Bordeaux Appellation Quiz
57 Questions
| Attempts: 302
Testing knowledge of Bordeaux wines and facts about Bordeaux.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Is Bordeaux the largest fine wine vineyard in the world?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 2.
Does Bordeaux cover more territory than all of Germany's vineyards?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 3.
Are 700 million bottles of wine bottled annually in Bordeaux?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 4.
Does Bordeaux lie along the path of three rivers: The Dordogne, the Gironde and the Garonne?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 5.
Does the Atlantic Ocean border on Bordeaux to the West?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 6.
Is Bordeaux a red wine region (80% red wine)?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 7.
Are five red grapes used to blend the wines of Bordeaux?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 8.
Are merlot and cabernet the two most important grapes in Bordeaux?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 9.
Is there a stock exchange (a bourse) in Bordeaux?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 10.
Is Mouton Cadet one of the most famous wine brands in the world?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 11.
Are these the most renowned Bordeaux wines; Chateau Latour, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Petrus, Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau Haut-Brion?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 12.
Are the best wines in Bordeaux wines of the terroir- that derive character from a singular plot of land?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 13.
Are the best Bordeaux wines like literature- they lead you back to re-experience and reinterpret over and over again?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 14.
Are most Bordeaux wines regular table wine?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 15.
Are 'Bordeaux' and 'Bordeaux Superieur' labels for lesser quality Bordeaux wines?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 16.
Are Bordeaux's vineyards all close to large bodies of water?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 17.
Is the Gironde the largest of the three rivers moving through Bordeaux?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 18.
Were the rivers of Bordeaux important for the early trade of wine to England?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 19.
Is Bordeaux edged on the south and west by vast pine forests and does this wall lead to a warmer climate?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 20.
Does Bordeaux mean 'along the waters'?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 21.
Are many Bordeaux vineyards flat, especially in the Medoc?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 22.
Are the best vineyards in Bordeaux on well-drained soil of gravel and stone?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 23.
Is there a saying in Bordeaux- 'the best vineyards can see the river'?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 24.
Is the Graves AOC known for producing wines that evoke the subtle aroma and flavors of the gravel and stones from which they come?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 25.
Is Graves the only sub-region of Bordeaux famous for producing the reds, whites and dessert wines?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 26.
Is Sauternes the sub-region famous for dessert wines in Graves AOC?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 27.
Does AOC mean Appellation d'origine Controlee?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 28.
Is Graves the birthplace of Claret?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 29.
Does Claret derives from the French clairet, a dark rosé and most common wine exported from Bordeaux until the 18th century?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 30.
Do many of the lesser vineyards of Bordeaux have soil of clay?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 31.
Is merlot the most abundant grape grown in Bordeaux?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 32.
Is Bordeaux merlot considered fleshy and round?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 33.
Is cabernet the grape that gives the red Bordeaux its structure?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 34.
Are tannins the structuring substance in cabernet?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 35.
Are the tannins in cabernet the preservatives that allow red Bordeaux wines to age?
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Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 36.
Are most of Bordeaux reds made from cabernet and merlot grapes?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 37.
Are the seasoning grapes of Bordeaux reds the cabernet franc, petit verdot and malbec?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 38.
Does cabernet franc offer an enticing violet aroma?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 39.
Are only four grapes permitted to be blended in a white Bordeaux?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 40.
Are the four white Bordeaux grapes: semillon, sauvignon blanc, muscadelle, ugni blanc?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 41.
Is Semillon the soul of white Bordeaux?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 42.
Is Sauvignon Blanc the opposite of Semillon?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 43.
Is the root of the word 'sauvignon' 'wild'?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 44.
Is Pavillon Blanc from Chateau Margaux one of the few exclusively sauvignon blanc white Bordeauxs?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 45.
Is muscadelle the grape that provides floral notes in white Bordeauxs?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 46.
Is ugni blanc the grape used in lesser white Bordeauxs?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 47.
Is the Bordelais winemaker more a blender with his nine grape varieties than his cousin in Burgundy where only two grapes dominate?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 48.
Do the nine grapes of Bordeaux ripen at different times?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 49.
Is this how you write Bordeaux in Chinese 波爾多?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
- 50.
Did the number of grape types in Bordeaux vineyards decrease, by winemaker selection, from sixty-three grape types in 1784 to the nine today?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
Correct Answer
A. Yes -
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