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France-Burgundy-Côte de Beaune Flashcards

1
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What are best 1ers of Monthélie?

A

bordering Volnay 1er Clos de Chênes

Champs Fuillots
Sur la Velle

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Who are the historic residents of Volnay?

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Capetian Ducs (Dukes)

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How are Blagny whites labelled?

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Puligny or Meursault

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Which village produces the highest quantity of whites in Cd’Or? How much is 1er cru?

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Meursault

25% 1er, long tradition of Lieux-Dits

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5
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What are best 1ers of Auxey-Duresses?

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Climat du Val

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What is the most important feature of ST. Romain?

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home of Dom. d’Auvenay, but don’t actually make St. Romain

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What are best 1er crus in Chassagne?

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Morgeot
Vergers
Cailleret
Clos St. Jean
Blanchot Dessus
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8
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Which 1er of Chassagne is best for whites? Why?

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Blanchot Dessus

next to Montrachet

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9
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Which GC’s are shared between Chassagne and Puligny

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Bâtard

Montrachet

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10
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Which villages of CdBeaune are for reds only?

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Pommard
Volnay
Blagny

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11
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What are top 1ers of Savigny

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Aux Serpentières

Les Vergelesses

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What are the top 1ers of Beaune?

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Bressandes
Grèves
Teurons

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13
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Which 1ers of Volnay/Meursault are labelled according to color of wine?

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Santenots du Milieu
Santentots Blanc
Plures

Meursault if white, Volnay if red

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What is the best of the 4 Meursault 1ers above Perrières?

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Sous le Dos d’Ane

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15
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What are GC’s of Chassagne?

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Le Montrachet (1/2 ptl)
Bâtard-Montrachet (ptl)
Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet

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16
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What is the hamlet inside of St-Aubin?

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Gamay

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17
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Briefly outline the legend of the Hill of Corton

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700’s Frankish King Charlemagne noticed snow melted first there so ordered red vines planted. As his beard whitened, wife urged him to switch from red to white wine

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18
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What is major geo feature of Santenay? Why is this remarkable?

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E of Mont de Sène

highest point in the CdBeaune

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19
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How do the soils and aspect differ in the Bâtard GC’s vs other Montrachets?

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deeper soils, lower on slope, gentler grade resulting in broad wines of power

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20
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How much of Savigny-lès-Beaune is planted to PN?

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300 of 350ha in village

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21
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Which village of the CdBeaune has the most ha under vine?

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Beaune (2nd only to Gevrey)

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22
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What are the top lieux-dit of Meursault?

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  • Clos de la Barre (Lafon mono in backyard)
  • Tesson
  • Tillets
  • Narvaux
  • Chaumes de Narvaux
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23
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How many owners of Montrachet? Total ha?

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16 owners of 8 total ha

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24
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Which village has more ha of Bâtard?

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Puligny just over 1/2 of 12ha total

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25
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How is Montrachet divided between Chassagne and Puligny?

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TECHNICALLY there is 4.1 ha on Puligny and 3.9 ha on Chassagne, but typically viewed as even split

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How does the soil of Chassagne differ from the GC’s to the 1er/village? Why is this important?

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more red clay in village/1ers

Much of the village and some 1ers are better suited for reds

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27
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What is Volnay’s nickname?

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Chambolle of the South

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28
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What is mono of Comte Armand in Pommard? Where?

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Clos des Epeneaux

between Grands and Petit Epenots

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29
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What is the soil type of Chevalier?

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thin limestone top soil, results in restrained elegant wines

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30
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What is the soil of Montrachet?

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thin, rocky, limestone

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31
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Who is the largest landowner in Bienvenues and Bâtard?

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Leflaive

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32
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What are the 3 communes that share Corton GC? Which holds the lion’s share?

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Ladoix-Serrigny
Aloxe-Corton (75%)
Pernand-Vergelesses

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33
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Who are top producers of Savigny?

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Simon Bize
Pierre Guillemot
Chandon de Briailles

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34
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What are top 1er crus of Puligny?

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i. Cailleret
ii. Demoiselles
iii. Pucelles
iv. Combettes
v. Champ Gain
vi. Folatières

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35
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What are the major stylistic differences between Chassagne and Puligny?

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Puligny=more mineral, tension, angular structure (slightly further north)

Chassagne=softer, rounder, riper yellow fruits (slightly further south, more clay in many sites)

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36
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What is the only 1er cru in Cd’Or to use the word “climat?”

A

Climat du Val in Auxey

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37
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Which GC is entirely in Chassagne?

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Criots-Bâtard

38
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Who is largest land owner of Chevalier?

39
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What geo feature houses the best 1ers of Beaune?

A

Montagne de Beaune

40
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Who are top producers of Volnay?

A 
Marquis d’Angerville 
Hubert de Montille
Domaine de la Pousse d’Or
Michel Lafarge
Henri Boillot
41
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What is hamlet inside of Santenay?

42
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Where is the négoc Louis Latour based?

A

Aloxe-Corton

43
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Where is the BIVB located?

44
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Who is the founding winemaker of Pousse d’Or? What was his last vintage?

A

Gerard Potel

early death 1997

45
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Who are top producers of Pommard?

A

Comte Armand

Domaine de Courcel

46
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What styles of wine in Monthélie?

47
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Which village do many Puligny and Chassagne producers also own vineyards in? Stylistically more similar to which?

A

St. Aubin

more similar to Chassagne (next door)

48
Q

What’s up with Chorey-lès-Beaune?

A

pretty crappy…
E of D974
we only care because Tollot-Beaut was an early estate bottler

49
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Which Puligny 1er meets Meursault? Which vineyard?

A

Combettes meets W edge of Meursault Perrières

50
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What climactic factor affects the village of Pommard?

A

Dheune stream flows through combe into town

51
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Who are top producers of Chassagne?

A

PYCM
Vincent Dancer
Rammonet
Jean-Noël Gagnard

52
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When did Chassagne switch from majority plantings of reds to whites?

A

after WWII

53
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What are top 1ers of Pommard?

A

Grands Epenots
Petits Epenots
Clos des Epeneaux
Rugiens

54
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Who are top producers of Meursault?

A 
Coche-Dury
Arnaud Ente
Guy (Jean-Marc) Roulot
Comtes Lafon
Pierre Morey
55
Q

How many 1er crus are inside Morgeot? Give an example of a higher quality one?

A

15 1ers inside

Fairendes of high quality, especially for whites

56
Q

What is the largest GC in Burg? Size?

A

Corton 160 ha

57
Q

Who owns the largest parcel of Montrachet?

A

Marquis de Laguiche (2ha) farmed by Joseph Drouhin

58
Q

Who is the owner of Domaine d’Auvenay?

A

Lalou Bize-Leroy

59
Q

Name some négoc houses located in Beaune

A

Louis Jadot
Bouchard
Chanson
Joseph Drouhin

60
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Which village has the most 1er crus in Cd’Or? How many?

A

Chassagne

55 sites, over 150ha planted

61
Q

Who are top producers in Puligny?

A

Leflaive
Jacques Carillon
Etienne Sauzet

62
Q

Where does Auxey-Duresses take it’s name?

A

Auxey valley

Duresses vineyard

63
Q

What is the only Burg estate to produce entirely GC wines? Where?

A

Bonneau du Martray
in Pernand-Vergelesses
11ha total on hill of Corton

64
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Who is seeking GC status for Meursault Perrières?

A

Albert Grivault for mono Clos de la Perrières

65
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What are 2 largest 1ers of Puligny?

A

Champ Gain

Folatières

66
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What are GC’s of Puligny N-S?

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  • Chevalier-Montrachet
  • Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
  • Montrachet (ptl 1/2)
  • Bâtard-Montrachet (Ptl)
67
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Who are top producers in St. Aubin?

A

Marc Colin, Hubert Lamy

68
Q

Which GC’s sit below Montrachet?

A

Bienvenues-Bâtard
Bâtard
Criots-Bâtard

69
Q

Which prestigious climat of Corton is for whites only? Which commune? How large?

A

Corton-Charlemagne
72 ha
in Aloxe

70
Q

What does Perrières mean? Where does Meursault Perrières take it’s name?

A

“Stone”

site of old stone quarry

71
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What are top 1er sites of Volnay? Where are they in relation to the village?

A

Les Caillerets
Champans
Clos de Chênes
Taillepieds

All on S side of town

72
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Which Chassagne 1er is good for reds and whites?

73
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What are top 1er sites in St. Aubin?

A
  • En Remilly
  • Murgers des Dents de Chien
  • Chatenière
74
Q

What is famous Mono vineyard of Marquis d’Angerville?

A

Clos de Ducs

75
Q

What is famous landmark in Santenay?

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Ch de Santenay, Former home of Valois Duke Philip the Bold

76
Q

What is the dominant style of wine in St. Aubin?

A

historically known for reds, modernly 75% whites

77
Q

what is the soil structure of Pommard?

A

iron rich clay, resulting in sturdier wines

78
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What are the soils of Meursault?

A

marl/limestone

79
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What is the smallest white GC in Burg? Size?

A

Criots-Bâtard 1.6ha

80
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Which GC sits above Montrachet?

81
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What is the earliest record of Montrachet?

A

Cistercian records date to 1250

82
Q

Which 1ers of Chassagne are best for red?

A

Morgeot

Clos St Jean

83
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What are the names of Montrachet on both Puligny vs Chassagne sides?

A

Puligny=Montrachet

Chassagne=Le Montrachet

84
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What are best 1ers of Meursault? Where are they in relation to the town?

A

i. Perrières
ii. Charmes
iii. Genevières
iv. Porusot
v. Bouchères
vi. Gouttes d’Or

all low on slop in S edge of town

85
Q

Who did Bonneau du Martray recently enter into a historic fermage with?

A

DRC leasing 7ha of Corton-Charlemagne, first vintage will be 2019

86
Q

How much of Beaune is planted to 1er cru?

A

85%, most of the lesser vineyards subsumed by urban sprawl

87
Q

What is best 1er of Pommard? Which climat is better? applying for what?

A

Rugiens
Bas/Haut Rugiens (Bas is better)
RQ both to be elevated to GC in 2011

88
Q

Which village of the CdBeaune is technically not in the Cd’Or Département?

A

Maranges is in

Saône-et-Loire

89
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What is geographically important about St. Aubin 1er En Remilly?

A

very close to Chevalier but S facing not E

90
Q

What is most prestigious producer in Auxey?

A

Maison Leroy, négoc arm of Leroy

91
Q

Which GCs of Burg allow for reds and whites?

A

Musigny

Corton

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