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Burgundy Flashcards

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Annual production volume?

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17 million cases from 71,500 acres of vines. About 1/4 he volume of Bordeaux

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What are the 4 vineyard areas of Burgundy?

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Chablis
Cote d’Or
Chalonnaise
Maconnaise

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Where is Chablis

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About 80 miles northwest of Cote d’Or
The weather is about the same as Chamagne. Cold winters and cool summers. Located on South facing slopes with Kimmeridgian clay.

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What are the 2 segmens of the Cote d’Or?

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Cote de Nuits
Cote de Beaune
They are located along a narrow limestone ridge along the Soane river.They are protected by a wide belt of hills to the north west.

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Grape varieties?

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Chardonnay - 60% of wine production - 37,700 acres
Pinot Noir - 21,400 acres
Gamay (Maconnaise) - 3,500
Aligote - minor second variety - 5,200

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Wine styles?

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Most wines are 100% Chardonnay or Pinot Noir

Oak aging is the norm

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Burgundy Classification?

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By climat - land parcels ranked based on quality
33 Grand Crus named after the vineyards
More than 600 Premier Crus - that do not qualify as separate AOCs but fall under the appellation of the commune. They can include 1er Cru and the name of the vineyard name on the label.
Vineyards with no classification can include the name of the vineyard and the commune name on the label if the grapes came from the named vineyard.

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How many appellations are in Burgundy?

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100 for quality wines - made up of 33 Grand Crus, 44 commune or village AOCs and 23 Regional AOCs

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How many AOCs cover all of Burgundy?

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6 including -
AOC Bourgogne - red, white and rose
Cremant de Bourgogne - white and rose sparkling
Bourgogne Aligote

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What are the Chablis appellations?

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Produces only whites made from Chardonnay

Chablis Grand Cru AOC - located on a hill NE of the town of Chablis 254 acre grand cru vineyard - divided into 7 parcels.
Chablis AOC - 40 Premier cru vineyards- a few well know vineyards - Fourchaume, Montée de Tonnerre, Vallons, Mont de Milieu and Vosgros
Petit Chablis AOC - forms a circle outside the Chablis AOC area.

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What are the 7 Chablis Grand Cru parcels from largest to smallest?

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Les Clos, Vaudésir, Valmur, Blanchot, Bougros, Les Preuses, Grenouilles

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Cote d’Or Appellations?

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Includes 32 of the 33 Grand Crus
Cote de Nuits - primarily produces Pinot Noir -90%
Cote de Beaune - produces primarily whites 50%

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How many Grand Crus are in Cote de Nuits

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24 all for Red except Musigny which produces a small amt of Chardonnay

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What are the commune appellations of the Cote de Nuits?

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Marsannay, Fixin, Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St. Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougot, Vosne-Romanée, and Nuits St. Georges. Some of the best vineyards are Chambertin, Musigny, Clos de vougeot, and Romanée Conti

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How many Grand Crus in Cote de Beaune?

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8
7 produce only white. 1 Corton produces mostly reds with only a small amount of whites.
Well know Grand Crus- Charlemagne, Corton-Charlemagne, Montrachet, and Corton.

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What are the primary communes of the Cote de Beaune?

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Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet.

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How many communes are there in the Cote Chalonnaise district?

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5 communal AOC’s of which Mercurey os the largest. There are no Grand Crus. Production is slightly more white than red. Aligote and sparkling wine;

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Maconnise district appelations?

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Macon AOC - district wide appellation
Macon Village AOC - for white wine only produced in one of the 43 designated villages. 26 have earned the right to include their name on the label.
5 Communal AOCs for Chardonnay only - the largest are Pouilly-Fuissé and St. Véran

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The name for a wine growing estate in Burgundy?

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domaine

There are over 4000 domaines

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What is the average grower holding?

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15 acres usually scattered among different appellations

21
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What percent of wine is produced by negociants?

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3/4’s of Burgundys annual wine output

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What is Chambertin

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A Grand Cru in the Cote de Nuits

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What is Clos de Vougeot

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A Grand Cru in the Cote de Nuits

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What is Montrachet

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A Grand Cru in the Cote de Beaune

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Minor white grape of Burgundy, mostly grown in the Coytes Chalonnaise

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Aligote

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Largest communal appellation of the cote Chalonnaise

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Mercurey

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3 appellations of Chablis

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Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru, Petit Chablis

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Number of Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote de Nuits

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24

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Number of Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote de Beaune

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8

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The only Grand Cru vineyard of the Cote de Beaune to produce red wine

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Corton

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2 largest communal AOC’s in the Macon approved only for white wine

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Pouilly-Fuisse, St. Veran

32
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Term used in Burgundy to describe plots of land whose boundaries have been defined by terroir

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Climat

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