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62 Cards in this Set
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What are the soils of Graves?
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limestone subsoil covered with a pebble layer "graves" or the limestone or clayey-limestone of Sauternes.
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What river flows thru Graves?
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Garonne
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What are boulbenes?
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mixture of sand, gravel and light clay in Graves & Entre-Deux-Mers
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When were the wines classified in Graves?
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Graves were first classified in 1953, with white wines added in 1959. 16 châteaux in total
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When was Pessac-Léognan AOP created?
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1987
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TorF. Pessac-Léognan AOP encompasses all of the classified growths of Graves?
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TRUE
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What are the 10 communes of Pessac-Léognan AOP?
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Pessac
Léognan Cadaujac Canéjan Gradignan Martillac Mérignac Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans Talence Villenave-d'Ornon |
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What is the residual sugar of Pessac-Léognan Blanc AOP?
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4 g/l
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What is the main white variteal of Pessac-Léognan Blanc AOP?
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Sauvignon Blanc
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What is the main white variteal of Graves Blanc AOP?
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Sémillon
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How many château are classifed red?
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13
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How many château are classifed white?
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9
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How many chateau are classified both red & white?
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8
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What year did the RED ONLY Château La Tour Haut-Brion produce its last vintage?
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2005 consummed by Château La Mission Haut-Brion
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What year did WHITE ONLY Château Laville Haut-Brion produce its last vintage?
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2008 consummed by Château La Mission Haut-Brion
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What are the 2 white only classified château of Graves?
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Château Couhins (Villenave d'Ornan)
Château Couhins-Lurton (Villenave d'Ornan) |
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What are the 6 red only classified château of Graves?
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Château de Fieuzal
Château Haut-Bailly Château La Mission Haut-Brion Château Pape-Clément Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte Château La Tour Haut-Brion |
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What 5 Château are located in Leognan?
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Château Carbonnieux
Domaine de Chevalier Château de Fieuzal Château Haut-Bailly Château Malartic-Lagravière Château Olivier |
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What is the only château of Cadaujac?
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Château Bouscaut
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What is the name of the white wine from Château Haut-Brion?
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Clarity of Haut-Brion (2009)
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What are the 2 classified château of Talence?
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Château Laville-Haut-Brion
Château La Tour-Haut-Brion (Château La Mission Haut-Brion) |
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What was the name of Château Haut-Brion's 2nd wine, Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, prior to 2007?
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Bahans Château Haut-Brion
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What commune is Château Haut-Brion located?
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Pessac
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What commune is Château Pape-Clément located?
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Pessac
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What 2 Château are located in Martillac
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Château Latour-Martillac
Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte |
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What is Graves Supérieures AOP?
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sweet wines affected by botrytis
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What is the minimum must weight for Graves Supérieures AOP?
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221 g/l
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What is minimum residula sugar for Graves Supérieures AOP?
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34 g/l
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What is the minimum % for Sauvignon Blanc in Pessac-Léognan Blanc AOP?
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25%
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What are the 4 sweet wine AOP's of Graves?
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Graves Supérieures
Sauternes Cérons Barsac |
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What are the minimum must weight and residual sugar for Barsac, Sauternes & Cérons?
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min must weight: 221 g/l
min r/s: 45g/l |
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How long do the top sweet wine Château age their sweet wines?
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Often they are aged in a moderate-to-high percentage of new oak for up to two years prior to release
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What are the 3 communes of Cérons?
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Cerons
Illats Podensac |
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What are the soils of Cérons?
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stony mostly flint and gravel over marl
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Name 3 AOP's in Bordeaux where "Palus" soils are known to be the best?
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Castelnau-Médoc
Blanquefort Céron Bourg Blaye Fronsac Palus means Marsh in French |
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What are the 5 communes of Sauternes?
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Barsac
Sauternes Fargues Preignac Bommes |
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What are the soils of Sauternes?
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red clay gravel over clay iron pan
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What are the soils of Barsac?
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Clay limestone over limestone
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What is pourriture noble?
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French for Botrytis cinerea
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What are tries?
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picking the botrytized grapes individually, in separate trips through the vineyard
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What is the only sweet wine classified as Premier Cru Supérieur?
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Château d’Yquem
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What 4 recent years has Château d’Yquem not made wine?
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1952
1972 1992 2012 |
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What is the name of the dry white made by Château d’Yquem?
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“Y”, or “Ygrec” as Bordeaux or Bordeaux Supérieur
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What is “Crème de Tête”?
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the unclassified sweet wine Château Gilette. Is aged decades-long maturation in concrete vats
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What are the 11 sweet wine 1st growths in the 1855 classification?
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Château La Tour Blanche, Bommes
Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Bommes Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey, Bommes Château de Rayne-Vigneau, Bommes Château Suduiraut, Preignac Château Coutet, Barsac Château Climens, Barsac Château Guiraud, Sauternes Château Rieussec, Fargues Château Rabaud-Promis, Bommes Château Sigalas-Rabaud, Bommes |
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What are the 2 first growths of Barsac?
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Château Coutet
Château Climens |
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What commune of Satuernes is Château Rieussec located?
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Fragues
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What commune of Satuernes is Château Doisy-Daëne located?
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Barsac 2nd Growth
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What is the dry white wine from Château Rieussec?
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"R" de Château Rieussec Bordeaux AOC
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Name the 3 Doisy Estates located in Barsac.
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Doisy-Daëne
Doisy-Dubroca Doisy-Védrines |
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What are the 8 2nd growths of Barsac?
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de Myrat
Doisy-Daëne Doisy-Dubroca Doisy-Védrines Broustet Nairac Caillou Suau |
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What are the 6 1st growths located in Bommes?
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La Tour Blanche
Lafaurie-Peyraguey Clos Haut-Peyraguey de Rayne-Vigneau Rabaud-Promis Sigalas-Rabaud |
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What is the only 1st growth located in Preignac?
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Suduiraut
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What is the only 1st growth of Sauterns?
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Guiraud
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What are the 2 2nd growths of Fargues?
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Romer
Romer du Hayot |
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What vintages of Château Climens are deemed better than Château d'Yquem?
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1929
1947 1949 |
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What “First Growth” Sauternes is 100% Sémillon?
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Château Climens: Sémillon is said to suit the vineyard's chalky soil
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What is the 2nd wine of Château Climens?
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Cypres de Climens
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What "First Growth" of Sauterns was noted as the best Sauternes originating from Barsac by Thomas Jefferson?
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Château Coutet
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What vintage in the 1990's was Château Rieussec not made?
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1993
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What Sauterns house was Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year in 2004?
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Château Rieussec 2001
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What "First Growth" borders Château d'Yquem to the west?
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Château Rieussec
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