Bordeaux - Côtes de Bordeaux

Question 1

What is Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 1

Collection of vineyard areas in Bordeaux that make an AOC

Question 2

How are the vineyards of Cotes de Bordeaux?

Answer 2

All slope to the rivers or Gironde estuary
Cote = slope

Question 3

What is the style of all Cotes de Bordeaux AOC?

Answer 3

Red Wine Only
Except for 3 DCGs

Question 4

Where can producers source grapes?

Answer 4

Any of the 5 vineyard areas

Question 5

Cotes de Bordeaux AOC red grapes

Answer 5

Merlot
CabFranc
CabSav
Cot
Petit Verdot
Carmenere

Question 6

What DCGs can produce dry whites as well as reds?

Answer 6

Blaye
Francs
Saints-Foy

Question 7

What are the major production in Blaye

Answer 7

White 60% (3% of all Bordeaux in 2018)
(Only 40% reds based on Merlot)

Question 8

What are authorize white grapes in Blaye?

Answer 8

Semillon
SavBlanc
Muscadell
Colombard
Ugni Blanc

Question 9

Name the 5 DCG in Cotes de Bordeaux AOC?

Answer 9

Blaye
Cadillac
Francs
Castillon
Sainte-Foy

Question 10

Soils of Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux

Answer 10

Clay and limestone = Merlot
Some gravel = CabSav

Question 11

What is the dominante grape of Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux?

Answer 11

Merlot and only RED WINES
Significant addition of CabSauv

Question 12

What are the soils of Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux?

Answer 12

Clay

Question 13

What Cotes de Bordeaux uses 70~80% Merlot? And why?

Answer 13

Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux
BC abundant of clay

Question 14

What are the styles of Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux?

Answer 14

Red Only

Question 15

What Cotes de Bordeaux is similar in style to Saint Emilion?

Answer 15

Castillon - Clay soils

Question 16

What Cotes de Bordeaux makes sweet wines?

Answer 16

Francs > 5.1%
Sante-Foy >5.1%

Question 17

What does Francs make?

Answer 17

Red, Dry and Sweet whites

Question 18

What are approved white grapes in Franc?

Answer 18

1st
Semillon
SavBlanc
Muscadelle

2nd
Colombard
Ugni Blanc

Question 19

What are the soils of Francs?

Answer 19

Limestone

Question 20

What soils to CabFranc like?

Answer 20

Limestone

Question 21

Which DCG has a significant portion of CabFranc in its Merlot dominant blend?

Answer 21

Francs

Question 22

Which DCG makes white, semi-sweet and sweet

Answer 22

Sainte Foy

Question 23

Which Cotes de Bordeaux is furtherest east

Answer 23

Sainte Foy

Question 24

What river and bank is Sainte Foy?

Answer 24

Dordogne Left Bank

Question 25

What river and bank is Castillon?

Answer 25

Dordogne Right Bank

Question 26

What river and bank is Francs

Answer 26

Dordogne Right Bank

Question 27

What river and bank is Cadillac

Answer 27

Garonne Right Bank

Question 28

What river and bank is Blaye

Answer 28

Dordogne and Gironde Right Bank

Question 29

What style is Blaye AOC

Answer 29

Red Only

Question 30

What type of soils in Blaye AOC

Answer 30

sandy gravel, clay and limestone

Question 31

Most widely planted grape in Blaye AOC?

Answer 31

Merlot

Question 32

Production rules for Blaye AOC?

Answer 32

At least 50% Merlot, CabFranc, and/or CabSav

Question 33

What AOC had 3 official names?

Answer 33

Bourg Bourgeais Cotes de Bourg

Question 34

What does Bourg AOC make?

Answer 34

Dry white and red

Question 35

Bourg AOC authorized grapes?

Answer 35

(W) - Semillon, SavBlanc, Muscadelle, Colombard, SavGris (R) Merlot, CabFranc, CabSav, Cot

Question 36

What is Bourg's dominate red grape?

Answer 36

Merlot 65%

Question 37

What is Bourg's dominate white grape?

Answer 37

SavBlanc 40% Colombard 20% Sémillon 20%

Question 38

What are the red only DCG?

Answer 38

Cadillac Castillon

Question 39

What is the majority of wine style in Francs Côtes de Bordeaux DGC?

Answer 39

Red vast majority

Question 40

Which vineyards of DGC of Côtes de Bordeaux AOC face east?

Answer 40

Sainte-Foy

Question 41

What direction most of the Côtes faces?

Answer 41

South

Question 42

What year did the Bordelais debut Côtes de Bourdeaux?

Answer 42

2009

Question 43

Which appellation within the Côtes produces only dry white wine?

Answer 43

Côtes de Blay AOC

Question 44

What appellation within the Côtes does not authorize Sémillon, SauvBlan and Mascadelle as P but only S?

Answer 44

Côtes de Blay AOC

Question 45

What are the primary white grape varieties of Côtes de Blay AOC?

Answer 45

Colombard Unigi Blanc (But currently in transition)