BURGUNDY Flashcards
BURGUNDY-IN GENERAL
- CLIMATE:COOL CONTINENTAL IN THE NORTH AROUND CHABLIS TO MODERATE CONTINENTAL FURTHER SOUTH
- RAIN: CAN DISTRUPT BOTH FLOWEING IN EARLY SUMMER & HARVEST LATER IN THE YEAR
- PINOT NOIR: GREY ROT=PROBLEM IN WET GR SEASON
- CLIMATIC HAZARDS: SPRING FROSTS IN CHABLIS PART/ APPEAR AS LATE AS MAY/ LOCALISED SUMMER HAIL STORMS DESTROY CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION OF A GROWER’S CROP
VINS LOC: EXTREMELY IMP IN DETERMINING Q LEVEL
- BASIC VILLAGE-LEVEL VINS: LOC ON FLAT SITES OR AT THE BOTTOM OF SLOPES
- PREMIER CRU OR GRAND CRU VINS: OFTEN FOUND ON MID-SLOPE=THESE HILLSIDE LOC ARE LESS PRONE TO FROST THAN THOSE ON FLAT LAND
- HIGHEST-Q VINS: SOUTH OR EAST FACING EXPOSURE, OFFERING PROTECTION FROM WESTERLY WINDS
SOILS: VERY VARIED: LARGE NUMBER OF GEOLOGICAL FAULTS, COMBINED W GRADUAL EROSION MEAN THAT PRECISE SOIL TYPES CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER SMALL AREAS
- SOILS ON THE HILLSIDES: SHALLOWER W/ BETTER DRAINAGE
- SOILS ON THE FLAT LAND: DEEPER & MORE FERTILE
BURGUNDY-GRAPE VARITIES & WINEMAKING
PINOT NOIR
- 3RD OF THE TOTAL VIN AREA
- GROWN IN ENTIRE REG/ MOST IMP PLANT. ARE IN COTE D’OR
- CLASSIC BURGUNDIAN P.N: RED F IN YOUTH EVOLVE FLAV OF EARTH, GAME, MUSHROOM AS W MAT./ H ACIDITY/ L TO M TANNINS (VARY TO VIN. PRO & VINTAGE)
WINEMAKING OF P.N:
- WIDE RANGE OF W.M TECH=VARY FROM PROD. TO PROD.
- USE OF WHOLE BUNCHES GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE POPULAR
- BEST W: 16 TO 18 MONTHS BARREL AGEING/ GENERALLY SPEAKING: BETTER W WILL BE AGED IN A PROP. OF NEW OAK=DEPENDING ON PROD.
CHARDONNAY
- HALF OF THE TOTAL VIN AREA
- CHARACT OF CHARDONNAY: VARIES DRAMATICALLY= FROM LEAN, STEELY, H ACIDW OF CHABLIS IN THE NORTH OF THE REG TO FABULOUSLY COMPLEX, EXPRESSIVE W OF THE COTE D’OR/ MORE F BODY, RIPER F W OF MACON IN SOUTH
WINEMAKING OF CHARD:
- BURGUNDIAN W.MAKERS WERE THE PIONIEERS OF TECH. THAT ARE NOW ASSOCIATED W/ PREMIUM CHARD. PRO AROUND THE WORLD=
- BARREL FERM, BARREL AGEING (6 TO 9 MONTHS)
- MLF/ LEES DURING MAT
****SOME OF THE MOST EXPRESSIVE & SOUGHT AFTER CHARD. MADE USING THESE TECH. COMES FROM COTE D’OR
- DEBATES CONT. ON: HOW MUCH NEW OAK TO USE & IDEAL LEVEL OF TOASTING FOR BARRELS
- BEST W: WELL-BALANCED, COMPLEX EXP. OF CHARD.=CAN MAT. IN BOTTLE FOR A DECADE OR MORE
CHABLIS-BURGUNDY
- VILLAGE APP
- LIES IN THE VALLEY OF RIVER SEREIN IN THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE BURGUNDY
- MAJ CLIMATIC PROB: FROST/ SPRINKLERS & HEATERS=BOTH USED AS PROT.
- GRAPE: CHARDONNAY (ONLY V.PERM.)
- BEST VINS: PLANT. ON SLOPES W FAVOURABLE SOUTH-FACING ASPECTS
- LESSER VINS: CLASSIFIED AS PETIT CHABLIS
- CHABLIS: NORTH-FACING SLOPES & FLATTER LAND
- PREMIER CRU & GRAND CRU: SOUTH-FACING HILLSIDES, GIVING GREATER CONCENT. & RIPENESS TO THESE W
- PETIT CHABLIS & CHABLIS: AUSTERE, GREEN F/ H ACIDITY/ BETTER EX: RIPER F
- PREMIER CRU & GRAND CRU: RIPER/ MORE CONCENT F(CITRUS RATHER THAN GREEN AP)/ MORE BODY/ BALANCED BY ACIDITY/ SOME PROD AGE OR FERMENT A PROP. OF GRAND CRU OR PREMIER CRU W IN OLD OAK-OTHERS: PURE F FLAV=FERM & STORING IN STAINLESS STEEL OR CONCRETE
COTE D’OR-BURDUNDY
- MASSIF CENTRAL: RUNS ALONGSIDE THE WESTERN LIMIT OF COTE D’OR=PROV. FAVORABLE EAST & SOUTH-EAST FACING HILLSIDES VIN. LOC
- COTE DE NUIT: MANY OF HE FULLEST BODIED, LONGEST LIVED P.N
- COTE DE BEAUNE: PRO OF P.N GENERALLY IN FRUITIER STYLE/ MORE FAMOUS FOR PRO OF BEST CHARDON. IN THE REG
**THIS REFLECTED IN THE APP SYSTEM:
- ALL OF THE RED GRAND CRUS (EXCEPT ONE) ARE PRO ON: COTE DE NUITS
- ALL OF THE WHITE GRAND CRUS (EXCEPT ONE) COME FROM: COTE DE BEAUNE
KEY VILLAGES OF
THE COTE DE NUIT(GRAND CRU) & COTE DE BEAUNE(GRAND CRU)
KEY VILLAGES OF THE COTE DE NUITS (GRAND CRU)
- GEVREY CHAMBERTIN (CHAMBERTIN, CHAMBERTIN CLOS DE BEZE)
- VOUGEOT (CLOS DE VOUGEOT)
- VOSNE-ROMANEE (ROMANEE-CONTI, LA TACHE, LA ROMANEE)
- NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES
KEY VILLAGES OF THE COTE DE BEAUNE (GRAND CRU)
- ALOXE-CORTON (CORTON, CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE)
- BEAUNE
- POMMARD
- VOLNAY
- MERSAULT
- PULIGNY-MONTRACHET (MONTRACHET)
- CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET (MONTRACHET)
***ALL OF THEM PRO. WHITE & RED (EXCEPT POMMARD & VOLNAY:ONLY RED)
***3 VILLAGES W THE HIGHEST REP. FOR THEIR WHITE W: MERSAULT, PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET (SHARING SAME GRAND CRU:MONTRACHET)
COTES DE NUITS-VILLAGES
COTES DE BAUNE-VILLAGES
COTES DE NUITS-VILLAGES
- RED OR WHITE
- PROD FROM VINS THAT LIE ON COTES DE NUIT
- DON’T QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THE FAMOUS VILLAGE APP
COTES DE BEAUNE-VILLAGES
- MUST BE RED
- CAN COME FROM ANY ONE OR A COMBINATION OF THE VILLAGE ON THE COTE DE BEAUNE (HOWEVER THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS)
REGIONAL APP OF:
BOURGOGNE HAUTES COTES DE NUIT
BOURGOGNE HAUTES COTES DE BEAUNE
BOURGOGNE HAUTES COTES DE NUIT
BOURGOGNE HAUTES COTES DE BEAUNE
- TO THE WEST & HIGHER ALTITUDE TO THE MAIN STRIP OF VINS
- THEIR ALTITUDE & GREATER EXPOSURE TO THE WINDS GIVE THEM A COOLER CLIMATE=W HAVE TYPICALLY HAVE SLIGHTLY LESS BODY & CONCENT.
THE COTE CHALONNAISE
REGIONAL APP: BOURGOGNE COTE CHALONNAISE
- APPLIES ALL THE WINES MADE ON COTE CHALONNAISE FROM PINOT NOIR:RED, CHARDONNAY: WHITE
- MAIN GR: CHARDONNAY & PINOT NOIR
- DUE TO HIGHER ALTITUDE OF THESE VINS=HARVEST IS LATER & LESS RELIABLE
- ALTHOUGH VINS ARE STILL FOUND ON HILLSIDES, THEIR ASPECT IS LESS CONSISTENTLY TOWARDS THE EAST=WINES ARE: LIGHTER/ TEND TO MAT EARLIER/ LESS PREST. THAN COTE D’OR
VILLAGE APPS IN COTE DE CHALONNAISE:
**THESE COMMUNES EACH HAVE ONLY PREMIER CRUS NOT GRAND CRU
RULLY: PRO MORE WHITE THAN RED/ IMP. CENTRE FOR PRO OF SPARKLING W
MERCUREY:RED W ENJOY THE HIGHEST REP
GIVRY: REDS ARE PART. ADMIRED/ SMALLEST OF THE VILLAGE APP
MONTAGNY: ONLY WHITE
MACONNAIS
MACONNAIS
- GRAPES: CHARDONNAY (MOST P.)
- REDS: TEND TO BE MADE OF GAMAY ALTHOUGH SOME P.N IS STILL GROWN
MACON: LOCAL REGIONAL APP
-BETTER WHITE W: GOOD BALANCE OF FRESH APP OR CITRUS/ M ACIDITY/ M TO F BODY/ MAY BE HINT OF CREAMINESS FROM MLF
LABELLED MACON VILLAGES OR MACON FOLLOWED BY THE MAME OF A PART. VILLAGE:
- WHITE W: REPRESENT EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY
- CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL VILLAGES, SUCH AS LUGNY BUILT UP A CONSIDERABLE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR W
- A WINE CALLED MACON VILLAGES: MAY COME FROM ONE, OR A COMBINATION OF THE VILLAGES/ WINES: SIMILAR TO WHITE MACON ( FRESH APPLE OR CITRUS, M ACIDITY, M TO F BODY, MORE RIPENESS, BODY, CHARACTER
2 OF THE MOST FAMOUS VILLAGE APP IN MACONNAIS
- POUILLY-FUISSE
- SAINT-VERAN
POUILLY-FUISSE
SAINT-VERAN
- BEST WINES FROM THESE VILLAGES: RIPE TROPICAL & STONE F/ MOST MAT IN OAK (ENHANCE TEXTURE & FLAV)
- VINES: PLANT ON LIMESTONE SLOPES OF THE ROCHE DE SOLUTRE W EAST & SOUTH-EAST EXPOSURE/ THESE AMPHITHEATER-LIKE SLOPES ACT AS NATURAL SUN TRAPS, HELP PRO SOME OF THE RICHEST & RIPEST CHARDONNAYS IN BURGUNDY W TOASTY OAK FLAV.
