France - Burgundy

Question 1

What are the FIVE regions of Burgundy, North the South?

Answer 1

Chablis
Cote d'Or - (Cote de Nuits/Cote de Baune)
Cote Chalonnaise
Maconnais
Beaujolais

Question 2

What is the climate of Burgundy?

Answer 2

Continental

Question 3

What are the soil types of Burgundy?

Answer 3

chalk, clay, marl and limestone. granite in Beaujolais

Question 4

What are the grape varieties of Burgundy?

Answer 4

Chardonnay
Aligote
Pinot Noir
Gamay

Question 5

What does Village wine refer to?

Answer 5

100% grapes grown in and around the named Village

Question 6

What does single vineyard premier cru refer to?

Answer 6

100% grapes come from specific vineyard within a Village

Question 7

What does single vineyard grand cru refer to?

Answer 7

100% grapes come from one of the best vineyards

Question 8

Name the sub regions of Chablis

Answer 8

Chablis
Petit Chablis
Chablis Grand Cru
Chablis Premier Cru

Question 9

What soil type is dominant in Chablis?

Answer 9

kimmeridgian clay/limestone

Question 10

what is the grape variety of Chablis?

Answer 10

Chardonnay

Question 11

What is the Cote D’Or divided into?

Answer 11

Cote de Nuits North

Cote de Baune South

Question 12

what is the soil of the Cote D’Or?

Answer 12

marl and limestone

Question 13

What is the terrain of the Cote de Nuits?

Answer 13

hillsides and ridges

Question 14

What grape is specific to Cote de Nuits?

Answer 14

Pinot Noir

Question 15

If you see Bourgogne AOP on a wine label what does that tell you?

Answer 15

It is a Pinot Noir or a Chardonnay from anywhere in the entire Burgundy region

Question 16

If you see Cote de Nuits-Villages AOP on a wine label what does that tell you?

Answer 16

It is Pinot Noir. Sourced from five small communes within the cote de nuits

Question 17

If you see Village AOP on a wine label what does that tell you?

Answer 17

That 100% of the grapes were grown in and around the named village on the label

Question 18

How many villages in the Cote de Nuits alone?

Name some of them.

Answer 18

NINE
Gevrey-Chambertin
Morey-St.Denis
Chambolle-Musigny
Vougeot
Vosne-Romanee
Nuits-St Georges
Flagey Echezeaux
Fixin
Marsannay

Question 19

How many Chablis Grand Cru vineyards are there?

Answer 19

SEVEN

Question 20

Name some Chablis Grand Cru vineyards

Answer 20

Les Clos
Blanchot
Vaudesir
Les Preuses
Bougros
Grenouilles
Valmur

Question 21

Give five example of Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote de Nuits

Answer 21

La Romanee
Chambertin
Musigny
La Tache
Bonne Maree

Question 22

what are the grapes of Cote de Baune?

Answer 22

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

Question 23

Name seven of the best known Villages in the Cote de Baune

Answer 23

Beaune
Pommard
Volnay
Meursault
Puligny-Montrachet
Chassagne Montrachet

Question 24

Give four examples of Grand Cru AOP from Cote de Baune

Answer 24

Corton
Corton Charlemagne
Montrachet
Batard Montrachet

Question 25

What are the five main villages in the Chalonnaise?

Answer 25

``` Bouzeron Rully Mercurey Givry Montagny ```

Question 26

Which Village in the Chalonnaise makes a Cremant de Bourgogne?

Answer 26

Rully AOP

Question 27

What two regions of Burgundy utilize Gamay?

Answer 27

Maconnais and Beaujolais

Question 28

What are the three main Villages AOP in the Maconnais?

Answer 28

Macon Saint Veran Poiully Fuisse

Question 29

Name some Beaujolais Crus

Answer 29

Morgon Fleurie Saint Amour Moulin a Vent