FR_Bordeaux_Left Bank

Question 1

Bordeaux Left Bank Appellations
• 1st major four
• bottom 4

Answer 1

• MÉDOC (may-dock)
  
  • Bas Médoc
  • Haut Médoc (oh may-dock)
    
    • St-Estèph (sant ess-teff)
    • Pauillac (poh-ee-yack)
    • Saint-Julien (san Joo-lee-yun)
    • Listrac-Medoc (lee-strack may-dock)
    • Moulis-en-Medoc (moo-lee on may-dock)
    • Magaux (mar-go)
• GRAVES (grav)
  
  • Pessac-Léognan (pay-sac lay-own-yon)
  • Cérons (say roan)
  • Barsac (bar-sack)
  • Sauternes (so-tairn)

Question 2

The 5 first growths of Bordeaux

Answer 2

• Château Latour (Pauillac)
• Château Lafite Rothschild (Pauillac)
• Château Mouton Rothschild (Pauillac):
  elevated from second growth in 1973
• Château Margaux (Margaux)
• Haut-Brion (oh bree-yon): Pessac Léognan

Question 3

Margaux
• 2 Facts
• Number of 1st, 2nd, 3rd growths

Answer 3

• Shallower soils,
• Wines that are more elegant than
powerful
• 1, 5, 10

Question 4

Five Deuxièmes Crus
(doe-zyèm)

where they are from

Answer 4

• Château Montrose: Saint Estèph
• Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. (do-cru boo-cah-you): Saint Julien
•.Château Léoville-Las-Cases
(leo-vil las cause-uh): Saint Julien
• Château Léoville-Barton: Saint Julien
• Chateau Brane-Cantenac
(bran co-tuh-nack): Margaux

Question 5

Two Troisièmes Crus
(trwa-zyèm)

Answer 5

• Château Kirwan (keer-wan):
  margaux
• Château Palmer: margaux

Question 6

What happened in Bordeaux during the mid 1600s

Answer 6

The Dutch drained the left bank marshlands, exposing large mounds of gravel