Graves

Question 1

minimum must weight, max yields Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons, AOP

Answer 1

221 g/l
45 g/l rs

Sauternes and Barsac max yield: 25hl/ha
Cerons max yield: 40hl/ha

Question 2

biodynamic producer of Sauternes

Answer 2

Chateau Climens

Question 3

Oldest estate in Graves?

Answer 3

Chateau Pape Clement (1306)

Question 4

Years D’Yquem didnt produce wine

Answer 4

2012
92
74

Question 5

Styles and encepagement of Bordeaux Blanc

Answer 5

Min 70% Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Gris and Muscadelle
Max 30% combined Ugni blanc, Merlot Blanc and Colombard

Question 6

When was Pessac Leognan granted AOP

Answer 6

1987

Question 7

Graves AOP north to south

Answer 7

Pessac Leognan
Graves
Cerons
Barsac
Sauternes

Question 8

Why is Cordon Training preferred in Sauternes and sweet wine appelations as opposed to Guyot?

Answer 8

cordon-training produces smaller berries that attract botrytis.

Guyot is not used as it produces larger berries that attract grey rot.

Question 9

Do white wines of Bordeaux undergo malolactic fermentation?

Answer 9

No, except in the most acidic of vintages

Question 10

Soil of Graves

Answer 10

Boulbenes: Sand, gravel and light clay

Question 11

What year were Graves wines first classified?

Answer 11

1953,

Last classification 1959

Question 12

Communes of Pessac Leognan

Answer 12

Pessac
Leognan
Cadaujac
Canejan
Gradignan
Martillac
Mérignac
Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans
Talence
Villenave-d’Ornons

Question 13

These rivers create Bortytis cinerea in Sauternes

Answer 13

Ciron (Cooler)

Garonne (Warmer)

Autumn afternoon humidity

Question 14

Who produces Creme de Tete? (Sauternes)

Answer 14

Chateau Gillette, decades in concrete vats

Question 15

Sweet wine appellations on garonne river (Left Bank) North to South (CBS)

Answer 15

Cerons
Barsac
Sauternes

Question 16

First vintage of Ygrec

Answer 16

Dry white of D’Yquem

1959

Labeled as Bordeaux or Bordeaux Superior

Question 17

Which Graves Chateau produced its last vintage in 2008

Answer 17

Laville Haut Brion in Graves

Question 18

Graves extends from Bordeaux on the Western bank of the Garonne River to this town

Answer 18

Langon, South of Sauternes

Question 19

What is the most historic part of Graves and the most important

Answer 19

Northern part of Graves, closer to Bordeaux

Question 20

This separates Graves from the sea

Answer 20

Landes forest

Question 21

Soils of Northern vs Southern Graves

Answer 21

Northern Graves: croupes and decomposed granite

Southern Graves: sand and limestone

(like western loire vs eastern loire)

Question 22

Graves Supérieures AOP is this style of wine

Answer 22

Only sweet wine production
34 g/l RS
221 g/l must weight
Max yield: 40 hl/ha

Question 23

in 1959 Graves, how many classified Chateaux were included

Answer 23

15: seven red wine only
two whites
six for both

Question 24

What two houses did Chateau Couhins (Pessac-Léognan) split into in 1968?

Answer 24

Smaller portion sold to André Lurton called Chateau Couhins-Lurton

(became the president of the Syndicat de Hautes Graves and pressed for a Northern Graves AOC (Became Pessac-Leognan in 1987)

Question 25

Final vintage of Chateau La Tour Haut Brion (Classified for Red Wine)

Answer 25

2005

Question 26

Chateau La Tour Haut-Brion and Chateau Laville Haut Brion now supply fruit for a second wine and white wine under this label

Answer 26

Chateau La Mission Haut Brion

Question 27

Pessac Leognan is between these cities

Answer 27

Martillac and Mérignac

Question 28

Sauternes is planted along the left bank of this river

Answer 28

Garonne

Question 29

What year did Chateau d'Yquem have 11 tries in the vineyards, only to reject the final wine

Answer 29

1974

Question 30

Why is sulfur dioxide important in the wines of Sauternes?

Answer 30

Helps mitigate volatile acidity which is always a threat

Question 31

Is chaptalization legal in Sauternes?

Answer 31

Yes, as is cryoextraction

Question 32

First year of Ygrec white wine from D'Yquem

Answer 32

1959 Last yearly vintage 2004

Question 33

These communes are just North of Barsac and entitled to make sweet wines under Cérons AOP or dry white and red wines labeled Graves

Answer 33

Cérons Podensac Illats

Question 34

What year did Cérons become AOP

Answer 34

1936

Question 35

Most producers in Cérons AOP make wines in this style

Answer 35

Dry white and red wines labeled Graves. Cheaper and less involved than Botrytis affected wines