France-Burgundy-General Terms, etc Flashcards
What are the 4 départements of Burgundy N-S?
i. Yonne
ii. Côte d’Or
iii. Saône-et-Loire
iv. Rhône
Which regions of Burg have the highest and lowest amount of plantings?
Beaujolais most (approx. 17,000ha, 1/3rd of Burg output)
Côte Chalonnaise least (approx. 2,000 ha)
What is the capital of Burg?
Dijon
What are the governing bodies of Burg?
Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB)
Inter-Beaujolais
**Orgs do not overlap, INAO publishes statistics separately for each
What parallels does Burg lie on?
46-49N
General climate of Burg?
continental
4 seasons
What is general trend of harvest dates of burg over the last 50+ yrs?
earlier each year.
harvest dates on average 16 days earlier by 2010 than 1951 and before!
What are all white grapes allowed throughout Burg?
Chard Aligoté SB, SG PB PG Melon de Bourgogne
What is synonym of Chard in Yonne?
Beaunois (from Beaune
Where does the Chardonnay grape originate?
village of Chardonnay in Mâconnais
What is parentage of both Chard and Aligoté?
Pinot x Gouais Blanc
What is syn for PG in Burg?
Pinot Beaurot
Which rare white grape is only auth for sparkling wines of Burg?
Sacy
What are all the red grapes allowed in Burg?
PN
Gamay
César
Tressot
What are syn for PN in Burg?
Morillon
Noirien
Which grape of Burg is likely to have descended from wild vines?
PN
2,000+ years old
What is full name of Gamay?
Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc
What red grape of Burg is a sibling of Chardonnay?
Gamay
Pinot x Gouais Blanc
Where does César originate?
Germany
What region of Burg will you find Tressot?
Yonne
May be used for reds but not replanted so…sort of who cares
What is parentage of Tressot?
Duras x Petit Verdot
What are murgers?
piles of rock removed from vineyards during tiling in burg
What are chevets?
water channels in burg
explain the concept of climat in Burg?
”a parcel of vines defined and named to be associated w/ the wine it produces
i. Invokes notion of terroir
ii. 1 climat may overlap villages, grand crus, 1er-grand crus, etc
iii. regulated by INAO since 1935
iv. 1,200+ climats
v. “vigneron’s notion”
explain the concept of lieu-dit in burg?
closely related to climat, a named single vineyard that forms 1 contiguous parcel in a single commune
i. “Geographer’s notion”
What is a cru in burg?
indication of both both quality and delimited place. In Burg, vineyards
What is the etymological origin of cru?
Etymology=croître (“to grow”)
what is a parcel in burg?
single contiguous holding w/in 1 vineyard owned by 1 grower
What is a commune in Burg?
village and surrounding area
What is a Hamlet in Burg?
smallest form of settlement, often included administratively in a commune
What is a Moine?
Monk, FR, Burg
What is a Chapitre?
FR for religious chapter
What is a Chapelle?
chapel, FR
What is a Croix?
Cross, FR
What is a Prieur?
priory, FR
What is an Abbaye?
Abbey, FR
What is Fermage? Give an example
a vineyard tenant pays cash to a landlord to lease the land
Ex. DRC pays for parcels in Corton
What is métayage? Give examples
sharecropping, a landowner allowed the tenant to use land in return for a share of crops produced
Ex. Roumier farms Ruchottes, owned by Michel Bonefond, and produces wine for both labels
Ex. Pierre Morey farmed much of Comtes Lafon’s land before Dominique, including Montrachet until 1992
What are enjambeurs?
high clearance tractors that straddle rows of vines in Burg.
What are Chaufferettes?
diesel-burning smudge pots to heat vines at night. Used to combat frost. Intro in Chablis
What is a Tonnellerie?
cooper, barrel-maker
What is the historical base of a Kir cocktail?
Bourg Aligoté from Bouzeron
What are combes?
a. Dry, transverse valleys cut by last ice age
b. Today, conduits for both cool breeze and hailstorms
c. 1000’s of years of erosion deposited alluvial fans of pebbles and stone
d. brings diversity and complexity in soil of Côte d’Or