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Grande Bourgogne Flashcards

1
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2 main philosophies of winemaking in Chablis

A

Dauvissat & Raveneau - ferment in tank and then leave the wines in mostly old wood for a year;

Droin & Fevre - vinify part in tank and part in wood and blend after 6 months before further aging

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2
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What 1er Cru in Chablis is home to Les Forets & Butteaux

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Montmains (contains both), Left Bank of Serein

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3
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Minimum planting density in Chablis

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5,500 per ha

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4
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Minimum planting density in the Cote d’Or

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9,000 per ha; 1x1 meter spacing, low trellis

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5
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Minimum planting density in Beaujolais

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5,000 per ha, 6,000 per ha for Crus (in practice many are 10,000 +)

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6
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Minimum planting density in Macon

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7,000 per ha

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7
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Minimum abv for GC chablis

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11%,
10.5% 1er cru,
10% chablis,
9.5% petit

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8
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What is the traditional aging vessel in Chablis?

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Feuillette - 132 L

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9
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What are the 5 village AOPs of the Maconnais

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Vire Clesse, 
St Veran, 
Fuisse, 
Loche, 
Vinzelles
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10
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What year was the first release of beaujolais nouveau?

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1951 - Georges Duboeuf

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11
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Macon Rouge from a geographical designation is made from what grape?

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Gamay

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12
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Major hail (chablis) recent years

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15 (richer, lower acid),
16 (yields down),
17 (higher acid)

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13
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Chablis vintages 2000, 2007, 2009 Best?

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2007

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14
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2 monopole vineyards in Mercurey

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Clos des Myglands (Faiveley), Clos des Rouelles (Chamirey)

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15
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Communes of Mercurey

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Mercurey,

Saint Martin sous Montaigne

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16
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Aligote based wines

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Bouzeron

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17
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Lieux dits of Morgon

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Cote de Py,
Corcellette,
Douby

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18
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Blending grapes for Beaujolais blanc

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aligote, chardonnay, melon

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19
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Style/assemblage passe-tout-grain

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rouge, rose - min. 30% PN,
min. 15%gamay,
some whites must be co-fermented

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20
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Cremant de Bourgogne

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PB,
PG,
CH,
gamay (only in beaujolais)

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21
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Chaufrettes

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smudge pots - heat lamps

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22
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Aspersion

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spraying the vines to prevent frost damage - must keep spraying until frost subsides

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23
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La Moutonne - unoffical

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Long Depaquit - Albert Bichot (parcel straddling Vaudesir + Les Preuses)

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24
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Chablis GC different aspect

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Blanchot - Southeastern

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25
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UGC - Union des Grands Crus de Chablis

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est. 2000 - improve quality by increasing density (8,000 vine/ha),
banning machine harvesting,
15 months holding before release

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26
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Founder of the UGC?

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Michel Laroche

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27
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Most common fermentation vessels in chablis

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Stainless or cement

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28
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T or F,

228 L pieces are more common than traditional 132 L Feuillattes

A

True!

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29
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Who holds the most GC acreage in Chablis?

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William Fevre

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30
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Best Chablis vintages of 10’s

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12, 14, 17 (15 - low acid, 16 - variable but classic)

31
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Best Chablis vintages of 00’s

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02, 05, 10

32
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Worst recent vintages Chablis

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11 (too delicate), 04 (overcrop), 03 (too much alcohol), 01 (botrytis)

33
Q

Producers of Irancy?

A 
Benoit Cantin, 
Stephan Podor (Les Mazelots)
34
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Strange grape permitted for Irancy?

A

Cesar - Corsican DNA

35
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Producer of Grenouilles?

A

La Chablisinne

36
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Saint bris - grapes

A

blanc, SB, SG, (SACY)

37
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Producer of Saint Bris?

38
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Vezelay AOC grape

A

chardonnay

39
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Montmains producers

A

Droin,
Dauvissat,
Fevre,
Tribut

40
Q

Mercurey 1er Cru

A

Clos du Roy,
Clos Marcilly,
Montaigu

41
Q

Julienas lieux dits

A

Pacalet,

les Chenes

42
Q

Who produces cuvee Pi (3.14)

A

Jean Foillard (Cote de Py 100yr old vines)

43
Q

Youngest Beaujolais cru

A

Regnier 1988

44
Q

Yvon Metras based where?

A

Fleurie (funky, carbonic)

45
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Fleurie Lieux Dit

A

Champagne, Grand Cour,

46
Q

Catch-all still wine AOC - not claimed by many producers

A

Coteaux Bourguignon

47
Q

Phillippe the Bold (1st Duke of Burgundy)

A

Ordered gamay to be pulled out

48
Q

Wines from the Cru Beaujolais may be labeled ‘Bourgogne’

A

with the word ‘Gamay’ added- since 2011

49
Q

Cesar and Tressot are only permitted in what department for rouge?

50
Q

Up to 15% white grapes from Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris are allowed in all Burgundy reds - T or F

51
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Passetoutgrains rule chance in 2011

A

Now must be min. 30% PN and min.15% gamay (still almost 1/3 PN as was previous)

52
Q

Cremant de Bourgogne longer aging designations

A

Eminent - 24 months,

Grand Eminent - 36 months

53
Q

Melon de Bourgogne is allowed in which appellations?

A

Coteaux Bourguignons,

Cremant de Bourgogne

54
Q

Who is Kir named for?

A

Canon Felix Kir - Mayor of Dijon from 1945-68

55
Q

Montrecul is located where?

A

Dijon (women’s skirts lifted up on the slope)

56
Q

Greatest area under vine in which area (not including Beaujolais), and highest output?

A

Grand Auxerrois

57
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Petit chablis soil type

A

Portlandian (Tithonian)

58
Q

Kimmeridgian fossils

A

Exogyra Virgula

59
Q

Which AOP produces blanc levroute?

A

Vire Clesse - botrytis affected chardonnay

60
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What river cuts through Chablis?

61
Q

What are the white-wine only AOCs of the Cote Chalonnaise

A

Montagny, Bouzeron

62
Q

What are the 4 communes of Pouilly Fuisse?

A

Chaintre,
Fuisse,
Solutre-Pouilly,
Vergisson

63
Q

How many 1er Crus in Pouilly Fuisse?

A 
22 
(Aux Quarts - Chaintre; 
Les Vignes Blanches - Fuisse; 
Au Vignerais - Solutre; 
Sur la Roche - Vergisson)
64
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What is the sweetest version of botrytised Vire Clesse called?

A

Demi sec (4-8 g), Blanc levroute (8-18 g RS)

65
Q

1er Crus in Chablis

A

40 - 17 on the right bank

66
Q

Worst hailstorm in chablis

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recent - 11, ever - 1985

67
Q

Grand Cru abc and max yield

A

11% , 54 hl

68
Q

Training methods of Chablis

A

Guyot,
Cordon,
Chablis

69
Q

Left bank of Serein vineyards face?

70
Q

Only 1er Cru in the Cote d’Or - East of RN 74

A

Clos Des Grands Vigne - Liger-Belair

71
Q

Fourchaume Lieux Dits

A

L’Homme Mort - furthest back
Vaulorent,
Vaupulent - lowest

72
Q

What is the soil of Moulin à Vent?

A

Gore (pink granite) with a seam of manganese

Clos de la Roillette owner formerly labeled wines as Moulin but was forced to change to Fleurie - just labeled with a racehorse in defiance

Coudert family now uses the Fleurie appellation on the label with the racehorse

73
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What are the soils of Morgon?

A

Roche Pourrie - iron/schist and basalt, also with granite

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