FR_Bordeaux Left Bank (not ready)

Question 1

Saint Julien
3/5 Second Growths
4 Descriptors

Answer 1

• Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville-Las-Cases, Leoville Barton
• Elegant, Smoke. tobacco and truffle

Question 2

Listrac Medoc / Moulis-en-Medoc
2 Facts

Answer 2

• Less gravel/more clay = more merlot and overall lighter wines
• Great quality for price, especially in great vintages

Question 3

Cérons (say roan)
Location
Compared to Sauternes

Answer 3

• North of the Ciron river (see-roan), a tributary of Garonne, but not
  as effected as Sauternes (south of Ciron)
• Less Botrytis = Less sweet, dryer and lighter

Question 4

Barsac
Grape/Style
Location
Soil

Answer 4

• Botrytis-effected sweet wines made from Semillon
• Within Sauternes, but is it’s own appelation
• More limestone here = more acidity

Question 5

Sauternes (so-tairn)
Grapes/Style
River/Fungus
How it works

Answer 5

• Sémillon, Sauvifnon Blanc, Muscadelle
• Morning fog from the Ciron river (see-roan), including a fungus called botrytis,
  covers the grapes. The botrytis makes microscopic punctures in the skin that releases water and increase the sugar/acid content, resulting in lusciously sweet wines.