Burgundy

Question 1

Napoleonic Code of Inheritance

Answer 1

Estates are to be divided evenly among male heirs

Question 2

5 Sections of Burgundy

Answer 2

Chablis
Côte d'Or
Côte Chalonnaise
Mâconnais
Beaujolais

Question 3

Burgundy - Climate

Answer 3

Continental

Question 4

Burgundy - Topography

Answer 4

Rolling hills

Côte d’Or Slope (facing east/southeast)

Question 5

Burgundy -Soil

Answer 5

Burgundy - chalk, calcereous clay, mark, limestone

Beaujolais- granite

Question 6

Grape varieties - burgundy

Answer 6

Chardonnay
Aligoté
Pinot noir
Gamay

Question 7

Domaine (Burgundy wine label term)

Answer 7

Growers/producers own the vineyards they are producing wine from. Entire process is done by the domaine itself.

Question 8

Négociant (Burgundy wine label term)

Answer 8

Wine merchants who buy grapes or finished wines for blending and bottling under their own label.

Question 9

Clos (Burgundy wine label term)

Answer 9

Designates a plot of vineyard land traditionally surrounded with a dry-stone wall

Question 10

Monopole (Burgundy wine label term)

Answer 10

Parcels of vineyard land with single ownership

Question 11

Village Wine (Burgundy)

Answer 11

100% of the grapes are grown in and around the names Village