Bordeaux

Question 1

These 3 AOC hug the eastern Garonne shore and soley produce sweet white wine

Answer 1

Loupiac AOC
Sainte-Croix-du-Mont AOC
Cadillac AOC

Question 2

Tell me about Cadillac AOC

Answer 2

Located on the eastern bank of Garonne (within Entre-deux-Mers). Produces sweet white wine.

Question 3

The satellites of St.-Emilion

Answer 3

Lussac
Montagne
Puisseguin
St.-Georges

Question 4

Difference between St.-Emilion and St.-Emilion Grand Cru

Answer 4

Separate AOCs covering the same ground. St Emilion Grand Cru has stricter standards

Question 5

Where are Fronsac, Canon-Fronsac, and Lalande-de-Pomerol located?

Answer 5

Right bank

Question 6

What is the Cotes de Bordeaux AOC?

Answer 6

AOC created to combine 5 disjointed regions under a more commercially marketable label

Question 7

5 subzones of Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 7

Blaye
Cadillac
Castillon
Francs
Sainte Foy

Question 8

How are the sweet wines of Bordeaux classified?

Answer 8

Classified in 1855. 27 chateaux total
Superior 1st growth (1)
1st growth (11)
2nd growth (15)

Question 9

How is Graves classified?

Answer 9

Graves was classified in 1953 and again in 1959. One category: cru classe

Question 10

The only classification system on the right bank

Answer 10

St.-Emilion Grand Cru Classe

Question 11

Tell me about St.-Emilion Grand Cru Classe

Answer 11

established 1954; reclassified every 10 years. Chateaux are ranked into grand cru classe and premier grand cru classe

Question 12

From 1152 to 1453 Bordeaux was ruled by…

Answer 12

England

Question 13

What are en primeur sales?

Answer 13

Yearly offering of Bordeaux wines as futures

Question 14

Why is Muscadelle only sparingly blended into white Bordeaux?

Answer 14

Muscadelle has intense floral characteristics; can overpower the blend

Question 15

What is the oak situation in Bordeaux?

Answer 15

Basic Bordeaux AOC - may only see brief oak in larger, used barrels. Top Chateaux in commune AOCs often age their reds for up to 2 years in new barriques

Question 16

What area does the Medoc AOC

Answer 16

The entire left bank upwards from Bordeaux

Question 17

Which 2nd growth Chateau was promoted in 1973?

Answer 17

Chateau Mouton-Rothschild

Question 18

What is Cru Artisan?

Answer 18

Classifcation grouping of small, family estates in the Medoc

Question 19

What is Cru Bourgeois?

Answer 19

Essentially a quality classification that is a step down from classed growths

Question 19

What is Cru Artisan?

Answer 19

Classifocation grouping of small, family estates in the Medoc

Question 19

What is Cru Artisan?

Answer 19

Classifocation grouping of small, family estates in the Medoc

Question 20

What are the levels of Cru Bourgeois?

Answer 20

Cru Bourgeois
Cru Bourgeois Superieur
Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel

Question 21

List the 8 Medoc AOCs

Answer 21

Medoc
Haut-Medoc
St.-Estephe
Pauillac
St.-Julien
Listrac
Moulis
Margaux

Question 22

Largest communal AOC

Answer 22

Margaux

Question 23

This communal AOC has the largest number of classed growths

Answer 23

Margaux

Question 24

This AOC has 3 1st growths

Answer 24

Pauillac

Question 25

What is boulbenes?

Answer 25

Mixture of sand, clay, and gravel

Question 26

t/f: Graves AOC covers both red and white

Answer 26

true

Question 27

Sweet wine AOCs on the right bank

Answer 27

Graves Superieur
Cerons
Barsac
Sauternes

Question 28

The two parent grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon

Answer 28

Cabernet Franc + Sauvignon Blanc

Question 29

Until recently it was quite difficult to ripen this grape in St Emilion and Pomerol

Answer 29

Cabernet Sauvignon