Burgundy #3

Question 1

Cote d’Or

Vineyards were generally converted to viticulture by what century?

Answer 1

12th century

• Monks discover subtle variations in terroir that form the basis of the modern appellation system

Question 2

Century when wines from Burgundy had become a powerful symbol and an expensive export

Answer 2

mid 15th century

Question 3

Who ordered Gamay grapes to be ripped up in favor of lower yielding Pinot Noir?

Answer 3

Phillip the Bold

• Member of the Valois Dukes
• Ruled the region before it was annexed by France in 1477

Question 4

Who ruled the region of Burgundy before it was annexed by France in 1477?; what’s their claim to fame?

Answer 4

The Valois Dukes

• Ordered Gamay grapes to be ripped up in favor of the lower yielding Pinot Noir

Question 5

Nicolas Rolin

Answer 5

• Nobleman in the Valois Court
• Founded the charity Hotel-Dieu; beneficiary of many donated vineyards in following years

Question 6

Hospices de Beaune

Answer 6

Annual celebration, auctioning off wines procured from the accumulated vineyards of charity

• Result of Nicolas Rolin’s Hotel-Dieu

Question 7

Significance of 1791

Answer 7

Nobleman and churchman had their lands seized as a result of political upheaval

Question 8

Records from the Roman Empire date winemaking in Burgundy back to what century?

Answer 8

200 AD

Question 9

As early as what century were vineyards at Gevrey, Vosne, Beaune, and Dijon entrusted to early Christian monasteries?

Answer 9

6th century

Question 10

Burgundy

4 departments

Answer 10

• Cote d’Or
• Saone-et-Loire
• Rhone
• Yonne

Question 11

Napoleonic Code

Answer 11

Requires inheritances to be split equally among heirs

• Issued shortly after political upheaval in 1791; nobleman and churchman saw their land seized
• Greatly fractured vineyard ownership over time, laid foundation for current division of Burgundy holdings
• Today’s vineyards are a patchwork; grand cru Clos Vougeot claims 80 growers

Question 12

Negociants

Answer 12

Buy fruit or wine in barrel to age in their own cellar before selling the wine

• 18th century - merchant class emerged with resources to store and sell wine on a commercial scale
• Traditionally, negociants acted as one type of intermediary

Question 13

Where and when did phylloxera first appear in the Côte d’Or?

Answer 13

Meursault, 1878

Question 14

Côte d’Or

1st 5 villages to append the name of their most famous vineyards

Answer 14

1847 Gevrey becomes Gevrey-Chambertin
1862 Aloxe” Aloxe-Corton
1866 Vosne” Vosne-Romanée
1879 Puligny” Puligny-Montrachet
1879 Chassagne” Chassagne-Montrachet
1882 Chambolle “ Chambolle-Musigny
1886 Flagey “ Flagey-Echézeaux
1892 Nuits “ Nuits-Saint-Georges
1922 Pernand “ Pernand-Vergelesses
1927 Morey “ Morey-Saint-Denis
1928 Auxey “ Auxey-Duresses

Question 15

Year Gevrey became Gevrey-Chambertin

Answer 15

1847 Gevrey becomes Gevrey-Chambertin
1862 Aloxe “ Aloxe-Corton
1866 Vosne “ Vosne-Romanée
1879 Puligny “ Puligny-Montrachet
1879 Chassagne “ Chassagne-Montrachet
1882 Chambolle “ Chambolle-Musigny
1886 Flagey “ Flagey-Echézeaux
1892 Nuits “ Nuits-Saint-Georges
1922 Pernand “ Pernand-Vergelesses
1927 Morey “ Morey-Saint-Denis
1928 Auxey “ Auxey-Duresses

Question 17

premier cru designation

Year est.

Answer 17

1942

Question 18

Most villages of Burgundy trace their modern origins particularly to what monastic order?

Answer 18

Cistercians

• Steadily enlarged their vineyard holdings throughout the High Middle Ages

Question 19

1st village in Burgundy to append the name of its most famous vineyard

Answer 19

Gevrey, 1847