Practice Quiz #6 The Red Wines of Bordeaux

Question 1

What is the English word for Red Bordeaux Wine?

Answer 1

Claret

Question 2

How many Appellations does Bordeaux have?

Answer 2

57

Question 3

What approximate percentage of red wine does Bordeaux produce?

Answer 3

85% of Bordeaux wine is Red

15% is White

Question 4

What are the Three Major Red Grapes that are grown in Bordeaux?

Answer 4

Merlot
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Franc

Question 5

What Red Grape grows primarily on the “Left Bank” of Bordeaux?

Answer 5

Cabernet Sauvignon.

Question 6

What Red Grape grows primarily on the “Right Bank” of Bordeaux?

Answer 6

Merlot

Question 7

Name the three quality levels of Bordeaux Wine.

Answer 7

Bordeaux Appellation
Appellation Region
Region + Chateau

Question 8

Approximately how many Wine-Producing Chateaux does Bordeaux have?

Answer 8

7,000

Question 9

What percentage of Bordeaux wine costs between $8 and $25 retail?

Answer 9

80%

Question 10

What year did Wine Brokers classify the best chateaux of the Medoc?

Answer 10

1855

Question 11

How many chateaux did they classify?

Answer 11

61

Question 12

What percentage do the Grand Crus Classes Chateaux represent of the total volume of Bordeaux?

Answer 12

Less than 5%

Question 13

Name one Chateau from each of the Five Growths.

Answer 13

1st - Chateau Latour
2nd - Chateau Lascombes
3rd - Chateau Kirwan
4th - Chateau Talbot
5th - Chateau Dauzac

Question 14

In what year were the wines of Graves first classified?

Answer 14

1959

Question 15

In what year were the wines of St-Émillion first classifed?

Answer 15

1955

Question 16

What is the primary red grape used in St-Émillion wine?

Answer 16

Merlot

Question 17

Name three great recent vintages from the “Left Bank” of Bordeaux.

Answer 17

Any of these:
'90
'95
'96
'00
'03
'05
'09
'10
'15

Question 18

Name three great recent vintages of the “Right Bank” of Bordeaux.

Answer 18

Any of these:
'90
'98
'00
'01
'05
'09
'10
'15

Question 19

Name two Second-Label wines of classified Chateaux

Answer 19

Any of these:
Carraudes de Lafite
Le Petit Lion
Le Petit Mouton
Le'Espirit de Chevalier
Réserve de la Comtasse