France Flashcards

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Name three bodies of water in Bordeaux region

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Garonne, Dordogne, Atlantic ocean

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What’s the major soils in Pessac Léognan and how its influence the grape

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Pessac leognan is composed of graves which retains heat and permit a good water draining which is perfect for Cabernet Sauvignon that’s needs heat to ripen

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3
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Name the five 1st growth of Bordeaux and their villages

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Pauillac (3) - Latour - mouton Rothschild - lafitte Rothschild
Margaux - chateau Margaux
Pessac leognan - chateau Haut- Brion

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4
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Names one 2nd growth per villages left bank

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Margaux - Chateau Razan Segla
Pauillac - Pichon longue ville comtesse de Lalande
Saint Julien - Leoville las cases
Saint estephe- chateau Montrose

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5
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Name the three levels of classification of cru bourgeois

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CRu bourgeois / cru bourgeois supérieur / cru bourgeois exceptionnels

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6
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Names 2 first growth in Sauternes classification

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Château suduiraut / château rieussec / château lafaurie -peyraguey

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7
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Name the three différents grades of the saint emillion classification

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Premiers cru classe À / premiers crus classe B / premiers crus classés

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8
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Names 5 top producers in Pomerol

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Petrus / Le Pin / château Lafleur / Clos l’eglise / la conseillante

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9
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Names 5 top producers in Saint emillion

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Château Cheval blanc
Château Ausone
Château figeac
Château Angelus
Château pavie

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10
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Name the type of soils in Chablis

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Kimmeridgian marls

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Name the 7 grand cru in chablis

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Les clos / les preuses / bougros / blanchots / grenouilles / vaudesir / valmur

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12
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Names three famous premiers cru in Chablis

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Montée de tonnerre , montmains, vaillons

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13
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what’s the difference betweeen left and right bank of Chablis and where are situated all the grand cru ?

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Grand cru on right bank
Left bank is cooler with north exposure while righ bands is south west exposure and warmer

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14
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Name three top producers in Chablis

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Raveneau , dauvissat, drohin

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15
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What the n’a.e of the river that cross Chablis

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Serein

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16
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Name 3 grand cru in puligny Montrachet

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Le montrachet
Bienvenues batards montrachet
Batards montrachet

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17
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Name 4 top producers from cote de nuits

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Armand Rousseau, DRC, domaine Leroy, Frédéric Mugnier , roumier

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18
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Name 4 top producers cote de Beaune

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Domaine Leflaive, coche dury, pierre Morey, roulot

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19
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Name two AOC in center vineyard subregion of Loire Valley

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Pouilly fume, sancerre, menetou salon

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20
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Name three sweet AOC from loire valley

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Coteaux du lagon, quart de chaume, bonnezeaux

21
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Name 3 major soils in Sancerre

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Terres blanches , caillotttes , silex

22
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Name 2 top producers in Loire for each style (red, white, sweet, sparkling)

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Clos rougeard, Bernard Baudry / Nicolas joly, Thibault boudignon, François Chidaine / domaine Huet, domaine belargus, Patrick Baudouin / domaine Huet, domaine foreau

23
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Name three type of soils in château neuf du pape

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Galets roulés, sand, limestone

24
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Names the 13 grapes in Chateauneuf du pape

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Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, cinsault , clairette, roussanne, picpoul, muscardin, bourboulenc, picardan, counoise, terret, vaccarese

25
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How much is the minimum ABV level for chateauneuf du pape ?

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12.5%

26
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Give 5 Côtes du Rhône villages

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Château neuf de Gadagne, sablet, Laudun, valreas, visan

27
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How much pourcentage of Grenache minimum require in southern Rhône AOP?

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50%

28
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3 top producer Chateauneuf du pape

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Clos des papes, domaine Marcoux, Henri Bonneau , Laurent charvin, rayas

29
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Names two VDN in southern Rhône

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Reste au and muscat de beaume de Venise

30
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List northern AOC from the northwest to the southeast

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Cotes rôtie, condrieu, château grillet, hermitage, crozes hermitage, saint joseph , cornas, st peray

31
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Name 4 top producers from north valley

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Jamet, Gerin, château grillet, auguste clape , Jean Louis chave

32
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How much pourcentage of rate needs to be a grand cru village in Champagne?

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100%

33
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Which is the pourcentage of all main grape planting in champagne region ?

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PN 38% chardo 30% PM 32%

34
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Name three producer from club tressure

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Pierre Gimonnet, Paul Bara, marc hebrart, Gaston chiquet

35
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What the mention for a champagne with 11 g/l of residual sugar ?

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Brut

36
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Which country invented gyro palette ?

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Spain

37
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Link thèses grandes marques to their cuvée prestige :
1 moet et Chandon
2 taittinger
3 Duval Leroy
4 pol Roger
5 Veuve cliquot

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1 dom perignon
2 comtes de champagne
3 femme de champagne
4 sir winston churchill
5 la grande dame

38
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Name the two grand cru in Alsace that can blend grapes

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Altenberg de Bergheim, Kaefferkopf

39
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Name one grand cru Alsace to use sylvaner

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Zotzenberg

40
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Name two grand cru to produce red in Alsace

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Hengst, kirchberg

41
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What’s a gentil ?

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An AOC Alsace wines made by blend with minimum 50% noble grape

42
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What’s an edelzwicker

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A denominacion for a wine made by blend in Alsace

43
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Name 3 top producers in Alsace

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Clos saint hune, domaine trimbach, marcel deiss

44
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What’s the main grape at Madurai AOP

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Tannat

45
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What’s the main difference between AOP crémant de limoux and blanquette de limoux ?

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Blanquette is made with 100% Mauzac and crémant is blend chardonnay, mauzac…

46
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What is the minimum requirement aging for bandol AOP

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18 mois

47
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Wha the other name of Malbec in cahors ?

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Cot

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