Graves

Question 1

Graves is not as ___ as the Médoc, but it is _____

Answer 1

Not as long

Wider

Question 2

Drainage in Graves is ____

Answer 2

Great

Reliable wines in wet years

Question 3

Topography of Graves

Answer 3

Series of gravel mounds (like the Médoc)

Question 4

Deepest gravel in Graves found in which AOC?

Answer 4

Pessac Léognan

Question 5

Pessac Léognan became an AOC in which year?

Answer 5

1987

Question 6

Moeulleux sugar levels

Answer 6

4-45 g/l

Question 7

Dry white wines in Graves: Sauvignon Blanc or Sémillon?

Answer 7

Mostly Sauvignon Blanc

Question 8

Sweet white wines in Graves: mostly Sémillon or Sauvignon Blanc?

Answer 8

Mostly Sémillon

Question 9

Breakdown of red Vs white in Graves

Answer 9

75% red, 25% white

Question 10

Approx number of producers in Pessac Léognan

Answer 10

70

Question 11

Land under vine in Pessac Léognan

Answer 11

1,570 ha

Question 12

Best soil types in Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons

Answer 12

Gravel mounds atop clay

Question 13

French word for stakes used in Barsac vineyard

Answer 13

Carrassons

Question 14

5 communes of Sauternes

Answer 14

Sauternes
Barsac
Fargues
Bommes
Preignac

Question 15

Land under vine in Sauternes AOC

Answer 15

2,385 ha

Question 16

Barsac located at the confluence of which two rivers

Answer 16

Ciron

Garonne

Question 17

Name the low flat plateau in South of Barsac

Answer 17

Haut Barsac

Question 18

Soil makeup on Haut Barsac plateau

Answer 18

Clay limestone atop red Mindelian sand atop starfish limestone

Question 19

Reason that Cérons can ripen red grapes?

Answer 19

Lots of gravel

Question 20

Running north to south what order do you encounter Cérons, Sauternes and Barsac

Answer 20

CBS

Cérons - Barsac - Sauternes

Sauternes - S - most southerly