Burgundy Hard Flashcards

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What grape variety is known as Pinot Beurot in Burgundy?

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Pinot Gris.

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Name producers in Vaudésir Grand Cru?

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Christian Moreau, Alain Besson, Gérard Tremblay, Louis Michel.

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Name producers in Les Clos Grand Cru?

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William Fèvre, Louis Moreau, Christian Moreau, François Raveneau, Billaud-Simon, Louis Michel.

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What kind of wine is produced in Irancy AOP?

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Only red wines produced from Pinot Noir, plus a max. 10% combined Pinot Gris and César.

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

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Only white wines produced from Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris.

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Name communes allowed for production of Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP?

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Fixin, Brochon, Premeaux-Prissey, Corgoloin, Comblanchien.

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Name the best estate located in Marsannay today?

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Bruno Clair.

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Name communes allowed for production of Fixin AOP?

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Fixin and Brochon. The village wines of Fixin and Brochon may also be released under the Côte de Nuits-Villages AOP.

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Name the best Premier Cru located in Fixin?

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Clos de la Perrière monopole owned by Domaine de la Perrière, which is also Fixin’s most ambitious grower today.
This vineyard is only current source of premier cru blanc wines.

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Name the best producers in Montée de Tonnerre?

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Raveneau, Patrick Piuze, Billaud-Simon.

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Name Premier Cru sites located in Fixin?

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Clos de la Perrière, Arvelets, Clos Napoléon, Hervelets, and Le Clos du Chapitre.

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Name communes allowed for production of Gevrey-Chambertin AOP?

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Gevrey-Chambertin and Brochon.

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Name the best producers in Morey-Saint-Denis?

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Dujac, Ponsot, Perrot-Minot, Guy Castagnier, Hubert Lignier, and Clos de Tart.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Morey-Saint-Denis?

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Clos des Ormes, Monts Luisants, Les Millandes, Les Genavrières, Les Chaffots.

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Name the best producers in Chambolle-Musigny?

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De Vogüé, Georges Roumier, Ghislaine Barthod, and Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier.

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Name the best producers in Vougeot Grand Cru?

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Méo Camuzet, Rebourseau, Grivot, Vougeraie, Faiveley, Jacques Prieur, Anne Gros.

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Name communes allowed for production of Nuits-Saint-Georges AOP?

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Nuits-Saint-Georges and Premeaux-Prissey.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Nuits-Saint-Georges AOP?

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Aux Boudots, Les Saint-Georges, Les Cailles and Les Vaucrains.

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Name the best producers in Nuits-Saint-Georges?

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Domaine Henri Gouges is the flagship estate in the appellation, Joseph Faiveley, a successful négociant and one of Burgundy’s largest domaines, is headquartered here.
Robert Chevillon, Jean-Jacques Confuron, Michèle & Patrice Rion, Regis Forey and Domaine l’Arlot.
The most important person in wine business today is Jean-Claude Boisset.

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Name communes allowed for production of Côte de Beaune AOP?

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Beaune.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Pernand-Vergelesses AOP?

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Ile des Vergelesses (produce mostly red wines), Sous Frétille, Clos Berthet, and Village de Pernand (may by law only produce white wine).

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Savigny-Lès-Beaune AOP?

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Aux Serpentières, Les Vergelesses.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Beaune AOP?

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Les Bressandes, Les Grèves, and Les Teurons

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Pommard AOP?

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Les Grands Epenots, Les Petits Epenots, Clos des Epeneaux and Les Rugiens Bas which is likely Pommard’s most exceptional vineyard.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Volnay AOP?

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Les Caillerets, Champans, Clos des Chênes, and Taillepieds.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Monthélie AOP?

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Les Champs Fuillots and Sur la Velle.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Auxey-Duresses AOP?

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Climat du Val and Clos du Val.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Meursault AOP?

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Perrières, Clos des Perrières, Les Charmes and Les Genevrières.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet AOP?

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Le Cailleret, Les Demoiselles, and Les Pucelles. At the other end of the commune, Champ Canet and Les Combettes are fine sources, and the largest and most common are Les Folatières and Champ Gain.

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What in common have following Meursault Premiers Crus Les Santenots du Milieu; Les Santenots Blancs; and Les Plures?

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They are labeled Volnay 1er Cru AOP if red and Meursault 1er Cru AOP if white.

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Name the best producers in Chassagne-Montrachet?

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Ramonet and Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey.

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Name the best producers in Saint-Aubin?

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Marc Colin, Hubert Lamy, and Henri Prudhon are all excellent estates with cellars in the village.

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Name the best producers in Bouzeron AOP?

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Domaine A & P Villaine, established by Aubert de Villaine (of DRC fame), is the village’s most famous estate, and works to create greater respect for the grape by cultivating superior selections of the grape—the golden Aligoté d’Oré instead of the green Aligoté Vert.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Chassagne-Montrachet AOP?

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The best premier cru is Blanchot Dessus, adjacent to Montrachet. Others are Morgeot (the biggest), Clos Saint-Jean, Clos Pitois, Les Vergers, Cailleret.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Saint-Aubin AOP?

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En Remilly, Les Murgers des Dents de Chien, and La Chatenière.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Santenay AOP?

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Clos de Tavannes and Les Gravières.

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Name the best Premier Cru vineyards in Mercurey AOP?

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Clos Marcilly, Clos Voyens, Le Clos du Roy, Les Fourneaux, and Les Montaigus.

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Name Bourgogne Geographical Regional Designations?

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Following four are for all three types of wine: Côtes d’Auxerre, Côte Chalonnaise, Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Hautes Côtes de Nuits. Small, only 10 ha appellation Côtes du Couchois is only for red wines.

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Name Bourgogne Geographical Commune Designations?

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They are all found in the Yonne department: Chitry, Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Epineuil, and following two only for white wines: Tonnerre and Vézelay.

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Name Bourgogne Geographical Lieu-dit Designations?

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Côte Saint-Jacques (Yonne), La Chapelle Notre-Dame (Ladoix-Serrigny), Le Chapitre (Chênove), Montrecul/Montre-Cul (Dijon).

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Name only Côte Chalonnaise village appellation which don`t have Premier Crus vineyards?

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Bouzeron.

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What commune is the center of Crémant de Bourgogne AOP production today?

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Rully AOP.

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Name the best producers in Mercurey AOP?

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Domaine Faiveley owns over 30 hectares in the village, including the monopole premier cru Clos des Myglands.
Acclaimed domaines based in Mercurey include Château de Chamirey, Bruno Lorenzon, and Michel Juillot.

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Name most famous single communes which can appended their name to Mâcon AOP?

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27 communes may currently appear as geographic designations appended to Mâcon majority of them producing all three styles of wine.
Lugny, Milly-Lamartine, or Pierreclos are some of the most famous. Serrières is only for red or rose wines and Fuissé, Loché, Montbellet, Solutré-Pouilly, Uchizy, Vinzelles are only for white wines.

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Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc is most planted variety in Beaujolasi, name two other Gamay grapes?

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Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay, they can constitute max. 10% of Beaujolais AOP red wine. Teinturier grapes.

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Name most famous examples of officially recognized lieux-dits in Beaujolais Crus?

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Côte du Py in Morgon, Les Capitans in Juliénas, and La Madone in Fleurie.

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Producers in the commune of Chénas itself can choose to bottle their wines as either Chénas AOP or?

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Moulin-à-Vent AOP.

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What kind of wine is produced in Coteaux du Lyonnais AOP?

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Red and rose wines from Gamay and white wines from Aligoté, Chardonnay, and a max. 30% mixed plantings of Pinot Blanc.

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Name Pouilly Fuisse best vineyards?

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La Roche; Les Vignes Blanches; Aux Chailloux and Les Crays. There is no Premier Cru system within the appellation.

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Name producers of Chambertin Grand Cru?

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Armand Rousseau, Jacques Prieur, Leroy, Dujac, Bertagna, Joseph Drouhin, Ponsot, Jean Trapet, Rossignol-Trapet.

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Producers of Mazoyères-Chambertin may label their wines as?

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Charmes-Chambertin. Most do.

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Name the only 1er Cru in all of the Côte d’Or to be completely surrounded by Grand Cru land?

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Aux Combottes.

53
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Who is the owner of the monopole Grand Cru Clos des Lambrays?

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LVMH

54
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Who is the owner of the monopole Grand Cru Clos de Tart?

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family Mommessin

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Who is the owner of the monopole Grand Cru Romanee-Conti?

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DRC

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Who is the owner of the monopole Grand Cru La Tache?

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DRC

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Who is the owner of the monopole Grand Cru La Romanee?

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Domain Liger-Belair

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Who is the owner of the monopole Grand Cru La Grande Rue?

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Domain Lamarche.

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What is Bâtonnage?

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Bâtonnage is the periodic stirring up of the lees of a very young wine. This is a technique which is applied to white wines, but only rarely to reds.
The object is to release into the liquid flavours presently locked up and to enable a more efficient extraction of the feeding matter in these lees.

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What kind of wine is Crémant de Bourgogne “Eminent”?

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Crémant de Bourgogne with minimum 2 years of lees aging.

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What kind of wine is Crémant de Bourgogne “Grand Eminent”?

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Crémant de Bourgogne with minimum 3 years of lees aging, plus an additional 3 months after dégorgement produced from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay (plus a maximum 20% Gamay for rosé wines).