Médoc AOC/P

Question 0

The Médoc AOP department encompasses which 2 regional departments?

Answer 0

Haute-Médoc (South) & Bas-Médoc (North)

Question 1

In what year was Haute-Médoc established?

Answer 1

1936

Question 2

If the 123 acres in the Médoc AOP planted to white grapes, what percentage of these are used in AOP Médoc wines?

Answer 2

0%. Médoc AOP wines must be red.

Question 3

Which of the 6 allowed red grape varietals grows best in the Bas-Médoc and why?

Answer 3

Merlot due to clay-rich soils.

Question 4

Who commissioned the 1855 Classification of Bordeaux?

Answer 4

Emperor Napoleon III for exposure in the Universal Exposition in Paris later that year.

Question 5

Name the only non-Médoc Chateau included in the 1855 Classification.

Answer 5

Chateau Haut-Brion in Graves (1st Growth).

Question 6

The only major change to the 1855 Classification came in what year? Name the property affected.

Answer 6

1973. Chateau Mouton-Rothschild (2nd to 1st Growth).

Question 7

Name the 2 other quality designations in Bordeaux and in what year they became official.

Answer 7

Cru Artisan (2002)
Cru Bourgeois (2003) was eliminated, and reinstated in 2008, but only as a guarantor of quality.

Question 8

The 2003 Cru Bourgeois classification included 3 tiers. Name them.

Answer 8

Exceptionnel
Supérieurs
Bourgeois

Question 9

In what year what the 2003 Cru Bourgeois Classification eliminated?

Answer 9

2007

Question 10

Name 4 Chateaux listed as Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel before the 2007 annulment.

Answer 10

Chasse-Spleen
Les Ormes-de-Pez
Siran
Phélan Ségur

Question 11

How many chateaux could use the Cru Artisan designation?

Answer 11

44 throughout Médoc appellations.

Question 12

Name the Haute-Médoc communes.

Answer 12

St-Éstephe
St-Julien
Pauillac
Margaux
Listrac-Médoc
Moulis-en-Médoc

Question 13

What is the Médoc AOP wine release date?

Answer 13

June 15

Question 14

What is the minimum potential ABV allowed in the Haute-Médoc AOP?
Minimum Must Weight?
Minimum Plant Density?
Maximum Residual Sugar?
Maximum Yields?

Answer 14

11%
180 g/l (Merlot 189 g/l)
6,500 vines/hectare
3 g/l
55 hl/ha