France Flashcards
Name three bodies of water in Bordeaux region
Garonne, Dordogne, Atlantic ocean
What’s the major soils in Pessac Léognan and how its influence the grape
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
Name the five 1st growth of Bordeaux and their villages
Pauillac (3) - Latour - mouton Rothschild - lafitte Rothschild
Margaux - chateau Margaux
Pessac leognan - chateau Haut- Brion
Names one 2nd growth per villages left bank
Margaux - Chateau Razan Segla
Pauillac - Pichon longue ville comtesse de Lalande
Saint Julien - Leoville las cases
Saint estephe- chateau Montrose
Name the three levels of classification of cru bourgeois
CRu bourgeois / cru bourgeois supérieur / cru bourgeois exceptionnels
Names 2 first growth in Sauternes classification
Château suduiraut / château rieussec / château lafaurie -peyraguey
Name the three différents grades of the saint emillion classification
Premiers cru classe À / premiers crus classe B / premiers crus classés
Names 5 top producers in Pomerol
Petrus / Le Pin / château Lafleur / Clos l’eglise / la conseillante
Names 5 top producers in Saint emillion
Château Cheval blanc
Château Ausone
Château figeac
Château Angelus
Château pavie
Name the type of soils in Chablis
Kimmeridgian marls
Name the 7 grand cru in chablis
Les clos / les preuses / bougros / blanchots / grenouilles / vaudesir / valmur
Names three famous premiers cru in Chablis
Montée de tonnerre , montmains, vaillons
what’s the difference betweeen left and right bank of Chablis and where are situated all the grand cru ?
Grand cru on right bank
Left bank is cooler with north exposure while righ bands is south west exposure and warmer
Name three top producers in Chablis
Raveneau , dauvissat, drohin
What the n’a.e of the river that cross Chablis
Serein
Name 3 grand cru in puligny Montrachet
Le montrachet
Bienvenues batards montrachet
Batards montrachet
Name 4 top producers from cote de nuits
Armand Rousseau, DRC, domaine Leroy, Frédéric Mugnier , roumier
Name 4 top producers cote de Beaune
Domaine Leflaive, coche dury, pierre Morey, roulot
Name two AOC in center vineyard subregion of Loire Valley
Pouilly fume, sancerre, menetou salon
Name three sweet AOC from loire valley
Coteaux du lagon, quart de chaume, bonnezeaux
Name 3 major soils in Sancerre
Terres blanches , caillotttes , silex
Name 2 top producers in Loire for each style (red, white, sweet, sparkling)
Clos rougeard, Bernard Baudry / Nicolas joly, Thibault boudignon, François Chidaine / domaine Huet, domaine belargus, Patrick Baudouin / domaine Huet, domaine foreau
Name three type of soils in château neuf du pape
Galets roulés, sand, limestone
Names the 13 grapes in Chateauneuf du pape
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, cinsault , clairette, roussanne, picpoul, muscardin, bourboulenc, picardan, counoise, terret, vaccarese
How much is the minimum ABV level for chateauneuf du pape ?
12.5%
Give 5 Côtes du Rhône villages
Château neuf de Gadagne, sablet, Laudun, valreas, visan
How much pourcentage of Grenache minimum require in southern Rhône AOP?
50%
3 top producer Chateauneuf du pape
Clos des papes, domaine Marcoux, Henri Bonneau , Laurent charvin, rayas
Names two VDN in southern Rhône
Reste au and muscat de beaume de Venise
List northern AOC from the northwest to the southeast
Cotes rôtie, condrieu, château grillet, hermitage, crozes hermitage, saint joseph , cornas, st peray
Name 4 top producers from north valley
Jamet, Gerin, château grillet, auguste clape , Jean Louis chave
How much pourcentage of rate needs to be a grand cru village in Champagne?
100%
Which is the pourcentage of all main grape planting in champagne region ?
PN 38% chardo 30% PM 32%
Name three producer from club tressure
Pierre Gimonnet, Paul Bara, marc hebrart, Gaston chiquet
What the mention for a champagne with 11 g/l of residual sugar ?
Brut
Which country invented gyro palette ?
Spain
Link thèses grandes marques to their cuvée prestige :
1 moet et Chandon
2 taittinger
3 Duval Leroy
4 pol Roger
5 Veuve cliquot
1 dom perignon
2 comtes de champagne
3 femme de champagne
4 sir winston churchill
5 la grande dame
Name the two grand cru in Alsace that can blend grapes
Altenberg de Bergheim, Kaefferkopf
Name one grand cru Alsace to use sylvaner
Zotzenberg
Name two grand cru to produce red in Alsace
Hengst, kirchberg
What’s a gentil ?
An AOC Alsace wines made by blend with minimum 50% noble grape
What’s an edelzwicker
A denominacion for a wine made by blend in Alsace
Name 3 top producers in Alsace
Clos saint hune, domaine trimbach, marcel deiss
What’s the main grape at Madurai AOP
Tannat
What’s the main difference between AOP crémant de limoux and blanquette de limoux ?
Blanquette is made with 100% Mauzac and crémant is blend chardonnay, mauzac…
What is the minimum requirement aging for bandol AOP
18 mois
Wha the other name of Malbec in cahors ?
Cot
