Trivia – France Flashcards

1
Q

Bordeaux vintages

  • hot and dry
  • frost
A

Hot and dry

  • 2003
  • 2005
  • 2016

Frost

  • 1956
  • 1991
  • 2017
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2
Q

Name of forest on left bank of Bordeaux

A

Landes

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3
Q

Names of rivers in Bordeaux

A

Garonne and Dordogne both flow into Gironde

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4
Q

Left bank Bordeaux soils

A

gravel ‘croupes’
+ clay, sand, minerals
- well draining, heat retaining

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5
Q

Right bank Bordeaux soils

A

more clay
+ limestone in Pomerol
- higher water-holding capacity, cooler

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6
Q

wood ageing for premium Bordeaux

A

18 to 24 months in barriques

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7
Q

training in Bordeaux

A

Left bank - doube Guyot

Right bank - single Guyot

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8
Q

1855 classification Bordeaux

A

60 chateaux

5 tiers

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9
Q

Saint Emilion Classification

A

Premier Grand Cru Classe A
Premier Grand Cru Classe B
Grand Cru Classe
Grand Cru

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10
Q

Cru Bourgeois du Medoc classification

A

level below Cru Classe, awarded annually to individual wines

Cru Bourgeois
Cru Bourgeois Superieur
Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

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11
Q

La Place de Bordeaux

A

Estate/Cooperative

Broker/Courtier 2%

Negociant 15%

Wholeseller

Retailer

Customer

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12
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Anjou and Touraine soils

A

sand, gravel, clay, limestone

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13
Q

Sancerre soils

A
Caillottes 
  - shallow soil over limestone
 - aromatic, less ageworthy
Terres Blanches
 - limestone + marl
 - structured, need time
Silex 
 - flint
 - accumulates heat, mineral, smoky
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14
Q

River flowing through Loire Valley

A

Layon

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15
Q

Training system req by AOC in Alsace

A

Guyot

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16
Q

Sweet styles in Alsace

A

Vendage Tardive (no botrytis req)

Selection de Grains Nobles (higher RS req)

  • Muscat, Riesling (lower RS), Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer
17
Q

Chablis soils

A

Petit Chablis
- Portlandian soils - hard limestone and clay

Chablis
- Kimmeridgian soil - limestone/clay with fossilized sea shells

Grand Cru
- crumbly marl with clay

18
Q

Training in Chablis

A

Double Guyot

- if one cane dies due to frost

19
Q

Hills creating Burgundy

A

Morvan Hills

20
Q

River flowing through Chablis

A

Serein

21
Q

Training in Burgundy

A

Cordon - Cordon de Royat - lower vigour, a lot of wood

Traditionally Guyot

Modern - Poussard-Guyot - same sap route (less wounds)

22
Q

Barrels used in Burgundy

A

Piece 228l

or 500-600l barrels

23
Q

Cap management techniques in Burgundy

A

Remontage (pump over)

Pigeage (punch down)

24
Q

Beaujolais soils

A

fast draining granite, schist and sand

25
Q

River in Beaujolais

A

Saone

26
Q

Pruning in Beaujolais

A

short - lower vigour, Mistral protection

27
Q

Beaujolais Nouveau

A

third Thursday of November

High SO2, bottles 3-5 days after ferment stops

28
Q

Wind affecting Beaujolais, Rhone and Provence

A

Mistral

29
Q

Wind affecting Alsace and Jurancon

A

Fohn

30
Q

Training in Northern Rhone

A

Single or doube Guyot

tied to poles ‘echalas’

31
Q

Soils of Chateauf-du-Pape

A

limestone, clay, sand, pebbles ‘galetes roules’

32
Q

Training in Southern Rhone

A

mostly bush vines - ideal for Grenache

33
Q

Rhone hierarchy AOC

A

Cotes du Rhone AOC
Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC
Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC + village name
Individual Cru

34
Q

Wind affecting Languedoc

A

Tramontane

- dry and cold (200 days a year)