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FR: Bordeaux Left Bank Flashcards

1
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Bordeaux Haut-Benauge AOP

A

Entre-deux-Mers AOP
Blanc with 5 - 60 gl RS

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Rosé in Bordeaux

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Bordeaux AC or Cremant de Bordeaux only
*only 2-3% of total production is rosé/clairet - usually saignee

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Bordeaux’s Rivers

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Garonne = Left Bank
Dordogne = Right Bank
*both flow into Gironde Estuary

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Bordeaux climate

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MARITIME - moderated by Atlantic Gulf Stream current
No dry season - rain dispersed throughout year. July and August typically are driest months
*mild but unpredictable
*35.5in/year avg.. decreases slightly as you go inland
* Medoc sees 38in/yr - rainiest AC in France

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Most planted white and red in Bordeaux?

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Merlot
Semillon

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Bordeaux climate change varieties

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WHITE: Castets, Albariño

REDS:
Marselan
Touriga Nacional
Arinarnoa
Liliorila

(“new varieties of interest for adapting to climate change”)

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Communes of Margaux

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  1. Cantenac: most planted, 500 of 1500ha. 17 classed growths here
  2. Labarde: Giscours, Dauzac
  3. Arsac: Tertre
  4. Margaux
  5. Soussans: no classed growths

*Margaux-Cantenac were merged in 2017

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Bordeaux mixture

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copper sulfate, lime, and water
*1st used at Chateau Dauzac

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Forest between BDX and the Atlantic?

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La Forêt des Landes

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What year was the first Cru Bourgeois classification published?

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1932

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Chateau Chasse-Spleen

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Moulis-en-Medoc
Cru Bourgeois Crus Exceptionnels

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Top 2 properties in Moulis?

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Chateau Chasse-Spleen
Chateau Poujeaux

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Highest point in the Medoc?

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Listrac AC
141ft

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Medoc AC with most classified growths?

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Margaux
21 originally, 20 now

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Which commune ripens first: Margaux or Pauillac? contributing factors?

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Margaux by 3 to 5 days on average
Soils in Margaux have less clay, aren’t quite as deep - meaning they warm up fast

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Chateau Palmer’s historical name

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Chateau de Gasq
*the current name comes from its English owner who bought it in 1814

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Left Bank commune with longest mandated elevage?

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Listrac: earliest release September 15 of next year

Margaux: cannot bottle until June 1- earliest release Sept 1

Others: release on June 15 of year following harvest

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Max. RS for dry reds in 4 major Medoc communes?

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2 g/l RS

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How do Margaux’s soils differ from Pauillac and St-Estephe?

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Margaux features more gravel and shallower soils. Less clay.

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communes for Pauillac AC

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Pauillac
Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Estephe
Saint-Julien-Beychevelle

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Medoc AC with highest density of Cru Classé vineyard land?

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St-Julien - 11 classified growths control 80% of vineyard land

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Most southerly Medoc growth?

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Chateau La Lagune

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Latour neighbors what classified St-Julien estate?

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A pebble’s toss from Leoville-Las-Cases

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Lafite and Mouton are located in what hamlet?

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Le Pouyalet

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stream between Pauillac and St-Estephe

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Jalles de Breuil
(separates Lafite-Rotschild and Cos d’estournel)

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What is the northernmost classed estate in Pauillac?

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Lafite

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Pauillac has a total of how many classed estates?

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18

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How do the soils of Pauillac differ from the rest of the Medoc, speaking generally?

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There’s more clay. Higher concentrations of gravel in the north

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Where is the Grand-Puy Plateau?

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Pauillac

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Connection between Lafite, Latour, and Calon?

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Lafite, Calon, and Latour came under same ownership through a few marriages - the 3 managed by Nicolas-Alexandre de Segur “Prince of Vines”

1695 to 1755

Lafite, Latour separated ownership in 1755 after Nicolas-Alexandre death

His son fucked up his finances - the family lost Calon in 1798

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Latour’s core vineyard?

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L’Enclos (47ha encircling the chateau and chais)

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32
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What Bordeaux property pioneered the use of stainless-steel tanks?

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Haut-Brion, 1961

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Margaux encepagement?

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The usual 6 +
Max 5% Castets “in interest of adaptation purposes”
**only Medoc communal AC with that

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Bordeaux vs. Bordeaux Supérieur AC

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Both cover the same regional area
*SUPERIEUR = dry red, white only. BDX has sweet whites, rose, clairet styles
*higher min. alc for Sup. & reds stipulate longer elevage

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IGP for Bordeaux?

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Atlantique IGP - shares with Cognac areas, part of Lot-et-Garonne dept, and the Dordogne

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36
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Origin of name Bordeaux?

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Burdigala - place to where the tides flow

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37
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Jalles

A

canals

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38
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1st Bordeaux wine sold as a brand name?

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Haut-Brion, 1660
*owner Arnaud de Pontac III exploited this further by opening Pontac’s Head in London to sell/serve his own wine

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Bordeaux’s police des vins

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1300s - 1700s - export regulations for Bordeaux’s port that favored local wines with various protectionist measures, including the “privilege de la barrique” - which requires barrels to be branded/list commune of production and only allowed local wines to be shipped/sold in barrique

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Malbec in Bordeaux?

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1730 in St-Emilion - a Cahors native purchase of Chateau de Pressac

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Phylloxera in Bordeaux?

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1869

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Liv-Ex

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London International Vintners Exchange
*published list of Left Bank Bordeaux (REDS only) since 2009 based on current trading prices on the exchange
* kind of a … modern day classification

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American viticultural threats in 1800’s Bordeaux?

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Oidium: 1852; treatable with sulfur
Phylloxera: 1869
Peronospera (Downy mildew): 1880s - treated with BDX mixture

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1st Chateau to estate bottle?

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Mouton-Rothschild, 1924
(this was also the 1st year of their artist label - Jean Carlu. Although the label idea was dropped due to criticism and only revived in 1945)

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1st year that chateau bottling was compulsory for Bordeaux classed estates?

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1972

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Name 3 Bordeaux consultants

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Emile Peynaud
Michel Rolland
Stéphane Derenoncourt
Denis Dubourdieu

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Place de Bordeaux

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3-tier:
1. wine production (Chateau)
2. Brokerage (worked on commission, intermediary between chateau and negoce)
3. Sales (negociant/merchant class)

The En Primeur system developed out of this - it was internal before, allowed producers to manage risk, recoup production/inventory costs by selling futures to merchants. Became public in the 1980’s

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En Primeur

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Evolved from the Place de Bordeaux’s internal system - became public in 1980’s

*Benefits: mitigates risk, allows producers to recoup production/inventory cost via futures sold to merchants. Guaranteed cash flow + discounted price for buyer

En Primeur Week = late March; Union des Grand Crus

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En Primeur Week

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Started 1970’s, institutionalized by Baron Philippe de Rothschild in the 1980s
*held in late March yearly; put on by Union des Grands Crus - 132 members strong

50
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Union des Grands Crus

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Promotional organization, 132 members strong
*En Primeur Week, late March
*3 honorary members: Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau d’Yquem, Chateau Mouton-Rothschild

51
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S.C.E.A.

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société civile d’exploitation agricole
* eliminates the actual transfer of property by creating shares in a real estate-owning company
* a way around Napoleonic inheritance code

52
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Bordeaux vine training

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(most) on Vertical Trellises/Guyot system

Double Guyot on Left Bank, Simple Guyot on Right Bank

Cordon-training is rare except for sweet wines - produces smaller, more botrytis-friendly berries

53
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Bordeaux’s vine density on Right Bank vs Left

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St-Em, Pomerol = 5500 vines/ha
*shallower soil, roots go out not down
Premier communes of the Left = 7000 vines/ha

54
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Organic treatment for downy and powdery mildew?

A

Bordeaux mixture/fixed copper sprays (are considered organic)
* de-leafing is also important after veraison to give fruiting zone air flow in the humidity of late summer

55
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Bordelais methods to bolster a thinner/weak vintage?

A
  1. saignage: bleed off the tank
  2. reverse osmosis/vacuum distillation: remove water content, concentrate alc
  3. chaptalization
56
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Remontage vs Piégeage in Bordeaux

A

Cap management technique favored in BDX - pump wine from bottom over top of tank’s fermenting must/cap to re-submerge skins and to push CO2 to top to release

Pigeage = more even extraction but risks over extraction with a tannic/phenolic grape like Cab

57
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Chateau Sociando-Mallet

A

Haut-Medoc (north of St-Estephe)
*one of the leading unclassifieds

58
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St-Estephe soils?

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Heavier clay atop limestone. Not as stony as the other premier communes
*favors Merlot - plantings are on the rise. Poor drainage, Cab can’t ripen well here

59
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2nd Growths of Saint-Estephe?

A

Cos d’Estournel
(Les Pagodes des Cos)

Montrose
(Le Dame de Montrose)

60
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3rd growths of St-Estephe?

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Calon Segur

61
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4th growths of St-Estephe?

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Lafon Rochet

62
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5th growths of St-Estephe?

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Cos-Labory

63
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Château Cos d’Estournel

A

St-Estephe
2eme
Les Pagodes des Cos

64
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Château Montrose

A

St-Estephe
2eme
Le Dame de Montrose

65
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Château Calon-Ségur

A

St-Estephe
3rd Growth
Le Marquis de Calon-Ségur

(Prior to the 2013 vintage, Marquis de Calon)

66
Q

Chateau Lafon-Rochet

A

St-Estephe
4th Growth
Les Pélerins de Lafon-Rochet

67
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Chateau Cos Labory

A

St-Estephe
5eme
Le Saint Estèphe de Cos Labory (since 2011, previously Charme de Cos Labory)

68
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What shelters Pauillac from cold Atlantic winds?

A

Landes Forest

69
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What is the name for the type of gravel in the Medoc, Graves, and Pomerol?

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Gunzian gravel - Pleistocene ice age (Quarternary period where sediment from the Pyrenees during their formation & Massif Central was carried down the Garonne)

70
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What type of vine training is most common in the Medoc?

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Double Guyot - trained lower to absorb heat radiation from gravel (Single in Libourne, Cordon in Sauternes to produce smaller berries to attract noble rot)

71
Q

Name the dry white wine labels for

a) Ch. Margaux
b) Ch. Mouton Rothschild
c) Ch. d’Yquem
d) Ch. Rieussec

A

a) Pavillon blanc
b) l’Aile d’argent
c) Y
d) R

72
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What is Live-Ex?

A

Biennial, modern classification of Bordeaux wines reflecting the current economic context -

first compiled by the London International Vintners Exchange in 2009

  • ONLY left bank wines - La Mission is in the first tier; Lynch Bages, Palmer, and Pontet Canet are in the second tier
73
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Which Commune in the Medoc has the highest percentage of classed growth vineyard land?

A

Saint-Julien - 85%

74
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What are the 2nd wines of the 5 First Growths?

A 
Les Carruades, 
Les Forts, 
Le Petit Mouton, 
Pavillon, 
Clarence (Bahans) - white is called la Clarte
75
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What are the Second Growths of St. Julien?

A 
Leoville las cases, 
Leoville Poyferre, 
Leoville Barton, 
Gruaud Larose, 
Ducru Beaucaillou
76
Q

Who invented the “bouillie bordelaise” in 1885?

A

Ducru Beaucaillou

77
Q

What are the Second Growths of Margaux?

A 
Rauzan Segla, 
Rauzan Gassies, 
Durfort-Vivens, 
Lascombes, 
Brane-Cantenac
78
Q

What are the classified growths of the Haut Medoc outside of the 4 main communes?

A 
La Lagune 3e (Ludon), 
La Tour Carnet 4e (St. Laurent), 
Belgrave 5e (St. Laurent), 
Camensac 5e (St. Laurent), 
Cantemerle 5e (Macau)
79
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What are the communes of Pauillac?

A

Pauillac,
Saint-Saveur,
Saint-Estephe,
Saint-Julien Beychevelle

80
Q

What are the communes of Saint-Julien?

A

Saint-Julien-Beychevelle,
Cussac-Fort-Medoc,
Saint-Laurent-Medoc

81
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What are the 5 communes of Margaux?

A 
Cantenac, 
Labarde, 
Arsac, 
Margaux, 
Soussans
82
Q

3 great LB vintages in the 2010’s

A 
2010, 
2015, 
2016, 
(2017), 
18, 
19
83
Q

3 great LB vintages in the 2000’s

A

2000,
2005,
(2008),
2009

84
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3 great LB vintages in the 90’s

A

90,
95,
(96)

85
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3 great LB vintages in the 80’s

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82,
86,
(88),
89

86
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3 great LB vintages in the 70’s

A

70, 78

87
Q

Any great old vintages still drinking well?

A

61, 59

88
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Vintages to avoid?

A 
1977, 
1980, 
1984, 
1991, 
1992, 
1999, 
2002, 
2003 (super hot), 
2007, 
2011,
2013
89
Q

What is the difference between coulure (shatter) and millerendage (hens and chicks)?

A

coulure happens when flowers remain closed and do not pollinate (frost, or wind/rain),

millerandage is when some berries do not mature fully due to wind or rain disrupting pollination (small, sweet, seedless berries)

90
Q

Name all of the current Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnels (14) 2020 Revision

A

MARGAUX:
Paveil de Luze,
d’Arsac;

SAINT-ESTEPHE:
Le Bosq,
Lillian Ladouys,
Le Crock;

LISTRAC:
Lestage,

HAUT-MEDOC: 
d’Agassac, 
Arnauld, 
Belle-Vue, 
Cambon La Pelouse, 
Charmail, 
Malescasse, 
Malleret, du 
Taillan
91
Q

Only Cru Bourgeois in the Bas Medoc to have been ranked Cru Exceptionnel?

A

Potensac

92
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Is the minimum planting density higher on the LB or RB?

A

LB - 7,000 vines/ha in the communes,

6,500 in haut medoc,

5,000 in medoc

RB - 5,500 vines/ha in SE and POM

93
Q

What are some methods of dealing with excess water during the growing season?

A

Must concentration techniques - vacuum distillation, reverse osmosis, saignage

94
Q

Name one estate from Moulis?

A

Ch. Poujeaux,
Ch. Chasse Spleen,
Ch. Branas, Ch.
Clarke

95
Q

Name one estate from Listrac?

A

Fourcas Borie,
Fourcas Dupre,
Fourcas Hosten,
Lestage

96
Q

Average elevage for classed growth Bordeaux Blanc?

A

12-15 months

97
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Average elevage for classed growth Bordeaux Rouge?

A

18-24 months

98
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Name a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel of Saint-Estephe

A 
Ch. Le Crock, 
Le Bosq, 
Lillian Ladouys  Les Ormes de Pez, 
Phelan Segur, 
Ch. Haut Marbuzet
99
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Name (11) Fifth Growths of Pauillac

A 
Lynch-Bages, 
Grand Puy Lacoste, 
Grand Puy Ducasse,
Armailhac, 
Clerc Milon, 
Batailley,
Haut Batailley, 
Pedesclaux, 
Haut Bages Liberal, 
Lynch Moussas, 
Croizet Bages
100
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What are the (5) Second Growths of St. Julien?

A 
Leoville Las Cases, 
Poyferre, 
Barton, 
Gruaud Larose, 
Ducru Beaucaillou
101
Q

What are the (4) Fourth Growths of St. Julien?

A

Talbot,
St. Pierre,
Branaire Ducru,
Beychevelle

102
Q

What are the (5) Second Growths of Margaux?

A 
Brane Cantenac, 
Rauzan Segla, 
Rauzan Gassies, 
Durfort Vivens, 
Lascombes
103
Q

Name Third Growths of Margaux (10)

A 
Palmer, 
d’Issan, 
Kirwan, 
Giscours, 
Cantenac Brown, 
Boyd Cantenac, 
Malescot, 
Marquis d’Alesme, 
Desmirail, 
Ferriere
104
Q

What is En Primeur?

A

Tasting of the previous year’s wine (barrel samples or sample blends) in April - wines are sold in advance of their release date - started as a way to bring cashflow to wineries and lower market prices

105
Q

Name one classified property in the Medoc still under ownership of the original family

A

Mouton Rothschild,
Leoville Barton,
Langoa Barton

106
Q

When did phylloxera arrive to Bordeaux?

A

1869

107
Q

When did Oidium first appear in Bordeaux?

A

1859 - on the Garonne (sweet wine vineyards)

108
Q

What’s the reason for malbec and carmenere disappearing from Bordeaux vineyards?

A

Less successful at grafting onto rootstock

109
Q

Pauillac growths north to south

A

Lafite,

Mouton (between plots of Lafite),

Lafite,

Latour (touching the two pichons to the west - a stone’s throw to Las Cases to the south in Saint Julien)

110
Q

Cos or Montrose - who uses more Cab Sav?

A

Montrose - is on a gravel croupe,

closer to the Gironde than Cos

111
Q

What Medoc commune is the first to ripen ?

A

Margaux - thinnest gravel soils with bands of clay underneath- 1 -2 weeks early

112
Q

Inaugural Vintage of Ygrec

A

1959

113
Q

How many 5th Growths are there in Saint Julien

A

0, no first or fifths in saint julien

114
Q

What is the man-made forest protecting the western border of the Medoc?

A

Landes

115
Q

How is Peronosopera treated?

A

Copper Sulfate - Bdx mixture

116
Q

Terrible hail vintage of the 2010s

A

2017

117
Q

When did Estate Bottling become compulsory in the Medoc?

A

1972

118
Q

Most southerly classed growth in the Medoc?

A

La Lagune - Frey Family

119
Q

Most northerly classed growth in the Medoc?

A

Calon Segur

120
Q

Pavillon blanc

A

Ch. Margaux - 100% SB

121
Q

Properties in Margaux

A 
Cantenac-Brown, 
Issan, 
Kirwan, 
Giscours, 
Durfort Vivens (Biodynamic), 
(Baron de - 2nd wine) Brane-Cantenac

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