French terms Flashcards
1
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AOC
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- Appellation dórigine controlee
- Controls varieties, planting density, allowed vine training, max yields, min alc, ageing length, when can wines be sold)
- Based the idea of terroir
- From 2009, variety labelling also allowed
2
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Croupes
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Gravel hills of Left Bank Bordeaux
3
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Graves Superieures AOC
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- Late harvested and/or botrytised ONLY
- 40 hL/ha
4
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Cotes de Bordeaux
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- Created in 2009 for reds and whites
- For Right Bank regions
- Blaye, Cadillac, Castillon and Francs
- ie. “Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux”
- Max yield less than that of Bordeaux Superieure AOC
5
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Minor sweet wine appellations of Bordeaux (4)
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- All around 40hL/ha yield cap
1. Graves Superieures AOC
2. Saint-Croix-du-Mont AOC
3. Loupiac AOC
4. Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux AOC
6
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Crus Bourgeois du Medoc classification (3)
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- Initially rewarded to estates just one level below Cru Classé
- In 2010 revised to awarding to wines instead, lasts for five years once rewarded
1. Cru Bourgeos
2. Cru Bourgeois Superieur
3. Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
7
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41B
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High pH tolerant rootstock - good for limestone soil. Common in Chablis
8
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420A
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Low vigour + high pH tolerant rootstock, often seen in Chablis
9
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Chablis vine training system
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Double Guyot replacement cane VSP
10
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Bouzeron
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Aligote only
11
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Cordon de Royat
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- Common training system in Burgundy
- Limits vigour and thus yield
- Lots of wood and can harbour disease
- Now moving towards Poussard Royat
12
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Poussard-Guyot
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- Gentler smaller cut pruning method to combat trunk diseases
- gaining popularity in Burgundy
- Keeps sap channels the same year to year
13
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Acidification in Burgundy
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Allowed to acidify or deacidify up to +1.5-2%
14
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Piece
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228L Burgundy barrels
15
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Remontage
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Pumping over
25
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Échalas
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- Vine training method tied to one or two poles
- Common in northern Rhone crus exposed to the Mistral
- Either single or double guyot
