Burgundy

Question 1

What is the climate in Burgundy?

Answer 1

Moderate, continental (Northern). Winters can be severe, hot summers.

Question 2

What are some major climatic hazards Burgundy can experience?

Answer 2

Hail and (spring) Frost - particularly in Chablis

Question 3

What makes Burgundy prone to grey rot?

Answer 3

frequent summer rains

Question 4

What are the main grapes of Burgundy?

Answer 4

pinot noir, chardonnay, aligote, gamay noir, sauv blanc

Question 5

What is the protective barrier on the Eastern fringe of Burgundy?

Answer 5

massif central

Question 6

What kind of soil would you expect to find in Chablis?

Answer 6

Kimmeridgian soils

Question 7

What kind of soil would you find Chard grown on? Burgundy

Answer 7

Calcarious clay soils

Question 8

What kind of soils would you expect to find Pinot noir grown on? Burgundy

Answer 8

limy marl

Question 9

What appellation in Burgundy grows Sauv Blanc?

Answer 9

St Brix

Question 10

In Northern Burgundy what trellis system to they use? and How dense are their plantings?

Answer 10

Guyot training, high density planting (one of the highest in world)

Question 11

What is a classic Burgundy Pinot Noir flavour?

Answer 11

cherry, raspberry, strawberry in youth. Involves into vegetal, gamey, savoury as wine matures. Med-high tannin and acid levels.

Question 12

Which direction do the best vineyards face in Northern Burgundy?

Answer 12

East or South East facing slopes

Question 13

In the South of Burgundy what kind of trellis system do they use? How are they pruned?

Answer 13

Free standing vines, gobelet-pruned.

Question 14

What’s a vinification challenge in Burgundy?

Answer 14

Fermentation may cease if musts are not warmed

Question 15

What temp does fermentation cease at?

Answer 15

cannot ferment below 5 C

Question 16

What is the winemaking method used for Beaujolais?

Answer 16

Carbonic maceration

Question 17

How much time in barrel for top quality Burgundy Pinot?

Answer 17

16-18 mo

Question 18

What winemaking methods are used in Cotes de Beaunes and Macon?

Answer 18

barrel fermentation and new oak for chards

Question 19

What were Burgundians pioneers for

Answer 19

barrel fermentation, malo, lees contact and extensive oak ageing on chards

Question 20

What are the 4 classifications of Burgundian wines?

Answer 20

Regional, Commune, Premier Cru, and Grand Cru

Question 21

What is the river that flows through Burgundy?

Answer 21

Saone (joins the Rhone river in Lyon)

Question 22

wines labelled regional classification account for how much of the Burgundian wine production?

Answer 22

50%

Question 23

How many Grand crus are there in Cote D’or

Answer 23

33

Question 24

What river flows through Chablis?

Answer 24

River Serein

Question 25

Where are the best vineyards located in the S of Burgundy?

Answer 25

hillsides in the North

Question 26

The Cote d'Or has the protection of what hills ?

Answer 26

morvan hills

Question 27

All of the red Grand crus are produced in the Cote de Nuits, with the exception of....

Answer 27

Corton (In cotes de Beaune)

Question 28

All the white grand crus are in the Cotes de Beaune, with the exception of ....

Answer 28

Musigny Blanc

Question 29

List the major villages with their most famous grand cru sites in Cotes de Nuits

Answer 29

Gevrey-Chambertin (Chambertin, Close de Beze) Vougeot (Clos de Vougeot) Vosne-Romanee (Romanee conti, la tache, La Romanee) Nuit St Georges

Question 30

Cotes de Nuits Village produce only red wine?

Answer 30

False

Question 31

List the major villages and their grand cru sites in Cotes de Beaune

Answer 31

Aloxe-Corton (Corton red, Corton-Charlemagne)* most expensive white Pommard (red only) Volnay (red only) Meursault Puligny-Montrachet Chassagne-Montrachet (Le Montrachet AC is shared b/t both)

Question 32

Three villages with the highest reputation for white wine in Burgundy are?

Answer 32

Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne Montrachet

Question 33

Cotes de Beaune villages red or white?

Answer 33

red

Question 34

What are the only three villages that negotiants cannot blend to make cotes de Beaune villages AC?

Answer 34

Aloxe-Corton, Pommard, Volnay, Beaune

Question 35

Name the key village AC's in Cote Chalonnaise AC?

Answer 35

Rully AC (sparkling), Mercurey AC (highest quality reds), Givry AC (smallest) , Montagny AC (white only)

Question 36

Where is Pouilly Fuisse?

Answer 36

The Macon, Burgundy

Question 37

What AC in the Macon benefits from the most barrel aging?

Answer 37

Pouilly-Fuisse

Question 38

translate: Saint Julia Child Makes Fine Morning Coffee Regularly Before Breakfast

Answer 38

Saint-Amour AC, Julienas AC, Chenas AC, Moulin-a-Vent, Fleurie AC, Morgon AC, Chiroubles AC, Regnie AC, Brouilly AC, Cotes de Bouilly AC

Question 39

How many villages can call themselves Beaujolais villages?

Answer 39

39

Question 40

What is the soil like in Beaujolais?

Answer 40

granite schist

Question 41

What are the 7 Grand Cru of Chablis?

Answer 41

``` Les Clos Vaudesir Valmur Les Preuses Bougros Blanchot Grenouilles ```

Question 42

Which famous AC is found in Yonne Region?

Answer 42

Chablis

Question 43

What grape can be found in the Saone-et-Loire Region? A) Gamay B) Chenin C) Chardonnay and Pinot

Answer 43

C)

Question 44

What is the famous AC in the Maconnais Region?

Answer 44

Pouilly-Fuisse

Question 45

``` Which one of the following wines is the best quality? A) Cotes de Nuits Villages B) Bourgogne Hautes- Cotes de Nuits C) Cotes de Nuits D) Nuits-Saint-Georges ```

Answer 45

D)

Question 46

The best white wines of Cotes de Beaune are typically aged in oak vats for 6-9mos.

Answer 46

False. Oak barrels.

Question 47

Cote Chalonnaise produces wines similar to A) the white wines of Nuits St-George B) the white wines of Mersault

Answer 47

B)