Côte d'Or Flashcards
What’s the major river in Savigny-les-Beaune?
- Rhoin
What’s the major river in Pommard?
- l’Avant Dheune
What are the communes of production of Marsannay?
- Couchey
- Marsannay-la-Côte
- Chenôve
What’s the encépagement of Gevrey-Chambertin village?
- Pinot noir
- plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay
What’s the encépagement of Beaune village Blanc?
- Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc
- plus a max 10% of Pinot Gris
What’s the only vineyard classified as Tête de cuvée by Jules Lavalle in Morey?
- Clos de Tart
Which estate have a small land of Clos des Lambrays other than Domaine des Lambrays ?
- Taupenot Merme (1 ouvrée = 4,28 ares = 428m)
What’s the largest monopole Grand Cru in Côte d’Or ?
- Clos de Tart
Which 1er cru in Côte d’Or is surrounded by Grand Cru?
- Aux Combottes; surrounded by Clos de la Roche, Latricières-Chambertin and Mazoyères-Chambertin
What’s the second wine of Clos de Tart?
- La Forge de Tart Premier cru
Who’s the sole owner of Les Petits Musigny?
- Georges de Vogüé
Where are located 1er Cru Serpentières, Lavières, Vergelesses?
- Savigny-les-Beaune
Who produces Vigne de l’enfant Jésus? Where?
- Bouchard, Beaune Grèves
The two most renowned 1er cru on Pommard?
- Clos des Epenots
- Les Rugiens (Bas)
Which 1er Cru Meursault can be Volnay-Santenots 1er cru if red?
- Les Santenots Blancs
- Les Plures
- Les Santenots du Milieu
Which Meursault (village level) can be Volnay-Santenots 1er cru if red?
- Santenots Dessous
Which 1er Cru Meursault can be Blagny 1er cru if red?
- Les Ravelles
- La Jeunolotte
- La Pièce sous le Bois
- Sous le dos d’ane
- Sous Blagny
Which Grand Cru on the hill of Montrachet is only in Puligny-Montrachet?
- Chevalier Montrachet
- Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
Which Grand Cru on the hill of Montrachet is only in Chassagne-Montrachet?
- Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet
Where’s les Demoiselles 1er cru?
- Puligny-Montrachet, within Cailleret, last row before Montrachet
Largest 1er cru Puligny-Montrachet?
- Les Folatières
Who’s the owner of Domaine Dujac?
- Jacques Seysses
Which of these three vintages is considered as the best for white Burgundy?
2001-2002-2003
- 2002
What is the 1er cru monopole of Domaine de la Perrière? Where is it located?
- Clos de la Perrière, Fixin
What style of wine can be produced on Fixin?
- Red
- White (less than 5% of production)
What is the largest village appellation in Côte d’Or?
- Gevrey-Chambertin
Which Grand Cru in Gevrey Chambertin is located on the west side of the Route des Grands Crus?
- Mazis-Chambertin
- Ruchottes-Chambertin
- Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
- Chambertin
- Latricières Chambertin
Which Grand Cru in Gevrey Chambertin is located on the east side of the Route des Grands Crus?
- Chapelle-Chambertin
- Griotte-Chambertin
- Charmes-Chambertin
- Mazoyères-Chambertin
Which other Grand cru in Gevrey-Chambertin can also be labelled as Chambertin?
- Chambertin Clos de Bèze
Which other Grand cru in Gevrey-Chambertin can also be labelled as Charmes-Chambertin?
- Mazoyères-Chambertin
Name two producers based in Gevrey-Chambertin
- Armand Rousseau
- Fourrier
- Denis Mortet
- Dugat-Py
- Trapet
- Joseph Roty
True/False Morey-Saint-Denis village can produce white wine
- True, but it accounts less than 10% of production
Who is producing the iconic Mont Luisants cuvée ?
What grape variety is used ?
- Ponsot, Aligoté grape
From north to south, name the Grands Crus of Morey-St-Denis
- Clos de la Roche
- Clos-St-Denis
- Clos des Lambrays
- Clos de Tart
- Bonnes mares
True/False, the majority of Bonnes Mares is in Morey-St-Denis
- False, only 1,5 ha of the total of 15,06 ha are in Morey-St-Denis
What are the two Grands Crus of Chambolle-Musigny?
- Musigny
- Bonnes Mares
Who is producing a Musigny Blanc?
- Comte Georges de Vogüé
What is the largest grand cru in Côte de Nuits?
- Clos de Vougeot
What style of wine is produced in Vougeot village and 1er Cru?
- Red
- White
Who’s the sole owner of Le Clos blanc in Vougeot?
- Domaine de la Vougeraie, produced a white wine
Domaine Hubert Lignier, Domaine Dujac & Domaine Robert Groffier are located in which village?
- Morey-St-Denis
Name two producers who have a cuvée from Les Amoureuses 1er cru
- Robert Groffier
- de Vogüé
- J-F Mugnier
- Georges Roumier
- J. Drouhin
What are the four Vosne Romanée Grand Crus monopole?
- La grande rue from François Lamarche
- La romanée from Comte Liger-Belair
- La tâche from DRC
- Romanée-Conti from DRC
What are the two Grands Crus in Vosne Romanée who are not monopole?
- Romanée Saint-Vivant
- Richebourg
True of False, Echézeaux is bigger than Grands Echézeaux
- True, 37.69 ha for Echézeaux and 9,14 ha for Grands Echézeaux
Who is the largest landowner of Echézeaux and Grands Echézeaux?
- Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
What is the smallest aop in France?
- La Romanée
Why la Romanée has been produced by Comte Liger-Belair and Bouchard between 2002-2005?
- Even if the family owned the vineyard since 1826, Liger-Belair did not produce a wine from La Romanée from the early 1900s through 2001. It was a long-term agreement with Bouchard and the transition begin between 2002 and 2005. Liger-Belair is the only producer since then.
Who are the two producers of the iconic Cros Parantoux 1er Cru?
- Méo-Camuzet
- Emmanuel Rouget
True or False, Nuits-Saint-Georges villages and premiers crus wines are always red wine.
False, white can be produce, but it is the minority (3-4% of production)
Who produces a unique white wine in Nuits-Saint-Georges?
- Henri Gouges, made by its Pinot Gouges (pinot blanc), a natural mutation of Pinot Noir in his Perrière vineyard
- Robert Chevillon also produce a white wine from this vineyard
Who is the big négociant located in Nuits-St-Georges?
- Faiveley
True or false, Clos des Mouches is a monopole from Joseph Drouhin
- False Domaine Chanson also produce a Clos des Mouches
The cône de déjection is associate with which village?
- Pommard
Who own the monopole Clos des Epeneaux? Where is it located?
- Comte Armand, Pommard
What are the two Grands Crus shared between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet?
- Montrachet
- Bâtard Montrachet
Who is producing the Montrachet wine from Marquis de Laguiche?
- Joseph Drouhin
Where are located the 1er crus Maladière, Clos de Tavannes, Les Gravières?
- Santenay
Where’s located the 1er cru Pucelles?
- Puligny-Montrachet
Which appellations in Côte de Beaune only produced red wine?
- Pommard
- Volnay
- Blagny
- Côte de Beaune-Villages
What are the three communes of Maranges?
- Dezize-lès-Maranges
- Cheilly-lès-Maranges
- Sampigny-lès-Maranges
2004 is marked by witch hazard in Côte de Nuits?
- Ladybugs
What hazard happened in 2012, 2013 and 2014 in Côte de Beaune?
- Hail
Smallest AOP village of Côte-de-Nuits in terms of plantings (ha) ?
- Vougeot AOP
Biggest AOP village of Côte-de-Nuits in terms of plantings (ha) ?
- Gevrey-Chambertin AOP
Name the 3 AOPs of Côte-de-Nuits that produces only Rouge ?
- Gevrey-Chambertin AOP
- Chambolle-Musigny AOP
- Vosne-Romanée AOP
What is the principal grape varietal of Bouzeron AOP ?
- Aligoté 100 %
True or False ? Vougeot AOP can produce Blanc ?
- True
- Vougeot AOP village and 1er Cru may be red or white
- Grand Cru Vougeot is only red
Name the AOPs of Côte d’Or that produce only Rouge.
- Gevrey-Chambertin AOP
- Chambolle-Musigny AOP
- Vosne-Romanée AOP
- Côte de Beaune-Villages AOP
- Pommard AOP
- Volnay AOP
- Blagny AOP
Name the Grand Cru of Aloxe-Corton.
- Corton
- Corton-Charlemagne
- Charlemagne
Who owns monopole ‘Clos des Maréchaudes’ vineyard in Aloxe-Corton AOP ?
- Dom. du Pavillon (Albert Bichot)
Name the Grand Crus of Chassagne-Montrachet AOP.
- Bâtard-Montrachet AOP
- Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet AOP
- (Le) Montrachet AOP
What is the smallest white Grand Cru of Burgundy ?
- Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet
- 1.75 ha
- The only Grand Cru that is not shared with Puligny
What is the biggest 1er Cru of Chassagne-Montrachet ?
- Morgeot
- 54.23 ha
- Over 1/3 of Chassagne-Montrachet’s total 1er Cru land is classified as Morgeot.
; True or Flase ? There is no 1er Cru in Chorey-Lès-Beaune AOP ?
- True
What is the village AOP of those 1er Cru : Arvelets – Clos de la Perrière – Clos Napoléon ?
- Fixin AOP
Name the Grand Cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin AOP.
- Chambertin
- Chambertin Clos de Bèze
- Chapelle-Chambertin
- Charmes-Chambertin
- Griotte-Chambertin
- Latricières-Chambertin
- Mazis-Chambertin
- Mazoyères-Chambertin
- Ruchottes-Chambertin
Producers of Mazoyères-Chambertin may label their wines as ______ ?
- Charmes-Chambertin
What is the biggest Grand Cru of Gevrey-Chambertin ?
- Mazoyères-Chambertin
- 18.58 ha
What is the smallest Grand Cru of Gevrey-Chambertin ?
- Griottes-Chambertin
- 2.69 ha
What is the only 1er Cru in all of the Côte d’Or to be completely surrounded by Grand Cru land ?
- Aux Combottes 1er Cru
- In Gevrey-Chambertin
Which 1er Cru of Gevrey-Chambertin is considered the finest ?
- Clos Saint-Jacques
- Especially from Armand Rousseau
What is the largest 1er Cru of Gevrey-Chambertin ?
- Lavaux-Saint-Jacques
What is the maximum yields (rendement de base) of a Grand Cru of Côte de Beaune ?
- 48 hl/ha
What is the elevation of altitude of Grand Cru of Côte de Beaune ?
- 240-250 meters
Lees aging difference between ‘Éminent’ and ‘Grand Éminent’ ?
- Éminent = min. 24 mths
- Grand Éminent = min. 36 mths
The Bonnes Mares grand cru is split between what 2 villages ?
- Chambolle-Musigny
- Morey-Saint-Denis
Les Genevrières is a premier cru in which village ?
- Meursault
True or False ? Domaine Jean-Claude Rateau is the first producer in the Côte d’Or to adopt a biodynamic approach.
- True
True or False ? La Tâche has a lowest maximum permitted yield than La Romanée.
- True
Queue de Hareng is a premier cru physically located in which commune ?
- Brochon
Who is the owner of monopole Clos des Ruchottes ?
- Rousseau
Which 1er Cru Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier owns as a monopole ?
- Clos de la Maréchale in Nuits-Saint-Georges
Which Côte-de-Nuits Grand Cru is the only one allowed to produce both red and white ?
- Musigny AOP
Where can we find vineyards Les Bressandes, Grèves, and Clos des Mouches ?
- Beaune AOP
Where can we find 1er Cru vineyards Les Rugiens bas and Les Rugiens Haut ?
- Pommard AOP
Who owns the monopole of Clos des Epeneaux 1er Cru ?
- Comte Armand
- Located in Pommard AOP
Where can we find vineyards Les Caillerets, Champans, Clos des Chênes, Taillepieds ?
- Volnay AOP
In which AOP can we find domaines Coche-Dury, Guy Roulot, and Comtes Lafon ?
- Meursault AOP
Where can we find 1er Cru Les Pucelles, Le Cailleret, and Les Demoiselles ?
- Puligny-Montrachet AOP
In which AOP can we find Ramonet and Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey ?
- Chassagne-Montrachet AOP
True or False? Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is the smallest Grand Cru of Côte de Beaune.
- False
- Smallest is Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet (1.75 ha)
What are the two monopole Grand Cru vineyards of DRC ?
- La Tâche
- Romanée-Conti
True or False? There is only 1 Grand Cru in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
- False, there is none
Where can we find 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jacques ?
- Gevrey-Chambertin AOP
Where can we find Armand Rousseau, Claude Dugat, and Jean-Marie Fourrier ?
- Gevrey-Chambertin AOP
Name the Grand Cru of Morey-Saint-Denis.
– Clos de Tart
– Clos de Lambrays
– Clos de la Roche
– Clos St-Denis
– Bonnes Mares
Bonnes Mares Grand Cru is located on 2 different AOP ; which ones ?
- Morey-Saint-Denis AOP
- Chambolle-Musigny AOP
Where can we find Georges de Vogüé, Ghislaine Barthod, Georges (and Christophe) Roumier, and Perrot-Minot?
- Chambolle-Musigny AOP
Domaines Dujac and Ponsot are among this commune’s top addresses ..
- Morey-Saint-Denis AOP
True or False? There is no 1er Cru in Vougeot AOP.
- False
- Clos de la Perrière, Les Petits Vougeot, Les Cras and Le Clos Blanc.
In Vosne-Romanée, La Romanée Grand Cru is a monopole of ?
- Comte Liger-Bélair
Who has monopole of La Grande Rue ?
- Dom. François Lamarche
Which 1er Cru site of Vosne-Romanée has been made famous by Henri Jayer ?
- Cros Parantoux
Where can we find those 1er Cru sites : Les Suchots, Les Beaux Monts, Les Petits Monts, Aux Malconsorts ?
- Vosne-Romanée AOP
Who owns 1er Cru monopole Clos des Réas in Vosne-Romanée AOP ?
- Michel Gros
; In which commune of Burgundy is located Grand Cru : Echézeaux & Grands-Echézeaux ?
- Flagey-Echézeaux (the town itself does not have an appellation)
What is similar of Echézeaux and Clos de Vougeot ?
- At 35 ha and over 80 individual parcels, Echézeaux suffers from the same criticisms as Clos de Vougeot: too many producers, too variable in quality, and no cohesive theme of terroir.
Where can we find Henri Gouges, Joseph Faiveley, Jean-Jacques Confuron, and Robert Chevillon ?
- Nuits-Saint-Georges AOP
Place in elevation (higher to lower) order the Grand Crus of Puligny-Montrachet.
- Chevalier-Montrachet
- Le Montrachet
- Bâtard-Montrachet
- Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
Who makes a famous white premier cru from the Clos Blanc de Vougeot ?
- Dom. de la Vougeraie
Who makes a famous Musigny Blanc ?
- De Voguë
Explain modern days issues regarding ‘Inheritance Code’.
- Grand and 1er cru are divided between multiple owners = small production for owners
- 1er cru from several different 1er crus ‘its not worth maturating them seperately’
- Price of land rising = driving force to sell out to larger organizations
- Increased land prices = Increased prices for the wines
- Rise of the ‘micro-négociant (Ex. Pascal Marchand) ; buy grapes, owns no land
Name some famous producers of Genevrières 1er Cru in Meursault ?
- Comtes Lafon
- Guy Bocard
- Jobard
- Latour-Giraud
- Guy Roulot
- François Mikulski
- Remí Jobard
- Michel Bouzereau
- Coche-Dury
Name the 4 lieux-dit of Genevrières 1er Cru in Meursault ?
- Chaume des Perrières
- Les Genevrières Dessus
- Les Genevrière Dessous
- Les Chaumes de Narvaux
In Meursault, Who owns the monopole ‘Clos des Perrières’ ?
- Albert Grivault
From which 1er Cru of Nuits-Saint-Georges is the ‘Pinot Gouges’ ?
- Les Perrières (nowadays)
- Clos des Porrets-Saint-Georges (appeared in 1936 among Pinot Noir vines)
Nowadays, who owns Cros Parantoux 1er Cru in Vosne-Romanée ?
- Emmanuel Rouget
- Méo-Camuzet
River near Clos de Vougeot ?
- Vouge river
What year Pouilly-Fuissé AOP got granted 1er Cru ?
- 2020
Best for White Burgundy Côte d’Or between : 2009-2013-2014 ?
- 2014
Worst for Red Côte-de-Nuits between : 2002-2003-2004 ?
- 2004
Best for Red Côte-de-Nuits between : 2000-2001-2002 ?
- 2002
Who is the largest landowner in the Côte d’Or ?
- Bouchard Père & Fils (négociant)
- 130 ha of vines under its control
From where were the original cuttings of ‘Dijon Clone’ ?
- Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, parcels of Laurent Ponsot
Synonym of ‘Bernard clones’ ?
- The original Dijon clones of Pinot Noir
- Also known as “Bernard clones” for their creator, Raymond Bernard
True or False ? DRC and Dujac are high-profile practitioners of whole-cluster fermentation
- True
Côte-de-Nuits AOPs from North to South
- Marsannay
- Fixin
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Morey-Saint-Denis
- Chambolle-Musigny
- Vougeot
- Vosne-Romanée
- Nuits-Saint-Georges
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Côte de Beaune AOPs from North to South
- Ladoix
- Pernand-Vergelesses
- Aloxe-Corton
- Savigny-Lès-Beaune
- Chorey-Lès-Beaune
- Beaune & Côte de Beaune
- Pommard
- Volnay
- Monthélie
- Auxey-Duresses
- Saint-Romain
- Meursault
- Blagny
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Chassagne-Montrachet
- Saint-Aubin
- Santenay
- Maranges
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Which AOP is located between Brochon and Couchey ?
- Fixin AOP
Name some of the most reputed producers of Gevrey-Chambertin AOP.
- Rousseau
- Fourrier
- Claude Dugat
- Denis Bachelet
- Denis Mortet
- Joseph Roty
- Pierre Damoy.
Top producers of Morey-Saint-Denis AOP ?
- Dujac
- Ponsot
- Perrot-Minot
- Guy Castagnier
- Hubert Lignier
- Clos de Tart
True or False ? All four Clos Grand Crus of Morey-Saint-Denis AOP are Clos surrounded by walls.
- False
- Only Clos de Tart & Clos des Lambrays
- Not Clos de la Roche & Clos Saint-Denis
Who own Clos de Tart ?
- Used to be Mommessin family
- Nowadays property of Artemis group of François Pineault (2017)
What are the three distincts lieux-dits of Musigny AOP ?
- Le Musigny
- Les Petits Musigny
- La Combe d’Orveaux
Of what grape is made the Monts Luisants cuvée of Ponsot ?
- Aligoté
Of what grape is made the Musigny blanc cuvée of Comte Georges de Vogüé ?
- Chardonnay
Top producers of Chambolle-Musigny AOP ?
- Roumier
- de Vogüé
- Ghislaine Barthod
- Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Inclination of La Romanée AOP ?
- 10-15 %
Inclination of Romanée-Conti AOP ?
- Sits above La Romanée
- 17-20 %
Who owns monopole Clos des Réas in Vosne-Romanée ?
- Michel Gros
What is the only 1er Cru of Côte d’Or located on the east of D974 ?
- Clos des Grandes Vignes
In which AOP is located the headquarters of Jean-Claude Boisset ?
- Nuit-Saint-Georges AOP
What only domaine produce exclusively Grand Cru wines in Côte d’Or ?
- Bonneau du Martray
- Located in Pernand-Vergelesses
Where is located the headquarters of Louis Latour ?
- Aloxe-Corton AOP
On which AOP will we find : Chandon de Briailles - Simon Bize ?
- Savigny-Lès-Beaune AOP
On which AOP will we find : Comte Armand - Domaine de Courcel ?
- Pommard AOP
Why Pommard AOP may see more new oak than other red wines of the Côte de Beaune ?
- Greater percentage of iron-rich clay on Pommard’s lower slopes, resulting in fuller-bodied, weightier, sturdier wines.
In Pommard AOP, which one is considered the best between : Les Rugiens Bas – Les Rugiens Haut ?
- Les Rugiens Bas is considered better
Top producers on Volnay AOP ?
- Marquis d’Angerville
- Hubert de Montille
- Michel Lafarge
- Henri Boillot
- Domaine de la Pousse d’Or.
Top producers of Meursault AOP ?
- Coche-Dury
- Guy Roulot
- Comtes Lafon
- Patrick Javillier
- Jacques Prieur
- Pierre Morey
If a Meursault wine is red and from those 1er Cru ; Les Santenots du Milieu, Les Santenots Blancs, and Les Plures – which AOP shall we see on the label ?
- Volnay 1er Cru AOP
Who owns monopole on Clos de la Barre lieu-dit of Meursault AOP ?
- Comte Lafon
A white wine from Blagny AOP shall be labeled from which AOP ?
- Puligny-Montrachet AOP
- Meursault AOP
Main soil of Chassagne-Montrachet ?
- Red clay
- Explain why the village is better suited to Pinot Noir
Why 1er Cru ‘En Remilly’ of Saint-Aubin is consired so good ?
- Within shouting distance of Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru AOP
- But faces south rather than east
- The vineyard’s middle section has the same elevation, and shares the same exact soil
What is the name of the wine region south of Maranges AOP, granted sub-regional status as Bourgogne AOP for red wines from Pinot Noir ?
- Côtes du Couchois
Which 1er Cru has had portions of it incorporated into Chevalier-Montrachet? Under what name is it bottled?
- Le Cailleret was incorporated into Chevalier-Montrachet, and the grand cru part is bottled by Jadot as Les Demoiselles.
Name four domaines that co-produced Montrachet Grand Cru in the 2016 harvest
- Guy Amiot
- Fleurot-Larose
- Lafon
- Lamy-Pillot
- Leflaive
- Claudine Petijean
- Romanée-Conti
Which village contains all of the following Premiers Crus: Clos des Mouches, Les Teurons, and Clos du Roi?
- Beaune
Which oak forest is closest to the Côte-d’Or?
- Allier
What is the name of the major Combe at the northern end of Gevrey-Chambertin?
- Combe de Lavaux