Let's Beaune Flashcards
What’s in between Meursault and SaintRomain?
What’s to the top left of Volnay?
Auxey-Durresses
Monthelie
Villages bordering Aloxe-Corton
Clockwise from bottom right:
Ladoix Serrigny
Chorey les Beaune
Pernand-Verglesses
What’s above/below Pommard
Beaune
Volnay
Premier Crus in Santenay that you should give a shit about
Les Gravieres (named for gravel)
Clos de Tavannes (baddest motherfucker of them all)
Lacomme
all closer to Chassagne
Comme on the border, Tavannes below, Gravieres to the left of Tavannes
Three communes of Maranges
Known more for…
Dezize Cheilly Sampigny all with "Les-Maranges" "Les" means "near" More reds than whites Maron in front of apartment, Desiesed Shelly shell is there Sam pushing pen into his knee
Which Grand Cru is Remilly super dooper close to?
Where do the hills of St. Aubin’s best Premier Crus face?
Chevalier Montrachet
South
Kick ass St Aubin Premier Crus
En Remilly
Les Murgers des Dents de Chien
La Chateniere
All southwest of Gamay.
Chateniere a south facing strip nearest,
Murgers on the border of Puligny with En Remilly to its South
The names and portions of the Grand Crus in Chassagne
Half of Montrachet (called Le Montrachet on this side)
About half of Batard
All of Criots
Two of the soils in Cassagne and their significance. Examples of Crus with both soils
Limestone (white wine friendly)
The Grand Crus, as well as Blanchot Dessus
Red Clay (red friendly)
Clos St-Jean, Morgeot (a big ass commune with fifteen premier crus inside of it)
Breakdown of Montrachet Grand Cru styles
Chevalier is precise
Batard is less elegant but still formidable
Criot/Bienvenues hold deeper soils and a fat style
Le Montrachet is golden droplets of perfect la tee da. Succulent and precise at the same time.
Which Puligny Premiers Crus could be considered Grand Cru level
Le Cailleret next to Montrachet (parcells actually added to Montrachet in 1939 and 1974)
Les Pucelles next to Bienvenues
What/where is Les Demoiselles?
A climat in Le Cailleret. Latour/Jadot’s holdings here were bumped up to Grand Cru status
Who is the largest holder of Montrachet AOP?
The Marquis de Laguiche family. 2 Hectares or 25%. Drouhin produces the wine
What does “rachet” mean?
Infertile
What is Cuvee la Cabotte?
A lieu-dit bottling by Bouchard Pere et Fils in Chevalier
What shitty happened at Leflaive recently? Who is the wine maker for Leflaive
Anne-Claud-Leflaive passed away. Brice de la Morandiere took over. Pierre Morey made the wines until 2008 when Eric Remy took over.
Which wines made in Blagny must be declared as Blagny AOP?
Red wines. White are declared as Puligny or Meursault depending on which commune they fall inside of
List of vineyards close to Volnay that amend their names to Volnay 1er cru when making red
Les Santenots du Milieu
Les Santenots Blancs
Les Plures
What does “tacheron” mean?
Vignerons who are paid to manage vineyards as sort of freelancers.
Who holds a monopole in Clos des Perrieres?
Vineyards surrounding Clos des Perrieres
Domain Albert Grivault. Homeboy is trying to bump it up to Grand Cru.
-Pierrieres Dessus (south/west/north west)
-Charmes Dessus
(East)
South to north from Puligny border list exceptional Meursault Premiers Crus
Les Perries east, Les Charmes west, Les Genevrieres north of Charmes
What are “deuxiemes crus”
Name a few important ones along with relevant information.
Non Premiers Crus that still show exceptional quality.
- Tillets (High above the slopes of genevries, Domain Roulot rocks it out)
- Narvaux (just south of Tillets)
- Clos de Barre (just north of Meursault, monopole of lafon)
- Tesson (middle of the appelation, north east Tillets)
Who owns Domain d’Auvenay and where is it located?
Lalou Bize-Leroy
Saint-Romain
Name a lieu dits of Les Gravieres Santennay
Noyer Bart, mentioned by Jules Lavalle (along with Clos de Tavannes) as tete de cuvee #2
Top vineyard of Santennay and a Producer
Clos de Tavannes
Pousse d Or from Volnay
Two producers from Santenay
Lucien Muzard
Roger Belland
difference between domain leflaive and Olivier leflaive
Olivier is Anne Claude’s cousin who started Negociant
What is Selection Massale?
Selection Massale is the French term for selecting the best vines in a vineyard and propagating them through cuttings
How many hectares of GC Montrachet in Chassagne
Criots Batard 1.6ha (all)
Le Montrachet 8ha
Batard Montrachet 12ha
Subsoil and top soil Chassagne
bathonian limestone subsoil
“topped with limestone debris