Burgundy General Flashcards

1
Q

First producer in Cote d’Or to adopt biodynamics

A

Jean Claude Rateau

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2
Q

Can CG Nuit/Beaun wines be chaptalized?

A

Yes

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3
Q

What is Fermage

A

Leasing of Land

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4
Q

What bug is blamed for pyrazines in 04 and 11?

A

Ladybug taint

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5
Q

What is the largest village aop in Cote d’Or

A

Gevery Chambertin

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6
Q

Who produces Musigny blanc?

A

Comte George de Vogue

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7
Q

What year was the Napoleonic code issued? And what was it?

A

1804
Land had to be divided equally amongst heirs

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8
Q

What is Meyatage

A

Sharecropping

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9
Q

What is fermage

A

leasing

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10
Q

Cesar may only be grown in this department for Bourgogne AOP

A

Yonne

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11
Q

What is the assemblage for Bourgogne blanc AOP

A

Chardonnay
Pinot Blanc

Max 30% Pinot Gris

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12
Q

How many Grand Crus in Cote de Nuits

A

24

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13
Q

Bourgogne Passe tout Grains encepagement

A

30% Pinot Noir min
15% Gamay min

must be vinified together

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14
Q

What is Bourgogne Mousseux

A

Sparkling red from the 1820s, but stilled produced

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15
Q

Where did Phylloxera hit first in Burgundy

A

Morgon- 1874
Meursault- 1878
Chablis- 1887

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16
Q

When was the confrerie des chevaliers du tastevin founded

A

1934 in Vougeot

17
Q

What producer introduced cold soaking

A

Henri Jayer

18
Q

When was legally lute raisonee defined

A

2002

19
Q

In 1441 Philip the Good ordered this

A

All vines east of Dijon be ripped out of the flatlands

20
Q

This designation allows for Gamay in Basic Bourgogne

A

Coteaux Bourguignons AOP

21
Q

Largest monopole in Burgundy

A

Clos de la Marechale 1er Cru

NSG, Fredric Mugnier

22
Q

What is ‘en foule’ meani

A

En Goblet trained vineyards, not used anymore

23
Q

What is provinage

A

Air layering in which the rooting medium is bound to the plant rather than enclosed

24
Q

Departements of Burgundy

A

Yonne
Cote d’Ore
Saone et Loire
Rhone

25
Q

Sacy is only authorized for this

A

sparkling wine

26
Q

How much acreage is planted to Cesar in burgundy

A

10ha

27
Q

What are the parent grapes of Chardonnay

A

Gouais blanc x Pinot

28
Q

Who banned gamay in Burgundy

A

Phillip the Bold
1395

29
Q

Definition of a lieux-dit

A

Named single vineyard on one contiguous parcel within a single commune

30
Q

Average July-Aug tem in Burgundy

A

68F

31
Q

Slimmest place in Cote d’Or

A

slope between communes of Corgoloin and Ladoix Serrigny

32
Q

Wettest month in Burgundy

A

May

33
Q

When was Gamay disqualified for general Bourgogne AOP rouge and rose wines?

A

2011

34
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