Left Bank BDX

Question 1

which famous winery does the Mentzelopoulos family own?

Answer 1

Chateau Margaux

Question 2

in 2012 which 1st growth left the En Primeur system

Answer 2

Latour

Question 3

which BDX family is the only member of Primum Familiae Vini

Answer 3

Chateau Mouton Rothschild

Question 4

first classified estate to convert to biodynamic farming

Answer 4

Pontet-Canet (owned by Tesseron family)

Question 5

who is the current owner of Chateau Latour

Answer 5

Francois Pinault (since 1995)

Question 6

what fashion house owns Rauzan-Segla (2nd Margaux)?

Answer 6

Chanel

Question 7

which Champagne based organization is the current owner of Chateau Longueville Comtes de Lalande (2nd Paulliac)

Answer 7

Roederer Group

Question 8

primary rivers of BDX

Answer 8

Garonne and Dordogne

Question 9

which rivers meet in Sauternes to help produce noble rot?

Answer 9

Ciron and Garonne

Question 10

what are the communes of Sauternes

Answer 10

Sauternes, Barsac, Preignac, Bommes, Fargues

Question 11

most planted white grape in BDX

Answer 11

Semillon

Question 12

Chateau Pichon Baron (Paulliac), Pibran (Paulliac), Suduriaut (Preignac), and Petit Village (Pomerol) are all owned by which parent company?

Answer 12

AXA Millesimes

Question 13

which estate owns Grand Enclos vineyard, an extention of Latour into St Julien?

Answer 13

Leoville Las Cases

Question 14

what company bought Lagrange (3rd, St Julien) in 1983

Answer 14

Suntory

Question 15

which estate offers the most expensive BDX ever upon release?

Answer 15

Liber Pater - ungrafted vines in Graves. Petite Vidure (old Cab Sauv clone), Castet, Saint Macaire, Pardotte, Tarnay along with normal BDX grapes

Question 16

Mouton Rothschild partnered with Concha y Toro to create what wine in Chile?

Answer 16

Almaviva

Question 17

Barons de Rothschild owns which estate in Colchagua, Chile?

Answer 17

Los Vascos

Question 18

Barons de Lafite Rotschild owns which winery in the Shan Dong Province of China

Answer 18

Domaine de Long Dai

Question 19

which Sauternes estate is owned by the Barons de Rothschild

Answer 19

Rieussac (1st Fargues)

Question 20

name two top chateau of Moulis

Answer 20

Chasse-Spleen and Poujeaux

Question 21

what 3 communes are allowed to make sweet white wines under the Cerons AOC

Answer 21

Cerons, Podensac, Illats

Question 22

what is the sweet white wine AOP of Graves? min RS?

Answer 22

Graves Supérieures
34 g/L

Question 23

name the 5 villages of Margaux

Answer 23

Cantenac, Labarde, Arsac, Margaux, Soussans

Question 24

who produces XIX Century

Answer 24

Chateau Palmer
15% Syrah from Hermitage added

Question 25

Name 3 of the 7 new approved grapes (in 2019) for Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur.

Answer 25

Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, Arinarnoa (reds).Alvarinho, Petit Manseng and Liliorila (whites)

Question 26

which chateau of Graves are classified for white but not for red (2)

Answer 26

Couhins, Couhins Lurton

Question 27

what two grapes lost favor in bordeaux due to their poor ability to be grafted to phylloxera resistant rootstocks

Answer 27

Carmenere and Malbec

Question 28

name two vintages chateau d'Yquem did not produce a vintage due to poor conditions

Answer 28

1910, 1915, 1930, 1951, 1952, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1992, 2002, 2012

Question 29

a wine with 18 g/l of residual sugar in bordeaux would be considered to be in what category?

Answer 29

moulleux

Question 30

What geologic feature separates St. Estephe from Paulliac?

Answer 30

Jalle de Breuile

Question 31

Name 2 Bordeaux chateau owned by Roederer

Answer 31

Pichon Lalande and De Pez

Question 32

Which Paulliac 5th growths are owned by Mouton Rothschild?

Answer 32

Clerc-Milon and d'Armaillac

Question 33

Why isn't Clos du Marquis a true second wine of Leoville Las Cases?

Answer 33

grapes come from different vineyard sites

Question 34

What are sur soche sales?

Answer 34

Sur soche sales are sales of stock before harvest- a gamble because you don't know how the vintage will be

Question 35

what are the three tiers of the Place de Bordeaux system

Answer 35

Chateau Courtier Negociant

Question 36

what would a dry white wine from Barsac be labeled as

Answer 36

Pessac Leognan AOC

Question 37

what is the difference between a cuverie and a chai

Answer 37

cuverie - building where wine will be made chai - cellar where wine is stored and aged