Theory General Flashcards
Burgundy Villages North to South
Chablis Cote d'Or Cote Challonnaise Cote Maconnais Beaujolais
Burgundy Villages Cote de Nuits
Marsannay Gevrey Chambertin Morey St. Denis Chambolle-Musigny Vougeot Vosne-Romanee
Burgundy Villages Cote de Beaune
Aloxe-Corton Pommard Volnay Meursault Saint-Aubin Puligny-Montrachet Chassagne-Montrachet
Burgundy Villages Cote Challonnaise
Bouzeron Rully Mercurey Givry Montagny
Burgundy Villages Cote Maconnais
Macon
Saint-Veran
Pouilly-Fuisse
Chablis Grand Crus
Blanchot Bougros Les Clos Grenouilles Preuses Valmur Vaudesir
Burgundy Grand Crus
Chambertin - Gevrey-Chambertin
Anything Chambertin - Gevrey-Chambertin
Bonnes-Mares - Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de la Roche - Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de Lambrays - Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de Tart - Morey-Saint-Denis Clos Saint-Denis - Morey-Saint-Denis
Bonnes-Mares - Chambolle-Musigny
Musigny - Chambolle-Musigny
Clos de Vougeot - Vougeot
Echezeaux - Flagey-Echezeaux
Grands Echezeaux - Flagey-Echezeaux
La Grande Rue - Vosne-Romanee La Romanee - Vosne-Romanee La Tache - Vosne-Romanee Richebourg - Vosne-Romanee Romanee-Conti - Vosne-Romanee Romanee-Saint-Vivant - Vosne-Romanee
Corton - Pernand-Vergelesses
Charlemagne - Pernand-Vergelesses
Corton-Charlemagne - Ladoix Serrigny
Batard-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Chevalier-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Criots-Batard-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Bordeaux Crus
First Growths (1er Cru Classé)
Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac Chateau Latour, Pauillac Chateau Margaux, Margaux Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac, Graves Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac [promoted in 1973]
Second Growths (2ème Cru Classé)
Chateau Rauzan-Segla, Margaux Chateau Rauzan-Gassies, Margaux Chateau Leoville-Las Cases, St-Julien Chateau Leoville-Poyferre, St-Julien Chateau Leoville-Barton, St-Julien Chateau Durfort-Vivens, Margaux Chateau Gruaud-Larose, St-Julien Chateau Lascombes, Margaux Chateau Brane-Cantenac, Margaux Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron, Pauillac Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien Chateau Cos d’Estournel, St-Estèphe Chateau Montrose, St-Estèphe
Third Growths (3ème Cru Classé)
Chateau Kirwan, Margaux Chateau d’Issan, Margaux Chateau Lagrange, St-Julien Chateau Langoa Barton, St-Julien Chateau Giscours, Margaux Chateau Malescot St Exupery, Margaux Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux Chateau Boyd-Cantenac, Margaux Chateau Palmer, Margaux Chateau La Lagune, Haut-Medoc Chateau Desmirail, Margaux Chateau Dubignon, Margaux Chateau Calon-Segur, St-Estèphe Chateau Ferrière, Margaux Chateau Marquis d’Alesme Becker, Margaux
Fourth Growths (4ème Cru Classé)
Chateau Saint-Pierre, St-Julien Chateau Talbot, St-Julien Chateau Branaire-Ducru, St-Julien Chateau Duhart-Milon, Pauillac Chateau Pouget, Margaux Chateau La Tour Carnet, Haut-Medoc Chateau Lafon-Rochet, St-Estèphe Chateau Beychevelle, St-Julien Chateau Prieure-Lichine, Margaux Chateau Marquis de Terme, Margaux
Fifth Growths (5ème Cru Classé)
Chateau Pontet-Canet, Pauillac Chateau Batailley, Pauillac Chateau Haut-Batailley, Pauillac Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac Chateau Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Pauillac Chateau Lynch-Bages, Pauillac Chateau Lynch-Moussas, Pauillac Chateau Dauzac, Margaux Chateau d’Armailhac, Pauillac Chateau du Tertre, Margaux Chateau Haut-Bages-Liberal, Pauillac Chateau Pedesclaux, Pauillac Chateau Belgrave, Haut-Medoc Chateau de Camensac, Haut-Medoc Chateau Cos Labory, St-Estèphe Chateau Clerc-Milon, Pauillac Chateau Croizet Bages, Pauillac Chateau Cantemerle, Haut-Medoc [added in 1856]
Champagne NM/RM/RC/CM/SR/ND/MA
NM : Négociant manipulant. A person or legal entity that buys grapes, grape must or wine to make Champagne on their own premises and market it under their own label.
All of the big Champagne Houses belong in this category.
RM : Récoltant manipulant. A grower who makes and markets Champagne under their own label, from grapes exclusively sourced from their own vineyards and processed on their own premises.
RC : Récoltant-coopérateur. A cooperative-grower who markets co-op produced Champagne under their own label.
CM : Coopérative de manipulation. A wine co-op that markets Champagne made from members’ grapes.
SR : Société de Récoltants. A family firm of growers that makes and markets Champagne under its own label, using grapes sourced from family vineyards.
ND : Négociant distributeur. A distributor who buys in finished bottles of Champagne for labelling on their own premises.
MA : Marque d’Acheteur. An ‘own brand’ wine label produced exclusively for one client (supermarket, celebrity or other).
These initials form part of Champagne labelling requirements and must be used on every bottle of Champagne. See page ‘Reading a Champagne label’.
Champagne bottle size
25.36oz in one champagne bottle
fills 6 glasses
Wine 5 glasses
Magnum: 1.5L (2 bottles of Champagne)
Jeroboam: 3L (4 bottles of Champagne)
Methuselah: 6L (8 bottles of Champagne)
Salmanazar: 9L (12 bottles of Champagne)
Balthazar: 12L (16 bottles of Champagne)
Nebuchadnezzar: 15L (20 bottles of Champagne)
Solomon: 18L (24 bottles of Champagne)
Sovereign: 26.25L (35 bottles of Champagne)
Primat: 27L (36 bottles of Champagne)
Melchizedek: 30L (40 bottles of Champagne)
Meritage?
Meritage is a name for red and white Bordeaux-style wines without infringing on the Bordeaux (France) region’s legally protected designation of origin. Winemakers must license the Meritage trademark from its owner, the California-based Meritage Alliance.
Australia wine map
Western Aus
Margaret River
South Aus
Clare / Eden / Barossa / Adelaide / Mclaren Vale
Victoria
Rutherglen / Mornington Peninsula / Yarra Valley
New South Wales
Hunter Valley
Riverina
Tasmania
Argentina
Salta Tucuman Catamarca La Rioja San Juan Mendoza: Maipo / Lujan de Cuyo / Uco Valley Patagonia
Chile
Atacama Region Coquimbo Region Aconcagua Region Central Valley Region: Maipo Valley / Cachapoal valley, Rapel vallye, Colchagua Valley, Curico Valley, Maule Valley South Region Austral Region
Champagne
Montagne de Reims: Pinot Noir Vallee de la Marne: Pinot Meunier Cote des Blancs: Chardonnay (Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Oiry) Cote de Sezanne: Chardonnay
Loire
Pays Nantais: Muscadet
Muscadet Sevre et Maine
Anjou-Saumur: Chenin / Cab Franc / Gamay Savennieres Anjou Saumur Quarts de Chaume Bonnezeaux
Tourraine: Chenin / Cab Franc, Sauv Blanc / Chard
Chinon
Bourgueil
Centre: Sauv Blanc, Pinot, Gamay, Chard
Pouilly Fume
Sancerre
Northern Rhone
Cote Rotie Condrieu Saint Joseph Hermitage Crozes Hermitage Cornas
Southern Rhone
Cote du Rhone Rasteau Gigondas Vacqueyras Chateauneuf du Pape Lirac Tavel (all rose) Beaumes de Venise
Germany
Sachsen Saale-Unstrut Ahr Mosel Franken Rheingau Rheinhessen Nahe Hessische Bergstrasse Pfalz Wuerttemberg Baden
Italy
Trentino-Alto Adige
Lombardy Fanciacorta
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Veneto
Piedmont
Emilia-Romagna
Tuscany
Le Marche
Umbria
Abruzzo
Lazio
Campania
Puglia
Basilicata
Calabria
Sicily
Sardegna
Trentino-Alto Adige
Trento Doc
Pinot Grigio
Gewurz
Muller-Thurgau
Lombardy
Franciacorta
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Pinot Grigio
Merlot
Cab Franc
Veneto
Prosecco Soave (Garganega) Valpolicella Merlot Pinot Grigio
