Cote de Beaune Flashcards
24 of 26 climats may appear in Corton ROUGE bottlings–what are the 3 most famous climats?
Where are the other 2 climats located?
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
What is Ladoix-Serrigny’s famous Lieux-dit? Who owns the monopole within this lieux-dit?
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,
Les Clos du Roi is a climat located in?
Les Clos du Roi is a premier cru located in?
Les Clos du Roi is a climat in Corton GC vineyard
Les Clos du Roi is a premier cru in Beaune AOP
What is special about the producer Bonneau du Martray in Aloxe Corton?
The only domaine in Burgundy that produces exclusively grand cru wines, from 11 hectares on the Corton Hill.
Who are some of the best producers in Aloxe-Corton?
Louis Latour Bonneau de Martray, Coche-Dury Domaine Leflaive Faiveley
Savigny-les-Beaune famous producers
Simon Bize
Chandon de Brialles
Most famous premier crus of Beaune
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
Best producers of Beaune
Dominated by negotiants: Bouchard Pere et Fils Louis Jadot Joseph Drouhin Patriarchs Pere et Fils
Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses, and Ladoix-Serrigny share what grand cru vineyards? What type of wine does each GC produce?
Corton–GC red and white
Corton-Charlemagne–white
Charlemagne–white
Corton is the largest GC appellation in all of Burgundy
Four appellations in the Cote de Beaune that may only produce red wine:
Pommard
Volnay
Blagny
Cote de Beaune-Villages
Soils and style of wines in Pommard
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–
Famous producers of Pommard:
Comte Armand
Domaine de Coursel
Main premier crus of Pommard—north crus/south crus–
Who has a monopole in the north PC’s
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
Main premier crus in the north of Volnay/south in Volnay:
Northern end–Clos-des-Ducs 1er cru–monopole of Marquis d’Angerville
South end: Les Caillerets–Champans, Taillepieds, Clos-des-Chenes
Famous producers of Volnay:
Marquis d’Angerville, Michel Lafarge, Henri Boillot, Domaine de la Pousse d’Or, Hubert de Montille
What does Volnay 1er Cru Santenots mean?
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
Famous producers Mersault:
Coche-Dury
Guy Roulot
Comtes Lafon
Main premier crus of Mersault AOP:
Les Perrieres
Les Charmes
Les Genevrieres
What is unique about the northern and southern borders of Mersault:
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
Mersault—In addition to premier crus, there are lieux-dits–name a few including the monopole of Comte Lafon
Clos de la Barre is a monopole of Comte Lafon
Narvaux, le Tesson, Les Tillets
Blagny is hamlet located where and what style of wines does it produce?
Blagny is a hamlet located partly in Puligny-Montrachet and Mersault/–
Blagny is a red wine only appellation
Name the 4 grand cru vineyards of Puligny-Montrachet:
From N to South
Chevalier-Montrachet
Montrachet
Batard-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard Montrachet
Montrachet and Batard Montrachet are shared with Chassagne-Montrachet
Chassagne Montrachet contains what grand cru vineyards? Which are shared with Puligny?
Chassagne lays claim to 3 grand cru vineyards:
Criots-Batard-Montrachet
Batard-Montrachet and Le Montrachet are shared with Puligny–
Top producers of Puligny-Montrachet:
Domaine Leflaive
Jacques Carillon
Etienne Sauzet
Paul Pernot
Joseph Drouhin -Marquis de Laguiche
Bouchard Pere et Fils
Top producers of Chassagne-Montrachet:
Ramonet Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Morey Gagnard Colin-Morey Colin
Top premier crus of Puligny-Montrachet:
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
Main premier crus of Chassagne:
1 lies on border of Criots-Batard Montrachet
Blanchot-Dessus lies on Criots border
Morgeot
Cailleret
Clos Saint-Jean
