France Bordeaux Flashcards
(40 cards)
Climate of Boudreaux and factor influencing it
Maritime climate
High annual rainfall
Atlantic Gulf Stream
Lande Forrest
Fungal diseases
Morning fogs in proximity of rivers
Soils of Bordeaux
Medoc : gravel plateaux (croupes) clay area
Grave : gravel soil
Sauternes : gravel limestone clay
Right bank: clay and limestone sand
Crasse de fer( iron rich gravel )
Pomerol -saint emilion
Grapes of Bordeaux
Red
Merlot
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Franc
Petit Verdot
Malbec
Carmenere
Grapes of Bordeaux
White
Semillion
Sauvignon Blanc
Muscadelle
Bordeaux Aop
Red rose white dry wines
Sweet white wines
Bordeaux Superieur Aop
Red dry / sweet white wines only
Better quality wines
Higher in alcohol
Cremant de Bordeaux aop
Sparkling wines traditional method
Medoc district
Only Red dry wines
Along Gironde estuary
Bas and Haut medoc
8 aop’s
Medoc aop’s
Medoc aop generic (north side )
Haut medoc aop (south side )
Commune aop’s:
Saint Estephe
Saint Julian
Pauillac
Margaux
Listrac medoc ( no grand cru classée)
Moulis ( no grand cru classée)
Graves district
South of Bordeaux city
Along Garonne river
Best quality Red White dry wines and sweet white wines
Soil
North: gravel
South : limestone and sand
Graves Aop’s
Graves aop generic Red white dry wines
Graves Superieur aop only sweet white wines 40-50g/L RS
commune aop
Pessac Leognan aop
Red wines Cab Sauvignon merlot blends
White wines Sauvignon Blanc Semillion blends oak aged
Haut Brion / Domaine de Chevalier / Ch Carbonnieux
Sauternes Aop
World best sweet wines production
Sauvignon Bland Semillion Muscadelle
Botrytis cinerea => Pourriture Noble
Hand harvest in Tries
Chateau D’Yquem best wine of the area
Only made in best years
6/8 weeks tries harvest 360g/L must weight
Chateau Ygrec made dry style ( Bordeaux aop )
5 communes :
Sauternes- Fargues- Bommes- Preignac - Barsac
Barsac Aop
Sweet wines like Sauternes
Dry wines are Bordeaux Aop ( cannot use Graves Aop)
Producers can choose to label as Sauternes or Barsac their wines
Cerons Aop
Sweet white wines aop
Dry Red and white fall into Graves Aop
Sweet wines less concentrated then Sauternes
Lower quality
The right bank
Across Dordogne river
Saint Emilion- Pomerol- Fonsac and their Satellites
Saint Emilion Aop
Sand -clay- iron rich gravel soils
2 Red wines aop’s
Saint emilion aop
Saint Emilion grand cru aop
Classification 1955
Grand cru/ Grand crus classée/ Premier grand cru classée A & B
Figeac and Pavia the only Premier Grand Cru Classee A
12 Premier Grand Crus Claseee B
Satellites of Saint Emilion aop
Communes
Montagne
Saint George
Lussac
Puisseguin
Pomerol Aop
Adjacent to Saint Emilion
Smallest wine producing area of Bordeaux
Famous for the sand -gravel -clay crasse de fear soil ( blue clay iron rich )
Pomerol has not classification
Merlot main grape follow Cab Sauvignon
Ch Petrus 100% Merlot best wine of the area
Lie on plateau of Blue Clay
Other chateaux
Ch Vieux certain - Le Pin -L ‘ Evangile
Pomerol Satellites
La Lande de pomerol
Fonsac
Fonsac Canon
La lande de Pomerol aop
North of pomerol aop
Red wines similar to pomerol but lower quality
Fonsac and Canon Fonsac aop’s
Fruity Red wines similar to Saint Emilion- Pomerol
Lower quality
Merlot with Cabernet Franc + small amount Cab Sauvignon and Malbec
Côte de Bourg Aop
Right bank opposite of Medoc
Red and white wines
Red mainly : Merlot + Cabs and Malbec
Côtes de Bordeaux aop
Blayé- Cadillac- Franc - Castillion
Red white dry and sweet white wines
Blayé côtes de Bordeaux aop
Dry white : colombard- ugni blanc - Sauvignon blac
Dry Red : Merlot- Cab Franc- Cab Sauvignon- Malbec
