Graves Flashcards
minimum must weight, max yields Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons, AOP
221 g/l
45 g/l rs
Sauternes and Barsac max yield: 25hl/ha
Cerons max yield: 40hl/ha
biodynamic producer of Sauternes
Chateau Climens
Oldest estate in Graves?
Chateau Pape Clement (1306)
Years D’Yquem didnt produce wine
2012
92
74
Styles and encepagement of Bordeaux Blanc
Min 70% Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Gris and Muscadelle
Max 30% combined Ugni blanc, Merlot Blanc and Colombard
When was Pessac Leognan granted AOP
1987
Graves AOP north to south
Pessac Leognan
Graves
Cerons
Barsac
Sauternes
Why is Cordon Training preferred in Sauternes and sweet wine appelations as opposed to Guyot?
cordon-training produces smaller berries that attract botrytis.
Guyot is not used as it produces larger berries that attract grey rot.
Do white wines of Bordeaux undergo malolactic fermentation?
No, except in the most acidic of vintages
Soil of Graves
Boulbenes: Sand, gravel and light clay
What year were Graves wines first classified?
1953,
Last classification 1959
Communes of Pessac Leognan
Pessac
Leognan
Cadaujac
Canejan
Gradignan
Martillac
Mérignac
Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans
Talence
Villenave-d’Ornons
These rivers create Bortytis cinerea in Sauternes
Ciron (Cooler)
Garonne (Warmer)
Autumn afternoon humidity
Who produces Creme de Tete? (Sauternes)
Chateau Gillette, decades in concrete vats
Sweet wine appellations on garonne river (Left Bank) North to South (CBS)
Cerons
Barsac
Sauternes
First vintage of Ygrec
Dry white of D’Yquem
1959
Labeled as Bordeaux or Bordeaux Superior
Which Graves Chateau produced its last vintage in 2008
Laville Haut Brion in Graves
Graves extends from Bordeaux on the Western bank of the Garonne River to this town
Langon, South of Sauternes
What is the most historic part of Graves and the most important
Northern part of Graves, closer to Bordeaux
This separates Graves from the sea
Landes forest
Soils of Northern vs Southern Graves
Northern Graves: croupes and decomposed granite
Southern Graves: sand and limestone
(like western loire vs eastern loire)
Graves Supérieures AOP is this style of wine
Only sweet wine production
34 g/l RS
221 g/l must weight
Max yield: 40 hl/ha
in 1959 Graves, how many classified Chateaux were included
15: seven red wine only
two whites
six for both
What two houses did Chateau Couhins (Pessac-Léognan) split into in 1968?
Smaller portion sold to André Lurton called Chateau Couhins-Lurton
(became the president of the Syndicat de Hautes Graves and pressed for a Northern Graves AOC (Became Pessac-Leognan in 1987)
Final vintage of Chateau La Tour Haut Brion (Classified for Red Wine)
2005
Chateau La Tour Haut-Brion and Chateau Laville Haut Brion now supply fruit for a second wine and white wine under this label
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
Pessac Leognan is between these cities
Martillac and Mérignac
Sauternes is planted along the left bank of this river
Garonne
What year did Chateau d’Yquem have 11 tries in the vineyards, only to reject the final wine
1974
Why is sulfur dioxide important in the wines of Sauternes?
Helps mitigate volatile acidity which is always a threat
Is chaptalization legal in Sauternes?
Yes, as is cryoextraction
First year of Ygrec white wine from D’Yquem
1959
Last yearly vintage 2004
These communes are just North of Barsac and entitled to make sweet wines under Cérons AOP or dry white and red wines labeled Graves
Cérons
Podensac
Illats
What year did Cérons become AOP
1936
Most producers in Cérons AOP make wines in this style
Dry white and red wines labeled Graves. Cheaper and less involved than Botrytis affected wines
