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What is the overall climate of Bordeaux?

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Moderate Maritime

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What climate effects affect Bordeaux wine?

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  • Warming from Gulf Stream
  • High Rainfall
  • High Humidity
  • Significant Cloud Cover
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What determines which grapes are most planted in Bordeaux Vineyards?

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The water and heat retention of vineyard soils

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What is the purpose of the Bordeaux Blend?

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To limit the effect of a variable climate on crop production

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What are the 6 permitted red grapes in Bordeaux?

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  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Malbec
  • Carmenere
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What is the most planted variety in Bordeaux?

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Merlot

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What are the main white varieties in Bordeaux?

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  • Semillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle
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What is the term for the Small oak barrel used for ageing in bordeaux?

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Barrique

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What allows the production of the great sweet wines of Bordeaux (Sauternes)?

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Noble Rot/Botrytis Cinerea

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What is the major estuary in Bordeaux?

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The Gironde Estuary

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Which 2 rivers combine near the city of bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary?

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Dordogne and Garonne

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Which river is associated with Bordeaux’s right bank?

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Dordogne

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Which River is associated with Bordeaux’s Left Bank

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Garonne

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What is the region between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers called?

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Entre-deux-mers

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What are the major Generic appellations of Bordeaux?

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Bordeaux, Bordeaux Superieur, Bordeaux Rose and Bordeaux Clairet

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Which forest protects Bordeaux from the worst effects of the atlantic ocean

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The Landes Forest

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Wines from the Medoc Appellation come from where and on which bank?

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Bordeaux, Northern Portion of Left Bank

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Where in the Medoc would we find the Haut-Medoc? What is different?

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Southern portion of Medoc, Better soils and growing conditions

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Which are the most 4 most important communal AOP’s in the Haut-Medoc?

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  • Saint-Estephe
  • Pauillac
  • Saint-Julien
  • Margaux
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What is the northernmost of the the Quality communes in the Haut-Medoc?

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Saint-Estephe

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Which is the southernmost of the quality communes in the Haut-Medoc

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Margaux

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In which appellation are all of the cru classes de graves located?

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Pessac Leognan

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What is the style difference between Pessac-Leognan and the Haut-Medoc?

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Pessac Leognan is still suited to Cabernet Sauvignon but producers lighter more aromatic wines

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What is the primary soil in the Medoc?

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Clay with small gravek outcroppings

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What is the primary soil in Pessac-Leognan and Graves?
Gravel
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What is the dominant grape of red left bank bordeaux?
Typically Cabernet Sauvignon
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What is the dominant grape of red right bank bordeaux?
Merlot
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What are the 3 major appellations of the Right Bank of Bordeaux from East to West?
- Saint-Emilion - Pomerol - Fronsac
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What is the primary soil of Saint-Emilion?
- Gravel and Limestone are the most important | - Clay Limestone is found on the escarpment and sandy soils at the base of the escarpment.
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Where are you most likely to find a garagiste wine?
Pomerol or the Right Bank in General
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Which 4 villages can add their name to Saint-Emilion?
Lussac, Montagne, Puisseguin and Saint-Georges
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What appellation is a satellite of Pomerol?
Lalande de Pomerol
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Where are Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac Located?
Right Bank, West of Libourne
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Which appellation was created in 2008 to group together lesser known Bordeaux appellations?
Cotes de Bordeaux
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Which 4 areas can now add their name to Cotes de Bordeaux?
Blaye, Cadillac, Castillon and Francs
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Where are the best quality dry white wines found in Bordeaux?
Pessac-Leognan
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A dry white wine from Sauternes would be labeled as what?
Bordeaux AC
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What is usually the dominant grape in white wines from Graves and Entre-deux-mers?
Sauvignon Blanc
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The traditional botrytis affected sweet wines of Bordeaux are located around which rivers?
Garonne and Ciron
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What is the Classic sweet wine region of Brodeaux?
Sauternes
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What appellation can be sold under its own appellation or as sauternes?
Barsac
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Which grape dominates the sweet wines of Bordeaux? Why?
Semillon because it is more susceptible to Botrytis
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Name 2 lesser sweet wine appellations in Bordeaux
- Cerons - Loupiac - St-Croix-du-Mont - Premieres cotes de bordeaux
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Which is the only Bordeaux region who's classification is part of the AOC system?
Saint-Emilion
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What is unique about Bordeaux Classifications?
They aren't based on vineyards but on producers. If a classified producer buys or sells a vineyard it gains or loses the classification.
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What is the dominant classification for Medoc and Sauternes?
The 1855 Classification
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How many 1855 First Growths are there? How many were there originally?
The are 5, originally there were 4 until Mouton-Rothschild was added
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What are the 5 1855 first growths?
Chateau Margaux, Chateau Latour, Chateau Haut Brion, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Lafite Rothschild
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Which is the only 1855 First growth not in the Medoc?
Chateau Haut-Brion in Graves/Pessac Leognan
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When was Chateau Mouton Rothschild promoted to first growth?
1973
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When was the original cru bourgeois system created?
1932
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What is the cru bourgeois system now? Why?
A quality assessment by tasting panel given to specific wines from specific vintages. This was done following legal challenges to the classification.
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When was the Graves Classification created?
1959
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What is the difference between Saint-Emilion Grand Cru and Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classe?
Grand Cru refers only to a wine meeting higher standards of alcohol. Grand Cru Classe refers to a wine in the St. Emilion Classification
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What are the 3 levels of the St. Emilion Classification from Highest to Lowest?
Premier Grand Cru Classe A Premier Grand Cru Classe B Grand Cru Classe
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When was the St. Emilion Classification first created?
1955
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What is the name for the Trade Structure in Bordeaux?
La Place de Bordeaux
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What are the 3 elements of the Bordeaux trade?
Producers/Growers, Courtiers (Brokers) and Negociants (Merchants)
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What is the name for the system of pre-sales in bordeaux?
En-Primeur
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