Classifications

Question 1

Highest selling price at time of 1855?

Answer 1

Yquem

Hence only premier cru superieur

Question 2

Why was Cantemerle excluded from 1855?

Answer 2

Mme de Villeneuve Durfort had been selling directly to the Netherlands (not through courtiers)

Provided sales record at high selling price and became 5th growth

Question 3

Chateau Romer

Answer 3

Significant portion sold just before WWII, renamed Romer-du-Hayot and maintained its ranking

Question 4

Risk associated with grafted grapevines?

Answer 4

Risk of inhibiting potassium uptake

Question 5

Mid 1800s: typical red blend?

Answer 5

Malbec stronger than Merlot on the right bank
Cabernet Franc dominant over Cab S
Petit Verdot and Carmenere significant
Syrah

Question 6

Source of dried grapes for Bordeaux blends at end of 1800s? (2)

Answer 6

Greece

Turkey

Question 7

Has terroir remained the same since 1855?

Answer 7

Arguably not - altered in some cases by drainage pipes

Question 8

Ones to watch in Médoc?

Answer 8

Brane Cantenac
Léoville Barton
Malescot St Exupery
Rauzan Ségla

Question 9

Ones to watch in Pessac Léognan

Answer 9

Haut Bailly
La Mission
Pape Clement
Smith Haut Lafitte

Question 10

Ones to watch in Saint Emilion

Answer 10

Canon
Clos Fourtet
Troplong Mondot

Question 11

Ones to watch in Pomerol

Answer 11

Clinet
Conseillante
La Fleur Pétrus
L'Eglise Clinet
L'Evangile
Le Gay
Trotanoy
VCC

Question 12

First Cru Bourgeois ranking (444 chx) what year?

Answer 12

1932

Question 13

Regulatory decree in what year to reclassify entire Médoc

Answer 13

1972

Question 14

How many crus bourgeois by year 2000?

Answer 14

315

Question 15

New Cru Bourgeois ranking (2020) active from which vintage

Answer 15

2018

Question 16

New CB ranking in ascending order

Answer 16

Cru Bourgeois
Cru Bourgeois Superieur
Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Question 17

New CB ranking launch 2020, valid until when?

Answer 17

2025

Question 18

How long has Cru Artisan term been used?

Answer 18

Over 150 years

Question 19

EU formally recognised Cru Artisan term in what year

Answer 19

1994

Question 20

What does Cru Artisan recognise?

Answer 20

Small estates (was 5 hectares, since eliminated)
Entirely responsible for their own production from vineyard to bottle, plus sales
Reviewed every 5 years

Question 21

White classified growths of Graves

Answer 21

Bouscaut
Carbonnieux
Chevalier
Couhins
Couhins Lurton
Latour Martillac
Laville Haut Brion
Malartic Lagraviere
Olivier

Question 22

Red classified growths of Graves

Answer 22

Bouscaut
Carbonnieux
Chevalier
Fieuzal
Haut Bailly
Haut Brion
Latour Martillac
Malartic Lagraviere
Mission Haut Brion
Olivier
Pape Clement
Smith Haut Lafitte

Question 23

Graves classification - chx classified for both red and white (6)

Answer 23

Bouscaut
Carbonnieux
Chevalier
Latour Martillac
Malartic Lagraviere
Olivier

Question 24

Premiers Grands Crus Classés B (14)

Answer 24

Beauséjour hDL
Beau Séjour Bécot
Belair Monange
Canon
Canon La Gaffelière *
Figeac
Clos Fourtet
La Gaffelière
Larcis Ducasse *
La Mondotte *
Pavie Macquin
Troplong Mondot
Trottevieille
Valandraud *

Question 25

Sauternes Premiers Crus (11)

Answer 25

Climens *
Clos Haut Peyraugey
Coutet *
Guiraud
Lafaurie Peyraugey
Rabaud Promis
Rayne Vigneau
Rieussec
Sigalas Rabaud
Suduiraut
La Tour Blanche

Question 26

Which 2 Sauternes Premiers Crus from Barsac

Answer 26

Coutet

Climens

Question 27

Sauternes Second Growths (15)

Answer 27

D'Arche
Broustet *
Caillou *
Doisy Daëne *
Doisy Dubroca *
Doisy Védrines *
Filhot
Lamothe [Despujols]
Lamothe Guignard
De Maple
De Myrat *
Nairac *
Romer
Romer-du-Hayot
Suau *

Question 28

1855 second growths (15)

Answer 28

Rauzan Ségla
Rauzan Gassies
Léoville Las Cases
Léoville Poyferré
Léoville Barton
Durfort Vivens
Gruaud Larose
Lascombes
Brane Cantenac
Pichon Longueville Baron
Pichon Comtesse
Ducru Beaucaillou
Cos
Montrose