Cote De Beaune Flashcards
What are the villages of the Cote de Beaune from North to South?
Ladoix Aloxe-Cotton Pernand-Vergelesses Savigny-les-Beaune Chorey-Les-Beaune Beaune/Cote de Beaune Pommard Volnay Monthelie Auxey-Duresses Saint-Roman Meursault Blagny Puligny-Montrachet Chassagne-Montrachet Saint-Aubin Santenay Maranges
Communes of production for Ladoix?
Ladoix-Serigny
What is the most important lieu dit of Ladoix?
Le Rognet et Corton
What is Faiveley’s monopole in Ladoix?
Clos de Cortons
Located within Le Rognet et Corton
What is the minimum vine planting density in the Cote de Beaune?
9,000 vines per hectare
Maximum yields in the Cote de Beaune
Blanc: 57 hl/ha
Rouge: 50 hl/ha
Blanc “premier cru”: 55 hl/ha
Rouge “premier cru”: 48 hl/ha
What is the primary soil type of Ladoix?
Upper slopes: marl with limestone
Mid slopes: reddish brown calcareous soils
Lower slopes: clay
The Grand Cru Corton AOP encompasses these three communes.
Aloxe-Corton
Ladoix-Servigny
Pernand-Vergelesses
True or False
The Hill of Corton is authorized for white wine only.
False
Red and white
Maximum yields for Corton Grand Cru.
Blanc: 48 hl/ha
Rouge: 42 hl/ha
What is the only Grand Cru for red wine in the Cote de Beaune?
Corton
What are the two Grand Crus within Grand Cru Corton?
Corton-Charlemagne
Charlemagne
What communes encompass Corton Charlemagne?
Aloxe-Corton
Ladoix-Servigny
Pernand-Vergelesses
Maximum yield for Corton-Charlemagne
48 hl/ha
What communes encompass Charlemagne?
Pernand-Vergelesses
Aloxe-Corton
Maximum yield for Charlemagne Grand Cru?
48 hl/ha
When were the Grand Crus of Corton established?
1937
What are the two Grand Crus within Corton-Charlemagne?
Le Charlemagne (in Aloxe-Corton) En Charlemagne (in Pernand-Vergelesses)
Name 4 producers of Corton-Charlemagne AOP.
Bonneau du Martray
JF Coche Dury
Simone Bize
Bruno Clair
Genot Boulanger
Domaine Roumier
What is Albert Bichot’s (Domaine du Pavillon) monopole in Aloxe-Corton?
Clos des Maréchaudes
Where is La Maréchaude located?
Eastern part of Les Maréchaudes. On the border of Aloxe-Corton and Ladoix. Both names can be used interchangeably.
What are the communes of production for Aloxe-Corton?
Aloxe-Corton
Pernand Vergelesses
Ladoix-Servigny
What percentage of production do Aloxe-Corton have on the hill of Corton?
75%
What is the most important climat of Grand Cru Corton in Aloxe-Corton?
Corton Le Clos du Roi
What three important climats border Le Clos du Roi?
Les Bressandes
Les Perrieres
Les Renardes
What is the principal soil type of Aloxe-Corton?
reddish-brown clay
limestone with flint
chaillots (limestone debris)
When was the AOC Aloxe-Corton established?
1938
Where does Pernand-Vergelesses sit?
on the lower slopes of the Fretille hill
This separates Pernand-Vergelesses from Savigny-les-Beaune.
Bois de Noel
Generally, what is the difference between Le Charlemagne in Aloxe-Corton and En Charlemagne in Pernand-Vergelesses?
En Charlemagne is more austere.
What two sectors are the premier crus of Pernand-Vergelesses divided into?
Fretille Hill (only produces white) Bois de Noel (only produces red)
What important premier cru lies on the Bois de Noel hillside of Pernand-Vergelesses?
Ile de Vergelesses
What important premier crus lie on the Fretille Hill side of Pernand-Vergelesses?
Clos Berthet
Village de Pernand
Sous Fretille
This is the only domaine in Burgundy that produces only grand cru wines, from 11ha on the Corton Hill.
Bonneau de Martray
Top premier crus of Savigny-les-Beaune?
Aux Serpentieres
Talmettes
Grand Liards
Les Vergelesses
Important producers of Chorey-Les-Beaune
Tollot-Beaut
Domaine Germain
Who owns Chateau de Chorey?
Domaine Germain
List 5 premier crus of Beaune.
N to S
Les Marconnets
Les Bressandes
Les Greves
Les Teurons
Clos de Mouches
Vigne l’Enfant Jesus is whose monopole and where is it located?
Bouchard’s monopole
Lieu dit of Les Greves in Beaune
What is Joseph Drouhin’s monopole in Beaune?
Clos de la Mouches
Borders Pommard
Soil of Pommard
Lower slopes-clay
Higher slopes-marl
Where are these premier crus located?
N to S (ish)
Les Pézerolles
Les Petit Epenots
Clos des Epeneaux
Les Grands Epenots
Les Fremiers
Les Rugiens Bas (most important)
Les Rugiens Hauts
Pommard
Comte Armand’s monopole in Pommard
Clos de Epeneaux
What other grape is authorized in Corton-Charlemagne, Corton and Charlemagne?
Pinot Blanc
When was Pommard AOC established?
1936
4 producers of Pommard
Comte Armand
Jean-Marc Boillet
Domaine Y Clerget
Domaine de Courcel
Where are these premier crus located?
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Clos de Ducs
Les Mitans
Clos de Chateau de Ducs
Clos de la Bousse d’Or
Clos de Verseuil
Taille-Pieds
En Champans
Clos-des-Chenes
Cailleret
60 Ouvrees (located within Cailleret)
Santenots
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Volnay
Important monopoles in Volnay
Clos de Ducs-D’Angerville Clos de Chateau de Ducs- Lafarge Clos de Verseuil-Yvonne Clerget Clos de la Bousse d’Or-Pousse d’Or 60 ouvrees-Pousse d’Or
These 4 climats are labeled white if on the Meursault side and red if on the Volnay side.
Santenots de Milieu
Les Santenots Blanc
Les Plures
Les Santenots Dessous (village level)
Soil of Volnay
Oolitic limestone
Soil of Beaune
Oxfordian-Rauracian (Upper Jurassic) limestone.
Bedrock younger than CdN.
Higher up = more limestone, debris and flint, eroded
Lower Slope = more clay
Mid slope = Red tinted soils due to iron oxide in Oxfordian limestone
When was the Volnay AOC established?
1937
What is an Ouvree?
A measurement used historically in Eastern France. Measures the amount of land a man can work in a day without the help of a horse or plow.
What is the village that holds these premier crus?
Sur la Velle (borders Clos de Chenes)
Les Champs Fulliot
Les Duresses
Monthelie
Where is Monthelie located? Important geographic features?
In Auxey Valley
Ruisseau des Cloux - stream that flows through
Combe Danay from the North
Where are these 1er crus located?
Climat du Val
Clos du Val (w/in climate du val)
Auxey-Duresses
Where is Auxey-Duresses located?
Important geographical features?
Located in Auxey Valley
Ruisseau flows through here
Soil of Meursault
Marl-limestone
Important Premier Crus of Meursault
Les Caillerets Le Cras Les Gouttes d’Or (flinty soil-names means drops of gold like the soil) Porusot (Les Porusot, Le Porusot Dessus, Les Porusot Dessous ) Les Boucheres Les Genevrieres Perrieres Les Charmes
Albert Grivot’s monopole in Meursault.
Clos de la Perrieres (located within Perrieres)
Lafon’s monopole in Meursault
Clos de la Barre
Important lieu dits of Meursault
Clos de la Barre Les Tessons Les Tillets Les Narvaux Charmes de Narvaux
Soil of Montrachet
Thin hard limestone with reddish marl
This caused the wines to more concentrated and weighted.
Grand crus of Cote de Beaune
Corton Corton-Charlemagne Charlemagne Chevalier-Montrachet Montrachet Batard-Montrachet Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet Criots-Montrachet
Soil of chevalier Montrachet
Stony, thinner, marl-limestone
This causes the wines to be edgier, more reserved and more elegant
Soils of Batard and Bienvenues Batard Montrachet.
Brown limestone, deeper soils
Results in fatter more exotic styles
What three premier crus of Puligny Montrachet touch the grand crus?
Les Demoiselles
Le Cailleret
Les Pucelles
Note: Les Cailleret and Les Demoiselles are northward extensions of Montrachet
Where are the bottlings Louis Jadot and Louis Lator’s “Les Demoiselles” from? Meaning what grand cru?
Chevalier Montrachet
Where are the following 1er crus located?
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Champ Canet
Les Combettes
Champ Gain
Les Folatieres
Clos de Mouchere
Le Cailleret
Les Demoiselles
Les Pucelles
Puligny Montrachet
What is Henri Boillot’s monopole in Puligny Montrachet?
Clos de Mouchere
Soil of Chassagne-Montrachet
Red clay in village vineyards and lower slopes of premier crus
Limestone and thinner soils in premier crus
Soil of Criots-Batard Montrachet
Brown limestone
Where will you find these premier crus? What village?
En Remilly Les Macherelles Chassagne du Clos Saint Jean Clos Saint Jean Maltroie Les Champ Gains Morgeot
Chassagne-Montrachet
En Remilly
Les Murgers de Dents de Chien
La Chateniere
Saint-Aubin
En Remilly in Saint Auburn has the same elevation and soil as what Grand Cru?
Chevalier Montrachet
Largest Premier Cru of Maranges
La Fussiere
Owners of Le Croix Moines
Chevrot and someone else who sells grapes
What part of Le Rognet et Corton in Ladoix can produce red wine?
The part that extends into the Corton Grand Cru.
Who used to own Clos de la Bousse d’Or?
Duvault Blochet
Original owners of Romanee-Conti
Who owns the monopole Clos de Meix? Where is it located?
Domaine Comte Senard
Aloxe-Corton
-climate of Corton Grand Cru
Where is Clos des Citeaux located? Whose monopole?
Lieux Dit within Les Grands Epenots
-Jean Monnier
What lieux dits are include in Les Cailleret in Volnay?
Cailleret Dessus
En Cailleret
Clos des 60 Ouvrées
Le Village in Volnay includes which clos?
Clos de la Cave des Ducs
Clos de l’Audignac
Clos de la Chapelle
Clos du Château des Ducs
Clos de la Rougeotte
Where will you find Clos de Santenots? Whose monopole?
Volnay
Monopole of Jaques Prieur
Where will you find Clos du Cailleret? Who makes wine from here?
A portion of the Le Cailleret vineyard was reclassified as Chevalier-Montrachet. The vineyard is adjacent to the northern border of Montrachet, and often appears as “Clos du Cailleret” on labels. This was a red wine vineyard through the 1940s, but today only Chartron produces a red wine from the site.
