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1
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What are the sub regions of Burgundy?

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Chablis
Côte d’Or
Macconnaise
Chalonnaise
Beaujolais
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What is the soil of Chablis?

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Kimmeridgian and Limestone

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What are the 7 Grand Crus of Chablis?

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West to east 

Bougros
Les Preuses
Vaudésir
Grenouilles
 Valmur
Les clos
Blanchot
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From North to South what are the Villages of Cote de Nuits?

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Marsannay
Fixin
Gevery Champertin
Morey St Denis
Chambolle Musigny
Vougeot
Vosne Romanee
Nuits St Georges
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Besides Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay and Aligote, what other varietals are prermitted in certain appellations of Burgundy?

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Pinot Gris- (for red blends, rare)
Cesar- (Irancy AOP)
Pinot Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc- (St. Bris AOC)
Sauvignon Gris- (St. Bris AOC)
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How many AOPs does Burgundy have?

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About 100

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What are the five large regions of Burgundy from North to South?

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Chablis
Côte d’Or
Chalonnaise
Maconnaise
Beaujolais
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8
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Name the grapes in Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains AOC

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Pinot Noir and Gamay

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What percentage of wine production come from the regional appellations of Burgundy?

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53%

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What percentage of Village wines make up Burgundy production?

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35%

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What percentage of Burgundy wine are Premier Cru?

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11%

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What is a Premier Cru? How many are there in Burgundy?

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Individual vineyards within a village or villages in Burgundy.
There is a total of 562 Premier Crus

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13
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Can a producer label a wine Premier Cru if they are sourcing from 2 or more Premier Cru Vineyards?

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Yes,but are not allowed to label with the vineyard names themselves.

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14
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How many Grand Cru vineyards does Burgundy have?

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33- (Accounts for 2% of Burgundy production)

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15
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What department is Chablis located in and what other AOP’s are located there?

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Yonne Department

  • Irancy (Pinot Noir and Cesar)
  • St. Bris (Sauv Blanc)
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What are the two famous soil types in Chablis?

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Kimmeridgian and Portlandian

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What are the 4 types of Chablis

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Chablis Grand Cru
Chablis Premier Cru
Chablis
Petit Chablis

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18
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Where do the seven Chablis Grand Crus lie?

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The North bank of the Serenity River looking down on the village of Chablis

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How many Chablis premier crus are there?

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79

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What is the biggest, oldest and warmest grand cru of Chablis

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Les Clos

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What is the so called 8th Grand Cru of Chablis?

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La Moutonne- located half & half between Vaudesir and Les Preuses. Can be labeled Grand Cru without referring to Vaudesir and Les Preuses.

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22
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What are some notable Chablis premier crus?

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Monte de Tonnere
Chapelot
Cote de Lechet
Les Forest
Fourchaume
Mont de Milieu
Montmains
Vaillons
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23
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What year did Marsannay receive AOC status?

What wines does Marsannay produce?

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Youngest AOC/Villages- (Received in 1987)

Only village that can produce red,white and rose.

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What are the soils of Fixin?

What color wines does Fixin produce?

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Well drained, dark limestone, clay and gravel soils

Almost exclusively red wines

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What color of wine does Gevery-Chambertin produce?
How many premier crus?
How many grand crus?
What makes the villages of Gevery-Chambertin such an ideal growing area?

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Strictly red production
26 Premier Crus
9 Grand Crus
Steepest slopes and almost perfect southeast exposure

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What are the Grand Crus of Gevery- Chambertin?

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Chambertin
Chambertin Clos de Beze
Chapelle- Chambertin
Charmes-Chambertin
Griottes-Chambertin
Laticieres-Chambertin
Mazis- Chambertin
Mazoyeres-Chambertin
Ruchottes-Chambertin
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27
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What is the styles of wines produced in Gevery-Chambertin

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Expressive, Fuller bodied, hearty and meaty

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How many premier crus does Morey-St-Denis have?
How many grand crus?
Does Morey-St-Denis produce more red or white?

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22 premiers crus
5 grand crus
Smaller production commune
More red production than white
Grand Crus strictly red
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29
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What are the Grand Crus of Morey-Saint-Denis?

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Clos Saint-Denis
Clos de la Roche
Clos de Tart
Clos does Lambrays
Bonne-Mares (Shared with Chambolle-Musigny)
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30
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Describe the wines produced in Morey-Saint-Denis

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Powerful but express more fruit and elegance

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31
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How many premier crus in Chabolle-Musigny?
How many grand crus?
Red or white production?
Soil type?

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24 Premier Crus
2 grand crus
Mainly red but produces whites including grand cru Le Musigny
Unique chalky soils

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32
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What are the grand crus of Chambolle-Musigny?

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Le Musigny- (white)

Bonnes-Mares- (red)(shared with Morey-Saint-Denis)

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33
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Describe wines produced in Chambolle-Musigny

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Exceptionally delicate and refined because of the unique soils

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34
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How many premier crus in Vougeot?

How many grand cru?

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4 premier crus
1 grand cru (Clos de Vougeot)
Clos Vougeot makes up most of the commune (124 ha)

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35
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How many grand crus in Vosne Romanee and what color of wine do they produce?

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Exclusively Reds

7 grand crus

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What are the Grand Crus of Vosne-Romanee?

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La Tache
Romanee-Conti
La Romanee
Le Richebourg
Romanee-Saint-Vivant
Grand Echezeaux
Echezeaux
La Grand Rue
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37
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How many premier crus in Nuits-Saint- Georges?
Grand Crus?
How much red wine production vs white?

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Includes the commune of Premeaux-Prissey
36 Premier crus (28 within Nuits-Saint-Georges)
No Grand Crus
99% red wine production

38
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What is the soil of Cote de Beaune?

39
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Does Cotes de Beaune produce more red or white?

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Produces more red

Famed for its whites

40
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What are the grand crus of Ladoix?

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Corton- (almost all red but some white) (shared with Aloxe Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses)
Corton-Charlemagne- (White)(shared with Aloxe Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses)

41
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How many premier crus in Aloxe Corton?

Grand Crus?

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9 premier crus
2 Grand Crus (shared with Ladoix and Pernand-Vergelesses
Half its area covered in Grand Cru vineyards

42
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What are the Grand Crus of Aloxe-Corton?

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Corton- (almost all red but some white) (shared with Ladoix and Pernand-Vergelesses)
Corton-Charlemagne- (White)(shared with Ladoix and Pernand-Vergelesses)

43
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What are the Grand Crus of Pernand-Vergelesses?

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Corton- (almost all red but some white) (shared with Aloxe Corton and Ladoix)
Corton-Charlemagne- (White)(shared with Aloxe Corton andLadoix)

44
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What are the commune/villages of Cote de Beaune?

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Ladoix
Aloxe-Corton
Pernand-Vergelesses
Chorey-les-Beaune
Savigny-les-Beaune
Beaune
Pommard
Volnay
Monthelie
Auxey-Duresses
Saint-Romain
Meursault
Puligny-Montrachet
Chassagne-Montrachet
Saint Aubin
Santenay
Le Maranges
45
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How many premier and grand crus in Chorey-les-Beaune?

What is red/white wine production?

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More red produced than white
No Premier Crus
No Grand Crus

46
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Describe Savigny-les-Beaune red vs white wine production.

How many premier crus and grand crus?

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Mainly red production (3.2% white production)
3rd in production of red behind Pommard and Beaune
22 Premier Crus

47
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Describe Beaune

A

No Grand Crus
36 Premier Crus
Mainly Red production

48
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Describe Pommard

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125 Premier Crus
Only Red wines
No Grand Crus
Wines are full bodied and rustic

49
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Describe Volnay

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26 Premier Crus
No Grand Crus
Only Red production
High quality wines

50
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Describe Monthelie

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11 Premier Crus
Mainly red production
Vivid color, expressive fruit
JF Coche Dury and Compte Lafon are the two notable producers

51
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Describe Auxey-Duresses

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9 Premier Crus

Red and White production

52
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Describe Saint-Romain

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Highest altitude of Côte d’Or.
55% Chardonnay
45% Pinot
No grand crus
No premier crus
53
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Describe Meursault

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Mainly White production
18 Premier Crus
No Grand Crus

54
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Describe Puligny-Montrachet

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4 Grand Crus

Greatest white wine vineyards in the world

55
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What are the Grand Crus of Puligny-Montrachet?

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Batard (shared with Chassagne)
Chevalier Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet
Le Montrachet (shared with Chassagne)

56
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What is the largest of the five Grand Crus in the Cote des Blanc?

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Batard-Montrachet

57
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Which Grand Cru from the Cote des Blanc has the lowest production?

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Chevalier Montrachet- 23,000 bottles

58
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Who owns 1/2 of the Grand Cru parcel “Les Demoiselles” in Chevalier Montrachet?

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Louis Jadot

59
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Describe Le Montrachet vineyards

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Vineyards lie nearly at the crest of the slope
4 ha total
Poor, stony soil
Chalky subsoil with good drainage
South South eastern exposure
60
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Describe Chassagne-Montrachet?

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3 Grand Crus
17 premier crus
Slightly more red production but known for whites

61
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What are the grand crus of Chassagne-Montrachet?

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Criots-Batard-Montrachet
Le Montrachet (shared with Puligny)
Batard-Montrachet (shared with Puligny)

62
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What is the Cote des Blancs?

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A 4 mile strip comprised of the communes of Puligny, Chassagne, and Meursault that produce the fines white wines of Burgundy.

63
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Describe Saint-Aubin

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2/3 Vineyards are premier cru
Mainly produces reds
White wines are known for their edge in quality over reds though

64
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Describe Santenay

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Furthest south in Côte d’Or.
11 Premier crus (red and white)
Mostly red production

65
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What smaller area in the far North of the Côte d’Or is known for making red and whites as well as Cremant de Bourgogne?

66
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Where are the Hautes-Cotes located?

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In the hills behind the Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune to west

67
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What are the five appellations of the Cote Chalonnaise in order by size (largest to smallest)

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Mercury (600 ha)
Mantagny (300 ha)
Rully (200 ha)
Givry (101 ha)
Bouzeron (26 ha)
68
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What region in Burgundy is specifically for the Aligote variety?

69
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What appellation in the Chalonnaise has the distinction of being the center of sparkling Burgundy since 1830?

70
Q

Is Rully known more for their red or white wines?

A

White

Produces a number of reds though

71
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What percentage of Red wine production is Mercurey?

72
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What made Givry once the wine center of Chalonnaise?

A

The French court and nobility drank it as did Henri IV

73
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What color of wine does Mantagny exclusively make?

74
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What are the regional appellations of the Maconnais?

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Macon and Macon-Villages

75
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What is the soils of the Maconnaise?

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Chalk and stony limestone. Some areas areas are mixed with slate.

76
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What are the village appellations of the Maconnais?

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Pouilly-Fuisse
Pouilly-Vinzelles
Pouilly-Loche
Saint Veran
Vire-Clesse
77
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What appellation is considered the best in all of Maconnais?

A

Pouilly-Fuisse

78
Q

What is the largest region of Burgundy?

A

Beaujolais

79
Q

What are the two zones of Burgundy?

A

Bas-Beaujolais

Haute-Beaujolais

80
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What is the soil type of the Haut-Beaujolais?

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Clay topsoils over a deep layer of schist and crystalline granite

81
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When is Beaujolais Nouveau put to sale?

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November following harvest

82
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What are the 10 crus of Beaujolais from North to South?

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St Amour
Julienas
Chenas 
Moulin a Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Morgon
Regnie 
Brouilly 
Cote de Brouilly
83
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If a white wine is produced in St.Amour, how would it be labeled?

A

Saint-Veran AOC

Saint Amour extends into the Maconnais

84
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What Beaujolais cru is considered to have wines capable of long aging?

85
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What Beaujolais cru has portions that are in Moulin a Vent and can be labeled as either cru?

86
Q

What is Moulin-a-Vent named for?

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The last remaining windmill from the 17th century

87
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Why are the soils in Beaujolais unique?

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The crystalline granite soils are high in magnese content which lends the wines particular intensity of bouquet

88
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Which cru Beaujolais could be described as the most feminine?

89
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Describe the wines of Chiroubles

A

Softest and lightest of Beaujolais
Highly sought after and pricey
Meant to be drunk young

90
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What are the two so called crus of Morgon?

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Mont de Py

Charmes

91
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How do the soils differ in Morgon?

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It has “terre pourie” or decayed soil

Sand and gravel produced by schist and maganese over a layer of clay. Occurs nowhere else in Beaujolais.

92
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Which cru became the 10th cru of Beaujolais in 1988?

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