostly fermented and raised in stainless steel / no oak
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Villages of Maconnais
Pouilly Fuisse Pouilly loche Pouilly vinzelles Saint Veran Vire-Clesse (since 1999)
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Macon rouge grape variety
100% Gamay
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Cremant de Bourgogne
Chardonnay / Pinot noir / Pinot Gris / Pinot Blanc / max 20% Gamay Min 9 month on lees + 3 in bottle
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Cremant eminent / Cremant grand eminent
Since 2016 Eminent = min 24 months Grand eminent = min 36 months / first pressing of only Pinot noir and Chardonnay
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How many villages in Beaujolais
39
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Beaujolais grape varieties
98% Gamay / 50% of world planting of Gamay
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Soils of Beaujolais
Granite + schist hills in the north Limestone + clay in the south
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How many Crus of Beaujolais + names
10 crus of Beaujolais: St amour Julienas Moulin a vent Fleurie Chiroubles Morgon Regnie’ Brouilly Côte de brouilly Chenas
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Northernmost cru in Beaujolais
St amour
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Largest cru in Beaujolais
Brouilly
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Southernmost cru in Beaujolais
Brouilly
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Smallest cru in Beaujolais
Chenas
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Lighter style Beaujolais
St amour Fleurie Chiroubles (lightest)
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More powerful style Beaujolais
Julienas Morgon Chenas
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Moulin a vent style Beaujolais
Dark, tannic, fullest body, longest-lived
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Largest producer in Beaujolais
George Debeuf (Beaujolais noveau since 1951)
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Training system in Beaujolais
Goblet / free standing

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