Burgundy Flashcards
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In 1443 Nicolas Rolin, a nobleman in the Valois Court, founded one of the wine world’s most historic and recognizable charitable institutions. What’s its name?
Hotel-Dieu in Beaune, Hospices de Beaune
What is metayage?
Sharecropping
What is fermage?
Leasing
Which producer is the largest land owner in the Côte d’Or?
Bouchard Père & Fils, with 130 hectares of vines under its control.
What are the five main wine growing areas in Burgundy?
From north to south, they are: Chablis, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais, and Beaujolais.
The Côte d’Or wine growing region itself:
A thin ribbon of vineyard extending 60 km from the outskirts of the city of Dijon (the regional capital) southward through the three small communes of Maranges.
What two communes make up the dividing line between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune?
Corgoloin and Ladoix-Serrigny
In Yonne, what communes make up the Grand Auxerrois-the land surrounding Auxerre.
Vézelay
Irancy
Tonnerre
Joigny
The Côte Chalonnaise:
Lies to the south of the Côte d’Or in the northern Saône-et-Loire department. It lies on the western edge of the Saône River Valley.
Where is the most emblematic site in the Saône-et-Loire, The Rock of Solutre located?
The northern Maconnais
What is the capital of the Yonne?
Auxerre
What is the monts du Beaujolais?
A series of choppy, low mountains that reach upwards of 1,0000 meters in elevation.
What is selection massale?
A FIELD SELECTION rather than a clonal selection. Many producers in Burgundy now choose to propagate the Pinot Noir vine through this.
What is the most planted grape in Burgundy?
Chardonnay
What is Chardonnay known as from Beaune in Yonne
Beaunois
What two varietals is Chardonnay and Aligoté’s natural crossing?
Pinot and Gouais Blanc
What are some rare grape varietals in Burgundy?
Cesar (Red), Tressot (Red), Sacy (White), Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc
The Burgundy AOP system consists of a four tier hierarchy of appellations. What are they?
Regionale
Village
Premier Cru (1er)
Grand Cru
What was the Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire AOP renamed in attempt to revitalize it?
Coteaux Bourguignons AOP, it shares the same dimensions as Bourgogne AOP with the inclusion of Gamay
What are the four lieux-dits approved in the 1990’s as geographic destinations for Bourgogne AOP?
La Chapelle Notre Dame
Le Chapitre
Côte St-Jacques
Montrecul
Côte de Beaune-Villages AOP
Wines are red, may be sourced from any village in the Côte de Beaune. Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe Corton, and Beaune itself.
Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP
Wines are red or (rarely) white and may be sourced from the villages of Fixin and Brochon in the north, and Prissey, Corgoloin, and Comblanchien in the south.
Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP
Pinot Noir and Gamay must be vinified together throughout the Côte d’Or and southern Burgundy.
Cremant de Bourgogne
Debuted in 1975 as an AOP for traditional method white and rose sparkling wines produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
