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What country was the most important foreign market in the Middle age for buordeaux?

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England

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Where is Bordeaux location?

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Southwestern France, island from the Atlantic Ocean.
located on the 45th parallel.

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What is Bordeaux’s climate?

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Maritime
The climate is moderated by the Atlantic Ocean.
The regions can suffer from rain and frost.

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What are 3 important rivers in Bordeaux?

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The Garonne and Dordogne, meet north and form the Gironde Estuary, which flows into the Atlantic.

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What is the geography of Bordeaux ?

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A large pine forest along the coast to the west protect the regions from storms and winds from Atlantic.

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Bordeaux ‘s soil type

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Medoc and Graves
- Gravel

Saint-Emillion
-Gravel, limestone, sand

Pomerol
-Iron pan under sand and clay

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What is Bordeaux’s grape varieties?

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White:
Sauvignon Blanc
Semillon
Muscadelle (small)

Red:
Merlot (most)
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Franc
Petit Verdot (small)
Malbec (allowed, rarely seen)
Carmenere (allowed, rarely seen)

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What is Bordeaux’s vilification?

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Bordeaux wines are usually blends of two or more of the grapes varieties in the Bordeaux family.

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What is Medoc’s wine style?

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-70% Cabernet Sauvignon
-30% Merlot
+Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot

These wines are usually aged in new French oak barrels.

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What is Saint-Emilion and Pomerol wine style?

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-70% Merlot
-30% Cabernet Sauvignon
-These wines also spend some time in French oak barrels.

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What is Graves wine style?

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Dry white wine
-80% Sauvignon Blanc
-20% Semillon

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What is Entre-Deux-Mers wine style?

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Dry white wine
-80% Sauvignon Blanc
-20% Semillon

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What is Sauternes wine style?

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Sweet wine
-80% Semillon
-20% Sauvignon Blanc
-Muscadell (Small)

-Many sweet wines of Bordeaux are aged in new freanvh oak barrels.

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What is Bordeaux Appellations?

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  1. Commune Appellation
    (Pauillac AOP)
  2. Sub-Regional Appellation
    (Haut-Medoc AOP)

3.Regional Appellation
(Bordeaux AOP)

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How did Medoc get find for good wine area?

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Medoc was salt marsh and pine forest, but Dutch engineers drained marshes and found beds of Gravel.

these became the home of the best Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Where is Medoc located?

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North of the Bordeaux along Gironde Estuary.

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What is Medoc soil?

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Gravel
with great moisture and draining.
Perfect for CS

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What is Medoc’s grape varieties?

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Cabernet Sauvignon based blend.
Only red wine.

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What are main sub regions of Medoc?

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Medoc AOP
Haut- Medoc AOP

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What are main Commune in Haiti-Medoc AOP? (4)

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Saint-Estephe
Pauillac
Saint-Julien
Margaux

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What is 1855 Classification?

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The classification system for best Bordeaux’s wines.
By Emperor Napoleon lll

For the Universal Exposition in Paris.
(パリ万博)

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What are First Growth Chateaux of the 1855 Classification?

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CH Lafite-Rothchild
CH mouton-rothschild (elevated in 1973)
CH Latour
CH Margaux
CH Haut-Brion (Graves)

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What year dis CH Mouton-Rothchild elevate to first growth status?

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Where Graves AOP located?

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South on the Medoc and the city of Bordeaux.

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What is Graves's soil?
Gravel
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What is Graves's grape varieties?
White: Sauvignon Blanc Semillon Red: Cabernet sauvignon, Franc, Merlot
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What are main sub-regions of Graves?
Pessac-Leognan AOP Sauternes AOP
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What is Pessac-Leognan AOP?
Graves's sub-region Northernmost part of Graves, include the most highly regarded chateaux. Dry white wine (main) Dry red wine New French oak
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What is Sauternes AOP?
Graves's sub-region Southernmost of graves, borders by the Garonne and Ciron River. Botrysts-affected sweet wine. Oak aged, in new French barrique.
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What is Entre-Deux-Mers AOP?
= "land between two seas" A large area between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers.
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What is Entre-Deux-Mers's Soil?
Very fertile silt
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What are main grapes of Entre-Deux-Mers AOP?
Dry White only Sauvignon Blac Senillon Muscadel Little to no oak, stainless steel Red wines made in this area fall under the Bordeaux AOP appellation.
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What is saint-Emilion's location?
On the right bank long the dordogne River near town of Libourne.
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What is soil for Saint-Emilion?
Very depending on ty=he the location. Large bed of silt, clay, and gravel Limestone plateau sand
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What is Said-Emillion's wine style?
AOP for red wines only. -Merlot -Carbernet Franc
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What is Saint-Emilion Grand Cru AOP?
Wines are produced under slightly tighter productions than regular Saint-Emilion. They are an appellstiion, not a classification. wines have an additional 0.5% alcohol and must undergo a longer aging Tham wines labeled Saint-Emilion AOP.
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What is Saint-Emilion Grand Cru's system like?
Instituted in 1955, with a goal of revision every 10 years. The most recent revisin was in 2022.
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Who is Premier Grands Crus ClassesA In 2022?
CH Figeac Ch Pavie
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How do thy rank for Santa-Emilion Classification?
1. Premiers Grands Crus Classe A 2. Premier Grands Crus Classe B 3. Grands Crus Classe
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What is Pomerol's soil?
Sand Clay Gravel Subsoil of iron pan and rich clay
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What is Pomerol's grape varieties?
Red wine only Merlot and Cabernet Franc-based blends
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Where is Château Petrus?
Pomerol
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What is considered the most important grape variety in th Medoc?
Cabernet Sauvignon
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What soil in Bordeaux is most suitable for Cabernet Sauvignon?
Gravel
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In what year were the wines of the Medoc first classified?
In 1855
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Where is Chateau Haut-Brian is located?
Medoc
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Which the regions produces only dry, white AOP wines?
Entre-Deux-Mers
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What grape typically dominates the wine of Pomerol?
Merlot
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Margaux's wine style?
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Pomerol's wine style?
Merlot
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Sauternes
Sweet wines Semillon
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Passac-Leognan's wine style
Cabernet sauvignon blends
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Entre-Deux-Mers
Sauvignon blanc dry white
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Which area of Bordeaux is best known for not having a classification of its chateaux?
Pomerol Pomerol is the only major Bordeaux appellation that does not include a classification of its wines.
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Why were the wines of Bordeaux better known internationally than most other French wins?
Because it's direct link with the region's important as a center of trade with easy access to the Atlantic Ocean. And they classified
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Describe the difference between how the wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy Are classified?
Burgundy is classified by land. Bordeaux is by Chateaux which is blends.
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