BURGUNDY (COTE d' OR) Flashcards
THE COTE D’ OR IS DIVIDED INTO WHAT 2 REGIONS?
COTE DE NUITS/ COTE DE BEAUNE
What are the 6 Regional Appellations of Burgundy?
- Bourgogne AOP:
- Bourgogne Aligote
- Bourgogne Mousseux AOP
- Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP
- Coteaux Bourguignons
- Cremant de Bourgogne
9 VILLAGE AOP OF COTE DE NUITS?
What GC in the Cote de Nuits Can produce white wine?
Musigny GC
What GC in the Cote de Beaune can produce Rouge wine??
Corton GC
What grape variety is the Premier Cru Monts Luisants in Morey-Saint-Denis?
One anomaly in the village is the premier cru Monts Luisants: producers
may legally bottle Aligoté as Monts Luisants blanc. Ponsot is currently the only estate to do so
What are Combes?
a significant geological feature of the region. These are dry, transverse valleys, carved during the last ice age by melt-water and erosion, which today serve as conduits for both cool breezes and hailstorms. The combes play a large role in the complexity of the Côte d’Or’s terroir.
Narrow strip of vineyards that comprises the Côte d’Or winegrowing region lies on the western edge of what river plane?
low Saône River Plain
Can you name 3 viticultural hazards?
Frost, Disease (Mildew), Autumn Rain
The cote de Nuits faces due east, where does the Cote de Beaune face?
South East
What are the 2 diff. camps of style ine NSG? North of the town and South of the town?
from vineyards north of town, the wines carry fruit and finesse akin to those
produced in neighboring Vosne-Romanée, while wines harvested from vineyards south of Nuits itself are
tannic, sturdier, and more rugged.
Who produces “Clos de la Marechale” Monopole
Jacques Frederic Mugnier
Wines from Premeaux go to market under what appellation name?
Nuits Saint George
Name four producers who make a
Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru AOC:
Order the listed AOCs from lowest
allowable maximum yield to highest
allowable maximum yield:
Bourgogne Passetoutgrains
Bonnes Mares
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er
Cr
- Bonnes Mares AOP: 42hl/ha
- Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru 48hl/ha
- NSG Blnc 57hl/ha or RG: 50hl/ha
- Bourgogne Passe Tout-Grains AOP: Max Yield 64 hl/ha
Two additional, smaller grand cru
appellations within Corton?
Corton-Charlemagne AOP and Charlemagne AOP—thus bear the king’s
name, and produce only white wines
Only domaine in Burgundy that produces exclusively GC wines?
Bonneau du Martray, exclusively GC wine from 11 ha on the Corton Hill
, the largest landowner in both Corton and Corton-Charlemagne?
Louis Latour, in Aloxe Corton
Generally speaking, how would you describe a wine from Pommard AOP?
y produce red wines, offers a
denser, gutsier, more tannic style of Pinot Noir than most communes in the region, fuller-bodied, weightier, sturdier wines. more new oak
name 3 producers from Volnay
Marquis d’Angerville, Hubert de Montille, Michel Lafarge, Henri Boillot, and Domaine de la
Pousse d’O
What 2 GC does Puligny Share with Chassagne?`
, Montrachet Grand Cru AOP itself. Puligny shares it and Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
AOP
describe style of Chevalier vs Montrachet?
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru AOP sits above
Montrachet. On thinner soils and a steeper slope, the grand cru produces edgy, reserved, and more
elegant styles.
Describe Montrachet GC?
Montrachet itself—if one can acquire it—is a perfect combination: ripe, pure, concentrated,
and framed equally by weight and acidity.
Mexican Firing Squad
Ingredients
2 ounces blanco tequila
3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
3/4 ounce grenadine
4 dashes Angostura bitters
Garnish: lime wheel
What is the Chassagne side of Montrachet known as ?
Le MOntrachet
