Cotes de Bordeaux/Entre deux Mers Flashcards
minimum RS for bordeaux superior Blanc Liquoreux AOP:
17 g/l
Sainte-Croix-Du-Mont AOP:
Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc
45g/l RS
229 g/l must weight
238 g/l for Semillon
Appellations of Entre-Deux Mers
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)
Exclusively sweet wines of Entre Deux Mers region labeled as this, though AOP does not overlap
Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
Semillon is dominant grape, at least 34 g/l RS
Styles of Cotes de Bordeaux Ste Macaire AOP (Entre-Deux-Mers)
Blanc only:
sec
moelleux
liquoreux
Styles of Ste Foy cotes de Bordeaux AOP and Graves de Vayres AOP
Ste foy: Blanc and rouge, sec, moelleux and liqoreux
Graves De Vayres: Blanc and rouge sec
Encepagement entre deux mers
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
Roc de Cambes (Michel Roland’s project in Cotes de Bourg) is in this AOP
Bourg
Style of wine in Blaye
Dry Red only
Min potential alc/must weight for entre deux mers
10.5% alc
must weight 170g/l
Min potential abv for Loupiac
14.5%
Style of Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
Blanc Liquoreux
34 g/l rs
Min RS and must weight for Loupiac
(Same as Sainte-Croix-du-Mont)
229 g/l (238 for Semillon)
45 g/l
Blaye and Bourg are on the Eastern bank of this Estuary opposite the Medoc vineyards
Gironde
Subzones Cote de Bordeaux (6)
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
What is Cotes de Bordeaux Blaye Encepagement? (Blanc and Rouge)
(Blaye AOC is Exclusively red)
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)
Cadillac AOP (just East of Barsac across Garonne river) has these requirements
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
Style of Cotes de Blaye
Dry White from Colombard and Ugni Blanc
Oldest vines in Bordeaux found here
Bourg
Cotes de Bourg
Where is planting density lowest in Bordeaux?
Entre deux Mers: up to 2.5 meters between vines
What year did Entre deux Mers get AOC status
1937 for white wines exclusively
Restricted to dry whites in 1953
Most vineyards in Entre Deux Mers region are planted to this grape
Merlot, destined for Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur wines
3/4 of Bordeaux AOP are produced here
Elevation and soil type of Entre Deux Mers
Weathered Limestone, 100 meters above sea level, one of the coolest areas in Bordeaux, hence white wine
Vines trained high to avoid frost
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
Haut Benauge (also applied to off-dry Bordeaux AOP whites from the same area)
Does Entre deux Mers overlap Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux or Cotes de Bordeaux Saint Macaire AOPs?
No
Hand harvesting in tries is required by law for these three sweet wine appellations of Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
Cadillac
Loupiac
Sainte-Croix-du Mont
Most producers of Graves de Vayres AOP release their wine as this
Bordeaux AOP
In 2016, Sainte-Foy AOP was absorbed into this
Cotes de Bordeaux AOP
What year did Cotes de Bordeaux become AOP
2009
Four disconnected sectors of the Cotes de Bordeaux
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
In 2009, Premieres Cotes de Blaye AOC was absorbed into this appellation
Cotes de Bordeaux AOP
In 2009, Cotes de Francs AOP was absorbed into this larger Appelation
Bordeaux AOP
In 2009, red wines were dropped from the Cahier de Charges of this AOC in Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
Cadillac
White botrytis affected wine, 51 g/l rs
