Bordeaux Flashcards
Name the communes of Margaux.
Margaux
Cantenac
Soussans
Arsac
Labarde
What style of wine is produced under the Bordeaux Haut Benauge Blanc AOP designation?
Off dry white.
What style is produced in Premiers-Côtes-de-Bordeaux?
Sweet white wine appellation in Entre-Deux-Mers
Name the satellites of Saint-Émilion.
Lussac
Montagne
Puisseguin
Saint-Georges
Name the satellite of Pomerol.
Lalande-de-Pomerol
Which years was Yquem not produced?
1910, 1915, 1930, 1951, 1952, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1992, and 2012.
When was Château Yquem’s Ygrec first produced?
1959
What is the ‘buttonière’?
An area of deep blue clay at Pomerol’s highest and easternmost point, spanning just 20 hectares. Petrus is centered on this unique soil, upheaved through the gravel and iron pan of the plateau, and it extends into the Saint-Émilion vineyards of Château Cheval Blanc, southeast of the estate.
Allowed wine style in Côtes de Blaye AOP?
Blanc Sec: 60-90% combined Colombard and Ugni Blanc; plus Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris and Sémillon.
Communes of production in Sauternes?
Barsac
Sauternes
Fargues
Preignac
Bommes
What divides Cos d’Estournel from Lafite?
Jalle de Breuil
What are the regions of the Right Bank?
Blaye/ Côtes de Blaye
Bourg/ Côtes de Bourg
Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac
Lalande-de-Pomerol
Pomerol
St. Émilion satellites
Francs Côtes de Bordeaux
St. Émilion
Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
What are the communes of Pessac-Léognan?
Pessac
Léognan
Cadaujac
Canéjan
Gradignan
Martillac
Mérignac
Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans
Talence
Villenave-d’Ornon
Name the white wine producers in the 1959 Classification of Graves.
Château Bouscaut
Château Carbonnieux
Domaine de Chevalier
Château Couhins (Villenave d’Ornon)
Château Couhins-Lurton (Villenave d’Ornon)
Château Latour-Martillac
Château Malartic-Lagravière
Château Laville-Haut-Brion (Talence)
Château Olivier
Name the sweet wine appellations of Entre-Deux-Mers.
Loupiac
Cadillac
Sainte-Croix-du-Mont
