Cote de Beaune

Question 1

24 of 26 climats may appear in Corton ROUGE bottlings–what are the 3 most famous climats?

Where are the other 2 climats located?

Answer 1

Le Clos du Roi
Les Bressandes
Les Renardes

Le Charlemagne in Aloxe-Corton and En Charlemagne in Pernand Vergelesses form the core of Corton-Charlemagne GC

Question 2

What is Ladoix-Serrigny’s famous Lieux-dit? Who owns the monopole within this lieux-dit?

Answer 2

Le Rognet et Corton is the famous Lieux-dit where the hillside aspect faces due east.

Faiveley owns a 2 hectare vineyard called, Clos de Cortons Faiveley, within this climat.

2 famous PCs: La Marechaude, La Toppe au Vert,

Question 3

Les Clos du Roi is a climat located in?

Les Clos du Roi is a premier cru located in?

Answer 3

Les Clos du Roi is a climat in Corton GC vineyard

Les Clos du Roi is a premier cru in Beaune AOP

Question 4

What is special about the producer Bonneau du Martray in Aloxe Corton?

Answer 4

The only domaine in Burgundy that produces exclusively grand cru wines, from 11 hectares on the Corton Hill.

Question 5

Who are some of the best producers in Aloxe-Corton?

Answer 5

Louis Latour
Bonneau de Martray, 
Coche-Dury
Domaine Leflaive 
Faiveley

Question 6

Savigny-les-Beaune famous producers

Answer 6

Simon Bize

Chandon de Brialles

Question 7

Most famous premier crus of Beaune

Answer 7

Les Clos du Roi
Les Bressandes*
Les Greves–which contains l’Enfant Jesus Lieux-sit
Les Teurons
Le Clos des Mouches* one of top white wines in commune produced by Joseph Drouhin

Question 8

Best producers of Beaune

Answer 8

Dominated by negotiants:
Bouchard Pere et Fils
Louis Jadot
Joseph Drouhin 
Patriarchs Pere et Fils

Question 9

Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses, and Ladoix-Serrigny share what grand cru vineyards? What type of wine does each GC produce?

Answer 9

Corton–GC red and white
Corton-Charlemagne–white
Charlemagne–white

Corton is the largest GC appellation in all of Burgundy

Question 10

Four appellations in the Cote de Beaune that may only produce red wine:

Answer 10

Pommard
Volnay
Blagny
Cote de Beaune-Villages

Question 11

Soils and style of wines in Pommard

Answer 11

Iron-rich clay resulting in fuller bodied, weightier and structured wines–denser, gutsier, more tannic style of Pinot Noir–and may see more new oak than other communes in Beaune–

Question 12

Famous producers of Pommard:

Answer 12

Comte Armand

Domaine de Coursel

Question 13

Main premier crus of Pommard—north crus/south crus–

Who has a monopole in the north PC’s

Answer 13

North: Les Petits Epenots, Les Grands Epenots–Comte Armand has a monopole “Clos des Epeneaux” here which sources fruit from these 2 vineyards.

South: Les Rugiens Bas and Les Rugien Hauts–Bas is regarded as the best vineyard site–talks about promotion to GC…both sites would be promoted

Question 14

Main premier crus in the north of Volnay/south in Volnay:

Answer 14

Northern end–Clos-des-Ducs 1er cru–monopole of Marquis d’Angerville

South end: Les Caillerets–Champans, Taillepieds, Clos-des-Chenes

Question 15

Famous producers of Volnay:

Answer 15

Marquis d’Angerville, Michel Lafarge, Henri Boillot, Domaine de la Pousse d’Or, Hubert de Montille

Question 16

What does Volnay 1er Cru Santenots mean?

Answer 16

Volnay 1er cru Santenots infers that this is a red wine from one or more of the Santenots vineyards located in Meursault. If wine is red from:
Les Santenots du Milieu
Les Santenots Blancs
Les Plures
Les Santenots Dessous
The wine may be labelled as Volnay 1er cru Santenots

Question 17

Famous producers Mersault:

Answer 17

Coche-Dury
Guy Roulot
Comtes Lafon

Question 18

Main premier crus of Mersault AOP:

Answer 18

Les Perrieres
Les Charmes
Les Genevrieres

Question 19

What is unique about the northern and southern borders of Mersault:

Answer 19

Northern Santenots 1er crus can be labelled Volnay 1er cru if the wine is red

Southern 1er crus on Mersault border can be labelled Blagny 1er cru if red wine is produced

Question 20

Mersault—In addition to premier crus, there are lieux-dits–name a few including the monopole of Comte Lafon

Answer 20

Clos de la Barre is a monopole of Comte Lafon

Narvaux, le Tesson, Les Tillets

Question 21

Blagny is hamlet located where and what style of wines does it produce?

Answer 21

Blagny is a hamlet located partly in Puligny-Montrachet and Mersault/–

Blagny is a red wine only appellation

Question 22

Name the 4 grand cru vineyards of Puligny-Montrachet:

Answer 22

From N to South

Chevalier-Montrachet
Montrachet
Batard-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard Montrachet

Montrachet and Batard Montrachet are shared with Chassagne-Montrachet

Question 23

Chassagne Montrachet contains what grand cru vineyards? Which are shared with Puligny?

Answer 23

Chassagne lays claim to 3 grand cru vineyards:

Criots-Batard-Montrachet

Batard-Montrachet and Le Montrachet are shared with Puligny–

Question 24

Top producers of Puligny-Montrachet:

Answer 24

Domaine Leflaive
Jacques Carillon
Etienne Sauzet
Paul Pernot

Joseph Drouhin -Marquis de Laguiche
Bouchard Pere et Fils

Question 25

Top producers of Chassagne-Montrachet:

Answer 25

Ramonet 
Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey
Morey
Gagnard
Colin-Morey
Colin

Question 26

Top premier crus of Puligny-Montrachet:

Answer 26

Le Cailleret (les demoiselles) and Les Pucelles are both adjacent to grand cru vineyards–

Champ-Gain and Foliateres in the middle of the commune

Champs Canet and Les Combettes on Mersault border

Question 27

Main premier crus of Chassagne:

1 lies on border of Criots-Batard Montrachet

Answer 27

Blanchot-Dessus lies on Criots border
Morgeot
Cailleret
Clos Saint-Jean