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France - Bordeaux - General Flashcards

1
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Bordeaux size

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117,500

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Bordeaux % of France total vineyard area

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14%

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3
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Number of winegrowers in Bordeaux

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Over 8.000

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Where do Bordeaux’s two main rivers converge?

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The Gironde Estuary

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5
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What does Entre-Deux-Mers mean in English?

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Between two seas

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Entre-Deux-Mers location

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Between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers

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7
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Bordeaux climate type

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Maritime

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8
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Average annual Médoc rainfall

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950mm

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9
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Does Bordeaux have a true dry season?

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No

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10
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Atlantic gulf stream effect on Bordeaux’s climate

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  • It brings warm water up from the Caribbean and keeps Bordeaux’s climate mild
  • Extends growing season (allows ripening into October)
  • Spring frosts are rarely a problem
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11
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Does Bordeaux experience a diurnal shift?

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No

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12
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Most planted grape Bordeaux

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Merlot

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13
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What is the most planted white grape in Bordeaux?

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Sémillon

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14
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Dominant grape in Bordeaux’s right bank

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Merlot

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Dominant grape in Bordeaux’s left bank

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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16
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AOPs Bordeaux

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39

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Color(s) of grape allowed in rosé wines in Bordeaux

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Red

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18
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% Bordeaux wine production rosé and clairet

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2-3%

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19
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Color(s) of wine Atlantique IGP

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Red

White

Rosé

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20
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Jalles

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Canals in the Médoc built by the Dutch in the mid-17th century. These drained the marshes in the Médoc and allowed for its use as a winegrowing region

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21
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Croupes

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Mounds of warm gravel soil that allows for easy water drainage

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22
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First brand name to be sold in Bordeaux

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Chateau Haut-Brion in the 17th century

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23
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How did the 1855 Classification get its start?

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Napoleon III asked the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce to select the region’s best wines for presentation to the public

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24
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What is the 1855 Classification ranking based on?

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Price

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25
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What is the only premier cru supérier wine in the 1855 Classification?

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Chateau D’Yquem

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26
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1855 Classification red wines

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61

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27
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1855 Classification white wines

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27

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What is the most major change to the 1855 Classification?

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Mouton-Rothschild was elevated from deuxième cru to premier cru in 1973

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29
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When did oidium first appear in Bordeaux?

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1852

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30
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When did phylloxera first appearin Bordeaux?

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1869

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31
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When did peronospera first appear in Bordeaux?

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Early 1880s

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32
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What was the first estate in Bordeaux to estate-bottle its entire production? When did this begin?

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Mouton-Rothschild in 1924

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33
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When did estate-bottling become widespread in Bordeaux?

34
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In what year did château bottling become required for classified estates in the Médoc?

35
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Describe Place de Bordeaux

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A three-tier de facto system of production, brokerage, and sales that controls the trade of wine in Bordeaux

36
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When did en primeur stop being solely an internal mechanism for château?

37
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When did Château Latour stop offering wines en primeur?

38
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Can a classified château in Bordeaux add to its classified holdings? How?

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Yes. In the Médoc and Pomerol a château can add to its classifed holdings as long as the new parcel of land is in the same AOP as the one stated on their wine’s label.

39
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Most common vine training Bordeaux

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Guyot system

40
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What form of the Guyot system is primarily used in the left bank?

41
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What form of the Guyot system is primarily used in the right bank?

42
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What training system is most common in Sauternes?

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Cordon-training

43
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Why is cordon-training favored in Sauternes?

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Cordon-training tends to produced smaller berries that are more susceptible to botrytis. Guyot cane-training produces larger berries more susceptible to grey rot

44
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What is the minimum planting density in the Médoc?

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7.000 plants per hectare

45
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What spacing do many properties use in the Médoc?

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1x1. Similar to Côte d’Or

46
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Minimum planting density Right Bank (Saint-Émillion and Pomerol)?

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5.500 plants per hectare

47
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What spacing is common in the right bank?

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1.3-1.5 meteres

48
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What is the bedrock comprised of in the right bank?

49
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What is the maximum spacing in Entre-Deux-Mers?

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2.5 meters

50
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Describe green harvesting

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The removal of bunches in the summer months. Is a routine occurance in modern Bordeaux

51
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What is the theoretical appeal of green harvesting?

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Reduces vigor and produces smaller berries with more concentrated flavor

52
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Traditional mean of cap management in Bordeaux

53
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At what time of year does malolactic fermentation tend to begin in Bordeaux?

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End of the harvest

54
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How long does élevage typically last for a grand vin in Bordeaux?

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18-24 months

55
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Best Bordeaux red vintages

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2016

2015

2010

2009

2005

2000

1996

1990

1989

1982

56
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Best Bordeaux white vintages

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2005

2003

2001

1997

1996

1995

1990

1989

1988

1983

57
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Cabernet Sauvignon (Bordeaux)

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  • Haut-Medoc, Bas-Medoc, Graves
  • Likes high stone and gravel soils in left bank (high enough temperature to ripen CS)
58
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Cabernet Franc (Bordeaux)

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  • Mostly Saint Emilion
  • Less body and tannin than Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Prefers well drained warm soils
  • Herbaceous flavors when unripe
  • Fruit and floral when ripe
59
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Merlot (Bordeaux)

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  • Most widely planted variety
  • Saint Emilion and Pomerol
  • Good in cool clay soil
  • Softness = good in high volume inexpensive wine
60
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Petit Verdot (Bordeaux)

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  • Very hot years
  • Deep color
  • High tannins
  • Slow aging
  • Mainly used for tannin, color, or spicy notes
61
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Bordeaux blending time

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Usually in spring following vintage

Some keep different parcel separate until after maturation

62
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Sémillon (Bordeaux)

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Most important sweet

Blended with SB in Pessac Leognan and Graves to add body

63
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Sauvignon Blanc (Bordeaux)

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Citrus and green fruit aroma

Increasingly single variety wines

Adds acidity in blends

64
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Muscadelle (Bordeaux)

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Grapey and floral flavor

Blending partner

65
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Low end Bordeaux whites

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Fresh and fruity

Temp controlled inert vessels

Minimum aging

Some have toasty oak notes

66
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Number of Bordeaux appellations

67
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Generic Bordeaux appellations

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Bordeaux AOP

Bordeaux Supérieur AOP

68
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Diff between Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur

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BS has higher minimum ABV

69
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Bordeaux rose appellations

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Bordeaux Rosé

Bordeaux Clairet

70
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Bordeaux AOP and BS AOP typical style

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Early drinking

Medium bodied

Ripe red and black fruit

Sometimes cedar from oak

71
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Bordeaux Rosé typical style

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Fresh and fruity

72
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Clairet

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Rose with deeper color from longer maceration

Fuller body

Popular in France

73
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White Bordeaux typical style

A

Sauvignon Blanc

Vibrant grassy character

74
Q

Vin de garage

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Right Bank

Full bodied and incredibly ripe

Tiny quantities from small plots

Garagistes

75
Q

Cotes de Bordeaux appellations

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Blaye

Cadillac

Castillon

Francs

76
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Cotes de Bordeaux typical style

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Merlot based

Early drinking

77
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Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

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Sweet wine

Not part of CdB

78
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Passerillage

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Leaving grapes on vine to dry and concentrate flavors

79
Q

New Bordeaux varieties and timing

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RED
* Arinarnoa
* Castets
* Marselan
* Touriga Nacional

WHITE
* Alvarinho
* Liliorila

Approved 2021
Only Bordeaux AOP and Bordeaux Supérieur AOP

80
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New Bordeaux varieties plantings and blending

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  • Max. 5% of total plantings
  • Max. 10% of blend in wine
81
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Bordeaux AOP red varieties

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  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Carménère
  • Petit Verdot
  • Arinarnoa
  • Castets
  • Marselan
  • Touriga Nacional
82
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Bordeaux AOP white varieties

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  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Muscadelle
  • Colombard
  • Ugni Blanc
  • Merlot Blanc
  • Mauzac
  • Alvarinho
  • Lilioria

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