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Burgundy - Chablis, Côte de Nuits Flashcards

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What is the river in Chablis?

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Serein

“serene”

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climate of chablis?

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cool continental

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three AOPs of Chablis

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Chablis AOP
Petit Chablis AOP
Chablis Grand Cru AOP

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Best soils of Chablis?

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Kimmeridgian marl

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what is Kimmeridgian marl?

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mixture of limestone and clay laced with millions of oyster fossils

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What is the soil of Petit Chablis?

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Portlandian limestone (kimmeridgian marl underneath)

-younger rock strata, purer form of limestone

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Top premier crus of Chablis on right bank?

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  • Montée de Tonnerre

- Fourchaume

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Top premier crus of Chablis on left bank?

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  • Vaillons

- Montmains

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Grand Crus of Chablis?

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left to right ish

Les Bougros
Les Preuses
Vaudesir
Les Grenouilles
Valmur
Les Clos
Blanchot
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What is the aspect of Grand Cru Chablis?

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southwestern facing slopes

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What is the “8th” Grand Cru site?

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La Moutonne

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Who owns the monopole La Moutonne?

What two grand cru sites does it overlap?

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Domaine Long-Depaquit

Overlaps Vaudésir and Les Preuses

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Grapes of Irancy AOP?

Department?

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Pinot Noir, with Max. 10% combined Pinot Gris and César

Yonne Dept

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Grapes of St-Bris AOP?

Department?

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Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris

Yonne Dept

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Grape and Department of Vézelay AOP?

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Chardonnay from Yonne Dept

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Where can you find Sauvignon Blanc in Burgundy?

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St-Bris AOP

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What river plain does the Côte d’Or lie in?

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Saône River Plain

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What are soils known as if they have higher limestone content? What about lower limestone content?

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  • argillaceous limestone with higher percentage

- marl or calcareous clay with lower percentage

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What is the general width of the Côte d’Or?

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Not more than 2km

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What are the combes that cut through the côtes?

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  • dry, transverse valleys carved during the last ice age
  • serve as conduits for cool breezes and hailstorms
  • deep alluvial fans of pebbles and stone - diversify soil make up and add complexity
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What direction do Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune face?

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Côte de Nuits - due east

Côte de Beaune - southeast

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Does the Côte de Nuits or Côte de Beaune have more land undervine

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Côte de Beaune - about 2x as much

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Does the Côte de Beaune produce more white or red wine?

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Produced more red wine, but more renown for whites

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What is a pièce?

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228 L barrel typically used in Burgundy

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What was Henri Jayer's final vintage? Under his and what other domaine name?
- 2001 - Emmanuel Rouget (transferred his vineyards to his nephew in 96 when the gov't told him he had to retire or lose pension)
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What winemaking technique was Jayer famous for
100% de-stemming also cold soak
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What premier cru in Vosne Romanée was Jayer most noted for?
Cros Parantoux 1st vintage 1978
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What cities does the Côte de Nuits stretch between?
- Dijon in the North | - Corgoloin in the South
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Côte de Nuits Village AOPs (N to S)
- Marsannay* - Fixin* - Gevrey-Chambertin - Morey-Saint-Denis* - Chambolle-Musigny - Vougeot* - Vosne-Romanée - Nuits-Saint-Georges* *produce red AND white (Marsnnay also rose)
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Which Côte de Nuits Village AOPs produce white wine?
- Marsannay (also Rose) - Fixin - Morey-Saint-Denis - Vougeot - Nuits-Saint-Georges
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What is the only Côte de Nuits Village AOP that produces rosé?
Marsannay
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Where is the Grand Cru Chambertin?
Gevrey-Chambertin
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Two greatest Grand Crus in Gevrey-Chambertin?
- Chambertin | - Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
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What is the largest village appellation in the Côte d'Or
Gevrey-Chambertin | over 400 ha vines
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What village home to greatest number of Grand Cru vineyards?
Gevrey-Chambertin (9)
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Grand Crus of Gevrey (9)
-Chambertin -Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Ruchottes-Chambertin -Mazoyères-Chambertin (can label as Charmes) -Charmes-Chambertin -Griotte-Chambertin -Chapelle-Chambertin -Mazis-Chambertin -Ruchottes-Chambertin
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Who makes Clos de Rouchottes
Rousseau - labels as monopole
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Two 2nd tier Grand Crus in Gevrey
- Ruchottes-Chambertin | - Charmes-Chambertin
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What 1er cru often outperforms the lower tier Grand Crusin Gevrey?
Clos-Saint-Jacques
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What is the only 1er Crus in Côte d'Or surrounded on all 4 sides by GCs? Which GCs? Where is it located?
- Aux Combottes - (Clos de la Roche, Latricières-Chambertin, and Mazoyères-Chambertin) - Gevrey-Chambertin
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What is the best 1er Cru in Gevrey? Why wasn't it considered GC?
- Clos Saint-Jacques | - Not touching Chambertin so cant be GC
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Who makes Clos Saint-Jacques? (5)
- Armand Rousseau - Bruno Clair - Fourrier - Louis Jadot - Sylvie Esmonin
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Other great 1ers of Gevrey Chambertin
``` Les Cazetiers Clos des Varoilles Aux Combottes Lavaut St-Jacques* *Largest 1er in Gevrey ```
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Who makes Clos Prieur 1er? Where is it?
Rossignol-Trapet Harmand Geoffroy* *must label village bc straddles border Gevrey Chambertin
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Who makes Aux Combottes 1er in Gevrey?
Dujac, Leroy
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Who makes La Combe-au-Moine 1er? Where is it?
Faiveley, Fourrier Gevrey Chambertin
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Who makes Les Champeaux 1er? Where is it?
Fourrier, Denis Mortet (meadow) Gevrey Chambertin
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Great producers based in Gevery (3)
- Armand Rousseau - Claude Dugat - Jean-Marie Fourrier
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4 (5) Grand Crus of Morey-Saint-Denis?
- Clos de la Roche - Clos St-Denis - Clos des Lambrays - Clos de Tart - (Bonnes Mares) (N to S)
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How much of Bonnes Mares 15.06 ha lie within Morey-St-Denis?
1. 5 ha lie within Morey-St-Denis | - the rest in Chambolle
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What is notable about Clos de Tart Grand Cru?
- only vineyard in Morey decreed as tête de cuvée by Dr. Jules Lavalle in his 1855 classification - one of only GCs in Côte de Nuits w/ vines running north-south - MONOPOLE - François Pinault (bought from Mommessin in 2017)
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What else does François Pinault (owner of Clos de Tart GC monopole as of 2017) own?
- Château Latour in Bordeaux - Eisele Vineyard Estate in Napa Valley (previously named Araujo) - Domaine Eugénie in Burgundy - Château Grillet in Northern Rhône
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Who owns Domaine de Lambrays? Do they have monopole Clos de Lambrays?
Bernard Arnault, owner of LVMH | No - own 99% of vineyard so not technically monopole
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Cepage for Red wines of Côte de Nuits
Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay
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Where is Aligote allowed in Côte de Nuits
Aligoté is authorized for planting in the Monts Luisants climat in Morey-Saint-Denis
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Minimum Potential Alcohol for blanc and rouge in Côte de Nuits
Blanc: 11% Rouge: 10.5% Blanc "Premier Cru": 11.5% Rouge "Premier Cru": 11%
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Top producers based in Morey-Saint-Denis
- Domaine Dujac | - Domaine Ponsot
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Top producers of Clos de la Roche: | Where is it?
``` Ponsot, Dujac, Armand Rousseau, Hubert Lignier, Lignier-Michelot ``` Morey-Saint-Denis
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Top producers of Clos Saint Denis: | Where is it?
Dujac, Bertagna, Ponsot, Drouhin Morey-Saint-Denis
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Who owns the monopole La Bussière? Where is it
Georges Roumier Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru
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Who makes Les Chaffots? What is significant about it?
Hubert Lignier One portion of this vineyard (1.34 ha) was absorbed into Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru AOC in 1936, and another (0.07 ha) was absorbed into Clos de la Roche Grand Cru AOC in 1971.
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Two Grand Crus of Chambolle
Bonnes Mares Musigny (N to S)
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Producers of Bonnes Mares
- de Vogüé - Georges Roumier, - Louis Jadot, - Robert Groffier, - de la Vougeraie
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Who owns the majority of Musigny?
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – 7.2 hectares (ha), amounting to 70% of the entire grand cru
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Who makes Musigny Grand Cru?
- de Vogüé (owns 70%) - Leroy - Frédéric Mugnier - Jacques Prieur
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Who makes 1er Aux Beaux Bruns? | Where is it?
- Ghislaine Barthod - Denis Mortet Chambolle Musigny
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Who makes 1er Aux Combottes in Chambolle?
-Ghislaine Barthod
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Who makes 1er Les Amoureuses? | Where is it?
**top 1er in Chambolle ``` Robert Groffier, de Vogüé, J-F Mugnier, Georges Roumier, J. Drouhin ```
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Who makes 1er Les Charmes in Chabolle?
- Ghislaine Barthod, - François Bertheau, - Leroy, - Ponsot, - Amiot-Serville
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What is the only 1er Cru below Musigny (also part of it is considered Musigny)
La Combe d'Orveau
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What is special about Les Fuées 1er in Chambolle? | Who makes it?
- adjacent to the southern end of Bonnes Mares - same essential aspect, elevation, and soil - most rows are planted parallel, rather than perpendicular, to the slope. J-F Mugnier Joseph Faiveley Ghislaine Barthod Perrot-Minot
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Best 1er in Chambolle?
Les Amouresuses | also Les Charmes
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Best producers based in Chambolle?
- Georges de Vogüé - Ghislaine Barthod - Georges Roumier (and Christophe) - Perrot-Minot
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3 Best 1er Crus of Fixin
- La Perrière - Les Hervelets - Clos du Chapître
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Grand Crus of Vougeot?
Clos de Vougeot
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1er Crus of Vougeot?
- Clos de la Perrière (monopole - Bertagna) - Les Petits Vougeots - Le Cos Blanc (monopole - Domaine de la Vougeraie) - Les Cras
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How large is Clos de Vougeot? Top producers?
50.59 ha (largest GC in Nuits and largest Clos in d'Or) - Méo Camuzet, - Rebourseau, - Grivot, - Vougeraie, - Faiveley, - Jacques Prieur, - Anne Gros
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What does label of Mugneret-Gibourg look like?
lady angel with blue sky behind, golden fields below
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What does label of Liger Belair look like?
Two lions with crest between them
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How many Grand Crus in Vosne-Romanée? Name them
8 (2+6) Flagey-Echézeax - -Echézeax - -Les Grandes Echèzeax Vosne-Romanée - -Richbourg - -Romanée-Saint-Vivant - -La Romanée - -La Romanée-Conti - -La Grande Rue - -La Tâche
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Communes of Production in Vosne-Romanée
Flagey-Echézeaux (North of Vosne) | Vosne-Romanée
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Which Grand Crus in Vosne are Monopoles? Who owns them
--La Romanée - Comtes Liger-Belair - -La Grande Rue - Domaine François Lamarche - -La Romanée-Conti - DRC - -La Tâche - DRC
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Best 1er Crus of Vosne-Romanée?
``` Les Suchots Les Beaux Monts Les Petits Monts Aux Malconsorts Cros Parantoux ```
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What is notable about Clos des Réas?
- Monopole of Michel Gros | - Only 1er in Vosne that doesn't abut a Grand Cru!
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Top and other producers based in Vosne-Romanée
- Romanée-Conti - Comtes Liger-Belair - Domaine Leroy - Anne gros - Jean Grivot - Meó Camuzet - Sylvain Cathiard - Emmanuel Rouget
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Who is Jayers heir-apparent
Emmanuel Rouget
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How large is Grand Cru Echézeax? What does this lead to
38 ha! (37.69) Same criticism as Clos Vougeot - -too many producers - -too variable in quality - -no cohesive theme of terroir
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What two Grand Crus is triangular Les Grandes Echèzeax wedged between?
Echèzeax and Clos du Vougeot
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Top producers of Les Grandes Echèzeax
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Mongeard-Mugneret, d'Eugénie Gros Frère
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Two owners of Cros Parantoux? | Who made it famous?
Emmanuel Rouget, Méo-Camuzet | Henri Jayer! No phylloxera
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Where is Le Beaux Monts? Top producers? | Also spelled Beaumonts
- Dujac, - Bertagna, - Daniel Rion, - Hudelot-Noëllat, - Jean Grivot
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Notable producer of Les Gaudichots? Where is it?
Regis Forey - Just south of La Tâche - Much of this vineyard became grand cru La Tâche in 1932
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Where is Le Petits Monts 1er? Producers?
- Vosne-Romanée - Just west of Richebourg - Robert Sirugue, - Drouhin, - Regis Forey, - Mongeard-Mugneret, - Liger-Belair
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Where is Le Suchots 1er? Producers?
- Vosne-Romanée - 13 ha between Echezeaux to N and Richbourg/RSV to the south Hudelot-Noëllat, Robert Arnoux, Confuron-Cotétidot, Lamarche, Liger-Belair, Mongeard-Mugneret
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Communes of production part of Nuits-Saint-Georges
Nuits-Saint-Georges and Premeaux-Prissey
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When may Côte de Nuits wine be released?
June 30 year following harvest
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Compare wines of Northern and Southern NSG
North (closer to Vosne-Romanée) - softer, fruiter | South (closer to Premeaux-Prissey) - fuller, richer
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Top producers based in NSG (3)
- Henri Gouges - Joseph Faiveley - Jean-Jacques Confuron
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Grand Crus in NSG?
None!
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Top premier cru?
Les Saint-Georges -interest in elevating to GC
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Who makes Clos de la Maréchale 1er? Where is it?
- JF Mugnier (monopole) - from 1950-2003 Faiveley made this (long term lease) - largest monopole in Cote d'Or -In NSG - (Premeaux Prissey)
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What was the most recent grand cru to be promoted in Burgundy? When?
La Grand Rue (Vosne-Romanée) 1992!
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Where are Comblanchien and Cogoloin?
- South of NSG (southern border) | - Can only be Côte-du-Noits-Villages

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