Left Bank

Question 1

What year was the INAO formed?

Answer 1

1935

Question 2

What grapes used in Bordeaux do not have a genetic link to any of the others used there?

Answer 2

Petit Verdot (Tressot / Duras) 
Muscadelle (Gouais blanc and ?)

Question 3

What disease is Merlot most susceptible to in Bordeaux?

Answer 3

Eutypa dieback and esca
Merlot ripens earlier (2 weeks)
Stuggles in warm years as it has 16%
63% of plantings

Question 4

What are the 3 regional AOP that apply to the entire region?

Answer 4

Bordeaux AOP
Bordeaux Supérieur AOP
Crémant de Bordeaux AOP

Question 5

What are jalles?

Answer 5

Stone drainage ditches (canals) the Dutch built to drain the Medoc.

Question 6

What was the first Chateau to have written documentation?

Answer 6

Haut Brion - 1660

cellar notes for King Charles II

Question 7

What wineries was Alexander de Gasq the sole owner of?

Answer 7

Leoville Barton
Leoville las Cases
Leoville Poyferre
Palmer
1730's

Question 8

What year did Malbec arrive in Bordeaux?

Answer 8

1730

Cahors vigneron started Château de Pressac

Question 9

When was the measurement of a barrique adopted as 225ltr?

Answer 9

1860’s

Question 10

What regulation was established in 1764 for shipping Bordeaux wines?

Answer 10

barrels had to have chateau name and commune on it.

Question 11

In 2015 what changes were made to the classification of the Liv Ex Classification?

Answer 11

La Mission Haut-Brion UP to 1st

Palmer / Lynch-Bages / Pontet-Canet
dropped to 2nd

Question 12

When did Iodium 1st appear in Bordeaux?

Answer 12

1852
in Sauternes
Phyloxera 1886
Pernospera 1880’s

Question 13

What are the top 4 platings for red grapes in Bordeaux?

Answer 13

merlot
cab sauv
cab franc
VILLARD NOIR
hybrid of  Le Subereux and Chancellor
Or 
Siebel 6905 and 7053

Question 14

What was the first Chateau to do “Estate” bottling?

Answer 14

Mouton Rothschild 1924

Question 15

What year did Chateau bottling become law?

Answer 15

1972

Question 16

What well known California winery used to bottle and sell Bordeaux wines in California?

Answer 16

Ridge

Question 17

What is the bio dynamic estate of the left bank?

Answer 17

Chateau Ponte Canet

Question 18

What is the only Sauternes to embrace bio dynamics?

Answer 18

Chateau Climent

Question 19

What is the Jalle de Breuil?

Answer 19

Dividing line between Cos d’Estournel and Lafite in Pauillac.

Question 20

What are croupes?

Answer 20

Gravel outcrops found in the Medoc. Important for retaining heat to help grapes ripen.

Question 21

What are the communes of production for AOP Pauillac?

Answer 21

Cissac-Médoc
Pauillac
Saint-Estèphe
Saint-Julien-Beychevelle
Saint-Sauveur

Question 22

What area the communes of production for Saint Julien AOP

Answer 22

Saint-Julien-Beychevelle
Cussac-Fort-Médoc
Pauillac
Saint-Laurent-Médoc

Question 23

What communes of production do Saint Julien and Pauillac share?

Answer 23

Pauillac

Saint-Julien-Beychevelle

Question 24

What AOP has the highest proportion of classified vineyards in the Medoc?

Answer 24

Saint Julien

11 classified

Question 25

What are the communes of production for the Margaux AOP?

Answer 25

Cantenac
Labarde
Arsac
Margaux
Soussans

Question 26

Which AOP of th Medoc has the highest number of classified growths?

Answer 26

Margaux (21)

Question 27

Which AOP was the last granted in the Medoc?

Answer 27

Listrac (1957)

Question 28

What is the assemblage for Cotes du Blaye AOP?

Answer 28

min 50% combined 
Colombard
Ugni Blanc
\+ Muscadelle / Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Gris / Sémillon