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D3 Burgundy & Beaujolais Flashcards

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1
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Burgundy North to South?

A 
Chablis
Cote de Nuits
Cote d'Or (incl. Cote de Beaune)
Cote Chalonnaise
Maconnais
Beaujolais
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Chablis Climate?

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Cool Continental

Rainfall throughout year - disease risk

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Chablis Soil?

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Kimmeridgian Calcaerous Marl - limestone and clay with lots of fossilised shells

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4
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Solutions for spring frost?

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Smudge Pots

Sprinklers/aspersion

Late pruning to delay bud burst

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5
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Chablis Vineyard Management?

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Double guyot preferred - options in case one cane fails

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Chablis Grand Cru?

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Right bank of the River Serein

SW-facing

Steep slopes

Limestone and clay/KCM providing excellent balance between water retention and drainage

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Chaptalisation in Chablis?

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Permitted

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Malolactic Conversion in Chablis?

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Common to reduce acid

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Cote d’Or, Chalonnaise and Maconnais Climate?

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Moderate Continental Climate

Macon is warmer and drier than further North

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10
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Anti-Hail Measures?

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Netting now permitted

Shooting silver iodide into clouds to induce precipitation before it hits vineyards

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Cote d’Or Elevation?

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200-400m

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Soils outside of Chablis?

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More Limestone in Northern parts, more clay elsewhere

Slopes - tops are too thin, bottom too fertile, so mid-slope best for grapes

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Vineyard Management outside of Chablis?

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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

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Green Harvesting vs debudding or Winter Pruning?

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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

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15
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Acidification in Burgundy?

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Not very common, though technically permitted

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16
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Chaptalisation in Burgundy?

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Increasingly uncommon

Permitted up to 1.5-2% enrichment

17
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Hyperoxidation?

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Used in Whites sometimes, introduced as corrective to ‘premature oxidation’ seen in the 90s

18
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Whole Bunch in Burgundy?

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Historically popular, resurgence now though many still destem

19
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Purposes of Punching Down?

A

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

20
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Reliability of Classification System?

A

Not good - areas are highly variable, vineyards may have multiple owners due to inheritance laws

21
Q

Cote de Nuits Appellations?

A 
Marsanay
Fixin
Gevrey-Chambertin
Morey St-Denis
Chambolle-Musigny
Vougeot
Vosne-Romanée
Nuits St-Georges
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Cote de Beaune Appellations?

A 
Aloxe-Corton
Beaune
Pommard
Volnay
Auxrey-Duresses
St-Romain
Meursault
Puligny-Montrachet
St Aubin
Chassagne-Montrachet
Santenay
23
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Cotes de Nuits?

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Almost entirely reds, except Vougeot

24
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Cote de Beaune Appellations?

A 
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
25
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Cote Chalonnaise Appellations?

A

Mixed Red and White, slightly more red

Red-dominant:
Bouzeron - 100% Aligoté
Mercurey
Givry

White-dominant:
Rully
Montagny (exclusively) + 2/3 Premier Cru

26
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100% Aligoté Appellation?

A

Bouzeron AOC

27
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Maconnais Appellations?

A 
Viré-Clessé
Pouilly-Fuissé
Pouilly-Loché
Pouilly-Vinzelles
St-Veran

Macon AOC - predominantly red
Macon-Villages- predominantly white

28
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Beaujolais Climate & Features?

A

Moderate (but warmer than rest of Burgundy) Continental Climate

Saone River

Mistral winds

Hilly with elevation in best parts (200-500m)

Granite, schist and sandy soils in best locations

29
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Chaptalisation in Beaujolais?

A

Common

30
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Beaujolais Nouveau?

A

Can be sold from 3rd Thursday of November

Carbonic or Semi-Carbonic maceration

Not all of it goes through MLC

Fining and Sterile Filtration common

31
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Beaujolais AOC?

A

Can be released from January

Generally Southern vineyards

32
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Beaujolais Villages AOC?

A

Northerly

Better ripeness

33
Q

Brouilly AOC?

A

Southern, warmer, perfumed

34
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Chiroubles AOC?

A

Highest altitude, lighter, fragrant, high acid

35
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Beaujolais Cru Appellations?

A 
Brouilly
Chiroubles
Fleurie
Moulin-a-Vent
Morgon
36
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Moulin-a-Vent AOC?

A

Most powerful and long-lived, lower acid

37
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Morgon AOC?

A

Includes Cote de Py

Pronounced intensity black and red fruit, higher tannins for long ageing

38
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Fleurie AOC?

A

Lighter, more fragrant

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