Burgundy Easy Flashcards
Name six Regional AOPs of Burgundy?
Bourgogne AOP, Bourgogne Aligoté AOP, Bourgogne Mousseux AOP, Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP, Coteaux Bourguignons AOP, Crémant de Bourgogne AOP.
What kind of wine is produced in Bourgogne Mousseux AOP?
Appellation only for sparkling red wines made in traditional method from Pinot Noir and Gamay (César is considered a principal variety in vineyards of the Yonne département).
What kind of wine is produced in Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP?
Appellation for red and rose wines produced from Min. 30% Pinot Noir; min. 15% Gamay; plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, and Pinot Gris. Varieties must be vinified together.
What kind of wine is produced in Coteaux Bourguignons AOP?
This appellation was originally established as Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire AOC in 1937. Production of white wines from Aligoté, Melon de Bourgogne, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris.
Red wines from Gamay and Pinot Noir (César is authorized as a principal variety in the Yonne département), and Rose is same as red plus Pinot Gris. In practice red wine is made from Gamay grape; if white it is likely to be made from Muscadet (Melon de Bourgogne) blended with Aligote.
What kind of wine is produced in Crémant de Bourgogne AOP?
Traditional method sparkling white and rose wines from min. 30% combined Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Pinot Noir; max. 20% Gamay.
What is the smallest AOP in France?
La Romanée AOP— 0.85 ha.
What is mean “lieu-dit” in Burgundy?
Nearly synonymous with climat, a lieu-dit is a named single vineyard, and forms one contiguous parcel within a single commune.
You could say that the lieu-dit is a technical cadastral unit used by geographers, while the climat is a vigneron’s notion.
Name river which run through Chablis?
Serein River.
Name Grand Cru Vineyards of Chablis?
Blanchot, Les Clos, Valmur, Les Grenouilles, Vaudésir, Preuses, and Bougros.
What Grand Cru is unanimously considered the top vineyard in Chablis?
Les Clos (25 ha).
What is “La Moutonne”?
Monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit overlapping Vaudésir and Preuses which is permitted by the INAO for usage on labels but not listed as an official geographic designation of Chablis Grand Cru.
Name three most important Chablis Premier Cru vineyards located on the right bank of Serein?
Montée de Tonnerre (the best), Mont de Milieu, and Fourchaume.
Name two most important Chablis Premier Cru vineyards located on the left bank of Serein?
Vaillons and Montmains.
Name permitted training methods in Chablis?
Guyot (simple or double), Cordon de Royat, Taille Chablis.
What kind of soil is Kimmeridgean?
What the French call argilo-calcaire; a mixture of limestone and clay; containing a multitude of tiny fossilized oyster shells.
What is the largest Chablis Grand Cru?
Les Clos.
What is the smallest Chablis Grand Cru?
Les Grenouilles.
What kind of wine is produced in Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP?
Côte de Nuits-Villages wines are red or (rarely) white, and may be sourced from the villages of Fixin and Brochon in the north, and Prissey, Corgoloin, and Comblanchien in the south.
Name the only village AOP which produce rosé wines in Côte d’Or?
Marsannay is the only village appellation in all of Burgundy in which producers may choose to produce all three colors of wine.
It is likewise the only village AOP in which rosé wines are produce
What kind of wine is produced in Fixin AOP?
Produces red and white appellation wines in both village and premier cru tiers.
White wines make up less than 5% of the AOP’s production.
Name the best producers in Chablis?
Christian Moreau, William Fèvre, Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin, Louis Michel, Jean Collet, Faiveley’s Billaud-Simon, Laurent Tribut, Gilbert Picq, and ascendant newcomer Patrick Piuze.
What kind of wine is produced in Gevrey-Chambertin AOP?
Only red wines are entitled to carry the name of Gevrey-Chambertin or its grands crus on a label.
Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin AOP?
Aux Combottes, Clos Saint-Jacques (the best), Les Cazetiers, Lavaux-Saint-Jacques (largest).
What kind of wine is produced in Morey-Saint-Denis AOP?
Red and white wines may be produced as Morey-Saint-Denis AOP, but white wines account for less than 10% of the village’s production.
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 is mean minimum must weight?
Minimum amount of sugar the grapes must have at harvest, reflected in grams per liter.
The higher the minimum must weight, the higher the potential alcohol of the wine.
What is Côte d’Or’s largest appellation?
Gevrey-Chambertin.
Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Chambolle-Musigny?
Les Amoureuses (the best), Les Fuées, Les Véroilles, and Les Cras.
What kind of wine is produced in Chambolle-Musigny AOP?
Only red wines are produced on village and Premier cru level. Grand Cru Musigny can produce white wine but is appellation on its own.
What kind of wine is produced in Vougeot AOP?
Vougeot AOP village and premier cru wines may be red or white. Wines of both colors are infrequently encountered in the market.
Name four Premier Cru vineyards in Vougeot AOP?
Clos de la Perrière (only red), Le Clos Blanc (only white), Les Crâs, and Le Petits Vougeots.
Name communes allowed for production of Vosne-Romanée AOP?
Vosne-Romanée and Flagey-Echézeaux.
What kind of wine is produced in Vosne-Romanée AOP?
Only red wines are produced.
Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Vosne-Romanée AOP?
Les Suchots, Les Beaux Monts, Les Petits Monts, Aux Malconsorts, and Cros Parantoux.
Name the best producers in Vosne-Romanée?
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy, Comte Liger-Belair, Sylvain Cathiard, and Méo-Camuzet.
What kind of wine is produced in Nuits-Saint-Georges AOP?
Majority is red wines and small amount of whites.
What kind of wine is produced in Côte de Beaune AOP?
Appellation’s vineyards produce light red and white wines, not dissimilar from those of the Hautes Côtes de Beaune.
What kind of wine is produced in Côte de Beaune-Villages AOP?
Only production of red wines and grape material may be sourced from any village in the Côte de Beaune save Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe-Corton, and Beaune itself.
What kind of wine is produced in Ladoix AOP?
Produces both red and white village and premier cru wines.