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Soils of Chablis

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Limestone over Kimmeridgian marl - best sites

Kimmeridgian marl under portlandian limestone - petit Chablis

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Climate Chablis

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Cool continental climate
Cold winds
Frost - aspersions sprinklers, heaters and helicopters
Vineyards planted mostly on south facing slopes

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Chablis location

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Halfway between Paris and beaune in the serein river valley
Main town - Chablis
Surrounded by hills

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3 AOC of Chablis

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Chablis grand cru
Chablis premiers cru
Chablis
Petit Chablis

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Chablis Grand Cru AOC

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7 vineyards
All on one hillside across from river from the town of Chablis
Likely to have oak flavors - more integrated as aged
Should be aged
High acid
Possibly some barrel fermentation
11%

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7 grand cru vineyards of Chablis

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Les clos
Vaudesir
Valmur
Preuses
Blanc hot
Bourgeois
Grenouilles
(La mouton me)
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Chablis premiers cru AOC

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40 vineyards, further grouped into 17
Mostly on well exposed slopes that fan out from grand cru site
On both sides of the serein, left and right bank
Riper fruit, lemon citrus than Chablis aoc, more body, slightly softer and creamier texture, steeliness
Medium weight good acidity, minerality
Ss
Good concentration, minerality, good acidity
10.5%

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2 right bank Chablis premier cru

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Montree de tonerre

Fourchaume

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2 left bank Chablis premier cru

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Vaillons

Montmains

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Chablis AOC

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Basic version - austere, unripe fruits, high acidity
Better versions - stone fruit, minerality
10%

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Petit Chablis AOC

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Wind exposed sites on portlandian limestone

9.5 %

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3 other AOC sites of Chablis district

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Sauvignon de st.bris
Irancy
Bourgogne vezelay

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Irancy AOP

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Red wines
Light Pinot noir based wines
Chablis

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St.bris aop

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Sav blanc

Chablis

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Bourgogne vezelay aop

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Whites from Chardonnay
Rose and reds from Pinot noir
Chablis

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2 sub regions of the Côte d’Or

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Côte de nuits

Côte de beaune

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Soils of the cote d’or

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Marl

Limestone

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Argillaceous limestone

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More limestone than clay

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Marl or calcareous clay

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More clay than limestone

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Marl

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Cold calcareous clay like soil that slows ripening and retain acidity
Better reds in burgundy

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Limestone

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Any basic sedimentary rock that consists primarily of carbonates
It’s alkalinity encourages grape production with high acid
Good for whites

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Wine style of the Côte de nuits

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Full bodied 
Long lived reds
Pinot noir
Small amounts of gamay and Chardonnay
All gc reds expect 1 corton from here
Only 1 gc allows white wine
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Wine styles of the Côte de beaune

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Slightly lighter reds
Fine dry whites
Chardonnay, aligote
Pinot noir 
All gc whites except 1 musigny blanc, very rare from here
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Vineyard plantings Côte d’Or

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Lie in narrow band facing east - cdn
Face southeast - cdb
Max benefits from rising sun and protection of hills behind
Pruning method usually guyot

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Viniculture Côte d’Or

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Low yields 
Ferm and oak aging 
Lees stirring, batonnage
Malo all reds, most whites
Reds 15- 18 months in oak, gc 50-100%
Some whole cluster ferments reds
The lower the quality the less oak
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Village AOCs for red wines in Côte de nuits

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Marsannay
Fixin
Gevrey-chambertin 
Morey-Saint-Denis
Chambolle-musigny
Vougeot
Vosne-Romanee
Nuits-Saint-Georges
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Village AOC’s for white wine in the Côte de beaune

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Cotes de nuits village, Jadot, Gachot-monot
Marsannay, Charles audoin
Fixin,Moreno Clair
Morey-St-Denis, ponsot mont luisants 1er cru, dujac
Vougeot, la domaine de la vougeraie
Nuits-saint-georges - Henri gouges
Chard and some Pinot blanc
GC white musigny blanc from Comte Georges de vogue

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What cotes de nuits villages have no grands cru

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Marsannay
Fixin
Nuits-saints-Georges

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Grands cru of gevrey-chambertin

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9 gc vineyards
Chambertin
Chambertin-clos de beze
Chapelle-chambertin
Charmes-chambertin
Griotte-chambertin
Latricieres-chambertin
Mazis-chambertin
Mazoyeres-Chambertin
Ruchottes-chambertin
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Wines of gevrey chambertin

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Black fruits deeper color

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Grands cru vineyards of Morey-saint-Denis

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Clos saint-Denis
Clos de la Roche
Clos des lambrays
Clos de tart 
Bones mares
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Grands cru vineyards of chambolle-musigny

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Bonnes mares

Musigny*

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Grand cru vineyards of Vougeot

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Clos de Vougeot

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Grand cru vineyards of Flagey - echezeaux

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Echezeaux

Grands echezeaux

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Grand cru vineyards of Vosne romanee

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La grand rue
Richebourg
La romanee
Romanee-conti
Romanee-saint-vivant
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How many gc vineyards in the cotes de nuits

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24

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4 top red wine producers Côte de nuits

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Jean Marie fourrier - gevrey
Georges roumier - chambolle musigny
Domaine dujac - Morey st denis
Henri jayer - Vosnee romanee

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Cotes de beaune General info

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More red than white wine
More famous for white wine
Twice area of cotes de nuits
Varied climate
Only 1 gc allows reds (corton)
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Villages producing only reds in Côte de beaune

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Pommard

Volnay

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5 villages containing grand cru in cotes de beaune

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Ladoix-Serrigny
Aloxe-corton
Pernand-vergelesses
Puligny-montrachet
Chassagne-montrachet
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Gc of Ladoix Serrigny

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Corton

Corton Charlemagne

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Gc of Aloxe corton

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Charlemagne
Corton.
Corton Charlemagne

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Gc of pernand vergelesses

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Charlemagne
Corton
Corton Charlemagne

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Gc of puligny montrachet

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Montrachet
Batard montrachet
Chevalier montrachet
Bienvenues Batard Montrachet

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Gc of chassagne Montrachet

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Montrachet
Batard Montrachet
Criots Batard Montrachet

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Villages in Côte de beaune producing only white wine

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Puligny Montrachet

Chassagne Montrachet

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4 top producers of Chablis

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Domaine laroche
Raveneau
Dauvissat
William fevre

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Top producer of puligny

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Domaine leflaive

Etienne sauzet

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Top producer of chassagne

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Michel niellon

Domaine ramonet

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Top producer of mersault

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Domaine des comtes lafon

Domaine Roulot

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Top producer of savigny les beaune

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Simon bize

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Top producer of musigny blanc

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Comte George de vogue

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2 top Côte de beaune vintages

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2009 91 points
Excellent crop
Alluring

2005 90 points
Small crop
Concentrated fruit

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Improvements made in the last 30 years to viticulture in burgundy

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Organic and biodynamic
Lower yeilds
Higher quality clones
Reducing erosion, improving drainage
More fruit sorting
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Premature oxidation

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Common in burgundy
Early oxidation
Causes- cork, pneumatic press, lowered sulphur levels, baton age, warmer vintages, poor storage conditions, transport
Happens in specific bottle, not necessarily big batches

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Burgundy generic AOC

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Bourgogne
Bourgogne aligote
Cremant de Bourgogne
Bourgogne passe tout grains

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Burgundy regional AOCs

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Côte d'Or
Chablis district
Côte chalonnaise 
Maconnais
Beaujolais
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Burgundy broad subregional AOCs

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Bourgogne hautes cotes de beaune AOC
Cote de Beaune villages AOC
Côte de nuits villages AOC

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Burgundy sub regional AOCs

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Cite de nuits

Côte de bane

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Burgundy village AOCs

A 
Chablis AOC
Rully AOC
Lots within above subregions 
Voluntary AOC
nuits st Georges AOC
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Burgundy vineyard classification levels

A

Place name - lieu dit
Premier cru - very good
grand cru - the best

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Burgundy AOC quality levels

A

Gc best
Oc
Villages
regional

62
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Varieties allowed in cremant de Bourgogne

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Pinot noir
Pinot Gris
Pinot blanc
Chard
Sacy
Aligote
Melon
Gamay max 20%
63
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Varieties allowed in Bourgogne aligote AOC

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Aligote

Chard max 15%

64
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Well known negotiates of burgundy

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Louis Jadot - beaune
Joseph faiveley - mercurey
Joseph drouhin - beaune
Bouchard Pierre et fils - beaune
Louis Latour - corton 
Mommessin - Morey st.denis
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General cotes de nuits

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2.5 % of overall burgundy planting
Pinot noir dominates
Some gamay and chard

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2 top red burgundy vintages

A

2009 96 points in beaune and
Ripe plump healthy fruit

2005 95 points in beaune and nuits
Ripe, dense, pure fruit
Balanced with plenty of structure
Top vintage with longevity

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Côte chalonnaise General

A 
Western edge of the Saone river
Hilly terrain
Cool westerly winds
Vines are broken up
Good value
Best vineyards on slopes
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Côte chalonnaise soils

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Clay sand over limestone

Iron rich marl

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5 villages of Côte chalonnaise

A 
Bouzeron
Rully
Givry
Mercuey
Montagny
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Côte chalonnaise AOC

A

Sub regional
Whites from Chardonnay
Reds from Pinot noir

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Bouzeron AOC style of wine

A

Whites from aligote

Côte chalonnaise

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Bouzeron notable producers

A

De villaine

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Givry AOC style of wine

A

Whites from Chardonnay
Reds from Pinot noir
Côte chalonnaise

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Mercurey AOC style of wine

A

Whites chard
Reds Pinot noir
Côte chalonnaise

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Givry noteworthy producers

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Clos salomon

Joblot

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Mercurey noteworthy producers

A

Juillot, faiveley

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Montagny AOC style of wine

A

White from chardonnay

Côte chalonnaise

78
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Montagny noteworthy producers

A

Caves de buxy

Jam boillot

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Rully AOC style of wine

A

Whites from chard

Reds from Pinot noir

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Noteworthy producers Rully

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Dureuil-janthial

Domaine de la Folle

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Maconnais general

A

District and village AOC
Mostly whites chard
Reds from gamay and Pinot noir
Has a village named Chardonnay

82
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Soil maconnais

A

Alluvium clay

Sand clay

83
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Macon AOC wine styles

A

Whites from Chardonnay

Rose and reds from gamay

84
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Macon villages AOC style of wine and number

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84 villages

Whites mostly from chard

85
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Macon with village designation AOC

A

Chard
27 appellations
43 villages
Eg Macon loche

86
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5 village AOC in Macon

A 
Pouilly-fuisse
Pouilly-loche
Pouilly-vinzelles
Saint-veron
vire-clesse

Only chard

87
Q

Pouilly - fuisse satellites

A

Fuisse
Solutre-Pouilly
Vergisson
Chaintre

88
Q

St.Veran AOC

A

Macon

White wine from chard

89
Q

Vire-classe AOC

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AOC that combined macon-vire and Macon-clesse

White wine from Chardonnay

90
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Top Macon producers

A

Les heritieres du compte lafon
Thevenet
Andre bonhomme
Robert denogent

91
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Top Pouilly producers

A

Vincent-chateau de fuisse
Roger lasserat
Jean rijckaert

92
Q

Beaujolais general

A 
Southern burgundy into Rhone
Region, village and cru AOC 
Almost all red
Carbonic maceration
No premier or grand cru
93
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Grape varieties of Beaujolais

A

Gamay
Chardonnay
Pinot noir

94
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Soils Beaujolais

A

Granite in north

Clay in south

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Beaujolais and Beaujolais superieure AOC wine styles

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Whites from chard

Rose and reds from gamay

96
Q

Beaujolais villages AOC wine style

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Whites from chard
Rose and red from gamay
38 villages

97
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Beaujolais nouveau AOC wine style

A

Rose and light reds from gamay
Aka Beaujolais primeur
Released 3rd Thursday of November
Carbonic maceration

98
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10 Cru Beaujolais AOC

A 
Brouilly
Chenas
Côte de Brouilly
Chiroubles
Fleurie
Julienas
Morgon
Moulin a vent
Regnie
St.armour

Red from gamay

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Top gamay producers

A

Georges duboeuf

Jean foillard - morgon

100
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Carbonic maceration

A 
Grapes covered with co2 and sealed
Undergo a intracellular fermentation 
Metabolizing individual stores of glucose and malic acid to produce alcohol without the use of yeast 
Grapes rupture
Normal fermentation begins
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Flavors from carbonic maceration

A

Bubble gum
Banana
Pear drop

102
Q

Coteaux de lyonnais AOC wine styles

A

Red and rose from gamay
White from chard, aligote, Pinot blanc
An hour south of Beaujolais

103
Q

Jura general

A

At Swiss border around lake Geneva
Lower slopes of alps
Specialities : vin Jaune, vin de paille
Make sparkling cremant de dura AOP

104
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Climate Jura

A

Continental

Very cold in winter

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Soil Jura

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Jurrasic limestone and marl

Clay at lowest sites

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Arbois AOC wine style

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Whites from savagnin, Chardonnay, and Pinot blanc
Reds from trousseau, poulsard and Pinot noir
Leading wine village
Covers 12 communes
Wines can be made in an oxidative style
Jura

107
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Cotes du Jura AOC wine style

A

Same as Artois

108
Q

L’etoile AOC wine style

A

Whites only
Chard, poulsard, savagnin
Jura

109
Q

Chateau chalon AOC wine style

A

Vin Jaune - 100% savagnin

Vin de paille

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Vin Jaune

A

Unfortified oxidizes style
Develops voile or veil similar to flor yeast in sherry
Kept in barrel for 6 years without topping off
Flavor - nutty, aldehydic, dry
Bottled in a clavelin

111
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Vin de paille

A

Straw wine
Grapes left to dry for min 6 weeks after harvest
Final wines have good acid, high rs and at least 14% alcohol
Aged 3 years, 18 months must be in neutral wood barrels
Complex and rich

112
Q

Clavelin

A

Squat 62 cl bottle

For Jura vin Jaune

113
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Macvin du Jura AOP

A

Vin de liqueur made by adding aged Marc to unfermented grape must
Sweet u fermented grape juice
Red, white, rose
Must be aged for one year in oak after mutage

114
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Bugey AOP wine style

A 
Dry/off dry
Stills sparkling
Whites chard
Red and rose from gamay
Sav lie
115
Q

Sub zones of bugey

A

Cerdon - sweet sparkling wine
Manicle - red and white only
Montagnieu - red and sparkling or petillant white

116
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Crepy AOC wine style

A

Whites from chasselas

Savoie

117
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Seyssel AOC

A

Whites from roussette,
Dry off dry
Still sparkling
Savoie

118
Q

What are the features of the main grape of burgundy

A 
Complex
Expressive
Rich
Ripe buttery creamy fruit
Aging in contact with less
119
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AOC for sav blanc in burgundy

A

Sauvignon de st bris

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the portion of the Côte d’Or best known for whites

A

Cotes de baunes

121
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Monks role in burgundy

A

Planted vyds

122
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Napoleonic code role in burgundy

A

Fragmentation of ownership of vineyards each son inherited a different parcel
Now thousands of tiny vineyards

123
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Name a red grand cru of Côte d’Or

A

Flagey echezeaux
Grands echezeaux
Jean Marc MILLOT

124
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Why are corton and musigny diff to other gc of their respective districts

A

Make red and white grand cru

125
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Why does burgundy have hyphenated village name

A

Gives more status by having name of famous vineyard added on to village name

126
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3 villages in Côte de nuits

A

Vougeot
Fixin
Marsanney

127
Q

3 villages in Côte de beaune

A

Pommard
Volnay
Meursault

128
Q

What is marl made up of and what grape grows in it in burgundy

A

Mixture of clay and limestone

Pinot noir

129
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Rules of production for burgundy passetoutgrains

A

Mainly red and a little Rose produced
Cuvée of pinot noir and gamay
Can be produced in entire area of burgundy AOP
+30% Pinot, + 15% gamay
Use carbonic maceration
Chard, Pinot blanc and Pinot Gris also allowed less than 15%

130
Q

What are the characters of gamay from Beaujolais

A 
Fruity, 
Low tannin
Good acidity
Aromatic
Paler colour
Bubblegum, banana in nouveau style
131
Q

What vinification method is used in Beaujolais nouveau

A

Carbonic maceration

132
Q

Name a cru Beaujolais with a vintage and producer

A

Marcelle lapierre morgon 2005

133
Q

What is the best soil type of Beaujolais

A

Granite

134
Q

What is the name of the AOC used when dry wine is made in Sauternes

A

Regional - bordeaux AOC

135
Q

Name 2 cru classe estates of graves for white wine

A

Chateau d’olivier

Chateau bouscaut

France (11 decks)

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