Graves

Question 1

what was the final vintage of La Tour Haut Brion (classified for red)?

Answer 1

2005

Question 2

what was the final vintage of Laville Haut Brion (classified for white)?

Answer 2

2008

Question 3

where does the fruit from the former estates of La Tour Haut Brion and Laville Haut Brion now go?

Answer 3

La Chappelle de la Mission and

La Mission Haut Brion blanc, respectively

Question 4

ch Haut Bailly makes only_______________wine and it is located in the commune of_______________

Answer 4

red

Leognan

Question 5

in what commune is Smith Haut Lafitte?

Answer 5

Martillac

Question 6

which properties of Graves’ 1959 classification were for red wines only?

Answer 6

Haut Brion (Pessac)
Fieuzal (Leognan)
Haut Bailly (Leognan)
Pape Clement (Pessac)
Smith Haut Lafitte (Martillac)
La Mission Haut Brion
La Tour Haut Brion (Pessac), (discontinued after 2005 and absorbed into La Chappelle de la Mission Haut Brion)

Question 7

which properties of Graves’ 1959 classification were for white wines only?

Answer 7

Couhins (Villenave d'Ornon)
Couhins Lurton (Villenave d'Ornon)
Laville Haut Brion (Talence), (discontinued after 2008 and now used in a new La Mission Haut Brion blanc)

Question 8

what is Girolate?

Answer 8

a Merlot based wine from Entre Deux Mers, made by the Despagne family (of Ch. Tour de Mirambeau)

Question 9

what is Liber Pater?

Answer 9

an extremely low yielding, densely-planted vineyard in Graves which produces white, red and dessert wines in miniscule quantities at incredibly high prices. They are incorporating own-grafted pre-phylloxera Bordeaux varieties like Marselan, Tarney Coulant and Castet

Question 10

which properties in the 1959 Graves classification were for both red and white wines?

Answer 10

Château Bouscaut (Cadaujac)
Château Carbonnieux (Leognan)
Domaine de Chevalier (Leognan)
Château Latour-Martillac (Martillac)
Château Malartic-Lagravière (Leognan)
Château Olivier (Leognan)

Question 11

what was the first vintage of Ygrec?

Answer 11

1959