Edits + My Added Cards

Question 1

Pomerol Soil

Answer 1

Sand, clay and gravel

With a subsoil of iron pan and rich clay (crasse de fer)

Question 2

Most famous estate in Listrac-Médoc AOP and Moulis-en-Médoc AOP

Answer 2

Château Chasse-Spleen
(in Moulis)

Question 3

Many prestigious châteaux in Pessac-Leognan (6)

Answer 3

Haut-Brion
La Mission Haut-Brion
Laville Haut-Brion
Pape Clément

Domaine de Chevalier
Château Haut-Bailly

Question 4

Name of wire cafe affixed to the cork with six half twists (Champagne bottle)

Answer 4

muselet (muzzle)

Question 5

Permitted methods of dégorgement for Champagne?

Answer 5

dégorgement à la glace

dégorgement à la volée

Question 6

Name of term for the release of wine stocks for use in future vintages? (Champagne)

Answer 6

Déblocage

Question 7

Term for the (high-acid) base wine - which then undergo a second fermentation in Champagne

Answer 7

Vins clairs

Question 8

Term for second fermentation in Champagne making

Answer 8

Prise de mousse

Question 9

What is the name of the automated device which has replaced the process of hand-riddling in Champagne?

How bottles can it hold?

Answer 9

Gyropalette

504 bottles

Question 10

Name of automated device in Champagne making which has replaced hand-riddling?

How many bottles can it hold?

Answer 10

Gyropalette

504 bottles

Question 11

Minimum residual sugar for Sauternes

Minimum residual sugar for Coteaux du Layon AOP, Coteaux de l’Aubance AOP

Answer 11

45g per L
(Harvested at min must weight of 221g per L)

34g per L
(“Neither appellation commands the richness and unctuousness of Sauternes”)

Question 12

Name of AOP in Anjou where best examples produce high quality wines from Chenin Blanc?

• “unofficial grand crus”? (2)

Answer 12

Savennières AOP

Roche Aux Moines
Coulée de Serrant (monopole of BD Nicolas Joly)