MA MS Questions 10.08.2024 Flashcards
What are the parents of Chardonnay, Gamay and Aligote?
Pinot and Gouais Blanc for all 3.
How is Pinot Gris known as in Burgundy?
Pinot Beurot
In Cote d’Or what does the word “chevets” refer to?
water channels
In Burgundy to which modern vineyard would you assocaite the old name “Clos de Cinq Journaux”?
Romanée-Conti
What’s the difference between fermage and metayage?
“fermage = Lease of the land
metayage = sharecropping”
Where would you find Domaine des Terres Dorées?
Beaujolais, Burgundy.
To which disease would you associate the French term “court-noué”?
Grapevine fanleaf virus. Spread through soil nematodes called Xiphinema index.
Which bugs are known to secrete pyrazines as pheromones?
Ladybugs (Harmonia axyridis)
Is hail netting to protect agains hail storms legal in Burgundy?
Yes, as of 2018.
What is subtractive must enrichment?
Allowing the producers to remove the water from the must to concentrate the reminder by a maximum factor of 10%. It was illegal before 2009.
What is the size of a feuillette in Chablis?
132 liters
Berdiot and Côte de Vaubarousse 1er Crus are located on which bank of the Serein river?
Right Bank
Who owns the monopole Clos de la Perriere in Fixin?
Domaine Joliet
Which 1er Cru in Gevrey Chambertin is surounded on all four sides by Grand Crus?
Aux Combottes
Which 1er Cru is considered to be the best in Chambolle-Musigny?
Les Amoureuses
Who owns the monopole 1er Cru Clos des Réas in Vosne Romanee?
Michel Gros
Bouchard’s monopole “Vigne l’Enfant Jésus” is produced from which Leu dit?
Greves
Who is producing “Cuvée la Cabotte” and in which vineyard?
Bouchard Pere et Fils in Chevalier Montrachet
Where would you find the monopole 1er Cru Clos de Myglands, who owns it?
Mercurey. Domaine Faiveley.
What is the southernmost 1er Cru in Cotes de Nuits? Who owns it entirely?
Clos de la Maréchale. Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Who is producing the wine called Blancaneaux, where and from which grapes?
Inglenook in Rutherford, Napa Valley. Made from Viognier, Roussanne, and Marsanne.
Where would you find Royal Slope AVA?
Columbia Valley, Washington.
Where would you find the producer Klinker Brick Winery?
Lodi AVA
What is the most Northerly AVA in California?
Seiad Valley AVA in Siskiyou County.
