Bordeaux

Question 0

Where is st. Emilion and pomerol?

Answer 0

Right bank

Question 1

where is the Medoc?

Answer 1

left bank

Question 2

right bank is primarily which varietal?

Answer 2

Merlot

Question 3

left bank is primarily which varietal?

Answer 3

Cab Sauv

Question 4

What are 2 of the major white grapes grown in Bordeaux?

Answer 4

Semolina and Sauv Blanc

Question 5

Which is the highest level of quality in Bordeaux and what are 5 examples according to the classification of 1855?

Answer 5

Premier Cru

chateau Margaux
Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Chateau mouton Rothschild
Chateau Latour
Chateau haut brion

Question 6

When was chateau mouton Rothschild elevated to premier Cru?

Answer 6

1973

Question 7

What is the climate in Bordeaux?

Answer 7

Temperate maritime

Question 8

What is the quality classification of Sauternes’s Chateau d’Yquem?

Answer 8

Premier grand Cru

Question 9

What are courtiers?

Answer 9

They act as middlemen between chateaux and merchants.

Question 10

What pairs well with red Bordeaux?

Answer 10

Lamb and duck

Question 11

What is Malbec called in Bordeaux?

Answer 11

Cot

Question 12

What is Bordeaux referred to by the Brits?

Answer 12

Claret

Question 13

Where are the majority of premier and grand crus located within Bordeaux?

Answer 13

Left bank, haut medoc

Question 14

How much of the world’s wine production is Bordeaux responsible for? How much of the world’s premium wine production?

Answer 14

20%

50%

Question 15

What are good vintages of Bordeaux?

Answer 15

2000-2006
2009
2010

Question 16

In which AOCs are Bordeaux’s premier crus located?

Answer 16

Latour, Lafite Rothschild, and Mouton Rothschild are in Pauillac.
Haut Brion is in Graves/Pessac Leognan.
Margaux is in Margaux.

Question 17

What are the three area of Bordeaux?

Answer 17

Left bank, right bank, Entre-Deux-Mers.

Question 18

What kind of soil is on Bordeaux’s Left bank?

Answer 18

Gravel, which retains heat and drains well.

Question 19

Which area of Bordeaux’s Left bank grows Sauvignon Blanc?

Answer 19

Graves

Question 20

Name the communes of the haut medoc.

Answer 20

saint Estephe
Pauillac
Saint Julian
Listrac
moulis
Margaux

Question 21

What is the climate near st. Emilion and pomerol?

Answer 21

Continental

Question 22

Where is enter deux mers and what grape is it known for?

Answer 22

Island between Dordogne and Garonne rivers.

Sauv Blanc dry wines

Question 23

What grapes are used to make Sauternes?

Answer 23

late harvest botrytised Semillon, muscadelle and Sauv Blanc

Question 24

Name four sweet wines of Bordeaux aside from Sauternes.

Answer 24

Barsac Cadillac Loupiac Saints Croix du mont

Question 25

What soil is on the right bank of Bordeaux?

Answer 25

Clay, iron, limestone, etc.

Question 26

Where is Fronsac and what wines are produced there?

Answer 26

Southern Right bank of Bordeaux | Reds

Question 27

Where are the cotes de bourg and cote de blaye and what wines arts produced there?

Answer 27

Right bank Bordeaux | Red and whites

Question 28

Graphite or pencil shavings usually indicates which AOC and varietal-based wines thereof?

Answer 28

Saint Julian cab Sauv based wines

Question 29

Which AOC of Bordeaux is considered the powerhouse?

Answer 29

Pauillac

Question 30

Which areas of Bordeaux's left bank are red-only?

Answer 30

medoc | Haut medoc

Question 31

Name three deuxieme crus of saint Julian.

Answer 31

Leoville Les Cases Leoville poyferre Leoville Barton

Question 32

which area in northern graves was granted its own AOC in 1987?

Answer 32

Pessac Leognan

Question 33

Which grapes lead in blends from Pessac Leognan and Graves in general?

Answer 33

Cab Sauv | Sauv Blanc

Question 34

Where are Chateaux Palmer and Giscours?

Answer 34

Margaux AOC

Question 35

Where are chateaux Cheval Blanc and Ausone located?

Answer 35

St. Emilion

Question 36

Name four chateaux within pomerol AOC.

Answer 36

chateau Petrus chateau la fleur Petrus Chateau la conseillante Chateau le pin

Question 37

What are the percentages of which varietals in pomerol wines?

Answer 37

75% merlot and 25% cab franc

Question 38

What are three of the quality tiers outlined by the Saint Emilion classifications system? What are two examples of the top tier?

Answer 38

Premier grand Cru classe A Premier grand Cru classe B grand Cru chateau Ausone and chateau Cheval Blanc

Question 39

What is the Cru classe system? Name an example of an included chateau.

Answer 39

Quality classification system in Graves. | haut brion.

Question 40

What is the Cru bourgeois system?

Answer 40

Quality classification system of medoc estates left out of the classification of 1855

Question 41

Which varietals are key in St. Emilion?

Answer 41

Cab franc and merlot

Question 42

What was the name of the event during which Napoleon outlined the classification of 1855?

Answer 42

Paris universal expedition

Question 43

what indicators points to Bordeaux whites?

Answer 43

Body odor