Bordeaux, All Bordeaux

Question 1

Second growths of Pauillac (2)

Answer 1

Château Pichon Longueville Baron,

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Question 2

Second growths of Saint Julien (5)

Answer 2

Château Léoville-Las Cases, Saint-Julien
Château Léoville-Poyferré, Saint-Julien
Château Léoville Barton, Saint-Julien
Château Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien

Question 3

Fifth growth Saint Estephe

Answer 3

Château Cos Labory

Question 4

minimum must weight, max yields Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons, AOP

Answer 4

221 g/l
45 g/l rs

Sauternes and Barsac max yield: 25hl/ha
Cerons max yield: 40hl/ha

Question 5

Premiers Grands Crus Classés A (2022)
Saint Emilion

Answer 5

Pavie
Chateau Figeac

Question 6

When was cru Artisan created

Answer 6

1944

Question 7

What year did Chateau d’Yquem have 11 tries in the vineyards, only to reject the final wine

Answer 7

1974

Question 8

Why is Cordon Training preferred in Sauternes and sweet wine appelations as opposed to Guyot?

Answer 8

cordon-training produces smaller berries that attract botrytis.

Guyot is not used as it produces larger berries that attract grey rot.

Question 9

Is chaptalization legal in Sauternes?

Answer 9

Yes, as is cryoextraction

Question 10

Style of Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 10

Blanc Liquoreux

34 g/l rs

Question 11

Min RS and must weight for Loupiac
(Same as Sainte-Croix-du-Mont)

Answer 11

229 g/l (238 for Semillon)
45 g/l

Question 12

What is société civile, how does it function?

Answer 12

Created to protect the estates from government takeover of Estates (Lafite used them)
eliminates the actual transfer of property by creating shares in a real estate-owning company.

In inheritance law (Napoleonic code) when equal shares of inheritance amongst heirs, they must pay property tax and it can be untenable for most. Most sell, this prevents it.

Question 13

As of this 2008, these preexisting Bordeaux appellations can be consolidated as Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 13

2008:
Francs
Castillon
Blaye
Cadillac (Subregion of Cotes de Bordeaux, not sweet wine like Cadillac AOP)

Question 14

This First Growth Chateau opted out of the en primeur system in 2012

Answer 14

Chateau Latour

Question 15

These three American diseases hit Bordeaux in succession in the last half of 19th century

Answer 15

Oidium 1852
Phylloxerra 1869
peronospera (downy mildew) 1880s

Question 16

In this year, Chateau bottling became compulsory for classified estates in the Médoc

Answer 16

1972

Question 17

Planting density right bank Bordeaux:

Answer 17

Saint-Émilion and Pomerol mandate 5,500 vines per hectare, and rows are separated by 1.3-1.5 meters

Question 18

Planting density of Medoc AOP, max yield

Answer 18

5000 vines per ha
55 hl/ha

Question 19

St Julien, St Estephe, Pauillac, Margaux all have this max yield

Answer 19

57 hl/ha

Question 20

What is the Place de Bordeaux?

Answer 20

The Place de Bordeaux is a three-tier, de facto system of wine production, brokerage, and sales that controls the trade of wine in Bordeaux.

Production tier: chateau
sales tier: negociant
broker tier: courtier

Question 21

First vintage of Ygrec

Answer 21

Dry white of D’Yquem

1959

Labeled as Bordeaux or Bordeaux Superior

Question 22

Soil of Graves

Answer 22

Boulbenes: Sand, gravel and light clay

Question 23

What year were Graves wines first classified?

Answer 23

1953,

Last classification 1959

Question 24

Max Yield Sauternes

Answer 24

25 hl/ha

Question 25

Min Must weight for Merlot (rouge) in every AOP in Bordeaux

Answer 25

189g/l (higher than other grapes)