Burgundy Flashcards
In 1443 Nicolas Rolin, a nobleman in the Valois Court, founded one of the wine world’s most historic and recognizable charitable institutions. What’s its name?
Hotel-Dieu in Beaune, Hospices de Beaune
What is metayage?
Sharecropping
What is fermage?
Leasing
Which producer is the largest land owner in the Côte d’Or?
Bouchard Père & Fils, with 130 hectares of vines under its control.
What are the five main wine growing areas in Burgundy?
From north to south, they are: Chablis, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais, and Beaujolais.
The Côte d’Or wine growing region itself:
A thin ribbon of vineyard extending 60 km from the outskirts of the city of Dijon (the regional capital) southward through the three small communes of Maranges.
What two communes make up the dividing line between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune?
Corgoloin and Ladoix-Serrigny
In Yonne, what communes make up the Grand Auxerrois-the land surrounding Auxerre.
Vézelay
Irancy
Tonnerre
Joigny
The Côte Chalonnaise:
Lies to the south of the Côte d’Or in the northern Saône-et-Loire department. It lies on the western edge of the Saône River Valley.
Where is the most emblematic site in the Saône-et-Loire, The Rock of Solutre located?
The northern Maconnais
What is the capital of the Yonne?
Auxerre
What is the monts du Beaujolais?
A series of choppy, low mountains that reach upwards of 1,0000 meters in elevation.
What is selection massale?
A FIELD SELECTION rather than a clonal selection. Many producers in Burgundy now choose to propagate the Pinot Noir vine through this.
What is the most planted grape in Burgundy?
Chardonnay
What is Chardonnay known as from Beaune in Yonne
Beaunois
What two varietals is Chardonnay and Aligoté’s natural crossing?
Pinot and Gouais Blanc
What are some rare grape varietals in Burgundy?
Cesar (Red), Tressot (Red), Sacy (White), Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc
The Burgundy AOP system consists of a four tier hierarchy of appellations. What are they?
Regionale
Village
Premier Cru (1er)
Grand Cru
What was the Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire AOP renamed in attempt to revitalize it?
Coteaux Bourguignons AOP, it shares the same dimensions as Bourgogne AOP with the inclusion of Gamay
What are the four lieux-dits approved in the 1990’s as geographic destinations for Bourgogne AOP?
La Chapelle Notre Dame
Le Chapitre
Côte St-Jacques
Montrecul
Côte de Beaune-Villages AOP
Wines are red, may be sourced from any village in the Côte de Beaune. Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe Corton, and Beaune itself.
Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP
Wines are red or (rarely) white and may be sourced from the villages of Fixin and Brochon in the north, and Prissey, Corgoloin, and Comblanchien in the south.
Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP
Pinot Noir and Gamay must be vinified together throughout the Côte d’Or and southern Burgundy.
Cremant de Bourgogne
Debuted in 1975 as an AOP for traditional method white and rose sparkling wines produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Bourgogne Mousseux
An older rare appellation reserved for sparkling reds produced via the traditional method.
What is the smallest AOP in Burgundy and all of France?
La Romanee AOP, 0.85 ha
What are the two more larger AOP’s in Burgundy?
Corton and Clos de Vougeot
What is the climate of Chablis?
Cool Continental
What are the three AOP’s of Chablis?
Petit Chablis
Chablis
Chablis Grand Cru
What is the best soil in Chablis?
Kimmeridgian marl, A mixture of limestone and clay laced with millions of oyster fossils. It is buried under Portlandien limestone, a pure form of limestone.
What are the seven geographic designations of Chablis Grand Cru AOP?
Les Clos
Vaudesir
Valmur
Peruses
Blanchot
Bougros
Grenouilles
La Moutonne
An eighth parcel of Chablis Grand Cru, a monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit overlapping Vaudesir and Preuses.
Beyond Chablis what are the two other communal appellations in the Yonne department?
Irancy AOP - A red wine appellation for light Pinot Noir based reds.
St-Bris AOP - The only Sauvignon Blanc appellation in Burgundy.
What are combes in the Côte d’Or?
Dry, transverse valleys, carved during the last ice age by melt water and erosion, which today serves as conduits for both cool breezes and hailstorms.
What is the preferred soil type in the Côte de Nuits?
Limestone
What is the preferred soil type in the Côte de Beaune?
Marl
What is traditionally the barrel of choice to age Burgundy wine in?
228 liter piece
In the Côte de Nuits, which village appellations produce AOP white wine?
Marsannay
Fixin
More-Saint-Denis
Vougeot
Nuits-Saint-Georges
What grand cru in the Côte de Nuits may also produce white wines?
Musigny
What AOP is the largest village appellation in the Côte d’Or?
Gevrey-Chambertin, also home to the greatest number of grand cru vineyards contained within any single village (9).
Clos Saint-Jacques
An outstanding vineyard excluded from grand cru consideration in 1936 as its borders did not touch those of Chambertin itself.
What are the two grand crus of Chambolle-Musigny?
Musigny
Bonnes Mares
What is the only exceptional premier cru of Chambolle-Musigny?
Les Amoureuses
Within Morey-Saint-Denis, what are the five grand crus?
Clos de Tart
Clos de Lambrays
Clos de la Roche
Clos St-Denis
Bonnes Mares
What is the only grand cru of Vougeot?
Clos de Vougeot (accounts for over 80% of Vougeot’s planted acreage)
What are the four premier crus of Vougeot?
Clos de la Perriere
Les Petits Vougeot
Les Cras
Le Clos Blanc
What are the six grand crus of Vosne-Romanee?
Le Romanee (the smallest) Comtes Liger Belair
La Tache (monopole) Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
Romanee-Conti (monopole) Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
La Grande Rue (monopole) Domaine Francois Lamarche
Richebourg
Romanee-Saint-Vivant
What are the top sites of premier crus of Vosne Romanee?
Les Suchots
Les Beaux Monts
Les Petits Monts
Aux Malconsorts
Cros Parantoux (Henri Jayer)
What is the only premier cru that does not abut a grand cru in Vosne Romanee?
Michel Gros monopole Clos des Reas
In the Côte Chalonnaise, what is the appellation that may ONLY produce white wine?
BOUZERON
Les Genevrieres is a premier cru in what village?
Meursault
What is the largest grand cru in Chablis?
Les Clos
How many liters are in a Fueillette?
132
What crus of Beaujolais produce the lightest red wine?
Chiroubles
Brouilly
Régnié
Georges Duboeuf
Beaujolais Nouveau made a household name out of the regions largest producer
