Burgundy General

Question 1

What are the Departments of Burgundy from north to south?

Answer 1

Yonne

Côte d’Or

Saôn-et-Loire

Rhône

Question 2

What and where is Coteaux Lyonnais AOP?

Answer 2

Just north of Vienne, this is an AOP for whites based on Aligoté, Chardonnay and a max. 30% Pinot Blanc.

Reds from Gamay.

In the Rhône department.

Question 3

Describe the difference between Metayage and Fermage?

Answer 3

Metayage is a sharecropping arrangment, where the farmer splits the crop with the owner, and Fermage is just a straight lease arrangement.

Question 4

When was the Napoleonic Code initiated?

Answer 4

March 21, 1804

Question 5

Name two viticultural or winemaking techniques that Henri Jayer brought to Burgundy?

Answer 5

Plowing
Less Chemicals
De-stemming
Cold Soaking

Question 6

Who is the new co-manager at DRC alongside Perrine Final?

Answer 6

Bertrand de Villane

(Aubert de Villane’s nephew)

Question 7

In what vintages was Comte George de Vogue’s Musigny Blanc labelled as Bourgogne Blanc?

Answer 7

1995-2014

Question 8

What is the only 1er Cru for Aligoté in Burgundy? Who owns it?

Answer 8

Clos des Mons Luisantts

Morey-Saint-Denis

Monopole of Domaine Ponsot

Question 9

What are the last two “ladybug” vintages in Burgundy?

Answer 9

2004

&

2011