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1
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What ocean is close to Bordeaux?

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Atlantic

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2
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Entre-Deux-Mers translation…?

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Between two seas

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3
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Most planted g v of Bordeaux?

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1 Merlot
2 CS
3 CF
Other reds
1 Semillon 
2 SB
3 Muscadelle
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4
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Who widely distributed the wines of Bordeaux in 17-18th Century?

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British, Dutch, German merchants mostly in 18 century

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5
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What commercial exhibition took place in Paris and lead to the creation of the classification?

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In 1855 the Exposition Universelle de Paris

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6
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What was the base of 1855 classification?

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Classification was based on price

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7
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Approximate amount of hectares under vine in Pomerol?

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800 ha

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8
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Climate of Bordeaux

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Moderate maritime

Cool Atlantic influence to the western part

Sufficient rainfall during the growing season

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9
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What protects the left bank of Bordeaux from Atlantic storms?

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Pine forest - the Landes

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10
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Why climate in northern medoc is cooler than in southern medoc and graves?

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Less Forrest

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11
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What is the average rainfall in Bordeaux?

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800-950 mm/year

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12
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New grape varieties approved in Bordeaux? When?

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2021 first plantings
Approved 2019

Reds:
Arinarnoa (Tannat x CS)
Castets 
Marselan (Grenache x CS)
Touriga Nacional
White:
Alvarinho
Liliorila (Baroques x Chardonnay)
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13
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Rules for the new GV of Bordeaux ?

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Limited planting - 5% of estate total area

No more than 10% of the blend

Only for Bordeaux and Bordeaux superior

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14
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Old permitted g v in Bordeaux?

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14

CS
CF
Merlot
Malbec
Carmenere 
Petit Verdot
Semillon
SB
SG
Muscadelle
Colombard 
Ugni Blanc
Merlot Blanc 
Mauzac
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15
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Rain affects?

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At flowering - poor fruit set

Growing season - increase disease pressure

Veraison - unripe fruit and fungal disease

Harvest - dilute flavors

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16
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Frost vintages in Bordeaux

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1956, 1991, 2017

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17
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Soils of the Left bank?

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Gravel, stony soils carried to the region by floodwaters from Pyrenees and Massif Central 1000 years ago

Somewhere clay (especially Saint Estephe)

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18
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Where is the highest gravel mounds in the left bank?

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Margaux 32 m

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19
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How are the gravel mounds called?

A

Croupes

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20
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Soils of the Right Bank

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More Clay
Gravel mostly in Libournais
Limestone plateau + Gravel section in Pomerol

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21
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Average vine density in Bordeaux

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10 000 vines/ha
High density is common for prestigious chateau

Lower (3-4 000 vines/ha) for the Basic Bordeaux AOC

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22
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Most common training system in Bordeaux?

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  1. Left Bank - Double Guyot
    Right - Single Guyot
  2. Cordon
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23
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Common Vine diseases in Bordeaux?

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Downy and powdery mildew
Botrytis

Eutypa dieback and Esca

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24
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Left and right banks best vintages

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Left bank:
18, 16, 15, 10 (top), 09, 05 (top), 03, 00, 98, 96, 95, 90, 89
Right bank:
18, 16, 15 (top), 10 (top), 09, 05, 03, 00, 98, 95, 90, 89

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25
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Usual practice during Bordeaux reds fermentation?

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Pump over
Temperature control
Skin contact after fermentation (5-30 days, depends on the wine quality - longer better)

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26
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Common ageing for red Bordeaux?

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18-24 m in barrels

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27
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Rose styles in Bordeaux?

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  1. Clairet- deeper coloured

2. Rose - lighter coloured

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28
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Oenologist who was specialized in Bordeaux whites and was called Wine’s most famous scientist

A

Denis Dubourdieu

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29
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% of new oak for Chateau dYquem

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100%

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30
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How many appellations are in Bordeaux

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65

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31
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Maximum yield for Bordeaux AOC

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67 hL/ ha for whites
62 hL/ha for rose
60 hL/ha for reds
59 hl/ha for reds in Bordeaux superieur

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32
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Medoc and Haut-Medoc red wines maximum yield?

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55 hL/ha

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33
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What areas are covered by Haut-Medoc?

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Closest to Bordeaux city and includes individual communes (Saint estephe, Margaux etc)

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34
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Saint-Estephe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux maximum yield and types of wines

A

57 hL/ha

Reds only

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35
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Coolest of main communes of left bank?

A

Saint Estephe

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36
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Most structured wines from left bank come from..?

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Pauillac

37
Q

Highest proportion of production of Cru Classe wine produced in commune…?

A

1 Pauillac
(85% of production)

2 Saint Julien

38
Q

Saint Julien style

A

Powerful structure of Pauillac and the finesse of Margaux

39
Q

Listrac-Medoc and Moulis characteristics?

A

Red wines only
Further to the river than other top communes
Less gravel soils

40
Q

Graves wine style

A

Red (85%)

White

41
Q

Graves yield

A

58 hL/ha whites

55 hL/ha reds

42
Q

Graves Superior style and max yield

A

Semi-sweet white wines from Graves

40 hL/ha

43
Q

Red and white proportion in Pessac Leognan?

A

80/20

44
Q

Maximum yield in Pessac Leognan?

A

54 hL/ha

45
Q

Style of wines produced in Entre-deux-Mers AOC?

A

Only dry white

46
Q

List the appelations in Entre deux Mers?

A
47
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List the appelations in Entre deux Mers?

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48
Q

Only sweet appellation in Entre-Deux-Mers

A

Cadillac
Loupiac
Saint-Croix-du-Mont
Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

49
Q

Difference between Saint Emillion and Saint Emillion GC AOC

A

53 and 46 hL/ha yields
6 and 20 month min maturation (common)
0,5 abv more in GC

50
Q

What is the difference between Saint Emillion Grand Cru Classe and SE Grand Cru?

A

First is a classification

Second is geographical appellation

51
Q

Lots the categories of SE classification ?

A

SE Premier Grand Cru Classe A
SE Premier Grand Cru Classe
SE Grand Cru Classe

52
Q

What chateau recently withdrawn their application for the ranking in Saint Emillion Classification?

A

In 2021 Cheval Blanc and Ausone

In 2022 Angelus

53
Q

How many Chateau was classified in SE GC Classification 2012

A

82:

64 + 18

54
Q

When the SE classification was first conducted?

A

1955

55
Q

When was Graves Classification created and how many Estates are there?

A

1953 and then in 59

CRUS CLASSÉS DE GRAVES:
16
7 red, 3 white, 6 red and white.

56
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Name all the estates from Graves classification

A

Château Bouscaut, Cadaujac, rouge et blanc

Château Carbonnieux, Léognan, rouge et blanc

Domaine de Chevalier, Léognan, rouge et blanc

Château Couhins, Villenave-d’Ornon, blanc

Château Couhins-Lurton, Villenave-d’Ornon, blanc

Château de Fieuzal, Léognan, rouge

Château Haut-Bailly, Léognan, rouge

Château Haut-Brion, Pessac (également Premier Cru classé en 1855), rouge

Château Latour-Martillac, Martillac, rouge et blanc

Château Laville-Haut-Brion, Talence, blanc

Château Malartic-Lagravière, Léognan, rouge et blanc

Château La Mission-Haut-Brion, Talence, rouge

Château Olivier, Léognan, rouge et blanc

Château Pape-Clément, Pessac, rouge

Château Smith-Haut-Lafite, Martillac, rouge

Château La Tour-Haut-Brion, Talence, rouge

57
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Libornais appellations for red wines

A
58
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Libornais most important appellations for red wines

A
59
Q

All Libornais appellations

A
60
Q

The only one appellation in Libornais where you can produce white, sweet and red wines?

A

Francs Cotes de Bordeaux

61
Q

Name 5 producers from Pomerol?

A 
Petrus 
Chateau Lafleur 
Le Pin
Vieux Chateau Certan
Chateau L’Eglise-Clinet
Chateau Trotanoy
62
Q

Where in Bordeaux you can find small garage estates?

A

Pomerol

63
Q

What is larger Pomerol or Lalande-de-Pomerol ?

A

Lalande

64
Q

Appellation with the highest percentage of malbec in Bordeaux?

A

Cotes de Bourg

10% of AOC planting

65
Q

River in Sauternes

A

Cold Ciron

Warmer Garonne

66
Q

Largest sweet wine appellation in Bordeaux?

A

Sauternes

50% of All production

67
Q

Yield in Sauternes and Barsac?

A

25 hL/ha

68
Q

Blaye appellations

A
69
Q

What is special ?

A

Historical XIX Century Wine,

10% Syrah from the northern Rhône is added. The label legally cannot state a vintage as a vin de table, so instead they rely on the microscopic font on the front label and in the case of Lot 20.17. This is a rare and special wine that is made with the same expert care and attention the Grand vin sees and production is tiny.

70
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Medoc meaning

A

From the Latin In-medio Aquae

Land in the middle of the water

71
Q

Latitude line of Medoc?

A

45

72
Q

Min abv for Medoc wines

A

11%

73
Q

When mouton Rothschild was upgrated to Premier GC?

A

1973

74
Q

When The Cru Bourgeois Classification was defined?

A

1932

75
Q

When Cru Bourgeois has become a quality mark rather than a ranking?

A

2008

76
Q

When did the Malbec come to Bordeaux ?

A

1730

From Southwest

77
Q

When Cru Artisan was FORMALLY recognized ?

A

2002

But exists for nearly 150 years

78
Q

Last Cru boirgeois classification ?

A

2020 (249 estates))
Next 2025
Every 5 years

79
Q

Ha vines in Sauternes?

A

2200

80
Q

Most likely abv in Sauternes ?

A

12-14

81
Q

Only one classified growth in the Medoc certified biodynamic?

A

Pontet-Canet

82
Q

Where is Roc de Cambes produce his wines

A

Cotes de Bourg

83
Q

Where is Terte Roteboeuf produced ?

A

SE Grand Cru

84
Q

Second growth of medoc

A

14
Château Brane-Cantenac, Cantenac, AOC Margaux

Château Cos-d’Estournel, Saint-Estèphe, AOC Saint-Estèphe

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien

Château Durfort-Vivens, Margaux, AOC Margaux

Château Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien

Château Lascombes, Margaux, AOC Margaux

Château Léoville-Barton, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien

Château Léoville-Las-Cases, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien

Château Léoville-Poyferré, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien

Château Montrose, Saint-Estèphe, AOC Saint-Estèphe

Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron-de-Pichon, Pauillac, AOC Pauillac

Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande, Pauillac, AOC Pauillac

Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux, AOC Margaux

Château Rauzan-Gassies, Margaux, AOC Margaux

85
Q

Categories of Cru Bourgeois

A

CB Exceptionnel
CB Superior
CB

86
Q

List all of CB Exceptionnel

A

14 estates

AOC HAUT-MÉDOC

CHÂTEAU D’AGASSAC 
CHÂTEAU ARNAULD
CHÂTEAU BELLE-VUE
CHÂTEAU CAMBON LA PELOUSE
CHÂTEAU CHARMAIL 
CHÂTEAU MALESCASSE 
CHÂTEAU DE MALLERET 
CHÂTEAU DU TAILLAN

AOC LISTRAC-MÉDOC
CHÂTEAU LESTAGE

AOC MARGAUX
CHÂTEAU D’ARSAC
CHÂTEAU PAVEIL DE LUZE

AOC SAINT-ESTÈPHE
CHÂTEAU LE BOSCQ
CHÂTEAU LE CROCK
CHÂTEAU LILIAN LADOUYS

87
Q

Cru Artisan criterias

A

Criteria
The quality and value of wines produced on small properties in one of the eight Médoc appellations: Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Listrac, Moulis, Margaux, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, and Saint-Estèphe.

36 properties, the names of which were published in the Journal Officiel in 2018 (16). The list is reviewed every 5 years.

88
Q

Graves appellations

A
89
Q

How many crus are classified in 1855 medoc classification?

A 
60:
5
14
14
10
18

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