General Bordeaux Flashcards
What is fines bordeaux
Eau de vie
Condensed, oaked Brandy
how many kilometers of Bordeaux
130km
Most planted white grape in Bordeaux
Semillon 45% of white wine vineyard acreage
the big estuary that flows into the Atlantic
Gironde
left Bank river
Garonne
this parallel runs just north of Bordeaux
45
worst vintage in Bordeaux destroyed so many vines
1956
Scientific compound for Pyrazine
methoxy-3-isobutylpyrazine
What is Clairet
A dark Rosé rarely seen outside Bordeaux
Mostly saignee
Is Sauvignon blanc identical to Sauvignon gris but early ripening (genetic mutation)
YES
Dutch liked this style of wine
Sweet, and full bodied reds
Great bordeaux vintages of 21st century
16
18
19
10
5
00
Precipitation happens every ____ in every ___ of Bordeaux
Month
year
Minimum potential alc (blanc) Bordeaux sec AOP
10% sec
10.5% with RS
Communes for Haut Benauge AOP (dry and sweet white wines of Bordeaux)
5-60g/l rs
Arbis
Cantois
Escoussans
Gornac
Ladaux
Mourens
Saint-Pierre-de bat
Soulignac
Targon
Map of Bordeaux
How are training methods different on Left and Right bank of Bordeaux?
Both are Guyot system:
double is common on the left bank and simple on the right
Earliest grape to ripen in Bordeaux
Merlot
This Bordeaux grape favors limestone soil
Cabernet Franc
The Gironde Estuary stretches this far from the city of Bordeaux Northward
50 miles
Bordeaux
Where are the Northernmost vineyards of Bordeaux
St. Vivien de Medoc
Merlot is less susceptible to these vine diseases than Cabernet Sauvignon
Eutypa Dieback
Esca
How Many individual AOPs in Bordeaux
39
These vintages in Bordeaux had great acclaim
2005, 2009, 2010
These vintages in Bordeaux were rainy and thin
2002, 2007
When is en primeur tasting (from barrel) in Bordeaux
April, same month as bottling
Does Bordeaux blanc go through Malo?
NO
(maybe in the most acidic of vintages)
