BURGUNDY

Question 1

GRAPE VARIETIES

Answer 1

RED : PINOT NOIR / GAMAY

WHITE : CHARDONNAY / ALIGOTE

Question 2

SOIL

Answer 2

• VARIES *
  NORTHERN : CHALK / CLAY MARL
  SOUTHERN : GRANITE

Question 3

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Answer 3

Middle Ages : Influence of monastic orders
CODE NAPOLEON (1804) :
-Inheritance Laws
-Fragmentation of vineyard ownership
-Thousands of tiny vineyards each with many owners
-Uneven range of quality

Question 4

LABELING LAW & CLASSIFICATIONS >

BURGUNDY AOC PYRAMID

Answer 4

• 33 GRAND CRUS (2%)
• 550 TO 600 PREMIERS CRUS (12%)
• VILLAGE WINES (30%)
• REGIONAL APPELLATIONS (56% OF TOTAL PRODUCTION)

Question 5

LABELING LAWS & CLASSIFICATIONS >

DOMAINE

Answer 5

Entire process of growing the grapes to bottling and aging takes place at the Domaine itself

Question 6

LABELING LAWS & CLASSIFICATION >

NEGOCIANT

Answer 6

Merchants buys grapes and/or finished wines for blending and bottling under their own label

Question 7

LABELING LAWS & CLASSIFICATION >

CLOS

Answer 7

Plot of vines traditionally surrounded with dry-stone walls

Question 8

LABELING LAWS & CLASSIFICATION >

MONOPOLE

Answer 8

Parcel of land with single ownership

Question 9

BURGUNDY > CHABLIS

GRAPES

Answer 9

100% CHARDONNAY

Question 10

BURGUNDY > CHABLIS

SOILS

Answer 10

KIMMERIDGIAN CLAY / LIMESTONE

Question 11

BURGUNDY > CHABLIS

CLIMATE

Answer 11

CONTINENTAL / SUSCEPTIBLE TO LATE FROST

Question 12

BURGUNDY > CHABLIS

VITICULTURE

Answer 12

PICKING TIME / LATE FROST

Question 13

BURGUNDY > CHABLIS

VINIFICATION

Answer 13

• No oak on lower tier wines
• Possible oak use on upper tier wines
• Malolactic Fermentation

Question 14

BURGUNDY > CHABLIS

AOCs

Answer 14

• CHABLIS AOC
• CHABLIS PREMIERS CRUS (40 VINEYARDS)
• CHABLIS GRAND CRU
  
  • 7 designations / Most have southwest exposure
    (ex: Les Clos)

Question 15

BURGUNDY > COTE DE NUITS

GRAPES

Answer 15

PINOT NOIR

Question 16

BURGUNDY > COTE DE NUITS

SOIL

Answer 16

MARL / LIMESTONE

Question 17

BURGUNDY > COTE DE NUITS

ASPECT

Answer 17

HILLSIDES

Question 18

BURGUNDY > COTE DE NUITS

VINIFICATION

Answer 18

• use of new oak

- Whole Cluster vs. destemming

Question 19

BURGUNDY > COTE DE NUITS

HIERARCHY

Answer 19

REGIONAL AOC :
Bourgogne Rouge

VILLAGE AOC : 
Gevrey - Chambertin
Chambolle - Musigny
Vosne - Romanee
Nuits - Saint - Georges

PREMIER CRU :
Individually named vineyards

GRAND CRU AOC :
Chambertin
Musigny
La Romanee

Question 20

BURGUNDY > COTE DE NUITS

HIGHLY REGARDED VINTAGES

Answer 20

2002
2005
2009
2010

Question 21

BURGUNDY > COTE DE BEAUNE

GRAPES

Answer 21

PINOT NOIR / CHARDONNAY

Question 22

BURGUNDY > COTE DE BEAUNE

CLIMATE

Answer 22

CONTINENTAL / WIDE RANGE OF MESOCLIMATES

Question 23

BURGUNDY > COTE DE BEAUNE

SOIL

Answer 23

LIMESTONE / MARL

Question 24

BURGUNDY > COTE DE BEAUNE

VINIFICATION

Answer 24

New oak use reds and whites

Question 25

BURGUNDY > COTE DE BEAUNE | HIERARCHY

Answer 25

REGIONAL AOC: Bourgogne ``` VILLAGE AOC: Volnay Pommard Chassagne-Montrachet Puligny-Montrachet ``` PREMIER CRU: Individually named vineyards GRAND CRU: Le Montrachet

Question 26

BURGUNDY > COTE DE BEAUNE | HIGHLY REGARDED VINTAGES

Answer 26

2002 2005 2009 2010

Question 27

BURGUNDY > COTE CHALONNAISE | GRAPES

Answer 27

CHARDONNAY ALIGOTE PINOT NOIR

Question 28

BURGUNDY > COTE CHALONNAISE | SOIL

Answer 28

LIMESTONE

Question 29

BURGUNDY > COTE CHALONNAIS | AOCs

Answer 29

``` BOUZERON (Aligote) RULLY MERCUREY GIVRY MONTAGNY ```

Question 30

BURGUNDY > MACONNAIS | GRAPES

Answer 30

CHARDONNAY PINOT NOIR GAMAY

Question 31

BURGUNDY > MACONNAIS | CLIMATE

Answer 31

Slightly warmer and drier

Question 32

BURGUNDY > MACONNAIS | VINIFICATION

Answer 32

Unoaked whites | Some use of oak in Pouilly-Fuisse

Question 33

BURGUNDY > MACONNAIS | AOCs

Answer 33

MACON SAINT-VERAN POULLY-FUISSE

Question 34

BURGUNDY > BEAUJOLAIS | GRAPES

Answer 34

GAMAY

Question 35

BURGUNDY > BEAUJOLAIS | SOIL

Answer 35

GRANITE (best sites)

Question 36

BURGUNDY > BEAUJOLAIS | CLIMATE

Answer 36

CONTINENTAL

Question 37

BURGUNDY > BEAUJOLAIS | VINIFICATION

Answer 37

CARBONIC MACERATION

Question 38

BURGUNDY > BEAUJOLAIS | STYLES

Answer 38

BEAUJOLAIS BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU BEAUJOLAIS VILLAGES BEAUJOLAIS CRU

Question 39

BURGUNDY > BEAUJOLAIS | CRU

Answer 39

10 VILLAGES (each with its own AOC) VITICULTURE : Hillside vineyards SOIL : Granite