Burgundy - Côte de Beaune, Côte Chalonnaise Flashcards
Top producer of Bouzeron
Domaine A and P de Villaine
Best producers in Volnay
- d’Angerville
- Hubert de Montille
- Michel Lafarge
What color(s) of wine do Pommard and Volnay make?
Rouge only
Two larger 1ers in Chassagne that contain many others?
- La Maltroie
- Morgeot (over 1/3 of 1er land in Chassagne)
Top necociant of Mercurey
- Faiveley
- Antonin Rodet
Which Montrachet adjacent Grand Cru sits above it on the slope? Which Village does it fully lie in?
Chevalier-Montrachet
Puligny-Montrachet
Who owns monopole Clos des Ducs? Where is it?
Marquis D’Angerville
Volnay, Côte de Beanue
What AOP in Burgundy must be hand-harvester?
Crémant de Bourgogne AOP
Three négociants based in Beaune?
- Joseph Drouhin
- Bouchard Père et Fils
- Louis Jadot
Special soil in Beaune?
Oxfordian-Rauracian (Upper Jurassic) limestone. The bedrock is younger here than in the Côte de Nuits or further south in the Côte de Beaune.
Red-tinted soils on the mid-level and lower slopes are common, due to the presence of iron in the underlying Oxfordian limestone
When did Côte Chalonnaise become geographic designation of Bourgogne AOP?
1990 :)
Which three communes encircle sourthern half of hill of Corton and each have some GC land?
Ladoix-Serrigny
Aloxe-Corton
Pernand-Vergelesses
Best 1ers in Puligny?
Adjacent to Grand Crus
- Les Pucelles
- Le Cailleret
- Les Demoiselles
What is notable about Chassagne in terms of color wine produced
Made more red than white until 1980s
What is the only red-wine producing Grand Cru in the Côte de Beaune
Corton
Why is it cooler/harder to ripen in Côte Chalonnaise than Beaune if its further south?
- No protection from escarpment of Cote d’Or
- cool westerly winds (across Saône River)
Best 1er Crus of Volnay?
- Les Caillerets
- Champans
- Clos des Chênes
- Taillepieds
- Clos des Ducs
What commune in Cote d’Or has the most 1er crus?
Chassagne-Montrachet
Villages of Côte de Beaune (N-S)
Ladoix Serrigny
Aloxe-Corton
Pernand Vergelesses
Savigny-Les-Beaune
Chorey-Les-Beaune
Beaune
Pommard Volnay Monthelie Auxey Duresses St. Romain
Meursault
Puligny Montrachet
Chassagne Montrachet
Saint Aubin
Santenay
Compare Pommard and Volnay style
Pommard
- harder edged, tannic structure, most full bodied red of Côte de Beaune after Corton
Volnay
- softer fragrance and charm
What is the smallest white grand cru?
-Criots-Bâtard-Montrahet (Chassagne)
What villages make the best reds in Côte Chalonnaise? Which makes the most production in region?
- Givry and Mercurey
- Mercurey accounts for 2/3 production of Côte Chalonnaise
Top producers in Meursault
Coche-Dury
Guy Roulot
Comtes Lafon
What color wines made in Côte Chalonnaise
White, red, rose
What is notable about Rully?
- 19th C Birthplace of sparkling wines in Burgundy
- remains center of Crémant de Bourgogne AOP production
What town does Côte de Beaune run south to?
Corgoloin to Cheilly-lès-Maranges (S)
Top 1er Crus in Beaune?
- Les Bressandes
- Grèves
- Clos des Mouches
Top producers of Corton-Charlemagne
- Louis Latour
- Faiveley
- Bonneau du Martray
- Coche-Dury
- Rapet
- Dufouleur
- Chandon de Briailles
Which two smaller Grand Crus in Corton produce only white wine?
Corton Charlemagne
Charlemagne
Best producers in Puligny?
- Domaine Leflaive
- Jacques Carillon
How much of Beaune is 1er Cru?
85% (42 1ers)
Who makes Clos des Mouches
Drouhin
What 1er cru in Chassagne borders CBM and Montrachet as a wedge shape?
Blanchot Dessus
Which Montrachet adjacent Grand Crus sit below it on the slope? Name the village(s) they are in
- Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrahet (Puligny)
- Bâtard-Montrahet (Puligny and Chassagne)
- Criots-Bâtard-Montrahet (Chassagne)
Top producers in Chassagne
- Ramonet
- PYCM
Which 1er in St. Aubin extends into Chassagne where it abuts Chev-Montrachet
En Remilly
Grand Crus in Meursault?
NO but a number of great 1er
Best 1er Crus in Meursault
- Perrières
- Les Genevrières
- Les Charmes
What 1er Cru is technically in Meursault but may label as Volnay is Pinot Noir is planted rather than Chard?
Santenots
Two top Meursault lieu-dits
- Les Narvaux
- Les Chevalières
5 main towns of Côte Chalonnaise
- Bouzeron
- Rully
- Mercurey
- Givry
- Montagny
Best 1er in Monthelie according to Lavalle 1855
Les Champs Fulliots
Best 1er Crus of Pommard?
- Les Rugiens (Hauts and Bas)
- Les Epenots
Grand Crus of Beaune?
NO! none
42 1er crus…
What may wines from Hamlet of Blagny be sold as?
- reds - Blagny
- whites - Puligny-Montrachet or Meursault-Blagny (depends on which side_
What is the largest single grand cru in Burgundy?
Corton (160.19 ha)!!
What is “Deuxièmes Crus” in Meursault
Term dubbed by the press for naming village wine with lieu-dit
Top 1er in Santenay
Clos de Tavannes
(Pousse-d’Or, Lucien Muzard, Jean-Noël Gagnard)
-singled out for quality in 1855, when Dr. Jules Lavalle listed it as one of the tête de cuvées of the Côte d’Or.
- Producers may also use Les Gravières-Clos de Tavannes on labels
- vineyard located entirely within Les Gravières
Where is Côte Chalonnaise
- Extends southward from Santenay
- Along western edge of Saône River
Orientation of Puligny, Chassagne, Meursault?
Meursault
Puligny
Chassagne
North to South
What color wines are made in Bouzeron and Montagny?
From what grapes?
White only
Bouzeron - 100% Aligoté
Montagny - 100% Chardonnay
Which two communes in Cote de Beaune have no 1er Cru sites?
- St-Romain
- Chorey-lès-Beaune
Who owns monopole Clos des Epeneaux? Where is it?
Comte Armand
-in Les Epenots 1er Cru in Pommard
