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What ocean is close to Bordeaux?

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Atlantic

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Entre-Deux-Mers translation…?

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Between two seas

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Most planted g v of Bordeaux?

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1 Merlot
2 CS
3 CF
Other reds
1 Semillon 
2 SB
3 Muscadelle
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Who widely distributed the wines of Bordeaux in 17-18th Century?

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British, Dutch, German merchants mostly in 18 century

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What commercial exhibition took place in Paris and lead to the creation of the classification?

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In 1855 the Exposition Universelle de Paris

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What was the base of 1855 classification?

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Classification was based on price

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Approximate amount of hectares under vine in Pomerol?

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800 ha

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Climate of Bordeaux

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Moderate maritime

Cool Atlantic influence to the western part

Sufficient rainfall during the growing season

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What protects the left bank of Bordeaux from Atlantic storms?

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Pine forest - the Landes

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Why climate in northern medoc is cooler than in southern medoc and graves?

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Less Forrest

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What is the average rainfall in Bordeaux?

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800-950 mm/year

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New grape varieties approved in Bordeaux? When?

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2021 first plantings
Approved 2019

Reds:
Arinarnoa (Tannat x CS)
Castets 
Marselan (Grenache x CS)
Touriga Nacional
White:
Alvarinho
Liliorila (Baroques x Chardonnay)
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Rules for the new GV of Bordeaux ?

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Limited planting - 5% of estate total area

No more than 10% of the blend

Only for Bordeaux and Bordeaux superior

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Old permitted g v in Bordeaux?

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CS
CF
Merlot
Malbec
Carmenere 
Petit Verdot
Semillon
SB
SG
Muscadelle
Colombard 
Ugni Blanc
Merlot Blanc 
Mauzac
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Rain affects?

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At flowering - poor fruit set

Growing season - increase disease pressure

Veraison - unripe fruit and fungal disease

Harvest - dilute flavors

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Frost vintages in Bordeaux

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1956, 1991, 2017

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Soils of the Left bank?

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Gravel, stony soils carried to the region by floodwaters from Pyrenees and Massif Central 1000 years ago

Somewhere clay (especially Saint Estephe)

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Where is the highest gravel mounds in the left bank?

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Margaux 32 m

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How are the gravel mounds called?

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Croupes

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Soils of the Right Bank

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More Clay
Gravel mostly in Libournais
Limestone plateau + Gravel section in Pomerol

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Average vine density in Bordeaux

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10 000 vines/ha
High density is common for prestigious chateau

Lower (3-4 000 vines/ha) for the Basic Bordeaux AOC

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Most common training system in Bordeaux?

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  1. Left Bank - Double Guyot
    Right - Single Guyot
  2. Cordon
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Common Vine diseases in Bordeaux?

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Downy and powdery mildew
Botrytis

Eutypa dieback and Esca

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Left and right banks best vintages

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Left bank:
18, 16, 15, 10 (top), 09, 05 (top), 03, 00, 98, 96, 95, 90, 89
Right bank:
18, 16, 15 (top), 10 (top), 09, 05, 03, 00, 98, 95, 90, 89

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Usual practice during Bordeaux reds fermentation?
Pump over Temperature control Skin contact after fermentation (5-30 days, depends on the wine quality - longer better)
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Common ageing for red Bordeaux?
18-24 m in barrels
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Rose styles in Bordeaux?
1. Clairet- deeper coloured | 2. Rose - lighter coloured
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Oenologist who was specialized in Bordeaux whites and was called Wine’s most famous scientist
Denis Dubourdieu
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% of new oak for Chateau dYquem
100%
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How many appellations are in Bordeaux
65
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Maximum yield for Bordeaux AOC
67 hL/ ha for whites 62 hL/ha for rose 60 hL/ha for reds 59 hl/ha for reds in Bordeaux superieur
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Medoc and Haut-Medoc red wines maximum yield?
55 hL/ha
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What areas are covered by Haut-Medoc?
Closest to Bordeaux city and includes individual communes (Saint estephe, Margaux etc)
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Saint-Estephe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux maximum yield and types of wines
57 hL/ha | Reds only
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Coolest of main communes of left bank?
Saint Estephe
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Most structured wines from left bank come from..?
Pauillac
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Highest proportion of production of Cru Classe wine produced in commune…?
1 Pauillac (85% of production) 2 Saint Julien
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Saint Julien style
Powerful structure of Pauillac and the finesse of Margaux
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Listrac-Medoc and Moulis characteristics?
Red wines only Further to the river than other top communes Less gravel soils
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Graves wine style
Red (85%) | White
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Graves yield
58 hL/ha whites | 55 hL/ha reds
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Graves Superior style and max yield
Semi-sweet white wines from Graves | 40 hL/ha
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Red and white proportion in Pessac Leognan?
80/20
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Maximum yield in Pessac Leognan?
54 hL/ha
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Style of wines produced in Entre-deux-Mers AOC?
Only dry white
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List the appelations in Entre deux Mers?
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List the appelations in Entre deux Mers?
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Only sweet appellation in Entre-Deux-Mers
Cadillac Loupiac Saint-Croix-du-Mont Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
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Difference between Saint Emillion and Saint Emillion GC AOC
53 and 46 hL/ha yields 6 and 20 month min maturation (common) 0,5 abv more in GC
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What is the difference between Saint Emillion Grand Cru Classe and SE Grand Cru?
First is a classification | Second is geographical appellation
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Lots the categories of SE classification ?
SE Premier Grand Cru Classe A SE Premier Grand Cru Classe SE Grand Cru Classe
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What chateau recently withdrawn their application for the ranking in Saint Emillion Classification?
In 2021 Cheval Blanc and Ausone | In 2022 Angelus
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How many Chateau was classified in SE GC Classification 2012
82: | 64 + 18
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When the SE classification was first conducted?
1955
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When was Graves Classification created and how many Estates are there?
1953 and then in 59 CRUS CLASSÉS DE GRAVES: 16 7 red, 3 white, 6 red and white.
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Name all the estates from Graves classification
Château Bouscaut, Cadaujac, rouge et blanc Château Carbonnieux, Léognan, rouge et blanc Domaine de Chevalier, Léognan, rouge et blanc Château Couhins, Villenave-d’Ornon, blanc Château Couhins-Lurton, Villenave-d’Ornon, blanc Château de Fieuzal, Léognan, rouge Château Haut-Bailly, Léognan, rouge Château Haut-Brion, Pessac (également Premier Cru classé en 1855), rouge Château Latour-Martillac, Martillac, rouge et blanc Château Laville-Haut-Brion, Talence, blanc Château Malartic-Lagravière, Léognan, rouge et blanc Château La Mission-Haut-Brion, Talence, rouge Château Olivier, Léognan, rouge et blanc Château Pape-Clément, Pessac, rouge Château Smith-Haut-Lafite, Martillac, rouge Château La Tour-Haut-Brion, Talence, rouge
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Libornais appellations for red wines
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Libornais most important appellations for red wines
59
All Libornais appellations
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The only one appellation in Libornais where you can produce white, sweet and red wines?
Francs Cotes de Bordeaux
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Name 5 producers from Pomerol?
``` Petrus Chateau Lafleur Le Pin Vieux Chateau Certan Chateau L’Eglise-Clinet Chateau Trotanoy ```
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Where in Bordeaux you can find small garage estates?
Pomerol
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What is larger Pomerol or Lalande-de-Pomerol ?
Lalande
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Appellation with the highest percentage of malbec in Bordeaux?
Cotes de Bourg | 10% of AOC planting
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River in Sauternes
Cold Ciron | Warmer Garonne
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Largest sweet wine appellation in Bordeaux?
Sauternes | 50% of All production
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Yield in Sauternes and Barsac?
25 hL/ha
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Blaye appellations
69
What is special ?
Historical XIX Century Wine, 10% Syrah from the northern Rhône is added. The label legally cannot state a vintage as a vin de table, so instead they rely on the microscopic font on the front label and in the case of Lot 20.17. This is a rare and special wine that is made with the same expert care and attention the Grand vin sees and production is tiny.
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Medoc meaning
From the Latin In-medio Aquae Land in the middle of the water
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Latitude line of Medoc?
45
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Min abv for Medoc wines
11%
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When mouton Rothschild was upgrated to Premier GC?
1973
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When The Cru Bourgeois Classification was defined?
1932
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When Cru Bourgeois has become a quality mark rather than a ranking?
2008
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When did the Malbec come to Bordeaux ?
1730 | From Southwest
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When Cru Artisan was FORMALLY recognized ?
2002 | But exists for nearly 150 years
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Last Cru boirgeois classification ?
2020 (249 estates)) Next 2025 Every 5 years
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Ha vines in Sauternes?
2200
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Most likely abv in Sauternes ?
12-14
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Only one classified growth in the Medoc certified biodynamic?
Pontet-Canet
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Where is Roc de Cambes produce his wines
Cotes de Bourg
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Where is Terte Roteboeuf produced ?
SE Grand Cru
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Second growth of medoc
14 Château Brane-Cantenac, Cantenac, AOC Margaux Château Cos-d’Estournel, Saint-Estèphe, AOC Saint-Estèphe Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien Château Durfort-Vivens, Margaux, AOC Margaux Château Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien Château Lascombes, Margaux, AOC Margaux Château Léoville-Barton, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien Château Léoville-Las-Cases, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien Château Léoville-Poyferré, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, AOC Saint-Julien Château Montrose, Saint-Estèphe, AOC Saint-Estèphe Château Pichon-Longueville-Baron-de-Pichon, Pauillac, AOC Pauillac Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande, Pauillac, AOC Pauillac Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux, AOC Margaux Château Rauzan-Gassies, Margaux, AOC Margaux
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Categories of Cru Bourgeois
CB Exceptionnel CB Superior CB
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List all of CB Exceptionnel
14 estates AOC HAUT-MÉDOC ``` CHÂTEAU D’AGASSAC CHÂTEAU ARNAULD CHÂTEAU BELLE-VUE CHÂTEAU CAMBON LA PELOUSE CHÂTEAU CHARMAIL CHÂTEAU MALESCASSE CHÂTEAU DE MALLERET CHÂTEAU DU TAILLAN ``` AOC LISTRAC-MÉDOC CHÂTEAU LESTAGE AOC MARGAUX CHÂTEAU D’ARSAC CHÂTEAU PAVEIL DE LUZE AOC SAINT-ESTÈPHE CHÂTEAU LE BOSCQ CHÂTEAU LE CROCK CHÂTEAU LILIAN LADOUYS
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Cru Artisan criterias
Criteria The quality and value of wines produced on small properties in one of the eight Médoc appellations: Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Listrac, Moulis, Margaux, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, and Saint-Estèphe. 36 properties, the names of which were published in the Journal Officiel in 2018 (16). The list is reviewed every 5 years.
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Graves appellations
89
How many crus are classified in 1855 medoc classification?
``` 60: 5 14 14 10 18 ```

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