Certified Sommelier Exam Test Questions With Complete Solutions

Certified Sommelier Exam Test Questions
With Complete Solutions
Name the grapes used in Cava - Correct Answers
✅Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabéo (Macabeu), and Chardonnay


Name the 5 first growths and their communes - Correct
Answers ✅Château Lafite Rothschild (Pauillac)
Château Margaux (Margaux)
Château Latour (Pauillac)
Château Haut-Brion (Pessac-Leognan)
Château Mouton-Rothschild (Pauillac)


Which first growth was the last to be promoted & in which
year? - Correct Answers ✅Château Mouton-Rothschild
(1973)


Name the authorized white grapes of Bordeaux - Correct
Answers ✅Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Muscadelle


Name the 2nd growths of the Médoc and their communes -
Correct Answers ✅Rauzan-Ségla (Margaux)
Rauzan-Gassies (Margaux)
Léoville-Las-Cases (Saint-Julien)
Léoville-Poyferré (Saint-Julien)
Léoville-Barton (Saint-Julien)
Durfort-Viviens (Margaux)

, Certified Sommelier Exam Test Questions
With Complete Solutions
Lascombes (Margaux)
Gruaud-Larose (Saint-Julien)
Brane-Cantenac (Margaux)
Pichon-Lalande (Pauillac)
Pichon-Longueville (Pauillac)
Ducru-Beaucaillou (Saint-Julien)
Cos-d'Estournal (Saint-Estèphe)
Montrose (Saint-Estèphe)


What is the most widely planted grape of the Médoc? -
Correct Answers ✅Merlot


What year was Napoleon's classifictaion? - Correct Answers
✅1855


Name the largest area of production by volume in France -
Correct Answers ✅The Languedoc


Name the 2 major rivers and major estuary of Bordeaux -
Correct Answers ✅Garonne, Dordogne & Gironde


What are the 3 generic AOP of bordeaux? - Correct Answers
✅Bordeaux AOP
Bordeaux Supérieur AOP