Bordeaux

Question 1

Primary red grapes from Right Bank

Answer 1

Merlot - 70%

Cabernet Franc- 30%

Question 2

of wine appellations

Answer 2

57

Question 3

3 quality levels

Answer 3

Bordeaux
Region
Region + Chateau

Question 4

Approx. # of wine-producing chateaux

Answer 4

7000

Question 5

7 sub-regions/AOCs

Answer 5

Haut-Medoc AOC
Saint-Estephe AOC
Pauillac AOC
Saint-Julien AOC
Listrac-Medoc AOC
Moulis-en-Medoc AOC
Margaux AOC

Question 6

2 main Right Bank AOCs

Answer 6

Pomerol

Saint-Emilion

Question 7

Primary grape of the Left Bank

Answer 7

Cabernet Sauvignon - 70%

Question 8

Left Bank main AOC

Answer 8

Medoc

Question 9

3 white grapes

Answer 9

Semillon
Sauvignon Blanc
Muscadelle

Question 10

Entre-Deux-Mers wine type produced

Answer 10

White wine only

Question 11

“Entre-Deux-Mers” translation

Answer 11

“Between two seas” (which are actually Rivers)

Question 12

Year the best chateaux of the Medoc were classified

Answer 12

1855

Question 13

of chateaux classified in the Official Classification of the Medoc

Answer 13

61

Question 14

Chateau from each of the 5 growths in the Official Classification of the Medoc

Answer 14

1st: Chateau Margaux
2nd: Leoville-Barton
3rd: Palmer
4th: Prieure-Lichine
5th: Lynch-Bages

Question 15

Year the Graves wines were first classified

Answer 15

1959

Question 16

2 second-label wines of classified chateaux

Answer 16

Les Forts de Latour (latour)
Petit Mouton (mouton-rothschild)

Question 17

3 Classified Chateaux in Graves

Answer 17

Chateau Haut-Brion
Chateau Carbonnieux
Chateau Olivier

Question 18

“Chateaux” definition

Answer 18

An estate under single ownership

Question 19

Climate

Answer 19

Maritime

Question 20

Saint-Emilion classification levels

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Grand Cru meaning is _____ between the 2 Banks

Answer 21

Different

Question 22

Sub-region Chateau Lafite is produced in

Answer 22

Pauillac

Question 23

Chateau Cheval Blanc

Answer 23

A wine producer in Saint-Emilion
Translates to “white horse castle”
1 of 4 to earn highest rank in the classification

Question 24

Left Bank’s best vintage

Answer 24

1996

Question 25

Chateau d’yquem region

Answer 25

Sauternes

Question 26

5 major grapes (red and white)

Answer 26

``` Sauvignon Blanc Semillon Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc ```

Question 27

% of red wine produced

Answer 27

89%

Question 28

Enter-Deux-Mers AOC

Answer 28

Large subregion of Bordeaux in SW France