Grande Bourgogne Flashcards
2 main philosophies of winemaking in Chablis
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
What 1er Cru in Chablis is home to Les Forets & Butteaux
Montmains (contains both), Left Bank of Serein
Minimum planting density in Chablis
5,500 per ha
Minimum planting density in the Cote d’Or
9,000 per ha; 1x1 meter spacing, low trellis
Minimum planting density in Beaujolais
5,000 per ha, 6,000 per ha for Crus (in practice many are 10,000 +)
Minimum planting density in Macon
7,000 per ha
Minimum abv for GC chablis
11%,
10.5% 1er cru,
10% chablis,
9.5% petit
What is the traditional aging vessel in Chablis?
Feuillette - 132 L
What are the 5 village AOPs of the Maconnais
Vire Clesse, St Veran, Fuisse, Loche, Vinzelles
What year was the first release of beaujolais nouveau?
1951 - Georges Duboeuf
Macon Rouge from a geographical designation is made from what grape?
Gamay
Major hail (chablis) recent years
15 (richer, lower acid),
16 (yields down),
17 (higher acid)
Chablis vintages 2000, 2007, 2009 Best?
2007
2 monopole vineyards in Mercurey
Clos des Myglands (Faiveley), Clos des Rouelles (Chamirey)
Communes of Mercurey
Mercurey,
Saint Martin sous Montaigne
Aligote based wines
Bouzeron
Lieux dits of Morgon
Cote de Py,
Corcellette,
Douby
Blending grapes for Beaujolais blanc
aligote, chardonnay, melon
Style/assemblage passe-tout-grain
rouge, rose - min. 30% PN,
min. 15%gamay,
some whites must be co-fermented
Cremant de Bourgogne
PB,
PG,
CH,
gamay (only in beaujolais)
Chaufrettes
smudge pots - heat lamps
Aspersion
spraying the vines to prevent frost damage - must keep spraying until frost subsides
La Moutonne - unoffical
Long Depaquit - Albert Bichot (parcel straddling Vaudesir + Les Preuses)
Chablis GC different aspect
Blanchot - Southeastern
UGC - Union des Grands Crus de Chablis
est. 2000 - improve quality by increasing density (8,000 vine/ha),
banning machine harvesting,
15 months holding before release
Founder of the UGC?
Michel Laroche
Most common fermentation vessels in chablis
Stainless or cement
T or F,
228 L pieces are more common than traditional 132 L Feuillattes
True!
Who holds the most GC acreage in Chablis?
William Fevre
Best Chablis vintages of 10’s
12, 14, 17 (15 - low acid, 16 - variable but classic)
Best Chablis vintages of 00’s
02, 05, 10
Worst recent vintages Chablis
11 (too delicate), 04 (overcrop), 03 (too much alcohol), 01 (botrytis)
Producers of Irancy?
Benoit Cantin, Stephan Podor (Les Mazelots)
Strange grape permitted for Irancy?
Cesar - Corsican DNA
Producer of Grenouilles?
La Chablisinne
Saint bris - grapes
blanc, SB, SG, (SACY)
Producer of Saint Bris?
Goisot
Vezelay AOC grape
chardonnay
Montmains producers
Droin,
Dauvissat,
Fevre,
Tribut
Mercurey 1er Cru
Clos du Roy,
Clos Marcilly,
Montaigu
Julienas lieux dits
Pacalet,
les Chenes
Who produces cuvee Pi (3.14)
Jean Foillard (Cote de Py 100yr old vines)
Youngest Beaujolais cru
Regnier 1988
Yvon Metras based where?
Fleurie (funky, carbonic)
Fleurie Lieux Dit
Champagne, Grand Cour,
Catch-all still wine AOC - not claimed by many producers
Coteaux Bourguignon
Phillippe the Bold (1st Duke of Burgundy)
Ordered gamay to be pulled out
Wines from the Cru Beaujolais may be labeled ‘Bourgogne’
with the word ‘Gamay’ added- since 2011
Cesar and Tressot are only permitted in what department for rouge?
Yonne
Up to 15% white grapes from Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris are allowed in all Burgundy reds - T or F
TRUE!
Passetoutgrains rule chance in 2011
Now must be min. 30% PN and min.15% gamay (still almost 1/3 PN as was previous)
Cremant de Bourgogne longer aging designations
Eminent - 24 months,
Grand Eminent - 36 months
Melon de Bourgogne is allowed in which appellations?
Coteaux Bourguignons,
Cremant de Bourgogne
Who is Kir named for?
Canon Felix Kir - Mayor of Dijon from 1945-68
Montrecul is located where?
Dijon (women’s skirts lifted up on the slope)
Greatest area under vine in which area (not including Beaujolais), and highest output?
Grand Auxerrois
Petit chablis soil type
Portlandian (Tithonian)
Kimmeridgian fossils
Exogyra Virgula
Which AOP produces blanc levroute?
Vire Clesse - botrytis affected chardonnay
What river cuts through Chablis?
Serein
What are the white-wine only AOCs of the Cote Chalonnaise
Montagny, Bouzeron
What are the 4 communes of Pouilly Fuisse?
Chaintre,
Fuisse,
Solutre-Pouilly,
Vergisson
How many 1er Crus in Pouilly Fuisse?
22 (Aux Quarts - Chaintre; Les Vignes Blanches - Fuisse; Au Vignerais - Solutre; Sur la Roche - Vergisson)
What is the sweetest version of botrytised Vire Clesse called?
Demi sec (4-8 g), Blanc levroute (8-18 g RS)
1er Crus in Chablis
40 - 17 on the right bank
Worst hailstorm in chablis
recent - 11, ever - 1985
Grand Cru abc and max yield
11% , 54 hl
Training methods of Chablis
Guyot,
Cordon,
Chablis
Left bank of Serein vineyards face?
SE
Only 1er Cru in the Cote d’Or - East of RN 74
Clos Des Grands Vigne - Liger-Belair
Fourchaume Lieux Dits
L’Homme Mort - furthest back
Vaulorent,
Vaupulent - lowest
What is the soil of Moulin à Vent?
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
What are the soils of Morgon?
Roche Pourrie - iron/schist and basalt, also with granite
