Burgundy Flashcards
When is the hospice de beaune auction held?
Every third Sunday of November
Which monks were important for viticulture in Burgundy?
Cistercians and Benedictine
How many growers claim clos vougeot?
more then 80
metayage
sharecropping
fermage
leasing
how many cases does domaine de la romanee conti produce? how many grand cru bottlings?aeq
8000 cases; 8 grand crus
who is cote d’or’s largest landowner?
bouchard pere & fils
130 ha
Name the 5 main winegrowing areas in Burgundy?
Chablis Cote d'Or Cote Chalonnaise Maconnais Beaujolais
What is Burgundy’s “golden slope”?
Cote d’Or
What is Cote d’Or s regional capital and what is it commercial center for wine trade?
Dijon (regional capital)
Beaune (commercial center for the winetrade)
Where is Chablis exactly located?
130 km northwest of Dijon; Yonne departement
communes of Yonne?
Chablis, Vezelay, Irancy, Tonnerre and Joigny
all -except Chablis - are also known as “Grand Auxerrois”
Grand Auxerrois?
Collectivly the name for communes around the capital of Yonne, the land sourrounding Auxerre (except Chablis)
Where is Cote Chalonnaise located?
South of Cote d’Or
northern Saone-et-Loire departement
Where does the Saone-et-Loire department get uts name from?
City of Chalon-sur-Saone
Where does the river Saine runs?
60km southward from Chalon-sur-Saone to Macon.
Macon?
capital of the department and namesake of the maconnais winegrowing region
What are the “Region Borgogne”s largest production areas for white wines?
Chablis
Maconnais
What is Saone-et-Loire’s most emblenatic site?
Rock of Solutre (highest among them)
What are the “monts du Beaujolais”?
series of choppy, low mountains- reaching up to 1000 meters in elevation.
south of Maconnais
Beaujolais wine growing region
What is Burgundy’s most southern vineyard area? What commune was it named for?
Beaujolais
commune of Beaujeu
Name the main grapes growing at Burgundy?
Pinot Noir Gamay Chardonnay Pinot Blanc Aligote
Beside Pinot Noir- what is Burgundy’s most important seccondary grape?
Gamay
Beaunois?
name for Chardonnay
means “from Beaune”
Chardonnay is a natural crossing of…
… Pinot Noir and Gouais Blanc
Burgundy’s second most important white wine grape variety is?
Aligote
particularly in the commune of Bouzeron
Name same rare grape varieties in Burgundy?
Beurot (Pinot Gris)
Cesar
Trossot
Sacy
…authorized but effectively disappeared
four-tier hierarchy?
AOP system
regionale, village, premier cru and grand cru
What is baseline regional appellation for entire Burgundy winegrowing region?
Bourgogne AOP
(red, white, rose)
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
made from other grape varieties- name is addes - f.ex. Pinot Gris, Pinot blanc, Cesar,…
Coteaux Bourguignons AOP?
Shares same broad dinensions as Bourgogne AOP, but allows inclusion of Gamay in red blends
also inexpensive blended whites and rose wines are allowed for that appellation
Name the 4 lieux-dits approved for Bourgogne AOP?
La Chapelle Notre Dame
Le Chapitre
Cote St-Jacques
Montrecul
What are Cote de Beaune-Village AOP?
Cote de Beaune-Villages wines are red and grape material may be sourced from any village in the Cote de Beaune save Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe-Corton and Beaune itself
What are Cote de Nuits-Village wines?
red or (rarely) white wines sourced from the villages of Fixin and Brouchon in the north, and Prissey, Corgoloin and Comblanchien in the south
What means “Bourgogne Aligote”?
seperate appellation for vatietal wines produced solely from Aligote grape. wines are often simple, refreshing and high in acidity.
also base for the kir cocktail (combined with creme de cassis)
Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP?
red and rose wines
“field blend of the past”
Pinot Noir and Gamay Blend, and the two grapes must be vinified together
red one is far more common than rose
cremant de bourgogne?
debuted 1975
hand harvestest, traditional method white and rose sparkling wines
CH, PN
Rully (Cote Chalonnais)
bourgogne mousseux?
older, rare appellation reserved exclusivly for sparkling reds produced via traditional method
(in 1820 it was common to have red sparkling wines coming from clos de vougeot or chambertin)
Name Burgundy’s two sparkling wine AOP’s?
Cremant de Bourgogne
Bourgogne Mousseux
Smallest AOP in France?
La Romanee
0,85ha
Largest AOP in Burgundy?
Corton AOP
160 ha
Chablis 3 AOP’s?
Petit Chablis
Chablis
Chablis Grand Cru
production white wine only
exclusively from Chardonnay
Soil for Chablis better vinyards?
Kimmeridigian marl
(mixture of limestone, clay laced with millions of oyster fossils)
its visible in hillside outcrops around the village of Chablis
Soiltypes for
Petit Chablis
Chablis
Chablis Premier and Grand Cru
Petit Chablis: cooler, windexposed sites on portlandien linestone
Chablis: Kimmeridigian marl under portlandian limestone; younger rock strata
Chablis 1er and GC: Pure Kimmeridigian marl
What is Burgundys largest white winegrowinh region?
Chablis
one out if five bottles of Burgundy annually bears its name on the label
Name some of Chablis top 1er Crus?
Montee de Tonnerre
Fourchaume
Vaillons
Montmains
Chablis GC 7 geographical sesignations?
Les Clos, Vaudesir, Valmur, Preuses, Blanchot, Bourgros, Grenouilles
(unofficial: La Moutonne - monopoly of domaine long-depaquit -overlapping Vaudesir and Preuses)
Beyond Chablis there is a Sauvignon Blanc and a Pinot Noir-based reds appellation- name them!
PN: Irancy AOP
SB: St Bris AOP
The Cote d’Or is located on the western edge of plain?
Western edge of the low Saone River Plain
Soil of Cote D’Or?
Limestone
topsoils combinations of linestone and clay
Combes?
significant geological feature of region.
dry, transverse valleys, carved during the last ice time by melt water and erosion.
serves today as conduits for cool breezes and hailstorms
Broadly speaking…
Cote de Nuits vinyards faces…
and Cote de Beaune vinyards faces…
C.d.N.: EAST
C.d.B.: SOUTHEAST
Soiltypes Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune?
Cote de Beaune -execept Montrachet- tends to gain marl and less limestone; Hills of Cote de Beaune are less steep
Name and size of the barrels, red and white Burgundys are typically aged?
Piece
228 liter
batonnage?
stirring the wine during elevage
Cote de Nuits streches from… to…?
Dijon to Corgoloin
Name Cote de Nuits Village appellations for reds from north to south?
Marsanny Fixin Gevrey Chambertin Morey St Denis Chambolle Musigny Vougeot Vosne Romanee Nuits St Georges
Which Cote de Nuits Villages produce AOP whites?
Marsanny Fixin Morey St Denis Vougeot Nuits St Georges
How many GC vinyards exist in the Cote de Nuits?
One of them also produces white wines? Which?
24 GC
Musigny
Gevrey Chambertin greatest Pinot Noir vinyarrds are?
GC Chambertin and Clos de Beze
1er Cru Clos Saint Jacques
What is Cote d’Or largest village appellation?
Gevrey Chambertin
400ha
Name Chevrey Chambertins GC’s?
Chambertin Clos de Beze Charmes Chambertin Latricieres Chambertin Mazis Chambertin Ruchotted Chambertin Chapelle Chambertin Griotte Chambertin Mazoyeres Chambertin