Chateau Valandraud?
2nd Label and classification?
Saint Emilion Grand Cru classé B
Located on the south part of Saint Emilion closer to the Dordogne
70% Merlot / 20% CF/ 5% CS + Malbec and Carmenère
Virgine de Valandraud
Chateau l’Evangile?
Pomerol
80% Merlot / 20% CF
Blason de l’Evangile
Chateau Clos Fourtet
Classification and 2nd Label?
Saint Emilion Grand Cru classé B
85% Merlot / 10% CF / 5% CS
Closerie de Fourtet
Chateau Lafleur?
Pomerol
Pensées de Lafleur
Chateau Pétrus?
Unproduced vintages?
Pomerol
No 2nd Labels
Logo on the label is St. Peter “Petros” greek version
Owned by Arnaud Family since 1770,
then M. Lignac bought it in 1929 (large connection in Bordeaux business)
Share its owneship with JP Moeuix, and became Moeuix family owned in 1969 when JF Moeuix (son of JP), purchased the remaning sharing part
Blue Clay soil: make difference to other vineyards
100% Merlot
The high reconization of Petrus is back to 1900’s: after phylloxera crisis
Unproduced vintages: 1991
Côtes de Blaye?
Blanc Sec:
60-90% combined Colombard and Ugni Blanc; plus Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Sémillon
Blaye AOP
**Rouge:
Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot
Accessory Varieties: Cot (Malbec), plus a max. 15% combined Petit Verdot and Carmenère (max. 10% Carmenère)
What are the classified chateaux for white and red in the “Graves Classification”?
Chateau Clinet?
Pomerol
88% Merlot / 12% CS
Fleur de Clinet
What is Bordeaux Haut Benauge?
Subzone of the Bordeaux AOP
Entre-Deux-Mers
Produces dry and moelleux white: Semilon, SB, Sauvignon Gris and Muscadelle
What are the communes of Haut Benauge
Haut-Benauge: Arbis, Cantois, Escoussans, Gornac, Ladaux, Mourens, Saint-Pierre-de-Bat, Soulignac, Targon
Name the crossing of the Merlot?
Madeleine Noire des Charentes X Cabernet Franc
What are the sub-zone for Cotes de Bordeaux AOP?
Blanc
Principal Varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Sémillon, and Muscadelle
**Rouge **
Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot; plus a max. 50% Cot (Malbec)
What are the red GV allowed on the left bank in Bordeaux?
Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc, Petit Verdot, Cot (Malbec), Carmenère
chateau Canon la Gaffelière
Classification and 2nd Label?
Saint Emilion Grand Cru classé B
Saint Emilion
52% Merlot / 40% CF / 8% CS
Organic growing estate
Côte Mignon la Gaffelière
What style of wine under Côtes de Bordeaux AOP?
**Rouge only
Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot; plus a max. 50% Cot (Malbec)
Accessory Varieties: Max. 15% combined Petit Verdot and Carmenère (max. 10% Carmenère)
Name all of the GCC B of Saint Emilion?
What were the worst vintages for Bordeaux dating back to the 1980s
LB: ‘80, ‘83, ‘84 ‘87, ‘91-93, ‘97, ‘98 ‘02, ‘07 ‘08, ‘13
RB: ‘80, ‘83, ‘84, ‘87, ‘91-93, ‘96 ‘99, ‘02, ‘07, ‘13
Sauternes: ‘80-‘82, ‘84-85, ‘87, ‘91-‘92, ‘95, ‘00, ‘02, ‘12
(‘80, ‘84, ‘87, ‘91, ‘92 are the absolute worst)
What does Cabernet Franc contribute to the blend in in Bordeaux? What soils does it prefer? Early/late budding? Early/late ripening?
How many estates are classified in Graves? Which are red only? (7) Which are white only? (3) Which are classified for both red and white? (6)
16 Classified
**Both: **
* Bouscaut
* Carbonnieux
* Domaine de Chevalier
* Latour-Martillac
* Malartic-Lagraviére
* Olivier
**Red **
* Onlyde Fieuzal
* Haut-Bailly
* Haut-Brion
* Pape-Clément
* Smith-Haut-Lafite
* La Mission Haut-Brion
* La Tour Haut-Brion
White Only
* Laville-Haut-Brion (White)
* Couhins-Lurton (White)
* Couhins (White)
What kind of soils dominate the left bank and what are their beneficial characteristics? Right Bank?
**Left Bank **is defined by quartz-rich gravel over clay and marl in the Haut-Modoc with mixture of clays, gravels, and sands (boulbenes) south of Pessac-Léognan in Graves, Sauternes, Barsac, and Cérons.
**Right Bank **is mostly clay and limestone with some gravel mixed in. Clay is more damp and less heat-retaining thus vines planted on it are more susceptible to frosts, heavy rains, and are later to ripen.
What are the 5 villages of Sauternes? Which can choose to use Sauternes on its labels instead of its own?
What kind of climate does St-Emilion and Pomerol have? What are the major hazards of the spring season here?
Continental with short winters and damp springs.
Frost which can lead to coulure and millerandage effectively reducing yields; excessive rain can result in severe problems with mold and rot.
What is Bordeaux mixture and what is it used for?
Mix of lime, copper sulfate, and water.used to avoid fungal problems