Bordeaux

Question 1

What is the climate of Bordeaux?

Answer 1

Maritime

Question 2

What was ranked in the 1953 Graves Classification?

Answer 2

The wines of 16 estates (not the estates themselves), both white and red

Question 3

Entre-deux-Mers AOC may produce dry and sweet white wine.

True or False?

Answer 3

FALSE.

Entre-deux-Mers AOC produces only dry white wines.

Question 4

What does “petit château” mean?

Answer 4

It is an unofficial term for an unclassified property in the Bordeaux region.

Question 5

Which estate is the only Premier Cru Supérieur of the 1855 classification?

Answer 5

Château d’Yquem

Question 6

What does “Cru Artisan” refer to?

Answer 6

Boutique wineries of quality in Bordeaux.

Question 7

Only dry red wines may be labeled as coming from

the Médoc AOC.

True or False?

Answer 7

TRUE.

Some white wine is produced, but it cannot be labeled as coming from the Médoc AOC.

Question 8

What is the difference between Saint-Émillion Grand Cru and Saint-Émillion Grand Cru Classé?

Answer 8

The former is an AOC; the latter is a ranking within the Saint-Émillion classification system.

Question 9

The Garonne and Dordogne flow into which estuary?

Answer 9

The Gironde

Question 10

Which Bordeaux

soils are considered “warm”?

Answer 10

Gravel and sand

Question 10

What nationality were the engineers who drained the Médoc Peninsula in the 17th century?

Answer 10

Dutch

Question 11

Which Bordeaux soils are considered “cold”?

Answer 11

Clay and limestone

Question 11

The 1855 Classification in Bordeaux was based on the size and prestige of the estates.

True or False?

Answer 11

FALSE.

It reflected the price points (by tiers) at which the top wines were selling in 1855.

Question 12

Bordeaux is France’s largest AOC vineyard area. True or False?

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

The 1855 Classification is divided into how many tiers, or rankings?

Answer 13

Five

Question 14

Who championed the “second label” concept as a way to improve the quality of the “grand vin”?

Answer 14

Émile Peynaud

Question 14

What is the main soil type of Bordeaux’s

Left Bank?

Answer 14

Gravel

Question 15

Wine from Barsac may be labeled as Sauternes. True or False?

Answer 15

TRUE.

Barsac is included in Sauternes AOC.

Question 16

What is a wine sold “en primeur”

Answer 16

A wine sold before it is physically released.

Question 16

Which river separates Sauternes from Barsac?

Answer 16

The Ciron

Question 17

Which river separates Fronsac and Canon Fronsac from the rest of the Libournais?

Answer 17

The Isle

Question 18

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What are the three primary white grapes

in Bordeaux?

Answer 18

Sémillon

Sauvignon Blanc

Muscadelle

Question 19

What grape variety suffered the most damage after the Winter Freeze of 1956?

Answer 19

Malbec

Question 19

What is the most widely planted grape variety in Bordeaux?

Answer 19

Merlot

Question 19

Which Bordeaux sub-region sits between the Dordogne and Garonne rivers?

Answer 19

Entre-deux-Mers

Question 20

What are the main soil types of Bordeaux’s Right Bank?

Answer 20

Clay and limestone

Question 21

What is “Les Landes”?

Answer 21

A man made pine forest to the west of Bordeaux

Question 22

Which Bordeaux estate was promoted to First Growth status in 1973?

Answer 22

Chateau Mouton Rothschild

Question 23

What are the three tiers of the Cru Bourgeois Classification?

Answer 23

Crus Bourgeois, Crus Bourgeois Superieurs, Crus Bourgeois Exceptionnels

Question 24

Which Right Bank sub-region has a classification system?

Answer 24

St Emilion

Question 25

Bordeaux’s first vineyards were planted in which sub-region?

Answer 25

Graves

Question 26

Crémant de Bordeaux may be white or rosé. True or False?

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Before becoming its own AOC, Péssac-Leognan was once a part of which Bordeaux sub-region?

Answer 27

Graces

Question 28

Côtes de Bordeaux AOC makes only dry red wine. True or False?

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What a is a “clairet”?

Answer 29

A semi-red wine made by the saignee method

Question 30

What are the four satellite AOCs of Saint-Émilion?

Answer 30

Lussac, Montagne, Puisseguin, St Georges

Question 31

Graves Supérieures AOC produces dry, semi-sweet and sweet white wines. True or False

Answer 31

False, Graves Superieures AOC produces only semi-sweet white wine