General Bordeaux

Question 1

What is fines bordeaux

Answer 1

Eau de vie
Condensed, oaked Brandy

Question 2

how many kilometers of Bordeaux

Answer 2

130km

Question 3

Most planted white grape in Bordeaux

Answer 3

Semillon 45% of white wine vineyard acreage

Question 4

the big estuary that flows into the Atlantic

Answer 4

Gironde

Question 5

left Bank river

Answer 5

Garonne

Question 6

this parallel runs just north of Bordeaux

Answer 6

45

Question 7

worst vintage in Bordeaux destroyed so many vines

Answer 7

1956

Question 8

Scientific compound for Pyrazine

Answer 8

methoxy-3-isobutylpyrazine

Question 9

What is Clairet

Answer 9

A dark Rosé rarely seen outside Bordeaux
Mostly saignee

Question 10

Is Sauvignon blanc identical to Sauvignon gris but early ripening (genetic mutation)

Answer 10

YES

Question 11

Dutch liked this style of wine

Answer 11

Sweet, and full bodied reds

Question 12

Great bordeaux vintages of 21st century

Answer 12

16
18
19
10
5
00

Question 13

Precipitation happens every ____ in every ___ of Bordeaux

Answer 13

Month
year

Question 14

Minimum potential alc (blanc) Bordeaux sec AOP

Answer 14

10% sec
10.5% with RS

Question 15

Communes for Haut Benauge AOP (dry and sweet white wines of Bordeaux)
5-60g/l rs

Answer 15

Arbis
Cantois
Escoussans
Gornac
Ladaux
Mourens
Saint-Pierre-de bat
Soulignac
Targon

Question 16

Map of Bordeaux

Answer 16

Question 17

How are training methods different on Left and Right bank of Bordeaux?

Answer 17

Both are Guyot system:
double is common on the left bank and simple on the right

Question 18

Earliest grape to ripen in Bordeaux

Answer 18

Merlot

Question 19

This Bordeaux grape favors limestone soil

Answer 19

Cabernet Franc

Question 20

The Gironde Estuary stretches this far from the city of Bordeaux Northward

Answer 20

50 miles

Question 21

Answer 21

Bordeaux

Question 22

Where are the Northernmost vineyards of Bordeaux

Answer 22

St. Vivien de Medoc

Question 23

Merlot is less susceptible to these vine diseases than Cabernet Sauvignon

Answer 23

Eutypa Dieback
Esca

Question 24

How Many individual AOPs in Bordeaux

Answer 24

39

Question 25

These vintages in Bordeaux had great acclaim

Answer 25

2005, 2009, 2010

Question 26

These vintages in Bordeaux were rainy and thin

Answer 26

2002, 2007

Question 27

When is en primeur tasting (from barrel) in Bordeaux

Answer 27

April, same month as bottling

Question 28

Does Bordeaux blanc go through Malo?

Answer 28

NO

(maybe in the most acidic of vintages)