France-Burgundy-General Terms, etc

Question 1

What are the 4 départements of Burgundy N-S?

Answer 1

i. Yonne
ii. Côte d’Or
iii. Saône-et-Loire
iv. Rhône

Question 2

Which regions of Burg have the highest and lowest amount of plantings?

Answer 2

Beaujolais most (approx. 17,000ha, 1/3rd of Burg output)

Côte Chalonnaise least (approx. 2,000 ha)

Question 3

What is the capital of Burg?

Answer 3

Dijon

Question 4

What are the governing bodies of Burg?

Answer 4

Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB)

Inter-Beaujolais

**Orgs do not overlap, INAO publishes statistics separately for each

Question 5

What parallels does Burg lie on?

Answer 5

46-49N

Question 6

General climate of Burg?

Answer 6

continental

4 seasons

Question 7

What is general trend of harvest dates of burg over the last 50+ yrs?

Answer 7

earlier each year.

harvest dates on average 16 days earlier by 2010 than 1951 and before!

Question 8

What are all white grapes allowed throughout Burg?

Answer 8

Chard
Aligoté
SB, SG
PB
PG
Melon de Bourgogne

Question 9

What is synonym of Chard in Yonne?

Answer 9

Beaunois (from Beaune

Question 10

Where does the Chardonnay grape originate?

Answer 10

village of Chardonnay in Mâconnais

Question 11

What is parentage of both Chard and Aligoté?

Answer 11

Pinot x Gouais Blanc

Question 12

What is syn for PG in Burg?

Answer 12

Pinot Beaurot

Question 13

Which rare white grape is only auth for sparkling wines of Burg?

Answer 13

Sacy

Question 14

What are all the red grapes allowed in Burg?

Answer 14

PN
Gamay
César
Tressot

Question 15

What are syn for PN in Burg?

Answer 15

Morillon

Noirien

Question 16

Which grape of Burg is likely to have descended from wild vines?

Answer 16

PN

2,000+ years old

Question 17

What is full name of Gamay?

Answer 17

Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc

Question 18

What red grape of Burg is a sibling of Chardonnay?

Answer 18

Gamay

Pinot x Gouais Blanc

Question 19

Where does César originate?

Answer 19

Germany

Question 20

What region of Burg will you find Tressot?

Answer 20

Yonne

May be used for reds but not replanted so…sort of who cares

Question 21

What is parentage of Tressot?

Answer 21

Duras x Petit Verdot

Question 22

What are murgers?

Answer 22

piles of rock removed from vineyards during tiling in burg

Question 23

What are chevets?

Answer 23

water channels in burg

Question 24

explain the concept of climat in Burg?

Answer 24

”a parcel of vines defined and named to be associated w/ the wine it produces

i. Invokes notion of terroir
ii. 1 climat may overlap villages, grand crus, 1er-grand crus, etc
iii. regulated by INAO since 1935
iv. 1,200+ climats
v. “vigneron’s notion”

Question 25

explain the concept of lieu-dit in burg?

Answer 25

closely related to climat, a named single vineyard that forms 1 contiguous parcel in a single commune i. “Geographer’s notion”

Question 26

What is a cru in burg?

Answer 26

indication of both both quality and delimited place. In Burg, vineyards

Question 27

What is the etymological origin of cru?

Answer 27

Etymology=croître (“to grow”)

Question 28

what is a parcel in burg?

Answer 28

single contiguous holding w/in 1 vineyard owned by 1 grower

Question 29

What is a commune in Burg?

Answer 29

village and surrounding area

Question 30

What is a Hamlet in Burg?

Answer 30

smallest form of settlement, often included administratively in a commune

Question 31

What is a Moine?

Answer 31

Monk, FR, Burg

Question 32

What is a Chapitre?

Answer 32

FR for religious chapter

Question 33

What is a Chapelle?

Answer 33

chapel, FR

Question 34

What is a Croix?

Answer 34

Cross, FR

Question 35

What is a Prieur?

Answer 35

priory, FR

Question 36

What is an Abbaye?

Answer 36

Abbey, FR

Question 37

What is Fermage? Give an example

Answer 37

a vineyard tenant pays cash to a landlord to lease the land Ex. DRC pays for parcels in Corton

Question 38

What is métayage? Give examples

Answer 38

sharecropping, a landowner allowed the tenant to use land in return for a share of crops produced Ex. Roumier farms Ruchottes, owned by Michel Bonefond, and produces wine for both labels Ex. Pierre Morey farmed much of Comtes Lafon's land before Dominique, including Montrachet until 1992

Question 39

What are enjambeurs?

Answer 39

high clearance tractors that straddle rows of vines in Burg.

Question 40

What are Chaufferettes?

Answer 40

diesel-burning smudge pots to heat vines at night. Used to combat frost. Intro in Chablis

Question 41

What is a Tonnellerie?

Answer 41

cooper, barrel-maker

Question 42

What is the historical base of a Kir cocktail?

Answer 42

Bourg Aligoté from Bouzeron

Question 43

What are combes?

Answer 43

a. Dry, transverse valleys cut by last ice age b. Today, conduits for both cool breeze and hailstorms c. 1000’s of years of erosion deposited alluvial fans of pebbles and stone d. brings diversity and complexity in soil of Côte d’Or