Geography
What is the name of the estuary that greatly influences Bordeaux?
The Gironde Estuary
What grapes are used for sweet wines in Sauternes?
Sauv. Blanc
Semilon
Name the First Growths of Bordeaux
Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac
Château Latour Pauillac
Château Margaux Margaux
Château Haut-Brion Pessac, Graves
Château Mouton-Rothschild Pauillac
1855
Barsac is a sub-appellation of what greater appellation
Saunters
What is the name of the man made forest to the west of Bordeaux and how does it influence the vineyards?
La Foret des Landes
Moderates ocean winds and creates, to a degree, a rain shield
What is the dominant grape in blends from the left bank?
Cab. Sauv.
What is the only Premier Cru Superieur for sweet wines?
Chateau d'Yquem
How were the Growths determined? What metrics were used?
Bordeaux brokers and merchants examined the selling prices of the region's wines over the previous 100 years.
What is the general soils of the left bank?
Gravel Mounds
What river lies to the north of Entre-Deux-Mers?
The Dordogne
What grape dominates the right bank blends
Merlot
Name a Premiers Grand Cru Classe 'A' in St. Emilion
Ch. Ausone
Ch. Cheval-Blanc
Ch. Angelus
Ch. Pavie
In the mid-17th century, with the blessing of King Louis XIV, what did the Dutch do that greatly affected the wine industry in Bordeaux?
The Dutch, already having developed techniques, drained the marshlands of the Haut-Medoc exposing the gravel mounds where some the best Cab Sauv. based wines are grown to this day.
What is the general soils of the right bank?
Clay
What river lies to the south of Entre-Deux-Mer?
Garonne River
What are the traditional red grapes of Bordeaux?
Cab. Sauv
Merlot
Cab. Franc
Petit verdot
malbec
Carmenere
What producer is credited for putting Pomeral on the map?
Bonus if you can tell me what year they were awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition.
Château Pétrus
1878
What year was the first railway from Paris to Bordeaux completed. Increasing Bordeaux's ability to trade with more inland areas?
1853
What are the 4 satellites of St. Emilion?
St. Georges-St.-Emilion AOC/AOP
Montagne-St.-Emilion AOC/AOP
Lussac-St.-Emilion AOC/AOP
Puisseguin-St.-Emillion AOC/AOP
What tributary flows through Sauternes?
the Ciron river
What grapes have recently been added to the list of allowed bordeaux grapes?
Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, Arinarnoa (Reds)
Alvarinho, Liliorila (White Grapes)
Baron Philippe de Rothschild has made a partnership with what producer in Chile to make a 'Bordeaux blend" style wine?
Concha y Toro in Maipo Valley