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How many sub-regions and named appellations are there in Bordeaux?

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Bordeaux has 38 sub-regions and 57 appellations with distinct microclimates and soil types.

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What are the Medoc’s appellations?

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Medoc AOC (formerly Bas-Medoc AOC) & Haute-Medoc AOC.

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What are Haut-Medoc’s nested appellations?

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

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Describe the styles of wine produced in (Bas) Medoc AOC. What area is under vine? About how much wine is produced annually in the region?

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The lower Medoc has a high proportion of clay and limestone-based soils, and a smaller area of Garonne and Pyrenees gravel soils.. As such, the Cru Bourgeois in the area tend to produce St.-Emilion/Right Bank style wines based on Merlot. There are approximately 5,700 acres under vine, and the region produces an annual average of 300,000 hectoliters of wine.

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What is the primary grape of Haut-Medoc?

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Cabernet Sauvignon.

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What is Unimedoc?

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Unimedoc is a group comprised of four of the five Haut-Medoc cooperatives that ensures aging, bottling practices, and marketing from its members.

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How many viticultural properties are in the Haut Medoc? How many are independent? What about the rest?

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There are 584 viticultural properties in the Haut-Medoc. 239 are independent and 345 belong to one of the five cooperatives in the region.

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Name five Cru Bougois Chateaux

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Chateaux: de By, du Perier, La Cardonne, Castera, La Clare, Greysac, Laujac, Livran, Loudenne, de Monthil, les Ormes-Sorbet, Patache-d’Aux, Potensac, Plagnac, Preuillac, St.-Bonnet, St.-Cristophe, St.-Saturnin, Sestignan, Sigognac, Le Tertre-Caussan, La Tour de By, La Tour Haut-Caussan, La Tour-St.-Bonnet, La Valerie, Vieux Ch. Landon, La Glorie du Paysan.

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Name three more value-oriented AOPs near Pomerol

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Lalande de Pomerol, Fronsac, Canon Fronsac

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Name three more value-oriented AOPs near St.-Emilion

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Cotes de Castillon, Lussac-St.-Emilion, Puisseguin St.-Emilion, St.-George-St.-Emilion

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If a guest wants a lower-cost sweet Bordeaux wine, what AOPs would be good options?

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Loupiac, Cadillac, Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, Cerons

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Name five 1855 Second Growths.

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Ch. Mouton-Rothschild (1st growth since 1973), Rauzan-Segla, Rauzan-Gassies, Leoville Las Cases, Leoville Poyferre, Leoville Barton, Durfort-Vivens, Gruaud-Larose, Lascombes, Brane-Cantenac, Pichon Longueville Baron, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Ducru-BeaucaillouCos-D’Estournel, Montrose.

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Which First Growths are located in Pauillac?

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Lafite Rothschild, Latour, Mouton-Rothschild.

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In which AOP is Ch. Margaux found?

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Margaux.

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What First Growth is found in Pessac-Leognan?

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Ch. Haut-Brion

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In what AOP are the “Leo” Chateaux found?

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St.-Julien

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Name five 1855 Third Growths.

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Kirwan, d’Issan, Lagrange, Lagona Barton, Giscours, Malescot St. Exupery, Cantenac-Brown, Boyd-Cantenac, Palmer, La Lagune

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Name five 1855 Fourth Growths

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St.-Pierre, Talbot, Branaire-Ducru, Duhart-Milon, Pouget, La Tour Carnet, Lafon-Rochet, Beychevelle

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Name five 1855 Fifth Growths

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Pontet-Canet, Batailley, Haut Batailley, Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Grand-Puy,Ducasse, Lynch-Bages, Lynch-Moussas, Dauzac, du Terte, Haut-Bages Liberal, Pedesclaux, Belgrave, de Carmensac, Cos Labory.

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What are the second wines of the First Growths?

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Ch. Lafite Rothschild: Carruades de Lafite
Ch. Mouton Rothschild: Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild
Ch. Margaux: Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux
Ch. Latour: Les Forts de Latour
Ch. Haut-Brion: Le Clarence de Haut-Brion

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Which 1855 Second Growths are found in Margaux?

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Rauzan-Segla, Rauzan-Gassies, Dufort-Vivens, Lascombes, Brane-Cantenac.

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Which 1855 Second Growths are found in St.-Julien?

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Leoville Las Cases, Leoville Poyferre, Leoville Barton, Gruaud-Larose, Ducru-Beaucaillou

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Which 1855 Second Growths are found in Pauillac?

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Pichon Longueville Baron, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

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Which 1855 Second Growths are found in St.-Estephe?

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Cos d’Estournel, Montrose

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Which 1855 Third Growths are found in Margaux?

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Kirwan, d’Issan, Giscours, Malescot St. Exupery, Cantenac-Brown, Boyd-Cantenac, Palmer

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Which 1855 Third Growths are found in St.-Julien?

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Lagrange, Lagona Barton

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What are the requirements for a Bordeaux Superieur AOP wine?

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-Minimum 10.5% ABV naturally.
-Minimum 12 months in barrel.
-Maximum 50 hectoliters per hectare yield.

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What is micro-oxygenation?

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Micro-oxygenation is a winemaking technique in which the winemaker adds a controlled amount of oxygen to a wine to simulate the effects of barrel-aging and stabilize the wine.

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