Burgundy General

Question 1

First producer in Cote d’Or to adopt biodynamics

Answer 1

Jean Claude Rateau

Question 2

Can CG Nuit/Beaun wines be chaptalized?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What is Fermage

Answer 3

Leasing of Land

Question 4

What bug is blamed for pyrazines in 04 and 11?

Answer 4

Ladybug taint

Question 5

What is the largest village aop in Cote d’Or

Answer 5

Gevery Chambertin

Question 6

Who produces Musigny blanc?

Answer 6

Comte George de Vogue

Question 7

What year was the Napoleonic code issued? And what was it?

Answer 7

1804
Land had to be divided equally amongst heirs

Question 8

What is Meyatage

Answer 8

Sharecropping

Question 9

What is fermage

Answer 9

leasing

Question 10

Cesar may only be grown in this department for Bourgogne AOP

Answer 10

Yonne

Question 11

What is the assemblage for Bourgogne blanc AOP

Answer 11

Chardonnay
Pinot Blanc

Max 30% Pinot Gris

Question 12

How many Grand Crus in Cote de Nuits

Answer 12

24

Question 13

Bourgogne Passe tout Grains encepagement

Answer 13

30% Pinot Noir min
15% Gamay min

must be vinified together

Question 14

What is Bourgogne Mousseux

Answer 14

Sparkling red from the 1820s, but stilled produced

Question 15

Where did Phylloxera hit first in Burgundy

Answer 15

Morgon- 1874
Meursault- 1878
Chablis- 1887

Question 16

When was the confrerie des chevaliers du tastevin founded

Answer 16

1934 in Vougeot

Question 17

What producer introduced cold soaking

Answer 17

Henri Jayer

Question 18

When was legally lute raisonee defined

Answer 18

2002

Question 19

In 1441 Philip the Good ordered this

Answer 19

All vines east of Dijon be ripped out of the flatlands

Question 20

This designation allows for Gamay in Basic Bourgogne

Answer 20

Coteaux Bourguignons AOP

Question 21

Largest monopole in Burgundy

Answer 21

Clos de la Marechale 1er Cru

NSG, Fredric Mugnier

Question 22

What is ‘en foule’ meani

Answer 22

En Goblet trained vineyards, not used anymore

Question 23

What is provinage

Answer 23

Air layering in which the rooting medium is bound to the plant rather than enclosed

Question 24

Departements of Burgundy

Answer 24

Yonne
Cote d’Ore
Saone et Loire
Rhone

Question 25

Sacy is only authorized for this

Answer 25

sparkling wine

Question 26

How much acreage is planted to Cesar in burgundy

Answer 26

10ha

Question 27

What are the parent grapes of Chardonnay

Answer 27

Gouais blanc x Pinot

Question 28

Who banned gamay in Burgundy

Answer 28

Phillip the Bold 1395

Question 29

Definition of a lieux-dit

Answer 29

Named single vineyard on one contiguous parcel within a single commune

Question 30

Average July-Aug tem in Burgundy

Answer 30

68F

Question 31

Slimmest place in Cote d'Or

Answer 31

slope between communes of Corgoloin and Ladoix Serrigny

Question 32

Wettest month in Burgundy

Answer 32

May

Question 33

When was Gamay disqualified for general Bourgogne AOP rouge and rose wines?

Answer 33

2011