Appellations in Entre-DeuxMers for sweet wines?
Between what years did
England rule Bordeaux?
Bordeaux climate?
Loupiac, Cadillac, SteCroix-du-Mont
1152 to 1453
Describe the 2009 vintage in
Bordeaux?
Describe the 2010 vintage in
Bordeaux?
Describe the 2016 vintage in
Bordeaux?
Vintage of the century, long
summer with cool nights to
retain acidity.
Another great vintage with
more freshness than 2009.
Ageworthy.
Dry summer with cool
nights. Aromatic, lacks
2019's freshness.
Describe the 2018 vintage in
Bordeaux?
Extremes. Hot dry summer
yielded powerful and deepcolored wines with high
tannin. Ageworthy.
First growth in Graves?
Which commune?
Chateau Haut-Brion, PessacLeognan
How many categories were
the wines of Sauternes
classified into? What are
they?
2. Premier Cru and Premier
Cru Superieur
Describe the 2019 vintage in
Bordeaux?
Slightly reduced quantities
by cool weather at flowering,
but voted one of the top
vintages of the previous 10
years in 2023.
For PGI wines, __%
minimum of the grapes must
be sources from the stated
geographical area.
85
How many classified
growths in Margaux?
21
Moderate Maritime
Dominant white grapes
under Bordeaux AOP?
Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc,
Muscadelle
Harvest concerns in
Bordeaux?
Rain, which can contribute
to disease pressure and lead
to poor fruit.
How many first growths in
Pauillac? What are they?
3
Lafite Rothchild
Mouton-Rothschild
Latour
Identify all Deuxiemes Crus
in the 1855 Classification of
the Medoc and their
communes.
How many first growths in
St.-Julien?
How often are the wines of
St.-Emilon classified?
None
Every decade
Largest communal
appellation in the Medoc?
Medoc AOP wine styles?
Margaux
Notable second growth in
St.-Estephe?
Cos d'Estournel
Red only
Notable second growths in
St.-Julien?
Leoville Las Cases
Ducru-Beaucaillou
Château MoutonRothschild (elevated to firstgrowth in 1973) Pauillac
Château Rausan-Ségla
(Rauzan-Ségla) Margaux
Château RauzanGassies Margaux
Château Léoville Las
Cases St.-Julien
Château Léoville
Poyferré St.-Julien
Château Léoville Barton St.Julien
Château DurfortVivens Margaux
Château Gruaud-Larose St.Julien
Château
Lascombes Margaux
Château BraneCantenac Cantenac-Margaux
(Margaux)
Château Pichon-Longueville
Baron Pauillac
Château Pichon Longueville
Comtesse de Lalande
(Pichon Longueville
Lalande) Pauillac
Château DucruBeaucaillou St.-Julien
Château Cos-d'Estournel St.Estèphe
Château Montrose St.Estèphe
Most widely planted grape
in Bordeaux?
Merlot
Notable third growth in
Margaux?
Chateau Palmer
Permitted styles under
Bordeaux AOP?
Permitted wine styles under
Graves AOP?
Six red grapes allowed under
Bordeaux AOP?
Red, white, rosé, clairet
Red or white
Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc,
Petit Verdot, Carmenere
Soil in Pomerol?
Sand, clay, and gravel, with
a subsoil of iron pan and rich
clay.
Top 5 producers in Pomerol?
Petrus
Le Pin
Lafleur
Clos l'Eglise
Trotanoy
What are Graves Superieur
AOP wines?
Sweet wines
Sweet wine appellations in
Graves Superieur AOP?
Three Cru
Bourgeois classifications?
Cerons, Barsac, Sauternes
Cru Bourgeois
Cru Bourgeois Superieur
Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
Top 5 producers in St.Emilon?
Top Bordeaux vintages over
the last 15 years?
Angelus
Ausone
Cheval-Blanc
Pavie
Figeac
2022
2018
2016
2010
2009
What are barriques?
Preferred aging vessel for
Bordeaux wines. 225L oak
barrels
What are boulbenes?
Sand, gravel and light caly
mixture in Graves
What are negociants?
What are courtiers?
Brokers of wine, who
provide financial backing to
chateaux
What are the first growths in
St.-Estephe?
There are none
Intermediaries who buy fruit
or finished wine in barrel to
age in their own cellars
before selling under their
own label.
What are the graves in St.Emilion?
Gravelly limestone plateaus
resembling the soils of the
Medoc
What are the cotes in St.Emilion?
Steep, limestone slopes
What are the satellite
appellations around St.Emilion?
Lussac, St.-Georges,
Montagne, and Puisseguin
What geographic factors
contribute to Sauternes
ability to produce high
quality sweet wines?
Confluence of the Ciron and
the Garonne rivers provide
ideal humid conditions for
noble rot
What is en primeur?
What is Cru Artisan?
What is Bordeaux
Superieur?
Red and off-dry white wines
with higher minimum
alcohol content
What is the Bordeaux
mixture?
Quality designation in the
Haut-Medoc which was
formally recognized in 2002.
Revised every 5 years,
recognizing small producers
with exceptional land
stewardship, without luxury
financial backing.
What year was Graves first
classified?
A mixture of copper, sulfate,
lime, and water. Used as
fungicide
1953
What year was MoutonRothschild elevated to First
Growth?
Where are the oldest
cultivated vineyards in
Bordeaux?
Which chateau was elevated
to First Growth in
Bordeaux?
1973
Bourg
Mouton-Rothschild
Futures sales
Why is Merlot planted in
clay-based soils?
Take more water to heat up,
therefore delay the naturally
vigorous grape
Why was Chateau HautBrion included as a Premier
Cru in the 1855
Classification of Bordeaux?
Longer history in the Graves
of exporting as the land in
the north was sitll
unworkable. The wines of
the region were extolled by
those such as Samuel Pepys
and Thomas Jefferson in the
17th and 18th centuries.