General Questions COPY Flashcards
1
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What is the most important Premier Cru of Vougeot?
A
Le Clos Blanc
2
Q
What is the Grand Cru of Vougeot?
A
Clos de Vougeot
3
Q
What is the most important Premier Cru in Pernand Vergelesses?
A
Vergelesses
4
Q
What are the Grand Cru of Puligny Montrachet?
A
Chevalier-Montrachet
Montrachet (also in Chassagne-Montrachet)
Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet
Batard-Montrachet (also in Chassagne-Montrachet)
5
Q
What are the Grand Cru of Chassagne-Montrachet?
A
Montrachet Batard Montrachet (both also in Puligny-Montrachet)
6
Q
What is the largest Grand Cru in Chablis?
A
Les Clos
7
Q
Where in the Cote d’Or do most of the longest lasting red wines come from?
A
The northern end, in and around Gevrey-Chambertin
8
Q
Who is the most famous grower of Corton?
A
Louis Latour
9
Q
What are in Cote de Beaune’s northern half is known for producing massive, often superlative Chardonnay?
A
Charlemagne
10
Q
What is Pommard’s most prestigious vineyard?
A
Les Rugiens (Les Rugiens Bas)
11
Q
Which tends to be lighter in color, Pommard or Volnay?
A
Volnay
12
Q
Which village in Cote de Beaune is known for producing the most powerful red wine?
A
Pommard
13
Q
Les Santenots in Meursault sells red wine under what name?
A
Volnay Santenots
14
Q
What’s an example of an appellation is considered to make wines slighty less elegant than Volnay, but more powerful than Auxey-Duresses?
A
Monthelie
15
Q
What is unusual about Saint Romain, comapred to the rest of Cote d’Or?
A
It is higher altitude
16
Q
Which appellation is northwest of Meursault?
A
Auxey-Duresses
17
Q
What is the vineyard designation for white wine in Blagny? Red wine?
A
White - Puligny Montrachet
Red - Blagny premier cru
18
Q
Which two grand cru vineyards are entirely in Puligny-Montrachet?
A
Chevalier-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet
19
Q
How many hectares are approved for wine in Chassagne-Montrachet?
A
300 hectares
20
Q
What is Chassagne-Montrachet’s only grand cru vineyard not shared with Puligny?
A
Criots-Batard-Montrachet
21
Q
Which end of Chassagne-Montrachet produces more red wine?
A
south end (near Santenay)
22
Q
Which two grand cru vineyards are located in both Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet?
A
Le Montrachet
Batard Montrachet
23
Q
Lower-end Chablis is usually oaked. True or False?
A
False
24
Q
How would Chablis soil be described?
A
“Argilo-calcaire” - Limestone/clay mix, containing fossilized oyster shells.
25
What was largely responsible for 1960s era encouragement in production in Chablis?
effective frost production
26
What is the lone grand cru of Vougeot?
Clos de Vougeot
27
Describe the soil of Chambolle-Musigny
More chalk than clay, covered by a fine silt.
28
What are the two grand cru vineyards of Chambolle-Musigny?
Le Musigny
| Bonnes Mares
29
What type of climate does Chablis have?
semi-continental
30
What 3 factors caused the sharp decline in Chablis at the end of the 19th century?
powdery mildew
phylloxera
opening of Paris-Lyons-Marseilles railway
31
How many grand cru Chablis are there?
7
32
About how far away is Chablis from the rest of Burgundy?
100km/62 miles
33
What cru of Beaujolais is the largest by area?
| What is the smallest?
Brouilly
| Chenas
34
Which 3 appellations west to east are north of Vosne Romanee?
Flagey-Echezeaux
Chambolle-Musigny (also north of Flagey Echezeaux)
Vougeot
35
Which area is larger: Cote de Nuits or Cote de Beaune?
Cote de Beaune
36
Marl dominated soil is best for what in Burgundy?
reds
37
Which of the two Cote d'Or sub-regions is home to all the white grand cru?
Cote de Beaune, except Musigny Blanc is in Cote de Nuits
38
Which of the two sub regions of Cote d'Or is home to all the red Grand Crus?
Cote de Nuits, except Corton is in Beaune
39
How many Chablis Premier Cru vineyards are there?
40
40
Regarding sun, what do Grand Cru Chablis sites all have?
southwest exposure
41
What weather issue is Chablis susceptible to?
late frosts
42
What is the soil of Chablis?
Kimmeridginan Clay/Limestone
43
What are the percentage levels of production in Burgundy for the 4 levels?
- Regional Apellations
- Village
- Premier Cru
- Grand Cru
56%
30%
12%
2%
44
What is the Burgundy AOP system based on?
terroir
45
What soil is typical of southern Burgundy?
granite
46
What soil is typical of northern Burgundy?
Chalk and clay/marl
47
What climate does Burgundy have?
continental
48
What does Cote de Beaune produce more of, red or white?
red
49
What minor grape sees production in Les Perrieres?
Pinot Blanc
50
Which appellation lies between Chassagne-Montrachet and Meursault?
Puligny-Montrachet
51
Which appellation is located due northwest of Chassagne-Montrachet?
St Aubin
52
What is the most noteworthy vineyard on the western end of Santenay?
Clos Rousseau
53
Which smaller appellation is incorporated into Nuits St Georges?
Premeaux-Prissey
54
Which appellation is south of Vosne Romanee?
Nuits St Georges
55
Name the two monopoles of Domaine de la Romanee Conti
Romanee-Conti
| La Tache
56
Which of Romanee St Vivant/Romanee Conti has poorer soil? Which is lower in elevation?
La Romanee Conti
Romanee St Vivant
57
What are three more reputable premier crus in Santenay?
La Comme
Cros de Tavannes
Les Gravieres
58
Are Santenay's wines known as rustic or elegant?
rustic
59
Santenay's soils are more rich in what than most of Cote d'Or?
marl
60
What does "lieu dit" mean?
specific vineyard name
61
How many premier crus are in Cote d'Or?
561
62
Where is Santenay?
southern end of Cote de Beaune
63
Which is more hilly and rough, Cote de Nuits or Cote de Beaune?
Cote de Nuits
64
What kind of soil is prevalent in Burgundy?
marlstone (lime, clay soil)
65
What is the average acreage holding in Burgundy?
15 acres of 6 hectares
66
How could the soil of Beaujolais be described?
Sandy clay over granite
67
What is the French word for "plot of vines"?
climat
68
The Grand Cru appellation of Corton Charlemagne is located in which two appellations?
Pernand-Vergelesses
| Aloxe-Corton
69
What is considered the most important village in Cote Chalonnaise?
Mercurey
70
What non-traditional Burgundian wine comes out of Rully?
Cremant de Bourgogne
71
Which commune is the only one to have a single-village Aligote?
Bouzeron
72
What is the red/white % in Montagny?
100% white
73
Which produces more white than red, Rully or Mercurey?
Rully
74
What are the 5 different villages of Pouilly-Fuisse?
```
Vergisson
Solutre-Pouilly
Fuisse
Chaintre
Pouilly
```
75
What two villages in Maconnais were given their own single appellation together in 1998?
Vire-Clesse
76
Which appellation is north of Savigny-les-Beaune?
Pernand-Vergelesses
77
What appellation borders Savigny les Beaune to the east?
Chorey-Les-Beaune
78
What village in Burgundy is divided by the river Rhoin?
Savigny-les-Beaune
79
noted Premier Cru vineyards Les Greves, Les Bressandes, Les Teurons are located where?
Beaune
80
What % of Beaune vineyards are Premier Cru designation?
almost 75%
81
Clos de Tart is a monopole in Morey Saint Denis founded by whom? When?
Cistercian sisters of Notre Dame de Genlis, in 1250
82
What are the 4 Grand Cru vineyards wholly in Morey Saint Denis?
Clos de la Roche
Clos St Denis
Clos des Lambrays
Clos de Tart
83
What is the main soil difference in Beaune compared to the rest of Cote de Beaune? What does this cause?
More sand. Only medium-bodied wines, best drunk between 5-10 years.
84
In which appellation do negociants like Louis Jadot, Joseph Drouhin, Louis Latour, Bouchard Pere et Fils make their home?
Beaune
85
How would soil in the southern part of St Veran be described?
red, acidic and sandy
86
What are the two small communes east of Pouilly-Fuisse?
Pouilly-Vinzelles
| Pouilly-Loche
87
What are the four villages of the St Veran appellation?
Chasselas
Leynes
St Verand
Chanes
88
How much of Burgundy's white wine does the Maconnais produce?
75%
89
Are wines from Morey St Denis usually lighter or heavier than wines from Gevrey Chambertin?
lighter
90
What is the village between Gevrey-Chambertin and Fixin? Under what name are their wines bottled?
Brochon
Cote de Nuits Villages
91
How many Grand Cru are in Morey St Denis?
5
92
What is the annual production of Burgundy (without Beaujolais)?
1.5 million hectolitres
93
How much of French AOP production is in Burgundy?
6.5%
94
What is the elevation of Chablis?
93-217m
95
What is the primary soil of Petit Chablis?
Portlandian limestone
96
What are the permitted training methods in Chablis?
Guyot (simple or double), Cordon de Royat, Taille Chablis
97
Burgundian vineyards were entrusted to Christian monasteries as early as when?
6th Century AD
98
When was the Napoleonic Code established?
1804
99
When did negociants first appear?
Early 18th Century
100
What city is at the northern end of Cote de Nuits?
Dijon
101
What is selection massale?
Propagating vines from multiple budwoods throughout a vineyard, as opposed to one, which would be cloning.
102
What is a synonym for Pinot Gris in Burgundy?
Pinot Beurot
103
What are the 4 lieu-dits approved for Bourgogne AOP?
La Chappelle Notre Dame
Le Chapitre
Cote St Jacques
Montrecul
104
What was Coteaux Bourguignons formerly known as?
Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire
105
What is the unofficial 8th grand cru of Chablis? Where is it?
La Moutonne
Les Preuses and Valdesir
106
What is a "piece?
A 228 liter oak barrel.
107
Which villages in Cote de Nuits do not have their own AOP?
Flagey-Echezeaux
| Premeaux
108
What are wines from Chambolle-Musigny typically describes as?
Silky charm, emphasizing elegance over power.
109
What is the smallest AOP in France?
La Romanee
110
What was the last grand cru to be promoted?
La Grande Rue in Vosne-Romanee, 1992
111
What is the very rarely used Grand Cru in Cote de Beaune?
Charlemagne
112
What is the smallest white wine grand cru in Burgundy?
Criots-Batard-Montrachet
113
How much of Cote Chalonnaise's output is Mercurey responsible for?
About 2/3s
114
What is largely produced in Rully?
Cremant de Bourgogne
115
Maconnais white wines are typically what?
Lean, high in acidity, and vinified in stainless steel.
116
What kind of soil is in Southern Beaujolais?
clay
117
During carbonic maceration, what is the alcohol level where the grape will die?
2%
118
Where is Coteaux du Lyonnais?
About an hour south of Beaujolais
119
What are the 5 largest Grand Cru of Cote de Nuits?
1. Clos de Vougeot (50.59ha, red, Vougeot)
2. Echezeaux (37.69ha, red, Flagey-Echezeaux)
3. Charmes-Chambertin (30.83ha, red, Gevrey-Chambertin)
4. Clos de la Roche (16.9ha, red, Morey Saint Denis)
5. Chambertin Clos de Beze (15.4ha, red, Gevrey-Chambertin)
120
What are the 2 largest Grand Cru of Cote de Beaune?
1. Corton (97.6ha, mostly red but 3.7ha white, Aloxe-Corton/Ladoix-Serrigny/Pernand-Vergelesses)
2. Corton-Charlemagne (71.88ha, white, Aloxe-Corton/Ladoix-Serrigny/Pernand Vergelesses)
121
What are the Grand Cru of Cote de Nuits smaller than 2 hectares?
La Romanee - 0.85ha
La Grande Rue - 1.65ha
Romanee-Conti - 1.81ha
122
How many growers are in Richebourg?
10
123
How many growers are in La Romanee? Who?
1, Chateau du Vosne Romanee
124
Who has a monopole of La Grande Rue?
Domaine Francois Lamarche.
125
What river flows through Maconnais?
Saone
126
What joins the Yonne and Saone rivers?
The Canal of Burgundy
127
The northern tip of Cote de Nuits is just south of what?
The city of Dijon
128
What bodies of water meet the southern end of Cote de Beaune?
Canal du Centre Burgnudy and just north of that, the Dheune river.
129
What city is just east of Givry?
Chalon-sur-Saone
130
What is metayage?
Sharecropping
131
How many Bourgogne AOP Geographical desginations are there? What are they?
14
```
Chitry
Cote d'Auxerre
Cote Chalonnaise
Cote du Couchois
Cote Saint Jacques
Coulanges-le-Vineuse
Epineuil
Hautes Cote de Beaune
Hautes Cote de Nuits
La Chapelle Notre-Dame
Le Chapitre
Montrecul
Tonnere
Vezelay
```
132
Where are DRCs holdings?
```
Romanee Conti - Monopole - 1.81 hectares
La Tache - Monopole - 6.06 hectares
Richebourg - 3.51 hectares
Romanee St Vivant - 5.28 hectares
Grands Echezeaux - 3.52 hectares
Echezeaux - 4.67 hectares
Montrachet - 0.67 hectares
```
133
What renowned vineyard site in Puligny Montrachet is mostly Grand Cru but partially Premier Cru? And what are the GC and PC classifications?
Les Demoiselles.
Chevalier-Montrachet
Cailleret
134
La Romanee is a monopole for who?
Comte Liger-Belair
135
What is widely considered to be the top Premier Cru of Chablis?
Montee de Tonnerre
136
What are the three lieu-dits in Montee de Tonnerre?
Chapelot
Cote de Brechain
Pied d'Aloup
137
What are the four lieu-dits in Fourchaume?
Cote de Fontenay
L'Homme Mort
Vaulorent
Vaupulent
138
What is often considered to be the top vineyard site in Auxey?
Clos du Val
139
What are the names for the northern and southern sector of Musigny?
```
Northern = Grand Musigny
Southern = Les Petits Musigny
```
140
What is the largest premier cru of Chassagne-Montrachet?
Morgeot
141
What is typically the coolest site in Grand Cry Gevrey Chambertin?
Latricieres-Chambertin
142
What is the steepest Grand Cru in Gevrey Chambertin?
Ruchottes-Chambertin
143
Where is Vigne de l'Enfant Jesus?
In Les Greves in Beaune.
144
What are reasons for higher prices in Burgundy?
Price of land
Small ops
Smaller yields
145
The Burgundians were originally what?
Scandinavian
146
What was the first group of monks to acquire vineyards on a large scale?
The Benedictines of Cluny
147
What was the second monastic group to get involved in vine ownership?
Cistercians
148
What were the Cistercians known for much more than Cluny?
austerity and no indulgance
149
Where did Cistercians produce the first wine of a region?
Chablis
150
What was the Cistercians big walled vineyard? When did they "acquire" it?
Clos de Vougeot, 1336.
151
Why was white wine preferred in the 12th and 13th centuries?
For clarity, because of drinking water.
152
What was Burgundy known as until the 15th Century?
Beaune
153
What and when were the first negociant houses?
Champy, 1720
| Bouchard Pere & Fils, 1731
154
When were vineyards sold off from the church?
After the French Revolution, 1791
155
When did powdery mildew affect Burgundy?
1850s
156
When did phylloxera affect Burgundy
1870s
157
How does Burgundy's climate compare to Bordeaux?
Continental, colder in winter, similar in spring, slightly cooler in summer
158
What solution helped small vineyard/businesses during the great depression?
co-operatives
159
Who pioneered domaine bottling and when?
1930s: Marquis d'Angerville, Henri Gouges, Armand Rousseau
160
Domaine bottles accounted for what percentage in 1962. How about the 1990s?
15%
Almost half
161
What wine merchants were largely responsible for introducing domaine bottlings to America, and when?
Frank Schoonmaker
| Alexis Lichine
162
Who might be considered the 5 most important Burgundian negociants?
```
Louis Latour
Louis Jadot
Joseph Drouhin
Bouchard Pere & Fils
Boisset
```
163
What does "mis en bouteille au domaine" mean?
The wine is made from fruit grown on their own estate
164
When was the Chablis AOP created?
1938
165
Who ordered Gamay grapes to be ripped up in favor of Pinot Noir?
Philip the Bold
166
Appx how many growers are there of Clos Vougeot?
more than 80
167
Who is the largest landowner in the Cote d'Or?
Bouchard Pere et Fils
168
What is Pinot Gris often known as in Burgundy?
Beurot
