Trivia – France Flashcards
Bordeaux vintages
- hot and dry
- frost
Hot and dry
- 2003
- 2005
- 2016
Frost
- 1956
- 1991
- 2017
Name of forest on left bank of Bordeaux
Landes
Names of rivers in Bordeaux
Garonne and Dordogne both flow into Gironde
Left bank Bordeaux soils
gravel ‘croupes’
+ clay, sand, minerals
- well draining, heat retaining
Right bank Bordeaux soils
more clay
+ limestone in Pomerol
- higher water-holding capacity, cooler
wood ageing for premium Bordeaux
18 to 24 months in barriques
training in Bordeaux
Left bank - doube Guyot
Right bank - single Guyot
1855 classification Bordeaux
60 chateaux
5 tiers
Saint Emilion Classification
Premier Grand Cru Classe A
Premier Grand Cru Classe B
Grand Cru Classe
Grand Cru
Cru Bourgeois du Medoc classification
level below Cru Classe, awarded annually to individual wines
Cru Bourgeois
Cru Bourgeois Superieur
Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
La Place de Bordeaux
Estate/Cooperative
Broker/Courtier 2%
Negociant 15%
Wholeseller
Retailer
Customer
Anjou and Touraine soils
sand, gravel, clay, limestone
Sancerre soils
Caillottes - shallow soil over limestone - aromatic, less ageworthy Terres Blanches - limestone + marl - structured, need time Silex - flint - accumulates heat, mineral, smoky
River flowing through Loire Valley
Layon
Training system req by AOC in Alsace
Guyot