Practice Quiz #6 The Red Wines of Bordeaux Flashcards
What is the English word for Red Bordeaux Wine?
Claret
How many Appellations does Bordeaux have?
57
What approximate percentage of red wine does Bordeaux produce?
85% of Bordeaux wine is Red
15% is White
What are the Three Major Red Grapes that are grown in Bordeaux?
Merlot
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Franc
What Red Grape grows primarily on the “Left Bank” of Bordeaux?
Cabernet Sauvignon.
What Red Grape grows primarily on the “Right Bank” of Bordeaux?
Merlot
Name the three quality levels of Bordeaux Wine.
Bordeaux Appellation
Appellation Region
Region + Chateau
Approximately how many Wine-Producing Chateaux does Bordeaux have?
7,000
What percentage of Bordeaux wine costs between $8 and $25 retail?
80%
What year did Wine Brokers classify the best chateaux of the Medoc?
1855
How many chateaux did they classify?
61
What percentage do the Grand Crus Classes Chateaux represent of the total volume of Bordeaux?
Less than 5%
Name one Chateau from each of the Five Growths.
1st - Chateau Latour 2nd - Chateau Lascombes 3rd - Chateau Kirwan 4th - Chateau Talbot 5th - Chateau Dauzac
In what year were the wines of Graves first classified?
1959
In what year were the wines of St-Émillion first classifed?
1955
What is the primary red grape used in St-Émillion wine?
Merlot
Name three great recent vintages from the “Left Bank” of Bordeaux.
Any of these: '90 '95 '96 '00 '03 '05 '09 '10 '15
Name three great recent vintages of the “Right Bank” of Bordeaux.
Any of these: '90 '98 '00 '01 '05 '09 '10 '15
Name two Second-Label wines of classified Chateaux
Any of these: Carraudes de Lafite Le Petit Lion Le Petit Mouton Le'Espirit de Chevalier Réserve de la Comtasse
