Cote de Beaune Flashcards
Which is the largest Grand Cru of Burgundy?
Corton (160ha)
both red and white
is the only red-wine producing grand cru in the Côte de Beaune
Corton-Charlemagne AOP and Charlemagne AOP—thus bear the king’s name, and produce only?
white wines (the latter is rarely if ever used.)
Charlemagne took its name from?
the late 700s the Frankish King Charlemagne
Three communes encircle the southern half of the hill, and each contains some slice of the grand cru pie of Corton
Ladoix-Serrigny, Aloxe-Corton, and Pernand-Vergelesses
Throughout Ladoix and Aloxe-Corton the eastern and southern mid-slope is covered with ?
Pinot Noir
On the hill’s western mid-slope of Corton, where the soils turn white, the remaining two?
Le Charlemagne in Aloxe-Corton and En Charlemagne in Pernand-Vergelesses
Aloxe-Corton produces?
mainly white and very little red
Auxey-Duresse produces?
red and white
Beaune produces?
red and some whites (20%)
Blagny produces?
reds
Chassagne Montrachet produces?
red and white
Ladoix produces?
red and white
Maranges produces?
red and some white
Meurseault produces?
white and some red
Meursault Blagny produces?
red and white
