Burgundy Flashcards
What is Negociant
Merchants who don’t own the vineyard but buy the grapes and or finished wine for blending and bottling under their own label.
French wine law, what are the three quality levels of French wine
Vin de France, IGP/Vin de pay, AOP/AOC
What is a domaine?
The entire process from growing the grapes to bottling and aging the wine takes place at the domaine itself.
What are the Maine grape varieties of burgundy
Chardonnay and aligote
Pinot noir and gamay (reds)
What is the climate in burgundy
Continental
What are the main types of soil in burgundy
North: chalk and kimmeridgian clay
South: granite
What are the four Chablis AOC’s
Petite Chablis, chablis, Chablis premier crus, chablis grand cru
What are the seven grand crus of Chablis?
Vaudesir, Valmur, Les Preuses, Grenouilles, Bougros, Les Clos, Blanchot
What is a characteristic of typical Chablis
Racey acidity, oyster shell, youthful lemon, typically no oak
Côte d’Or is made up of two sub regions
Côte de nuits and côte de beaune
Côte de nuits is mostly dominated by what grape
Pinot noir
What are the 9 AOC’s of côte de nuits
Marsannay, Fixin, Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St.-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Echezeaux, Vosne-Romanee, Nuits-St-Georges
What are the AOC’s of Côte de Beaune
- Aloxe-Corton ( red grand cru: corton, white grand cru: corton Charlemagne
- Beaune (premier cru only)
- Pommard (premier cru only, red wine only)
- Volnay (premier cru only, red wine only)
- Meursault (premier cru)
- Puligny-Montrachet (4 grand crus)
- Chassagne-Montrachet (3 grand crus)
Name one major producer from Côte de beaune.
Coche dury, Joseph Drouin, Bouchard Pere et Fils, Louis Jadot
What are the Côte challonnaise AOC’s
- Bouzeron ( white wines from aligote)
- Rully
- Mercurey
- Givry
- Montagny (white only)