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1
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Largest Grand Cru in all of Burgundy?

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Corton Grand Cru AOP

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What are the two smaller grand cru AOP within Corton?

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  1. Corton Charlemagne AOP

2. Charlemagne AOP

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Three communes that encircle the southern half of the corton hill and contain some slice of the Grand Cru pie.

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  1. Ladoix-Serrigny
  2. Aloxe-Corton
  3. Pernand-Vergelesses
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Which commune is the biggest shareholder with 75% of the appellation falling wihtin its border?

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Aloxe-Corton

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5
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What climat within Aloxe-Corton is the pride of the appellation?

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Le Clos du Roi

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6
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Two highly regarded climats of Ladoix-Serrigny?

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Les Bressandes and Les Renardes

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What commune does Charlemagne reside in?

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Pernand-Vergelesses

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What commune does le Charlemagne reside in?

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Aloxe-Corton

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9
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what lieu-dit of Ladoix-Serrgny dominates the small sector communes of Corton?

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Le Rognet et Corton

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Pernand-Vergelesses rests of lower slops of what hill?

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Fretille Hill

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11
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How many premier crus in Pernand-Vergelesses?

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8

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12
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What are the three white wine only premier cru on Fretille hill?

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Sous Fretille, Close Berthet, Village de Pernand

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13
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How much of Pernand-Vergelesses production is red?

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60%

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14
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What producer is the only domaine in Burgundy to produce only Grand Cru wines?

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Bonnueau du Martray

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15
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How many premier crus in Aloxe-Corton?

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14

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16
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What negociant house is the largest land owner in both Corton and Corton Charlemagne?

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Louis Latour

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17
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What are the two Savigny-les-Beaunes top premier cru?

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Aux Serpentieres and Les Vergelesses

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18
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Two leading domaines of Savigny-Les Beaune?

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Chandon de Brialles and Simon Bize

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19
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What commune and most of it’s vines are situated to the east to D974?

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Chorey-Les Beaune

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20
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What is the viticultural capital of Burgundy?

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Beaune

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21
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How much of Beaune’s vineyards are classified as Premier Cru?

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85%

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22
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How many premier cru vineyards are there in Beaune?

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42

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23
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Who produces Vigne l’Enfant Jesus from a Les Greves lieu-dit?

24
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What 25 hectare premier cru vineyard bordering Pommard produces one of the top white wines from the commune?

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Le clos des Mouches

25
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What small appellation in Beaune covers a smattering of vineyards located above the northern sector of premier crus, at the an elevation of 300-370 meters?

A

Cote de beaune AOP

26
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What is Pommard’s most exceptional vineyard?

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Les Rugiens Bas

27
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The 5.2 ha clos des epeneaux vineyard is a monopole of what producer?

A

Comte Armand

28
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What is Pommard’s most exceptional vineyard?

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Les Rugiens Bas

29
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The 5.2 ha Clos des Epeneaux vineyard is a monopole of what producer?

A

Comte Armand

30
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Exemplary domaines based in the Pommard village?

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Comte Armand and Domaine de Courcel

31
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Les Rugiens Bas.

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One of the most exceptional vineyards of pommard and produces rich wines. May include fruit from the inferior village of Les Rugiens Hauts, in 2011 Pommard’s vingnerons filled a petition to elevate the Les Rugiens Bas and Haur to Grand cru.

32
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Which AOP lies below Pommard?

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Volnay (Chambolle-Musigny to Pommard’s Gevrey Chambertin)

33
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What is the name of Burgundy’s clonal research facility that owns the largest parcel in the Cote de Beaune?

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The ATVB, Cote de Beaune AOP (Association Technique Viticole de Bourgogne)

34
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Where is the monopole Clos des Ducs and who owns it?

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Marquis d’Angerville, Volnay

35
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Volnay’s top Domaines.

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An excellent crop of domaines in the village today carries the legacy forward.

  1. Marquis d’Angerville
  2. Hubert de Montille
  3. Micheal Lafarge
  4. Henri Boillot
  5. Domaine de la Pousse d’Or.
36
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Volnay’s better premier cru vineyards?

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  1. Les Caillerets
  2. Champans
  3. Clos des Chenes
  4. Taillepieds
  5. Marquis d’Angerville’s clos des ducs
37
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In the Cote de Beaune, this village marks the valley’s northeastern end, where the slope of the cote bends inwards upon itself, and the hillside vineyard exposures shift from east-southeast to due south.

38
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The only vineyard in the cote d’or that actually has the word climat in its name

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Climat du Val in Auxey Duresses (has the 0.9 ha Clos du Val enclosed within it)

39
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Beaune’s greatest wine villages

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  1. Mersault
  2. Puligny-Montrachet
  3. Chassagne-Montrachet
40
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Top domaines in Auxey-Duresses

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Moulin aux Moines and Prunier-Damy, but the most famous producer in the village is Maison Leroy, the negociant arm of Domaine Leroy.

41
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The world’s finest, most age-worthy example of Chardonnay-and certainly the most expensive.

A

Montrachet

42
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Premier crus in Mersault that can approach grand cru quality.

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  1. Perrieres
  2. Les Genevreieres
  3. Les Charmes
43
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What vineyard is actually located in Meursault but has been permitted to label its wine Volnay-Santenots as the vineyards is more similarto Volnay?

44
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The smallest of the white grand crus in Cote de Beaune.

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Criots-Batard Montrachet

45
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Estates to look for in Meursault

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Coche-Dury, Guy Roulot, Comtes Lafon, Patrick Javillier, Jacques Prieur and Pierre Morey

46
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Most important climat in Meursault

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Perrierres (its name meaning stone, signifies the site of an old quarry)

47
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Who owns monopole clos des perrieres - for which the domaine has been seeking grand cru status

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Albert Grivault

48
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COmtes Lafon’s monopole, is an important lieu-dit site - its the domaine’s backyard

A

Clos de Barre (Meursault)

49
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One hamlet, Blagny, produces red wines under its own appellation but a handful of hectares devoted to white grapes are sold as what?

A

Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet (depending on the location of the vineyard)

50
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Both these producers bottle a Chevalier-Montrachet “Les Demoiselles”

A

Louis Jadot and Louis Latour

51
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The most common premier crus on Puligny labels

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Les Folatieres and Champ Gain - the village’s largest climats

52
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Top domaines based in Puligny-Montrachet

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Domaine Leflaive, Jacques Carillon, Etienne Sauzet and Paul Pernot. Leflaive makes standout representations of all four of the Puligny grand crus and commands the largest share in both Batard-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Batard Montrachet.

53
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It is a tiny, diminishing red wine appelation in the Cote de Beaune; in 2012, only 3.4 ha of vines were declared under the appellation

54
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Name the Cote de Beaune villages N to S

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Ladoix AOP
Aloxe-Corton AOP
Pernand-Vergelesses AOP
Savigny-Les Beaune AOP
Chorey-Les-Beaune AOP
Beaune AOP
Pommard AOP
Volnay AOP
Auxey Duresses AOP
Saint Romain AOP
Meursault AOP
Blagny AOP
Puligny-Montrachet AOP
Saint-Aubin AOP
Chassagne Montrachet AOP
Santenay AOP
Marangeds AOP
55
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4 Beaune AOP’s produce rouge exclusively. What are they?

A

Cote de Beaune-Villages AOP
Pommard AOP
Volnay AOP
Blagny AOP

56
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Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Beaune

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District wide appellation for less quality driven wine (red,rose and white)

57
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Name the Grand crus of Cote de Beaune.

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  1. Corton AOP
  2. Corton-Charlemagne
  3. Charlemagne
  4. Montrachet
  5. Batard-Montrachet
  6. Bienvenues-Batard Montrachet
  7. Criots-Batard Montrachet

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