TWP BORDEAUX (GEOGRAPHY)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Medoc - Correct Answers -What region grows Merlot, Cabernet, and a little bit of Cab
Franc? It is the least prestigious region on the Left Bank with no classified growths.
Haut-Medoc - Correct Answers -What region grows Cabernet, Merlot, and a small
portion of Cab Franc? There are 5 classified growths labeled in this region.
Margaux - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune is the largest and
southernmost of the four major communes? This region is noted for having the lightest
and most gravelly soil in Medoc. Merlot grows well.
St Estephe - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune is where the majority of the
Cru Bourgeoisare? Notably Cos d'Estournel, Cos Labory, and Lafon Rochet are the
northernmost classified communes.
Pauillac - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune has wines with balance,
power, and finesse? There are three First Growths: Latour, Lafite Rothschild, Mouton
Rothschild.
St. Julien - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune is the smallest and produces
consistently high-quality wines?
Graves - Correct Answers -What Left Bank AOC is located south of the city of Bordeaux
and contains the sub-appellation Pessac-Leognan?
Haut-Brion - Correct Answers -What is the only chateau outside of Medoc included in
the 1855 Classification? It is located in Graves.
Barsac/Sauternes - Correct Answers -What Left Bank AOC is known for their unique
dessert wines produced from botrytis-infected grapes?
Pomerol - Correct Answers -What Right Bank AOC is the smallest of the districts and
produces some of the most expensive wines in the world?
St Emilion - Correct Answers -What Right Bank AOC accounts for 6% of Bordeaux's
vineyards and plants mostly Merlot with a significant portion of Cab Franc?
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Medoc - Correct Answers -What region grows Merlot, Cabernet, and a little bit of Cab
Franc? It is the least prestigious region on the Left Bank with no classified growths.
Haut-Medoc - Correct Answers -What region grows Cabernet, Merlot, and a small
portion of Cab Franc? There are 5 classified growths labeled in this region.
Margaux - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune is the largest and
southernmost of the four major communes? This region is noted for having the lightest
and most gravelly soil in Medoc. Merlot grows well.
St Estephe - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune is where the majority of the
Cru Bourgeoisare? Notably Cos d'Estournel, Cos Labory, and Lafon Rochet are the
northernmost classified communes.
Pauillac - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune has wines with balance,
power, and finesse? There are three First Growths: Latour, Lafite Rothschild, Mouton
Rothschild.
St. Julien - Correct Answers -What Haut-Medoc commune is the smallest and produces
consistently high-quality wines?
Graves - Correct Answers -What Left Bank AOC is located south of the city of Bordeaux
and contains the sub-appellation Pessac-Leognan?
Haut-Brion - Correct Answers -What is the only chateau outside of Medoc included in
the 1855 Classification? It is located in Graves.
Barsac/Sauternes - Correct Answers -What Left Bank AOC is known for their unique
dessert wines produced from botrytis-infected grapes?
Pomerol - Correct Answers -What Right Bank AOC is the smallest of the districts and
produces some of the most expensive wines in the world?
St Emilion - Correct Answers -What Right Bank AOC accounts for 6% of Bordeaux's
vineyards and plants mostly Merlot with a significant portion of Cab Franc?
