Medoc

Question 1

Elevage for Pauillac

Answer 1

Wines may not be released before June 15 of the year following harvest

Question 2

northernmost city of Bordeaux

Answer 2

Saint Vivien de Medoc

Question 3

widest part of Bordeaux In kilometers

Answer 3

75 km

Question 4

what percentage of Bordeaux is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon

Answer 4

25%

Question 5

First certified biodynamic producer on left bank

Answer 5

Pontet-Canet

Question 6

Two Village communes in Haut Medoc that don’t touch the estuary

Answer 6

Listrac-Medoc
Moulis-en-Medoc

Question 7

This producer encouraged estate bottling in Bordeaux in the 1920s

Answer 7

Mouton Rotschild

Question 8

Margaux AOP established this year

Answer 8

1954

Question 9

Min potential alc for Pauillac AOP

Answer 9

11%

Question 10

Best cru Bourgeois wine of Moulis en Medoc AOP from these producers

Answer 10

Chasse-Spleen
Chateau Poujeaux

Question 11

Communes of Margaux (4)

Answer 11

Margaux-Cantenac
Soussans
Arsac
Labarde

MC SAL

Question 12

Moulis and LIstrac Medoc are located between these two major communes set back from the shoreline

Answer 12

St. Julien and Margaux

Question 13

Are there classified growths of Moulis-Medoc and Listrac-Medoc?

Answer 13

NO

Question 14

AOPs of Medoc North to South

Answer 14

Medoc
Saint Estephe*
Pauillac*
Saint Julien *
LIstrac-Medoc*
Moulis/Moulis en medoc*
Margaux*

(This is ALL called Haut Medoc)*

Question 15

Last of the great gravel “Croupes” run their course here

(gravely mounds draining)

Answer 15

Saint Estephe

Question 16

This Jaille de Breuil marks the Southern boundary of Saint Estephe dividing Cos d’Estournel from Pauillac’s Chateau Lafite Rothschild in this Commune

Answer 16

Saint Estephe (Pauillac border)

Question 17

Deepest croupes of gravel in Medoc are here

Answer 17

Pauillac

Question 18

What year was Mouton banned in US

Answer 18

1993, Balthus

Question 19

Most expensive wine in Bordeaux

Answer 19

Liber Pater
Old vine, pre phyloxerra left bank amphorae aged

Question 20

What protects Bordeaux from West and Northwest winds

Answer 20

Coastal Pine forest
“Landes”

Question 21

The marshy, forested region (Medoc) North of St. Estephe is also referred to as

Answer 21

the Bas-Médoc

Question 22

Premier appellations of the Medoc require this vine density

Answer 22

7000 vines per hectare
1x1 meter spacing, similar to the vineyards of the Côte d’Or

Question 23

Where is Sociando Mallet (Haut Medoc) located?

Answer 23

North of St. Julien, on a small strip of land. Most other producers labeled “Haut Medoc” are West of the major producing communes

Question 24

This AOP, with 11 classified growths, has the highest proportion of classified growths in Medoc

Answer 24

Saint Julien

Question 25

How many classified growths in Margaux

Answer 25

21 classified châteaux of Margaux (the most in Medoc)

Question 26

How many acres in Medoc Left bank are planted to white grapes?

Answer 26

Approximately 123 acres

Question 27

How many producers in Medoc's appellations have the right to the term Cru Artisan

Answer 27

44

Question 28

St. Estephe tends to see more % of this varietal in red wines in general

Answer 28

Merlot, more clay in the soil mixed with Gravel

Question 29

Merlot may account for this % of the blend in Medoc/Haut medoc AOC wines

Answer 29

50%

Question 30

Biodynamic producer of Pauillac

Answer 30

Pontet-Canet Don't green harvest Winemaker Jean-Michel Comme

Question 31

What is saignage

Answer 31

bleeding liquid to concentrate sugar in Bordeaux was common practice

Question 32

For a Grand Vin, how long is elevage

Answer 32

18-24 mos

Question 33

Medoc AOP wines have improved in recent decades with more of this grape in the blend, that loves clay and wetter conditions of the Medoc's Northern reaches

Answer 33

Merlot

Question 34

Wines labeled Haut Medoc AOP are typically produced here

Answer 34

West of St Estephe, Pauillac and Saint Julien, or South of Margaux

Question 35

The Northern Boundary of Pauillac is this Chateau: The Southern Boundary is this:

Answer 35

Northern: Chateau Lafite-Rothschild Southern: Chateau Latour

Question 36

Saint Julien AOP includes this commune

Answer 36

Saint Julien-Beychevelle

Question 37

Saint Julien AOP has parcels in these neighboring communes

Answer 37

Cussac-Fort-Medoc Pauillac Saint-Laurent (1955 classification, could retain their parcels when neighbors could not)

Question 38

How many classified growths in St Julien?

Answer 38

11

Question 39

What separates the southern edge of Saint-Julien from Margaux

Answer 39

10Km of land classified only as Haut-Medoc

Question 40

Which is lower in elevation: Margaux or Saint-Julien

Answer 40

Margaux, shallower gravel beds than in Pauillac, ripens earlier

Question 41

Margaux and Cantenac have more of this kind of soil than the rest of the communes

Answer 41

clay and limestone

Question 42

When was Moulis AOC granted

Answer 42

1938

Question 43

Moulis shares the Western edge of the Grand Poujeaux croupe with this AOC

Answer 43

Saint Julien

Question 44

Last commune in Medoc to acheive AOC status in 1957

Answer 44

Northernly Listrac