Burgundy Easy Flashcards

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Name six Regional AOPs of Burgundy?

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Bourgogne AOP, Bourgogne Aligoté AOP, Bourgogne Mousseux AOP, Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP, Coteaux Bourguignons AOP, Crémant de Bourgogne AOP.

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What kind of wine is produced in Bourgogne Mousseux AOP?

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Appellation only for sparkling red wines made in traditional method from Pinot Noir and Gamay (César is considered a principal variety in vineyards of the Yonne département).

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What kind of wine is produced in Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP?

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Appellation for red and rose wines produced from Min. 30% Pinot Noir; min. 15% Gamay; plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, and Pinot Gris. Varieties must be vinified together.

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What kind of wine is produced in Coteaux Bourguignons AOP?

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This appellation was originally established as Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire AOC in 1937. Production of white wines from Aligoté, Melon de Bourgogne, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris.
Red wines from Gamay and Pinot Noir (César is authorized as a principal variety in the Yonne département), and Rose is same as red plus Pinot Gris. In practice red wine is made from Gamay grape; if white it is likely to be made from Muscadet (Melon de Bourgogne) blended with Aligote.

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What kind of wine is produced in Crémant de Bourgogne AOP?

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Traditional method sparkling white and rose wines from min. 30% combined Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Pinot Noir; max. 20% Gamay.

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What is the smallest AOP in France?

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La Romanée AOP— 0.85 ha.

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What is mean “lieu-dit” in Burgundy?

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Nearly synonymous with climat, a lieu-dit is a named single vineyard, and forms one contiguous parcel within a single commune.
You could say that the lieu-dit is a technical cadastral unit used by geographers, while the climat is a vigneron’s notion.

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Name river which run through Chablis?

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Serein River.

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Name Grand Cru Vineyards of Chablis?

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Blanchot, Les Clos, Valmur, Les Grenouilles, Vaudésir, Preuses, and Bougros.

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What Grand Cru is unanimously considered the top vineyard in Chablis?

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Les Clos (25 ha).

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What is “La Moutonne”?

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Monopole of Domaine Long-Depaquit overlapping Vaudésir and Preuses which is permitted by the INAO for usage on labels but not listed as an official geographic designation of Chablis Grand Cru.

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Name three most important Chablis Premier Cru vineyards located on the right bank of Serein?

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Montée de Tonnerre (the best), Mont de Milieu, and Fourchaume.

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Name two most important Chablis Premier Cru vineyards located on the left bank of Serein?

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Vaillons and Montmains.

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Name permitted training methods in Chablis?

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Guyot (simple or double), Cordon de Royat, Taille Chablis.

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What kind of soil is Kimmeridgean?

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What the French call argilo-calcaire; a mixture of limestone and clay; containing a multitude of tiny fossilized oyster shells.

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What is the largest Chablis Grand Cru?

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Les Clos.

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What is the smallest Chablis Grand Cru?

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Les Grenouilles.

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What kind of wine is produced in Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP?

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Côte de Nuits-Villages 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.

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Name the only village AOP which produce rosé wines in Côte d’Or?

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Marsannay is the only village appellation in all of Burgundy in which producers may choose to produce all three colors of wine.
It is likewise the only village AOP in which rosé wines are produce

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What kind of wine is produced in Fixin AOP?

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Produces red and white appellation wines in both village and premier cru tiers.
White wines make up less than 5% of the AOP’s production.

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Name the best producers in Chablis?

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Christian Moreau, William Fèvre, Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin, Louis Michel, Jean Collet, Faiveley’s Billaud-Simon, Laurent Tribut, Gilbert Picq, and ascendant newcomer Patrick Piuze.

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What kind of wine is produced in Gevrey-Chambertin AOP?

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Only red wines are entitled to carry the name of Gevrey-Chambertin or its grands crus on a label.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin AOP?

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Aux Combottes, Clos Saint-Jacques (the best), Les Cazetiers, Lavaux-Saint-Jacques (largest).

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What kind of wine is produced in Morey-Saint-Denis AOP?

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Red and white wines may be produced as Morey-Saint-Denis AOP, but white wines account for less than 10% of the village’s production.
One anomaly in the village is the premier cru Monts Luisants: producers may legally bottle Aligoté as Monts Luisants blanc. Ponsot is currently the only estate to do so.

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What is mean minimum must weight?

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Minimum amount of sugar the grapes must have at harvest, reflected in grams per liter.
The higher the minimum must weight, the higher the potential alcohol of the wine.

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What is Côte d’Or’s largest appellation?

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Gevrey-Chambertin.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Chambolle-Musigny?

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Les Amoureuses (the best), Les Fuées, Les Véroilles, and Les Cras.

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What kind of wine is produced in Chambolle-Musigny AOP?

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Only red wines are produced on village and Premier cru level. Grand Cru Musigny can produce white wine but is appellation on its own.

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What kind of wine is produced in Vougeot AOP?

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Vougeot AOP village and premier cru wines may be red or white. Wines of both colors are infrequently encountered in the market.

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Name four Premier Cru vineyards in Vougeot AOP?

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Clos de la Perrière (only red), Le Clos Blanc (only white), Les Crâs, and Le Petits Vougeots.

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Name communes allowed for production of Vosne-Romanée AOP?

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Vosne-Romanée and Flagey-Echézeaux.

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What kind of wine is produced in Vosne-Romanée AOP?

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Only red wines are produced.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Vosne-Romanée AOP?

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Les Suchots, Les Beaux Monts, Les Petits Monts, Aux Malconsorts, and Cros Parantoux.

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Name the best producers in Vosne-Romanée?

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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy, Comte Liger-Belair, Sylvain Cathiard, and Méo-Camuzet.

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What kind of wine is produced in Nuits-Saint-Georges AOP?

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Majority is red wines and small amount of whites.

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What kind of wine is produced in Côte de Beaune AOP?

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Appellation’s vineyards produce light red and white wines, not dissimilar from those of the Hautes Côtes de Beaune.

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What kind of wine is produced in Côte de Beaune-Villages AOP?

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Only production of red wines and grape material may be sourced from any village in the Côte de Beaune save Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe-Corton, and Beaune itself.

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What kind of wine is produced in Ladoix AOP?

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Produces both red and white village and premier cru wines.

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What kind of wine is produced in Pernand-Vergelesses AOP?

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Produces both red and white village and premier cru wines.

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What kind of wine is produced in Aloxe-Corton AOP?

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The village may produce red and white wines—scarce quantities, in the case of the latter—and contains 14 premiers crus.

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What kind of wine is produced in Chorey-Lès-Beaune AOP?

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The commune produces red and white wines, but the latter comprises only one-tenth of its already small output (there are under 150 ha of vines).
There are no premier cru vineyards.

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What kind of wine is produced in Savigny-Lès-Beaune AOP?

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Produces both red (majority) and white village and premier cru wines.

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What kind of wine is produced in Beaune AOP?

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Produces both red and white village and premier cru wines; 85% of actual vineyards in production are classified as premier cru in Beaune.

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What kind of wine is produced in Pommard AOP?

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It is one of only four appellations in the Côte de Beaune that may only produce red wines.

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What kind of wine is produced in Volnay AOP?

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The small village of Volnay, like Pommard, only produces red wines.
120 of Volnay’s 205 ha of vines are rated premier cru.

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What kind of wine is produced in Monthélie AOP?

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Reds and a small amount of white wines are produced.

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What kind of wine is produced in Auxey-Duresses AOP?

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Both red and white wines are produced, and white wines are more than an afterthought here, accounting for about one-third of production.

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What kind of wine is produced in Saint-Romain AOP?

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In its cooler climate Chardonnay performs better than Pinot Noir, and white wines outnumber reds two-to-one in this small appellation of fewer than 100 ha. There are no premiers crus.

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What kind of wine is produced in Meursault AOP?

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Meursault itself produces a higher quantity of white wines than any other commune in the Côte d’Or, very small production of red wines.
Premiers crus account for only 25% of the land under vine in the commune.

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What kind of wine is produced in Blagny AOP?

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Blagny is a hamlet within the Puligny-Montrachet commune, and vineyards are technically divided between Puligny and Meursault, so white grapes are labeled under those better-regarded, better-known appellations.
Red wines, on the other hand, are released under the rare, tiny Blagny AOP.

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What kind of wine is produced in Puligny-Montrachet AOP?

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Puligny is the closest thing to a pure white wine village one will find in the Côte d’Or, theoretically it is possible to make red wine.

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What kind of wine is produced in Chassagne-Montrachet AOP?

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Chassagne-Montrachet is actually better suited to Pinot Noir than Chardonnay but today two-thirds of the village’s 300 ha of vines are planted with Chardonnay.

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What kind of wine is produced in Saint-Aubin AOP?

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White wines comprise about 75% of its production, the rest is red wines.
75% of the village’s land is classified as premier cru—too much, undoubtedly—but some of them can produce excellent wine.

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Name the best producers in Puligny-Montrachet?

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Domaine Leflaive, Jacques Carillon, Etienne Sauzet, and Paul Pernot.

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Name the best producers in Meursault AOP?

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Coche-Dury, Guy Roulot, Comtes Lafon, Patrick Javillier, Jacques Prieur, and Pierre Morey, but this is by no means an exhaustive list.

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What kind of wine is produced in Santenay AOP?

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Majority of the production is red wines; white wines make up less than 20% of its total production.

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What kind of wine is produced in Maranges AOP?

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Majority of the production is red wines; white wines make up 5 - 10% of its total production.

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What kind of wine is produced in Bouzeron AOP?

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Blanc: 100% Aligoté.

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What kind of wine is produced in Rully AOP?

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This appellation produces both white and red wines in a 70% to 30% ratio.

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What kind of wine is produced in Mercurey AOP?

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This is the largest village appellation in Côte Chalonnaise, 85% of its vines are Pinot Noir.

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What kind of wine is produced in Givry AOP?

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Like Mercurey, Givry produces a lot of red wines and a little white. Domaine Joblot is widely considered the village’s top estate.

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What kind of wine is produced in Montagny AOP?

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Only white wines produced from Chardonnay are authorized. Two-thirds of the appellation is classified as premier cru.
The largest producer in Montagny—and the entire Côte Chalonnaise—is the Cave de Buxy, the local cooperative.

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What kind of wine is produced in Mâcon AOP?

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Produces white (Chardonnay), rosé and red wines (Pinot Noir and Gamay); appellation is available to producers throughout the entire Mâconnais region however 85% of the Mâcon AOP production carries the geographic designation Mâcon-Villages or—more precisely—the name of a single commune appended to the appellation and in this case red and rose need to be made from Gamay.

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What kind of wine is produced under Mâcon Villages title?

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This is not appellation, it is just geographic designation of Mâcon AOP and only white wines are produced from Chardonnay.

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What kind of wine is produced in Beaujolais AOP?

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White wines (Chardonnay), red and rose wines (Gamay)

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What kind of wine is produced under Beaujolais-Villages title?

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This is not appellation, it is just geographic designation of Beaujolais AOP producing all three styles of wines which are subject to slightly higher potential alcohol levels, and slightly lower maximum yields.
If the fruit is sourced from a single commune, the wine may carry that commune’s name in place of “Villages” on the label.

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What kind of wine is produced under Beaujolais Supérieur title?

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Title for any red Beaujolais wine that meets a standard of minimum potential alcohol beyond that required for the basic appellation: 10.5% rather than 10%.
That may have been an uphill climb in the 1930s, but the designation really has no relevance to superiority today, perceived or otherwise.

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What kind of wine is produced in ten Crus of Beaujolais?

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Only red wines, vines are still planted at high densities, gobelet-trained, and hand-harvested.

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Name Mâconnais five village AOPs?

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Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Loché, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Saint-Véran, and Viré-Clessé. All five produce only Chardonnay.
There is no Premier Cru vineyards in any of these appellations.

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The Rock of Solutré is found within which appellation?

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Pouilly-Fuissé.

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Name four communes which can produce Pouilly-Fuissé AOP?

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Chaintré, Solutré-Pouilly, Fuissé, Vergisson.

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When are released Beaujolais nouveau wines?

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3rd Thursday of November, only for red and rose wines.

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Name ten Beaujolais crus villages?

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Brouilly; Côte de Brouilly; Fleurie; Juliénas; Morgon; Moulin-à-Vent; Régnié; St.-Amour; Chénas; and Chiroubles.

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Name three Beaujolais crus villages which wines are considered the lightest and frutiest?

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Régnié, Chiroubles, and the largest of all Brouilly.

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Name three Beaujolais crus villages which wines are fruity but with more structure?

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St.-Amour, Fleurie (elegant, fragrant), and smallest of all Chénas.

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Name four Beaujolais crus villages which wines are the most structured, fuller in body, most tannic?

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Côte de Brouilly, Morgon, Juliénas, and Moulin-à-Vent (see most new oak, the biggest of all Crus).

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Name some top-performing traditional Burgundy négociants?

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Bouchard Père; Drouhin; Boisset; Louis Jadot; and Leroy; who have not only enlarged their own domaines but have also taken an increasingly proactive role in the vineyards of their suppliers; tending now to buy in grapes or must rather than wines.

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Name some new-wave growers-merchants in Burgundy?

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Jean-Marc Boillot; Michel Colin; Bernard Morey; and Sauzet; who tend to buy grapes to expand their range of single-vineyard wines.

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Name the only grand cru in the Côte de Nuits in which white wine production is permitted?

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Musigny, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé owns three-quarters of the entire vineyard, including its sole parcel of Chardonnay, currently sold simply as Bourgogne blanc while the domaine’s vines, replanted in the early 1990s, mature.

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Name the largest grand cru in the Côte de Nuits?

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Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru AOP.

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Name the only red-wine producing grand cru in the Côte de Beaune?

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Corton AOP. The Corton appellation itself, like Musigny, allows both red and white wines but in practice almost all are red.

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Name the smallest white wine-producing grand cru in Burgundy?

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At 1.6 ha Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet is the only grand cru Chassagne claims in its entirety, and the smallest white wine-producing grand cru in Burgundy.

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Name two the best Grands Crus located in Gevrey-Chambertin?

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Chambertin (12.9 hectares) and Clos de Bèze (15.4 hectares) which can be sold as Chambertin.

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Name seven Grands Crus located in Gevrey-Chambertin apart from two most famous?

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Chapelle-Chambertin (5.5 hectares), Griotte-Chambertin (2.7 hectares), Ruchottes-Chambertin (3.3 hectares), Mazis-Chambertin (9.1 hectares), Latricières-Chambertin (7.4 hectares), Charmes-Chambertin and Mazoyères-Chambertin. Last two together 30.8 hectares.

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Name Grands Crus vineyards located in Morey-Saint-Denis?

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Clos de la Roche, Clos Saint-Denis, Clos de Tart, and Clos des Lambrays—and a sliver of a fifth, Bonnes Mares.

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Name two Grands Crus vineyards located in Chambolle-Musigny?

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Musigny itself, and the lion’s share—90%—of Bonnes Mares.

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Name Grands Crus vineyards located in Vosne-Romanée?

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Romanée-Conti, La Romanée, Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, Echézeaux and Grands-Echézeaux.

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Name monopole Grands Crus vineyards and their owners located in Vosne-Romanée?

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François Lamarche is the sole owner of La Grande Rue, Comte Liger-Belair owns La Romanée, and the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti possesses both La Tâche and Romanée-Conti.

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Name the largest single grand cru appellation in all of Burgundy?

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Corton AOP, 160 ha.

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Name Grands Crus vineyards located in Puligny-Montrachet?

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Chevalier-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet. Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet shares with its southern neighbor Chassagne-Montrachet.

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Name Grands Crus vineyards located in Chassagne-Montrachet?

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Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. Half of Montrachet Grand Cru which is known as Le Montrachet on Chassagne side and nearly half of Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru.

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Name some best known climats within Corton AOP?

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Le Clos du Roi, Les Bressandes and Les Renardes. Uniquely among the grands crus of the Côte d’Or, Corton’s AOP regulations legally define these climats as geographic designations for red wines.
24 of 26 total climats may appear on a Corton rouge label.

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Grand Cru appellation Corton AOP is shared between three villages, name them?

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Aloxe-Corton (majority), Ladoix-Serrigny, and Pernand-Vergelesses.
Appellation allows both red and white wines but in practice almost all are red.

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Grand Cru appellation Charlemagne AOP is shared between two villages, name them?

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Pernand-Vergelesses and Aloxe-Corton. Only production of white wines.
This appellation is rarely if ever used.

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Grand Cru appellation Corton-Charlemagne AOP is shared between three villages, name them?

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Aloxe-Corton, Ladoix-Serrigny, Pernand-Vergelesses. This appellation is only for white wines.