Côte d’Or Flashcards
Which are the 33 Grands Crus of Bourgogne? Mentioned them in order, from north to south.
Côte de Nuits (all for red wines unless otherwise stated)
• Commune: Gevrey-Chambertin; Grands Crus (9): Le Chambertin, Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze, Mazis-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Chapelle-Chambertin, Rouchottes-Chambertin, Latricières-Chambertin, Griotte-Chambertin.
•Commune: Morey-St-Denis; Grands Crus (5): Le St-Denis, Clos de la Roche, Clos de Tart, Clos des Lambrays, Bonnes Mares (some part).
•Commune: Chambolle-Musigny; Grands Crus (2): Le Musigny (some white wine too), Bonnes Mares (most).
•Commune: Vougeot; Grand Cru (1): Clos de Vougeot.
•Commune: Flagey-Échezeaux; Grands Crus (2): Échezeaux, Grands Échezeaux.
•Commune: Vosne Romanée-Conti; Grands Crus (6): Richebourg, Romaée-St-Vivant, Romanée-Conti, La Romanée, La Grand Rue, La Tâche.
Côte de Beaune (all for white wines unless otherwise stated)
•Commune: Ladoix-Serrigny; Grands Crus (2): Corton (almost all red); Corton-Charlemagne.
•Commune: Aloxe-Corton; Grands Crus (2): Corton (almost all red); Corton-Charlemagne.
•Commune: Pernand-Vergelesses; Grands Crus (2): Corton-Charlemagne; Le Charlemagne (no longer used).
• Commune: Puligny-Montrachet; Grands Crus (4): Chevalier-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, Le Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet.
•Commune: Chassagne-Montrachet; Grands Crus (3): Le Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet.
Chablis (exclusively white wine from just one grape variety, synonymous of the appellation: Chardonnay)
• Commune: Chablis; Grand Cru (1): Chablis, with its 7 climats (Blanchot, Bougros, Les Clos, Grenouille, Preuses, Valmur, Vaudésir).
What are combes?
Local name for small Côte d’Or valleys, which lie at right angle to the Côte itself adding variation to the mix and, often, a cooling influence.
Which are some of the best communes in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune?
Nantoux, Echevronne, La Rochepot, Meloisey.
Which are some of the best communes in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits?
Marey-lès-Fussey, Magny-Villers, Villars-Fontaine, Bévy.
Which is the Côte de Beaune southern tip relatively new AOC, responsible for delicate reds? And which are the associate three communes just west of Santenay bearing the suffix -lès-Maranges?
AOC Maranges.
Dezize-lès-Maranges, Sampigny-lès-Maranges, Cheilly-lès-Maranges.
Named some of the most expensive Premier Cru of Burgundy, and the relative sub region.
Côte de Nuits: Clos St-Jacques in Gevrey-Chambertin; Les Amoureuses in Chambolle-Musigny.
Côte de Beaune: Rugiens in Pommard; Les Perrières in Mersault.
Even if these two fall under the third rank of the Burgundy classification (that is Appellation Communales or village wines), which are two of the few lieu-dit of Mersault that, due to their high quality wines, can considered of the same class of Premier Cru?
Tessons and Chevalières.
How is write on the label the eventual name of a specific vineyard (lieu-dit) for a village wine (appelation communale)?
Smaller type than the commune name.
When the coolest, higher Verroilles parcel was incorporated in Richebourg Grand Cru?
1936.
Who are the producers part of the Richebourg vineyard ownership?
Clos Frantin, Méo-Camuzet, Gros Frère et Soeur, AF Gros, Anne Gros, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (which owns the richest array of the extraordinary wealth of Grands Crus to the west and north of the little village of Vosne-Romanée, and that has obviously the lion’s share of this particularly Grand Cru, as you can see by the map on page 58 of Wine Atlas book), Leroy, Mongeard-Mugneret, Grivot, Hudelot-Noëllat, Thibault Liger-Belair.
Which are the best climats of Santenay (southern Côte de Beaune)?
Les Gravières (the name refers to the stony ground, as Graves in Bordeaux)
Clos de Tavannes
La Comme
Which are the most famous Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru vineyards that also produce excellent red wines?
Morgeot, La Boudriotte, Clos St-Jean; all Premiers Crus, the first two situated in the southern point of Chassagne-Montrachet, whereas the latter in the north-west one.
Which aspect have Santenay and Chassagne-Montrachet vineyards (southern Côte de Beaune)?
In contrast to most of the Côte d’Or, many of them face due south and some even face west.
How many Grand Cru are there in Santenay?
No one. Just Premiers Crus and Commune appellation vineyards as well.
Which are some of the best Premier Cru vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet?
Les Pucelles
Les Combettes
Les Folatières
Le Cailleret
Is possible to produce red wine in Blagny (shared hamlet between Puligny-Montrachet south and Mersault up, that presents stony soils which gives excellent wines)?
Yes, usually in the plain area.
Is there any Grand Cru in Mersault?
No, just Premiers Crus.
Named four Premier Cru vineyards of Mersault, and describe the style of the wines made there.
Les Perrières (the upper part of the Premier Cru Les Genevrières) and Les Charmes, which offer the sternest challenge to Puligny’s best Premiers Crus;
Porusot and Gouttes d’Or provide a nuttier, broader, mainstream Mersault experience.
Named two communal appellation vineyards famous in Mersault, and describe their wine style.
Narvaux and Tillets, just higher on the hill, make slightly crisper, but also intense, ageworthy wines.
Which typology of wine offer Auxey-Duresses and Monthelie (Central Côte de Beaune, western between Mersault south and Volnay north)?
Little white wine and plenty of good red, which is less highly valued (being shorter-lived) than Volnay, therefore often a bargain.
Which wines made St-Romain (geographically behind Auxey-Duresses)?
Even if it is much higher (~400 m and up) than most Côte d’Or communes, is making respectable light reds and particularly convincing white wines in the warmest summers that Burgundy has been experiencing. It is a promoted former Hautes-Côte de Beaune village.
Is there any Grand Cru vineyard in Volnay? Named some important Premiers Crus and their associate wine feature signature.
No, but some Premiers Crus are very important , such as Clos des Chênes and Caillerets, the best names here (of which the first just above Le Cailleret, is also very fine but a little lighter as the soil is even thinner), famous for their long-lived wines, Champans, Bousse d’Or (monopole of Domaine de la Pousse d’Or), and Taille Pieds are close behind, while the steep little Clos de Ducs (monopole of the Marquis d’Angerville, whose father pioneered domaine bottling in the 1930s) is the best climat on the north side of the village.
Volnay-Santenots refers to (appellation, wine style made, name of the best part of this vineyard):
Volnay, even if it is properly inside the boundary of Mersault. Pale red light wines, soft, very fragrant and with a long, perfumed aftertaste are produced here. The best part of this vineyard is Les Santenots-du-Milieu.
Is there any Grand Cru in Pommard? Which are some of the best Premiers Crus? Named three top producers of here. What is it Dames de la Charité?
No.
Les Rugiens-Bas (in which the soil is rich in iron, near the southern edge of Pommard, near Volnay), Les Epenots (in the northern edge, near Beaune), Clos de la Commaraine (central part).
Producers: De Courcel, Comte Armand (who owns the monopole Clos des Épeneaux, within the PC of Les Epenots), De Montille.
One of the best cuvée of Beaune’s annual charity auction, mainly made from Rugiens and Epenots combined.
Named some important négociants of Beaune (Northern Côte de Beaune) and the associate style of wine they produce.
Drouhin’s part of the Clos des Mouches (abutting Pommard, in the southern edge of Beaune) is celebrated for both red and its exquisite white, rich, complex and age-worthy; Bouchard Père et Fils, that has a parcel in Les Grèves known as the Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus and makes another outstanding wine; Louis Jadot’s Clos des Ursules within Beaune-Vignes Franches.
(The latest two, comes from the finest vineyards which are regarded as those situated almost directly between the town and the hill of Les Mondes Rondes).
Is there any Grand Cru vineyards in Beaune, in the Northern Côte de Beaune?
No.
Named some important négociants of Beaune.
Bouchard Père eat Fils, Chanson, Drouhin, Jadot, Louis Latour.
Which are the principal natural factors that make Montrachet white wines scent, brighter gold, long lasting in flavour, succulent, dense and so high in quality?
Perfect exposure to the east, yet an angle that means the sun is still flooding down the rows at nine on a summer evening, and a sudden streak of limestone, regarding soil.
From which vineyards come from top red Corton Grand Cru wines?
Which style they have?
Les Corton itself, Les Bressandes, Le Renardes, Perrières, Le Clos du Roi. These slopes have an altitude inter between 275 and 350m, with an east- and south-facing exposure.
• Les Corton: dense, close wines when young;
• Les Bressandes: suppleness and charm;
• Les Renardes: rustic, gamey character;
• Perrières: extra-finesse;
• Le Clos du Roi: optimum balance between weight and elegance; it is often regarded as the finest of the Corton vineyard.
What represents Chorey-lès-Beaune in the wine market?
An useful source of approachable red burgundy. It is a flat ground next to the main road, D974, in the Northern Côte de Beaune, just under Aloxe-Corton.
What is Ladoix-Serrigny famous for? Has it Grands Crus? If yes, which?
It is famous for refreshingly mineral whites and quite succulent reds.
Yes, two: Corton Grand Cru (which produces almost all red) and Corton-Charlemagne (white).
Which common point have Ladoix-Serrigny and Pernand-Vergelesses (northern Côte de Beaune)?
Both they have the peculiarity of having some Premiers Crus, such as Sous Frétille in Pernand-Vergelesses, and Les Joyeuses and Les Gréchons in Ladoix-Serrigny, for either white or red wine but not both.
Generally speaking, which is the soil much better associate with super quality Pinot Noir wines in Côte de Nuits?
Those one in which the soil has a mixture of silt and scree over the marl outcrops below the hard limestone (mainly from Jurassic era) hilltop. This typology of soil corresponds time and again with areas that enjoy the best shelter and the most sun.
How Prémeaux-Prissey (southern point of Southern Côte de Nuits) red wines are bottling? Briefly describe their appeal, and named two vineyards that really interpret this, and as well other two climats that instead are quite uncommon for that style.
As Nuits-St-Georges.
They are finer-boned than the rest of the appellation, especially such monopole vineyards as Clos de l’Arlot (Domaine de l’Arlot) and Clos de la Maréchale (Jacques Frederic Mugnier).
On the contrary, Les Vaucrains and Les St-Georges (a climat that many think should be Grand Cru) just over the commune boundary produce instead tannic wines with tense, positive flavours that demand long bottle ageing.
How is the soil in Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru?
Deep, rich in clay and lime.
How is the soil in La Romanée-Conti? Where is situated this Grand Cru vineyard?
Poor and shallow. It lies mid-slope.
Where is situated on the hill and how is the soil composition in La Romanée Grand Cru?
Higher up, it tilts more steeply, with drier and less clayey soils.
Which facing has Grand Cru Le Richebourg?
The big vineyard of Le Richebourg curves around to face east-northeast.
La Grand Rue Grand Cru lies on? And La Tâche?
The left flank, and beside it the long slope of La Tâche (including what was once called Les Gaudichots).
When La Grand Rue was officially recognised as Grand Cru? How many ha it has?
In 1992.
1,6 ha.
Romanée-Conti and La Tâche are monopoles of:
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
Briefly describe the maison style signature of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
Fine, velvety warmth combined with a suggestion of spice, the almost oriental opulence of their wines, for which the market will seemingly stand any price.
Which maison made the most similar-in style wines to Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, in this way representing a source of a little more affordable wines, in term of price?
Domaine Leroy.
Which is one of the most important Premier Cru of Vosne-Romanée?
Aux Malconsort, just south to La Tâche Grand Cru.
The village of Flagey-Échezeaux is within:
Vosne (at least oenologically).
Which is the peculiarity of Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru?
This monastic vineyard of 50ha (the 3rd Grand Cru in dimension in Burgundy), surrounded by a suggestive high stone wall, due to its dimensions, made wines that can considerably vary in price, style and quality, for this why the name of the grower must be the guide. Cistercians used to blend wine of the top, mid and bottom slopes to make consistency wines, since in dry years the wine from lower down would have an advantage, as in wet vintages would the top slopes.
Where is situated the château of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin?
In the northwest corner of the Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru.
Which is, generally speaking, the style of Le Musigny Grand Cru?
(This steeply slope that is squeezed under the tree-capped limestone crest close to Clos de Vougeot and Grands Échezeaux, rather than Bonnes Mares in the northern part of Chambolle-Musigny, obliges the vignerons to carry the brown limey clay, heavy with pebbles, back up the hill after prolonged rainy weather; this and the permeable limestone subsoil allow excellent drainage).
Conditions are just right for a wine with plenty of body. The glory of Le Musigny is that it covers its undoubted power with a lovely, haunting delicacy of perfume: a unique sensuous savour, well describe as a peacock’s tail. It can age at least for 10-20 years. Unusual for Côte de Nuits Grands Crus, it can produce some white wine, too.
Compare Chambertin, Romanée-Conti and Le Musigny in style.
Strong and deep Chambertin
Spice Romanée-Conti
Power even elegant Le Musigny
How is the soil in Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru (in the upper part of the southern Côte de Nuits)?
Pale in the western half, red in the eastern. The style of wine made here is tougher than the other Grand Cru of Chambolle-Musigny, so Le Musigny, and less graceful.
Which are some of the best Premiers Crus of Chambolle-Musigny?
Les Amoureuses (perhaps of Burgundy), Les Charmes, and due to the warmer climate present here for which quality seems to be migrating uphill, Les Cras and Les Fuées (~350, in the northwest hillsides of the appellation).
Which are the 5 Grands Crus of Morey-St-Denis? Briefly describe their style.
Clos de la Roche, Clos St-Denis, Clos des Lambrays, Clos de Tart, some part of Bonnes Mares.
The first two made wines of great staying power, strength and depth, fed by soil rich in limestone. The Clos des Lambrays monopole makes particularly seductive wines that was promoted to Grand Cru rank in 1981 and absorbed into the LVMH luxury goods empire in 2014.
Clos de Tart monopole next door acquired its fourth owner in nine centuries in 2017: the Pinault family (who also own the first-growth Château Latour in Bordeaux).
Name an excellent Premier Cru of Morey-St-Denis, that is famous for its excellent white wines.
The lofty, stony Monts Luisants, that produces excellent whites.
