TWP BORDEAUX COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bel Air Ortet - ✔✔AOC: St. Estèphe
Classification:
Second Wine:
Description: Tiny estate owned by Coeval Quancard. Roughly 50/50 blend of Cab and
Merlot from 25 year old vines.
✔✔Lillian Ladouys - ✔✔AOC: St. Estèphe
Classification: Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
Second Wine: La Deise de __________
Description: Settled close to Clos & Lafite. 58% Cab, 38% Merlot and 4% CF.
✔✔Lafite-Rothschild - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: First Growth
Second Wine: Carruades de _________
Description: Vineyards include the hillsides around the Château, the adjacent
Carruades plateau to the west and a small plot in neighboring St. Estèphe. 70% Cab,
25% Merlot & the rest CF and PV. Avg. age of vines are 45 years with the "La Graviere"
plot. All barrels are made at the domaine's cooperage.
✔✔Mouton-Rothschild - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: First Growth
Second Wine: Le Petit _______
Description: Baron Philippe de Rothschild ran the estate from 1922-1988. After 20
years, the Baron was finally successful in winning official first growth status for
_______. Now run by daughter Philippine who partners with new world producers
Concha y Toro. 77% Cab, 11% Merlot, 10% CF & 2% PV. Also produces AIle d'Argent
Bordeaux White.
✔✔Latour - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: First Growth
, Second Wine: Les Forts de _________
Description: Located on gravelly soil overlooking the Gironde. 80% Cab, 18% Merlot
and tiny amounts of CF and PV. in 2012, they announced that they would no longer
participate in the en primeur system and would hold back the Château's wines until they
are ready to drink.
✔✔Pichon Longuville Comtesse de Lalande (Pichon-Lalande) - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Second Growth
Second Wine: Reserve de la _______
Description: Known as __________ ____________. Spilt between the son & daughters
of Baron ________ _________ with his daughter Countess de __________. Owned by
Louis Roederer. Lower percent of Cab and higher percentage of Merlot; soft fleshy
character which allows the wine to be consumed younger than its neighbors. 45% Cab,
35% Merlot, 12% CF and 8% PV.
✔✔Pichon Longuville Baron (Pichon Baron) - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Second Growth
Second Wine: Les Griffons de __________ __________ (Same material as Grand Vin)
and Les Tourelles de __________ (Single plot mostly Merlot)
Description: Known as _________ ________. Established in 1850 by Baron Raoul
_________ de _________ received by his father. Owned by AXA Millesimes who have
invested in Bordeaux, overseen by Christian Seely. 60% Cab, 35% Merlot, 4% CF & 1%
PV.
✔✔Duhart-Milon - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Fourth Growth
Second Wine: Moulin de ________
Description: Purchased by Lafite in 1962. 67% Cab, 33% Merlot with an avg of 30
years. Wines made by Lafite team.
✔✔Pontet-Canet - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Fifth Growth
Second Wine: Les Hauts du _______ _______
Description: Owned by the Tesseron Family. Located in the heart of Pauillac
appellation, south of Ch. Mouton Rothschild & d'Armailhac. Poor gravelly soil that
makes the greatest vineyards. Back-to-back (2009-2010) 100 pt reviews from Robert
Parker, no other Medoc estate below second growth status. 65% Cab, 30% Merlot, 4%
CF, 1% PV.
✔✔Batailley - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Fifth Growth
Second Wine:
Description: 70% Cab, 25% Merlot with the rest being CF and PV. Flagship wine of
Borie-Manoux & the Castéja Family whose holdings include Beau-Site (St. Estèphe) &
Trotte Vielle (St. Émilion)
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Bel Air Ortet - ✔✔AOC: St. Estèphe
Classification:
Second Wine:
Description: Tiny estate owned by Coeval Quancard. Roughly 50/50 blend of Cab and
Merlot from 25 year old vines.
✔✔Lillian Ladouys - ✔✔AOC: St. Estèphe
Classification: Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
Second Wine: La Deise de __________
Description: Settled close to Clos & Lafite. 58% Cab, 38% Merlot and 4% CF.
✔✔Lafite-Rothschild - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: First Growth
Second Wine: Carruades de _________
Description: Vineyards include the hillsides around the Château, the adjacent
Carruades plateau to the west and a small plot in neighboring St. Estèphe. 70% Cab,
25% Merlot & the rest CF and PV. Avg. age of vines are 45 years with the "La Graviere"
plot. All barrels are made at the domaine's cooperage.
✔✔Mouton-Rothschild - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: First Growth
Second Wine: Le Petit _______
Description: Baron Philippe de Rothschild ran the estate from 1922-1988. After 20
years, the Baron was finally successful in winning official first growth status for
_______. Now run by daughter Philippine who partners with new world producers
Concha y Toro. 77% Cab, 11% Merlot, 10% CF & 2% PV. Also produces AIle d'Argent
Bordeaux White.
✔✔Latour - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: First Growth
, Second Wine: Les Forts de _________
Description: Located on gravelly soil overlooking the Gironde. 80% Cab, 18% Merlot
and tiny amounts of CF and PV. in 2012, they announced that they would no longer
participate in the en primeur system and would hold back the Château's wines until they
are ready to drink.
✔✔Pichon Longuville Comtesse de Lalande (Pichon-Lalande) - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Second Growth
Second Wine: Reserve de la _______
Description: Known as __________ ____________. Spilt between the son & daughters
of Baron ________ _________ with his daughter Countess de __________. Owned by
Louis Roederer. Lower percent of Cab and higher percentage of Merlot; soft fleshy
character which allows the wine to be consumed younger than its neighbors. 45% Cab,
35% Merlot, 12% CF and 8% PV.
✔✔Pichon Longuville Baron (Pichon Baron) - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Second Growth
Second Wine: Les Griffons de __________ __________ (Same material as Grand Vin)
and Les Tourelles de __________ (Single plot mostly Merlot)
Description: Known as _________ ________. Established in 1850 by Baron Raoul
_________ de _________ received by his father. Owned by AXA Millesimes who have
invested in Bordeaux, overseen by Christian Seely. 60% Cab, 35% Merlot, 4% CF & 1%
PV.
✔✔Duhart-Milon - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Fourth Growth
Second Wine: Moulin de ________
Description: Purchased by Lafite in 1962. 67% Cab, 33% Merlot with an avg of 30
years. Wines made by Lafite team.
✔✔Pontet-Canet - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Fifth Growth
Second Wine: Les Hauts du _______ _______
Description: Owned by the Tesseron Family. Located in the heart of Pauillac
appellation, south of Ch. Mouton Rothschild & d'Armailhac. Poor gravelly soil that
makes the greatest vineyards. Back-to-back (2009-2010) 100 pt reviews from Robert
Parker, no other Medoc estate below second growth status. 65% Cab, 30% Merlot, 4%
CF, 1% PV.
✔✔Batailley - ✔✔AOC: Pauillac
Classification: Fifth Growth
Second Wine:
Description: 70% Cab, 25% Merlot with the rest being CF and PV. Flagship wine of
Borie-Manoux & the Castéja Family whose holdings include Beau-Site (St. Estèphe) &
Trotte Vielle (St. Émilion)
