burgundy

Question 1

how is the climat in Burundy ?

Answer 1

1) cool continental in the north: chablis

2) moderate continental further to the south

Question 2

what can rain do to the vintage ?

Answer 2

rain can disrupt flowering in early summer and disrupt harvest later in the year
—- pinot noir is also susceptible for grey rot, this can also be a problem in a wet growing season

Question 3

what kind of climatic hazards does burgundy faces ?

Answer 3

1) spring frost: they even can come late in may
2) summer local hailstorm, these can destroy a crop
- —- these are particularly for chablis

Question 4

a vineyards location is extremely important in determining its quality level:

Answer 4

1) basic level: flat sites or bottom of slopes
2) premier cru or granc cru: mid slopes— these are less prone (vatbaar) to frost
3) the highest quality vineyards have a south or east facing exposure offering protection from the prevailing westerly winds

Question 5

whta about the soil in burgundy?

Answer 5

A small number of geological faults (breuken), combined with gradual erosion means that the precise soils can change significantly over small areas.

• – more subtle diferences
• – the vineyards on the hillsides are shallower (ondieper) and good drainage
• – the vineyards on the flat side are deeper and more fertile

Question 6

what about pinot noir in burgundy ?

Answer 6

1) the most important plantings are in cote dor
2) classic pinot: red fruity flavours in youth, develops in earthy, game and mushroom flavours
- – the wines can have high acidity, low to medium tann
- —-but this can vary according (volgens) to the vineyard
3) a wide range of winemaker techniques are used now:
- the use of whole bunches has gradually become more popular
- for the best wines: 16-18 months barrel ageing
- –generally speaks, the best wines usually age in new oak

Question 7

what about chardonnay in burgundy ?

Answer 7

1) chardonnay accounts for nearly half the total vineyard area
2) the character of chardonnay varies dramatically from —the lean steely, high acidic wines from chablis
- - the more complex and fabulously expressive wines from the cote dor
- - full bodied riper fruited wines of macon in the south

Question 8

how will you make a white rich burgundian wine?

Answer 8

1) grape sorting: strong selection for top
2) destem and crush
3) short skin contact
4) press: pressjuice separated and gentle pressing to extract colour and flavours and add texture
5) clairing: sedimentation by gravity
6) alc ferm in big wooden barrels by 12-22°c
7) rack off gross lees, leave the fine lees
8) MLF
9) blend (free run juice)
10) maturation barriques 6- 9 months it depends
11) blending before bottling

Question 9

what about aligoté ?

Answer 9

1) neutral wines with high acidity
2) its capable of making high quality wines in sides where it can reach is full ripeness
- – but these sites are allmost all reserved for chard and pinot noir
- – so high quality aligoté is uncommon

Question 10

gamay produces early drinking wines, with ripe berry fruit and low tannins. gamay may be used in the village appellations.

Answer 10

fault it can only be used in some regional app

Question 11

What are the natural factors for good winemaking in chablis ?

Answer 11

1) aspect: the vineyards planted on slopes with south facing aspect
- — some of these layer vineyards are called petit chablis
2) climatic problem is frost: sprinklers and heathers

Question 12

basic chablis is often grown on north facing slopes nd flatter land, also where the prem ad grand cru is located.

Answer 12

false: the premier and grand cru chablis tend to be located on hillside sites with a better aspect.

Question 13

a grand cru chablis is riper in style and shows more concentrated fruitflavours, more body, yet balance with acidity.

Answer 13

owkeey

Question 14

a number of producer ferm and mature in big old wooden barrels to add a rounder texture and subtle flavours.

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

the cote dor is at the eastern side of the massif central and what profit does it have from the massive central ?

Answer 15

it provides east and south facing vineyard locations

Question 16

cote dor is split in 2:

Answer 16

1) cote de nuits: fullest bodied pinot noirs
—- 1 white grand cru:CLOS DE VOUGEOT
—- red grand crus and imp villages :
Gevrey Chambertin, Voegeot, vosne romanée (romanee conti, la tache and la romanée), nuits saint georges

2) cotes de beaune: also fruity pinot noires, but the best chardonnays in the region.
—- 1 red grand cru: Corton
—- important villages and their gc:
Aloxe Corton (corton, corton charlemagne), Beaune, Pomard, Volnay, meursault, puligny montrachet (montrachet)
—- only pomard and volay produce only red and blagny

Question 17

cotes de nuits villages must be red and white and comes from the vineyards that comes from the cote de nuits, but not those who will fit in the village aop.

Answer 17

thrue

Question 18

cotes de baune village must be red and can come from any one, or a comb from the villages on the cotes de beaune, however there are exceptions.

Answer 18

thrue

Question 19

what about the haut cotes ?

Answer 19

they lie to the west of and at a higher altitude.

• • their altitude and the exposure to winds gives it an cooler climate
• – wines typically have slightly less body and concentration

Question 20

due the higher altitude the harvest is later and the ripening less reliable (betrouwbaar)

Answer 20

thrue

Question 21

what is the effect of the hills in chalonaise?

Answer 21

the vineyards on the hillside doesnt have an aspect to the east, as result the wines are lighter and tend to mature earlier

Question 22

give me 4 village app of the cote chalonaise.

Answer 22

1) rully: produces more white then red and is important for sparkling wines
2) Mercurey: highest reputation for reds
3) Givry: whose reds are admirable is the smallest of the village aop
4) montagny: ONLY WHITE
- —- the villages have premier cru but no grand cru

Question 23

Bourgogne cote chalonnaise applies to all wines made on the cote chalonnaise from pinot noir for red to chardonnay.

Answer 23

amen

Question 24

the reds of maconnais can be made of pinot noir and gamy, but not too much pinot noir.

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

how about the whites and the reds in the maconnais ?

Answer 25

the local regional aop can be red or white

1) the better white:
- fresh apple or citrusfruit
- med acidity
- med to full body
- there may be a hint of creaminess from mlf
2) the reds tend to light, fruity and early drinking
3) wines labelled as macon villages or macon + the name of a particular village, are white wines that has a good price quality
4) macon villages may come from anyone
5) the best are Saint véran and pouilly fuissé

Question 26

how are the saint véran wines and pouilly fuissé ?

Answer 26

1) the best wines from these villages display ripe notes of tropical and stone fruit, and most are matured for a period of time in barrel to enhance texture and add flavours
2) –the vines are planted on the limestone slopes of the roche de Solutré with east and southeast exposures
- - these amphiteater slopes that acts like suntraps are able to produse the ripest chardonnay in burgundy with often are complemented by toasty oak flavours

Question 27

Hierarchy of burgundy app:

Answer 27

1) regional app: they count for the half of the production of the region: most comes from vineyards that are not selected for a superiour app
- – there are also a number of regional app that each cover a more restricted area: haute cote de nuits, …
2) commune app: these account for a third of the production. usually just the name of the commune will be given. — if the wine comes from a single vineyard, but not grand cru or premier cru, the vineyard name can appear as well
3) grand cruan prem cru: there are 600 prem cru in chablis, cote dor and challonaise
- – prem or grand cru then vineyards name