Cotes de Bordeaux/Entre deux Mers

Question 1

minimum RS for bordeaux superior Blanc Liquoreux AOP:

Answer 1

17 g/l

Question 2

Sainte-Croix-Du-Mont AOP:

Answer 2

Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc
45g/l RS
229 g/l must weight
238 g/l for Semillon

Question 3

Appellations of Entre-Deux Mers

Answer 3

Entre-Deux-Mers AOP
Cadillac AOP (Blanc, Liquoreux)
Graves de Vayres AOP
Loupiac AOP (Blanc, Liquoreux)
Cotes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire AOP
Saint-Croix du Mont AOP (Blanc, Liquoreux)

Question 4

Exclusively sweet wines of Entre Deux Mers region labeled as this, though AOP does not overlap

Answer 4

Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
Semillon is dominant grape, at least 34 g/l RS

Question 5

Styles of Cotes de Bordeaux Ste Macaire AOP (Entre-Deux-Mers)

Answer 5

Blanc only:
sec
moelleux
liquoreux

Question 6

Styles of Ste Foy cotes de Bordeaux AOP and Graves de Vayres AOP

Answer 6

Ste foy: Blanc and rouge, sec, moelleux and liqoreux

Graves De Vayres: Blanc and rouge sec

Question 7

Encepagement entre deux mers

Answer 7

Principal Varieties: Min. 70% combined Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Muscadelle, and Sémillon
Accessory Varieties: Max. 30% Merlot Blanc; max. 10% combined Mauzac, Colombard, and Ugni Blanc

Question 8

Roc de Cambes (Michel Roland’s project in Cotes de Bourg) is in this AOP

Answer 8

Bourg

Question 9

Style of wine in Blaye

Answer 9

Dry Red only

Question 10

Min potential alc/must weight for entre deux mers

Answer 10

10.5% alc
must weight 170g/l

Question 11

Min potential abv for Loupiac

Answer 11

14.5%

Question 12

Style of Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 12

Blanc Liquoreux

34 g/l rs

Question 13

Min RS and must weight for Loupiac
(Same as Sainte-Croix-du-Mont)

Answer 13

229 g/l (238 for Semillon)
45 g/l

Question 14

Blaye and Bourg are on the Eastern bank of this Estuary opposite the Medoc vineyards

Answer 14

Gironde

Question 15

Subzones Cote de Bordeaux (6)

Answer 15

Côte de Bordeaux “Francs”
Côte de Bordeaux “Cadillac” (red wine)
Cote de Bordeaux “Castillon”
Côte de Bordeaux “blaye”
Côte de Bordeaux “St Foy” (Sainte Foy)
Premieres côtes de Bordeaux (Blanc, liquoreux)

Côte de Bordeaux itself is for dry red wine

Question 16

What is Cotes de Bordeaux Blaye Encepagement? (Blanc and Rouge)

(Blaye AOC is Exclusively red)

Answer 16

Blanc Sec: 60-90% combined Colombard and Ugni Blanc; plus Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Sémillon

Rouge: Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot; plus a max. 50% Cot (Malbec)
Accessory Varieties: Max. 15% combined Petit Verdot and Carmenère (max. 10% Carmenère)

Question 17

Cadillac AOP (just East of Barsac across Garonne river) has these requirements

Answer 17

Styles and Encépagement:

Blanc: Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Sémillon
Minimum Potential Alcohol: 15% (12% acquired)
Minimum Must Weight: 255 g/l

Minimum Residual Sugar: 51 g/l highest sugar in Bordeaux

Question 18

Style of Cotes de Blaye

Answer 18

Dry White from Colombard and Ugni Blanc

Question 19

Oldest vines in Bordeaux found here

Answer 19

Bourg
Cotes de Bourg

Question 20

Where is planting density lowest in Bordeaux?

Answer 20

Entre deux Mers: up to 2.5 meters between vines

Question 21

What year did Entre deux Mers get AOC status

Answer 21

1937 for white wines exclusively
Restricted to dry whites in 1953

Question 22

Most vineyards in Entre Deux Mers region are planted to this grape

Answer 22

Merlot, destined for Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur wines
3/4 of Bordeaux AOP are produced here

Question 23

Elevation and soil type of Entre Deux Mers

Answer 23

Weathered Limestone, 100 meters above sea level, one of the coolest areas in Bordeaux, hence white wine
Vines trained high to avoid frost

Question 24

Entre Deux Mers AOP wines from nine communes along the border of Cotes de Bordeaux-Saint-Macaire AOP are entitled to carry this geographical designation

Answer 24

Haut Benauge (also applied to off-dry Bordeaux AOP whites from the same area)

Question 25

Does Entre deux Mers overlap Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux or Cotes de Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOPs?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

Hand harvesting in tries is required by law for these three sweet wine appellations of Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 26

Cadillac
Loupiac
Sainte-Croix-du Mont

Question 27

Most producers of Graves de Vayres AOP release their wine as this

Answer 27

Bordeaux AOP

Question 28

In 2016, Sainte-Foy AOP was absorbed into this

Answer 28

Cotes de Bordeaux AOP

Question 29

What year did Cotes de Bordeaux become AOP

Answer 29

2009

Question 30

Four disconnected sectors of the Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 30

Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux (on Western Fringe of Entre-Deux-Mers)

Area adjacent to Eastern Borders of Saint Emilion and Puisseguin Saint Emilion

A large area between Entre deux Mers and Bergerac

Massive zone north of the eastern bank of the gironde that is the exact boundaries of Blaye AOP

Question 31

In 2009, Premieres Cotes de Blaye AOC was absorbed into this appellation

Answer 31

Cotes de Bordeaux AOP

Question 32

In 2009, Cotes de Francs AOP was absorbed into this larger Appelation

Answer 32

Bordeaux AOP

Question 33

In 2009, red wines were dropped from the Cahier de Charges of this AOC in Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 33

Cadillac

White botrytis affected wine, 51 g/l rs