Cote de Beaune

Question 1

What are the communes of Cote de Beaune AOP?

Answer 1

Beaune

Question 2

What are the communes of Cote de Beaune Villages AOP?

Answer 2

Auxey-Duresses
Chassagne-Montrachet
Chorey-les-Beaune
Ladoix-Serrigny
Meursault
Monthelie
Pernand Vergelesses
Puligny-Montrachet
Saint-Aubin
Saint-Romain
Santenay
Savigny-les-Beaune
Cheilly-les-Maranges
Dezize-les-Maranges
Remigny
Sampigny-les-Maranges

Question 3

What are the communes of Ladoix AOP?

Answer 3

Ladoix-Serrigny

Question 4

What are the Grand Cru of Ladoix?

Answer 4

Corton

Corton-Charlemagne

Question 5

How large is Corton

Answer 5

160.19ha

Question 6

How large is Corton Charlemagne?

Answer 6

71.88ha

Question 7

What kind of wine is under the Corton Charlemagne label?

Answer 7

Only white wine

Question 8

How many premier cru vineyards are in Ladoix?

Answer 8

11

Question 9

Ladoix has 3 distinct soil types. Describe them.

Answer 9

Upper slopes - Marl with high limestone content
Mid slopes - reddish brown calcareous soils
Lower slopes - clay

Question 10

What are the communes of Aloxe-Corton AOP?

Answer 10

Aloxe-Corton
Ladoix-Serrigny
Pernand-Vergelesses

Question 11

What is the principal soil of Aloxe-Corton?

Answer 11

reddish-brown clay-limestone with flint and chaillots (limestone debris)

Question 12

What are the Grand Cru vineyards of Aloxe-Corton?

Answer 12

Corton
Corton Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Question 13

What 5 parcels are in Charlemagne Grand Cru?

Answer 13

Le Charlemagne
Les Pougets
Les Languettes
Le Corton
En Charlemagne

Question 14

How many premier cru vineyards are in Aloxe Corton?

Answer 14

14

Question 15

What Grand Cru are in Pernand-Vergelesses?

Answer 15

Corton
Corton-Charlemagne
Charlemagne

Question 16

How many premier cru are in Pernand-Vergelesses?

Answer 16

8

Question 17

What are the communes of Savigny-les-Beaune AOP?

Answer 17

Savigny-les-Beaune

Question 18

What are the Grand Cru of Savigny les Beaune?

Answer 18

there are none

Question 19

How many premier cru are in Savigny les beaune?

Answer 19

22

Question 20

What is the bedrock of Beaune?

Answer 20

Oxfordian-Rauracian (Upper Jurassic) limestone. The bedrock is younger here than in the Cote de Nuits or further south in the Cote de Beaune.

Question 21

What is the surface soil of Beaune?

Answer 21

Vineyards at the top of the slope have thin, eroded soils with higher proportion of limestone debris and flint. Vineyards at lower elevation have higher proportions of clay. Red-tinted soils on the mid-level and lower slopes are common, due to the presence of iron in the underlying Oxfordian limestone.

Question 22

How many premier cru are in Beaune?

Answer 22

42

Question 23

What is the soil of Pommard?

Answer 23

clay-limestone with marl on the higher slopes.

Question 24

How many premier cru are in Pommard?

Answer 24

28

Question 25

What are the communes of Volnay AOP?

Answer 25

Volnay | Meursault

Question 26

What is the soil of Volnay?

Answer 26

oolitic limestone

Question 27

Red wines from Monthelie can also be labeled what?

Answer 27

Cote de Beaune

Question 28

What is the soil of Monthelie?

Answer 28

Bathonian limestone with red clay and marl topsoils

Question 29

How many premier cru are in Monthelie?

Answer 29

15

Question 30

How many premier cru are in Volnay?

Answer 30

29

Question 31

How many premier cru are in Auxey-Duresses?

Answer 31

9

Question 32

What is the soil of Meursault?

Answer 32

marl limestone

Question 33

How many premier cru are in Meursault?

Answer 33

19

Question 34

What are the communes of Blagny AOP?

Answer 34

Meursault | Puligny-Montrachet

Question 35

How many premier cru are in Blagny?

Answer 35

7

Question 36

What is the soil of Puligny-Montrachet?

Answer 36

brown limestone

Question 37

What are the Grand Cru of Puligny-Montrachet?

Answer 37

Batard-Montrachet Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet Chevalier-Montrachet Montrachet

Question 38

How many premier cru are in Puligny-Montrachet?

Answer 38

17

Question 39

What is the soil of Saint Aubin?

Answer 39

limestone and brown clay

Question 40

How many premier cru are in Saint Aubin?

Answer 40

30

Question 41

What are the communes of Chassagne-Montrachet?

Answer 41

Chassagne-Montrachet | Remigny

Question 42

What are the Grand Cru of Chassagne-Montrachet?

Answer 42

Batard Montrachet Criots-Batard-Montrachet (le) Montrachet

Question 43

How many premier cru are in Chassagne-Montrachet?

Answer 43

55

Question 44

What are the communes of Santenay?

Answer 44

Santenay | Remigny

Question 45

What is the soil of Santenay?

Answer 45

oolitic limestone

Question 46

How many premier cru are in Santenay?

Answer 46

12

Question 47

How many premier cru are in Maranges?

Answer 47

7

Question 48

What is the principal soil of Chevalier Montrachet?

Answer 48

thin, stony redzinas derived from marl and marl-limestone.

Question 49

What is the soil of Montrachet?

Answer 49

thin soils on hard Jurassic limestone with reddish marl

Question 50

What is the soil of Bienvenues Batard Montrachet?

Answer 50

brown limestone

Question 51

What is the primary soil of Criots-Batard-Montrachet?

Answer 51

brown limestone

Question 52

Rank the Grand Cru of Cote de Beaune from largest to smallest.

Answer 52

``` Corton (160.19) Corton-Charlemagne (71.88) Charlemagne (62.94) Batard-Montrachet (11.97) Montrachet (8) Chevalier Montrachet (7.47) Bienvenues Batard Montrachet (3.69) Criots-Batard-Montrachet (1.75) ```

Question 53

Which two grand cru have must weight outliers?

Answer 53

Bienvenues Batard Montrachet Criots-Batard Montrachet Both have minimum must weight for white wines of 187 g/l, instead of 195.

Question 54

What is the only Grand Cru in Cote de Beaune to produce red wine?

Answer 54

Corton

Question 55

What is the only Burgundy AOP to have a different elevage date for Premier Cru wines than AOP wines? What are the differences?

Answer 55

Pernand-Vergelesses. June 30 of year after harvest for PC March 31 of year after harvest for other wines