Burgundy Flashcards
Name all seven climats of the Chablis Grand Cru designation
- Les Bougros
- Les Preuses
- Vaudésir
- Les Grenouilles
- Valmur
- Les Clos
- Blanchot
Name the most influential Premier Crus in Chablis
Right Bank: Montée de Tonnerre, Fourchaumes, Mont de Millieu, Berdiot, Côte de Vaubarousse, Vaucoupin
Left Bank: Beauroy, Chaumes de Talvat, Côte de Léchet, Côte de Jouan, Les Beauregards, Vaillons, Montmains, Vau de Vey, Vosgros, Vau Ligneau
Showdown: Raveneau VS Dauvissat
Raveneau:
- ages in old and new wood
- is rounder, softer on the palate
- Blousier and comes across as both: honied and mineral at the same time
Dauvissat:
- ages only in old wood
- no oak impression on the palate
- hard to access in youth
- often needing at least 10yrs
- linear and nutty
Name all the Côte de Nuits Villages (principal communes)
From North to South:
Marsannay
Fixin
Gevery-Chambertin
Morey Saint Denis
Chambolle-Musigny
Vougeot (Hautes Côtes de Nuits)
Vosne-Romanée (HCdN)
Nuits-St-Georges(HCdN)
Name all the Côte de Beaune-Villages AOP
North to South:
Pernand-Verglesses
Ladoix-Serrigny
Aloxe-Corton
Savigny
Pommard
Volnay
Monthelie
Auxey Duresses
Meursault
St-Aubin
Blagny
Pugliny-Montrachet
Chassagne-Montrachet
Les Maranges
Santenay
Name all the Grand Crus in Gevery-Chambertin AOP
Chambertin
Chambertin Clos de Bèze
Chapelle-Chambertin
Charmes-Chambertin
Griotte-Chambertin
Laticières-Chambertin
Mazis-Chambertin
Mazoyères-Chambertin
Ruchottes-Chambertin
Name all the Grand Crus in the Côte de Nuits AOP
- The nine Gevery Grand Crus
- Clos de la Roche (Morey-Saint-Denis)
- Clos Saint-Denis (MSD)
- Clos des Lambrays (MSD)
- Clos de Tart (MSD)
- Bonnes Mares (Morey Saint Denis & Chambolle Musigny)
- Musigny (Chamb-Musg)
- Clos de Vougeot (Vougeot)
- Echézeaux (Flagey-Echézeaux)
- Grands-Echézeaux (FE)
- Richebourg (Vosne-Romanée)
- Romanée-Saint-Vivant (VsR)
- Romanée-Conti (VsR)
- La Romanée (VsR)
- La Grande Rue (VsR)
- La Tâche (VsR)
Name all the Grand Cru Appellations in the Côte de Beaune
- Corton
- Corton-Charlemagne
- Charlemagne
- Chevalier-Montrachet
- Montrachet
- Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
- Criots-Bâtard Montrachet
Name all main Regional Appellations in Burgundy
Bourgogne AOP: red, white, rose
Bourgogne Aligoté: White
Bourgogne Mousseux: Red
Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains: Red & Rose
Coteaux Bourguignons: Red, white, rose
Crémant de Bourgogne AOP: Blanc and Rose
Name all Villages AOP in the Côte Chalonnaise
- Bouzeron AOP (only Aligoté)
- Givry AOP (white and red - excellent PN)
- Mercurey AOP (largest producer, red and white)
- Montagny AOP (white)
- Rully AOP (red and white - birthplace of CrémantdB)
Name all the Villages AOP in the Mâconnais
- Pouilly-Fuissé AOP (most renowned, white)
- Pouilly-Loché: only white
- Pouilly-Vinzelles: only white
- Saint-Véran: white
- Viré-Clessé: only white
Name all the Crus in Beaujolais AOP
- Brouilly: Red & White
- Chiroubles: Red & White
- Chénas: Red & White
- Côte de Brouilly: Red and White
- Fleurie: Red and White
- Juliénas: Red and White
- Morgon: Red and White (Côte du Py)
- Moulin-à-Vent: Red and White
- Réginié: Red and White
- Saint-Amour: Red and White
What is the smallest Grand Cru?
La Romanée (0.845 hectares)
What is the largest Grand Cru?
Corton (160 hectares)
Can 100% Chardonnay be produced in Beaujolais?
Yes
Name the 10 Crus of Beaujolais
- St-Amour
- Juliénas
- Moulin-à-Vent
- Chénas
- Fleurie
- Chiroubles
- Morgon
- Régnié
- Brouilly
- Côte de Brouilly
Stand Out Points for Domaine Roulot
- Located in Meursault CdB
- Biodyn since the 90s
- Wines tend to be more reserved
- Grapes are crushed before pressing, no must settling
- 10-30% new oak and Bâtonnage until after malo is done
- Blended and aged in steel for 6mths before bottling
Stand Out Aspects for Domaine Leflaive
- Located in Pugliny Montrachet
- Greatest collection of Chardonnay producing vineyards
- Anne Claude converted to organic farming in 1993
- Juice settling for 24hrs before fermentation in oak
- 10% for Bourgogne, 25% for 1er Crus, 30% fro Grand Crus
- little bâtonnage, no secondary fermentation inoculated
- steel ageing after 16mth, lightly fined and filterd /gravity
Noteable aspects of Domaine Coche Dury
- Located in Meursault, est. 1973
- Famous for whites, also produces red (Volnay)
- Whites are whole cluster pressed, strong oak signature
- always with batonnage, oak aging for 18-22mths without filtration
- Red: de stemmed, 15 days of maceration, 12-14 mths in barrel
Noteable aspects of Maison Leroy
- located in Saint Romain (Dom. d Auvenay) and Vosne Romanée (Domaine Leroy)
- 3 arms of business: Maison, Domaine A, Domaine L
- Lalou Bize-Leroy
- Biodyn, extremly ripe and low yield picking
- highly concentrated wines
- intact fruit crushing, without destemming (red)
- 21 days of macerations with two to three pigeages daily!
- all aged in 100% new oak
Notable aspects for DRC
- located in Vosne Romanee
- established in 1869, but has one of the longest historys back to 1760
- average vine age: 40-50 years
- extremly longlived wines
- whole cluster fermentation with cooling before
- 17 to 21 days on the skins
- 98% new oak and 18 to 22 mths of aging before botteling without fining or filtering
