Burgundy General Flashcards
First producer in Cote d’Or to adopt biodynamics
Jean Claude Rateau
Can CG Nuit/Beaun wines be chaptalized?
Yes
What is Fermage
Leasing of Land
What bug is blamed for pyrazines in 04 and 11?
Ladybug taint
What is the largest village aop in Cote d’Or
Gevery Chambertin
Who produces Musigny blanc?
Comte George de Vogue
What year was the Napoleonic code issued? And what was it?
1804
Land had to be divided equally amongst heirs
What is Meyatage
Sharecropping
What is fermage
leasing
Cesar may only be grown in this department for Bourgogne AOP
Yonne
What is the assemblage for Bourgogne blanc AOP
Chardonnay
Pinot Blanc
Max 30% Pinot Gris
How many Grand Crus in Cote de Nuits
24
Bourgogne Passe tout Grains encepagement
30% Pinot Noir min
15% Gamay min
must be vinified together
What is Bourgogne Mousseux
Sparkling red from the 1820s, but stilled produced
Where did Phylloxera hit first in Burgundy
Morgon- 1874
Meursault- 1878
Chablis- 1887
When was the confrerie des chevaliers du tastevin founded
1934 in Vougeot
What producer introduced cold soaking
Henri Jayer
When was legally lute raisonee defined
2002
In 1441 Philip the Good ordered this
All vines east of Dijon be ripped out of the flatlands
This designation allows for Gamay in Basic Bourgogne
Coteaux Bourguignons AOP
Largest monopole in Burgundy
Clos de la Marechale 1er Cru
NSG, Fredric Mugnier
What is ‘en foule’ meani
En Goblet trained vineyards, not used anymore
What is provinage
Air layering in which the rooting medium is bound to the plant rather than enclosed
Departements of Burgundy
Yonne
Cote d’Ore
Saone et Loire
Rhone
Sacy is only authorized for this
sparkling wine
How much acreage is planted to Cesar in burgundy
10ha
What are the parent grapes of Chardonnay
Gouais blanc x Pinot
Who banned gamay in Burgundy
Phillip the Bold
1395
Definition of a lieux-dit
Named single vineyard on one contiguous parcel within a single commune
Average July-Aug tem in Burgundy
68F
Slimmest place in Cote d’Or
slope between communes of Corgoloin and Ladoix Serrigny
Wettest month in Burgundy
May
When was Gamay disqualified for general Bourgogne AOP rouge and rose wines?
2011