France Flashcards
1
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Champagne Bollinger
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- Only Pinot Noir dominant Champagne
- Only cooperage in Champagne but doesn’t make new barrels, only repairs old
- The Reserve wines are belended into NV magnums
- All Vintage wines are aged under cork not capsule
- Hand riddling and hand disgorging is necessary
- RD is held on the lees for a 10-15 years before release
- Fermentation is only in barrel
2
Q
Guigal
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- Etienne and Marcel put Cote Rotie on the map
- Only making wines from Northern Rhône vineyards
- They are also a negociant
- They are the only self cooperage in the Rhône
3
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Rotem & Mounir Saouma
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- Same couple from Lucien le Moine
- They have vineyards in all of the Rhône
- Châteauneuf-de-Pape is where they got started in the Rhône
- Never punch down the cap
- Never rack off of the lees until bottling
4
Q
Chateau d’Estoublon
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- Recently looking for a brand ambassador
5
Q
Chanson
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- 100% whole cluster fermentation
- age all wines in Bastion tower that is 24ft thick at the base
6
Q
Guillot-Broux
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- Grandfather escaped Nazi prison camp and fled to Burgundy where he became interested in wine
- Due to pesticides used in vineyards, decided to create the first organic vineyard in Burgundy
7
Q
Lucien le Moine
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- Lebanese couple
- Rotem learned to make wine studying in a monetary as a monk in the Middle East
- All Chardonnay focused
8
Q
Bordeaux Producers (RB)
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- Larcis Ducasse
- Pavie-Macquin
- Troplong Mondot
- Vieux Chateau Certan
- Le Pin
- La Fleur Petrus
9
Q
Bordeaux Producers (LB)
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- Clerc Milon
- Haut Bages Liberal
- Pontet Canet
- Branaire Ducru
- Leoville Las Cases
- Leoville Poyferre
- Margaux
- Brane-Cantenac
- Cantenac-Brown
- Smith Haut Lafitte
