D3 Burgundy & Beaujolais Flashcards
Burgundy North to South?
Chablis Cote de Nuits Cote d'Or (incl. Cote de Beaune) Cote Chalonnaise Maconnais Beaujolais
Chablis Climate?
Cool Continental
Rainfall throughout year - disease risk
Chablis Soil?
Kimmeridgian Calcaerous Marl - limestone and clay with lots of fossilised shells
Solutions for spring frost?
Smudge Pots
Sprinklers/aspersion
Late pruning to delay bud burst
Chablis Vineyard Management?
Double guyot preferred - options in case one cane fails
Chablis Grand Cru?
Right bank of the River Serein
SW-facing
Steep slopes
Limestone and clay/KCM providing excellent balance between water retention and drainage
Chaptalisation in Chablis?
Permitted
Malolactic Conversion in Chablis?
Common to reduce acid
Cote d’Or, Chalonnaise and Maconnais Climate?
Moderate Continental Climate
Macon is warmer and drier than further North
Anti-Hail Measures?
Netting now permitted
Shooting silver iodide into clouds to induce precipitation before it hits vineyards
Cote d’Or Elevation?
200-400m
Soils outside of Chablis?
More Limestone in Northern parts, more clay elsewhere
Slopes - tops are too thin, bottom too fertile, so mid-slope best for grapes
Vineyard Management outside of Chablis?
Not unusual to see cordon training - this helps lower yields, though does introduce disease risk in the old wood
Replacement cane with VSP standard as usual
Also see Poussard-Guyot, making cuts only on the upper part of the cordon - hard to do
Green Harvesting vs debudding or Winter Pruning?
Offers more precisi`on, and reduces vineyard risks (if hail storm - you’ve lost potentially viable grapes that might’ve survived)
However, can cause overcompensatory vigour
Acidification in Burgundy?
Not very common, though technically permitted
Chaptalisation in Burgundy?
Increasingly uncommon
Permitted up to 1.5-2% enrichment
Hyperoxidation?
Used in Whites sometimes, introduced as corrective to ‘premature oxidation’ seen in the 90s
Whole Bunch in Burgundy?
Historically popular, resurgence now though many still destem
Purposes of Punching Down?
Introduces oxygen (for yeast metabolism
Breaks up raft for bacteria
Helps to prevent reduction, and production of Acetic acid
Extract colour, flavour, tannins from skins
Helps to regulate temperature
Reliability of Classification System?
Not good - areas are highly variable, vineyards may have multiple owners due to inheritance laws
Cote de Nuits Appellations?
Marsanay Fixin Gevrey-Chambertin Morey St-Denis Chambolle-Musigny Vougeot Vosne-Romanée Nuits St-Georges
Cote de Beaune Appellations?
Aloxe-Corton Beaune Pommard Volnay Auxrey-Duresses St-Romain Meursault Puligny-Montrachet St Aubin Chassagne-Montrachet Santenay
Cotes de Nuits?
Almost entirely reds, except Vougeot
Cote de Beaune Appellations?
Predominantly or Exclusively Red: Aloxe Corton (plus Grand Cru Chardonnay) Beaune (some white) Pommard Volnay
Predominantly or Exclusively White: Meursault Puligny-Montrachet Chassagne-Montrachet St-Aubin
