general - study guide

Question 1

what is Grand Auxerrois?

Answer 1

The land surrounding Auxerre - Yonne department
Vezelay
Irancy
Tonnere

Question 2

Where is the Cote Challonnaise?

Answer 2

South of the Cote d’Or
Western edge of the Saone River Valley
Non contiguous, gently sloping hillsides

Question 3

What is the latitude of Burgundy?

Answer 3

46 to 48 degrees

Volnay lies on the 47

Question 4

On average, how much rain does Burgundy receive annually?

Answer 4

750 mm.

Question 5

What is the average temperature of Burgundy in the months of July and August?

Answer 5

68 degrees

Question 6

What is different about the Maconnaise, Beaujolaise, and Chalonnaise? Different than the Cote d’Or?

Answer 6

Temperatures are 1 to 2 degrees warmer throughout the year.

Question 7

What is the Burgundy synonym for Chardonnay?

Answer 7

Beaunois

Question 8

What is the most widely planted grape of Burgundy?

Answer 8

Chardonnay

Question 9

What is the Burgundy synonym for Pinot Noir?

Answer 9

Morillon

Noirien

Question 10

What is the full name of Gamay?

Answer 10

Gamay Noir a Jus Blanc

Question 11

What is Pinot Blanc?

Answer 11

A green skinned mutation of Pinot Noir.

Question 12

What is the Burgundy Synonym for Pinot Gris?

Answer 12

Pinot Beurot

Question 13

What are the other grapes of Burgundy?

Answer 13

1. Cesar - tannic red grape
2. Tressot - Progeny of Duras and Petit Verdot
3. Sacy - only authorized for sparkling wine - also known as Tressalier in Saint Pourcain

Question 14

How many appellations are in Burgundy?

Answer 14

close to 100 - I will get a more specific answer.

Question 15

Define Premier Cru?

Answer 15

A legally defined geographic designation for village AOP wines. Technically not a separate class of AOP.

Question 16

Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire has a new name? What is it?

Answer 16

Coteaux Bourguignons

inexpensive red blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay

Question 17

What are the 4 geographic designations for Bourgogne?

Answer 17

1. La Chapelle Notre Dame
2. La Chapitre
3. Cote St. Jacques
4. Montrecul

Question 18

What are the Cote de Beaune Villages AOP villages not allowed?

Answer 18

1. Volnay
2. Pommard
3. Aloxe-Corton
4. Beaune

Question 19

What are the Cote-de-Nuits Villages allowed?

Answer 19

1. Fixin
2. Borchon
3. Prissey
4. Corgoloin
5. Comblachien

Question 20

What are Burgundy’s 2 sparkling wine AOPs?

Answer 20

1. Cremant de Bourgogne - mostly from Rully

2. Bourgogne Mousseux - old AOP for sparkling reds

Question 21

What appellation is displayed on Georges de Vogue’s Musigny Blanc bottle?

Answer 21

Bourgogne AOP

Question 22

What is the difference between a lieu-dit and a climat?

Answer 22

lieu-dit: is a technical cadastral unit used by geographers

climat - is a parcel of vines defined and named to be associated with the wines it produces. Le Climat = climate.

Question 23

Where is Sainte Marie la Blanche?

Answer 23

East of the D974 and Cote de Beaune

a Vin de Pay

Question 24

When did villages start appending their most famous vineyard to their name?

Answer 24

1847 - Gevrey became Gevrey-Chambertin

This happened off and on through 1928

Question 25

When did phylloxera first occur in Burgundy?

Answer 25

1878 - in Meursault

Question 26

What is Provignage?

Answer 26

Also called layering. | A method of vine propagation - burying cordons or canes so a new root system begins.

Question 27

What is Coupage?

Answer 27

Naming a wine based on what it taste like, rather than where it is actually from. Think of Tawny port.

Question 28

When did the first Premier Cru vineyards begin to appear on Labels?

Answer 28

1942 - based on long standing climats.

Question 29

When did the Chablis Premier Cru vineyards begin to appear on labels?

Answer 29

1960

Question 30

Why did La Grand Rue not achieve Grand Cru status until 1992?

Answer 30

Henri Lamarche did not want to apply as it would raise his taxes.

Question 31

Why do vineyards appear with different spellings?

Answer 31

Human error - the maps were created in the 1800s. As men copied and distributed them, they made mistakes. Official spellings and traditional spellings might be different.

Question 32

When was the French Revolution?

Answer 32

1789 - 1799

Question 33

What is Fermage?

Answer 33

A simple agreement in which a tenant paid cash to lease land.

Question 34

What is Metayage?

Answer 34

A form of sharecropping. Both forms of tenancy still exist today.

Question 35

What is the Napoleonic Code?

Answer 35

Established in 1804. Ended Primogeniture - the right of the first born son to inheritance. Started all males in family get equal inheritance.

Question 36

How much land does Bouchard Pere et Fils own?

Answer 36

Largest land owner in Cote d'Or. 130 HA

Question 37

What is a "Micro-Negociant"?

Answer 37

Small Domaine vignerons who start their own small-scale negociant operation. Examples: Domaine de Montille = Deux Montille Domaine Dujac = Dujac Fils & Pere

Question 38

How is the term Maison used in Burgundy?

Answer 38

The Maison is usually the negociant side of the vigneron business if they do both.

Question 39

What is Coulure?

Answer 39

Also known as shatter. | a reduced number of berries caused by cool, wet, overcast conditions in spring.

Question 40

What is Millerandage?

Answer 40

uneven sized berries in a cluster caused by cool, wet, overcast conditions in the spring. This can actually increase the quality of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

Question 41

Which mid century vintages were nearly wiped out by frost?

Answer 41

1945, 1951, 1953, 1957

Question 42

Which 2 recent vintages were affected by lady bug taint?

Answer 42

2004, and 2011

Question 43

What is Harmonia axyridis?

Answer 43

Scientific name for lady bug beetles. There pheremones are pyrazines.

Question 44

What current bacterial disease is causing worry in Burgundy?

Answer 44

Flavescence Doree a disease caused by the spread of phytoplasma a specialized bacteria that are parasitic to plant material growth slows, berries shrivel, leaves yellow, vine dies

Question 45

What is Lutte Raisonnee?

Answer 45

"reasoned struggle" tempered approach to vineyard management grower limits chemical application to times of nec. rather than recurrently

Question 46

What is Lutte Integre?

Answer 46

"integrated struggle" natural applications of copper or sulfur based sprays sexual confusion, cover crops, natural predators

Question 47

What do cover crops do?

Answer 47

minimize errosion

Question 48

What is Ecocert?

Answer 48

Third party organization that certifies vineyards organic

Question 49

How much of Burgundy's vineyards are cultivated organically or biodynamically?

Answer 49

8 to 12%

Question 50

Name some producers that are Biodynamic?

Answer 50

``` DRC Domaine Leflaive Vincent Dauvissat Comtes Lafon Comte Armand ```