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France
Burgundy
Chablis
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7 Grand Crus
Preusus: ripe, round, least stony
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Vaudesir: big body, definition, finesse
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Les Clos: big body, flavour, strength, perfume over time
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N Cote de Nuits
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Marsannay: No premier cru, pink speciality
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N Cote de Beaune
Ladoix, Chorey, Pernand, Savigny, Aloxe-Corton
All around 2 Grand Crus:
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S Cote de Beaune
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Santenay: Fine reds, some white
Chalonnaise
Rully: more white than red
- acid, cremant
warmer years excellent Chard
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Bordeaux
Left bank
Northern Medoc
No classed growth
Greatest concentration of best of the rest
Some of best value Bordeaux
Many Crus Bourgeois
Many Crus Artisan
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Pauillac
Three first growths:
Ch Lafite-Rothschild: perfumed, polished
Ch Latour: firm, solid
Ch Mouton-Rothschild: strong, dark, ripe blackcurrant
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St-Julien
No first growths, but 5 second growths
Leoville best known
Mounds of gravel, all close to river or sloping south
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Central Medoc
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Moulis, Ch Chasse-Spleen, Poujeaux
Some best value Bordeaux
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Right bank
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Pomerol: sandy towards Libourne
Clay toward St-E
Merlot is king, Cab F 1/5th
No classification
Ch Petrus
Le Pin
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St-Emillion: Limestone slopes at the top
Sandy soils towards the river
Solid, more ripe, >alcoholic
4 Premiers Grand Crus Classes A
Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Angelus, Pavie
64 Premiers Grand Crus Classes B
100's of Grand Crus Classes
Southwest
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Cahors
Cot (Malbec)
Fuller, more rustic
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Loire Valley
Pays Nantais
Home of Muscadet
Melon de Bourgogne
Very dry, slightly salty, firm
Sur lie
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Touraine
CF raspberry and pencil
Sand, gravel, limestone
lighter -> more structure -> conc. tannic
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St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
Lighter, more sand
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Sancerre
Steely, full, more obvious
Pouilly-Fume more perfumed
Alsace
Most complex geology
Vosges mountain protect
Bas-Rhin lower
Haut-Rhin higher (most Grands Crus)
51 Grands Crus
Fruit forward wines
Riesling Gewurz Pinot Blanc Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir Muscat Sylvaner
N Rhone
Syrah, Viognier, Marsanne, Rousseane
Cremant de Die
Cote Rotie
Ampuis
Cote Blonde slope S of town S facing
more granite with soft topsoils
softer, earlier developing wines
Cote Brune slope N of town SW facing
schist heavy clay
tighter wines smoky
allowed < 20% viognier
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S Rhone
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre
Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Clairette
Cotes du Rhone -> Cotes du Rhones-Villages
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Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Most alcoholic wines in France
90% red
18 permitted varieties
Grenache Mourvedre Syrah Cinsault Counoise Vaccarese Muscardin Picpoul Noir Terret Noir
Clairette Blance Bourboulenc Roussanne Picardan
Galet terroir
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W Languedoc
Syrah Mourvedre Grenache Carignan
Bourboulenc Grenache Blanc Clairette Maccabeo Marsanne Roussanne Vermentino Picpoul
Minervois
85% red 10% rose
Syrah Mourvedre Grenache Carignan
Serious and luscious reds at the top of the order
St-Chinian
Distinctive
Craggy schist
Fine whites
Reds influenced by Rhone
Syrah on schist sharp
Purple clay Shiraz softer
Corbieres
Fierce winds
Same reds as Minervois
More Carignan and Grenache focused
Less tamed more concentrated tough in youth
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Limoux
National reputation for trad bubbly
Blanquette de Limoux: Mauzac
Cremant de Limoux: Chard, Chenin, PN
Still oaked Chard
Merlot 50% of reds
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Eastern Languedoc
80% red
Syrah Mourvedre Grenache Carignan Cinsault
Grenache Blanc Clairette Bourboulenc Picpoul Roussanne Marsanne Rolle Viognier
Rousillon
Grenache Liadoner Pelut Carignan Mourvedre Syrah Cinsault
Grenache Gris Grenache Blanc Maccabeo Vermentino Tourbat Marsanne Rousanne
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Provence
Grenache Cinsault Syrah Mourvedre Tibouren Carignan Cab Sav
Rolle Ugni Blanc Clairette Semillon Grenache Blanc Bourboulenc
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