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Certified Sommelier Exam Test Questions
With Correct Answers
Name the grapes used in Cava - answer✔✔Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabéo (Macabeu), and
Chardonnay
Name the 5 first growths and their communes - answer✔✔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? - answer✔✔Château Mouton-
Rothschild (1973)
Name the authorized white grapes of Bordeaux - answer✔✔Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon,
Muscadelle
Name the 2nd growths of the Médoc and their communes - answer✔✔Rauzan-Ségla (Margaux)
Rauzan-Gassies (Margaux)
Léoville-Las-Cases (Saint-Julien)
Léoville-Poyferré (Saint-Julien)
Léoville-Barton (Saint-Julien)
Durfort-Viviens (Margaux)
Lascombes (Margaux)
Gruaud-Larose (Saint-Julien)
Brane-Cantenac (Margaux)
Pichon-Lalande (Pauillac)
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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? - answer✔✔Merlot
What year was Napoleon's classifictaion? - answer✔✔1855
Name the largest area of production by volume in France - answer✔✔The Languedoc
Name the 2 major rivers and major estuary of Bordeaux - answer✔✔Garonne, Dordogne &
Gironde
What are the 3 generic AOP of bordeaux? - answer✔✔Bordeaux AOP
Bordeaux Supérieur AOP
Crémant de Bordeaux AOP
Name the 8 AOP of the Médoc - answer✔✔Médoc AOP
Haut-Médoc AOP
St-Estèphe AOP
Pauillac AOP
St-Julien AOP
Listrac-Médoc AOP
Moulis-en-Médoc AOP
Margaux AOP
True or False? Both Red and White wines may be produced as Graves AOP? - answer✔✔True
(although sweet white wines must fall under Graves Supérieur AOP)
Name the six apellations of Graves - answer✔✔Graves AOP
Graves Supérieur AOP
Pessac-Léognan AOP
Cérons AOP
Barsac AOP
Sauternes AOP
Certified Sommelier Exam Test Questions
With Correct Answers
Name the grapes used in Cava - answer✔✔Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabéo (Macabeu), and
Chardonnay
Name the 5 first growths and their communes - answer✔✔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? - answer✔✔Château Mouton-
Rothschild (1973)
Name the authorized white grapes of Bordeaux - answer✔✔Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon,
Muscadelle
Name the 2nd growths of the Médoc and their communes - answer✔✔Rauzan-Ségla (Margaux)
Rauzan-Gassies (Margaux)
Léoville-Las-Cases (Saint-Julien)
Léoville-Poyferré (Saint-Julien)
Léoville-Barton (Saint-Julien)
Durfort-Viviens (Margaux)
Lascombes (Margaux)
Gruaud-Larose (Saint-Julien)
Brane-Cantenac (Margaux)
Pichon-Lalande (Pauillac)
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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? - answer✔✔Merlot
What year was Napoleon's classifictaion? - answer✔✔1855
Name the largest area of production by volume in France - answer✔✔The Languedoc
Name the 2 major rivers and major estuary of Bordeaux - answer✔✔Garonne, Dordogne &
Gironde
What are the 3 generic AOP of bordeaux? - answer✔✔Bordeaux AOP
Bordeaux Supérieur AOP
Crémant de Bordeaux AOP
Name the 8 AOP of the Médoc - answer✔✔Médoc AOP
Haut-Médoc AOP
St-Estèphe AOP
Pauillac AOP
St-Julien AOP
Listrac-Médoc AOP
Moulis-en-Médoc AOP
Margaux AOP
True or False? Both Red and White wines may be produced as Graves AOP? - answer✔✔True
(although sweet white wines must fall under Graves Supérieur AOP)
Name the six apellations of Graves - answer✔✔Graves AOP
Graves Supérieur AOP
Pessac-Léognan AOP
Cérons AOP
Barsac AOP
Sauternes AOP
