CMS - Certified Sommelier All Answers Correct
Where can "crasse de fer" soil be found? ️️Pomerol
What is Pressac? ️️A synonym for Malbec
Who is the producer of "Crème de Tête"? ️️Château Gilette
What is the minimum alcohol for Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? ️️11.5%
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Where can "crasse de fer" soil be found? ✔️✔️Pomerol
What is Pressac? ✔️✔️A synonym for Malbec
Who is the producer of "Crème de Tête"? ✔️✔️Château Gilette
What is the minimum alcohol for Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? ✔️✔️11.5%
Traditional barrique in Bordeaux contains how many liters? ✔️✔️225
What is the most likely finished level of alcohol for Sauternes? ✔️✔️12-14%
T or F? Bordeaux has the most hectares under vine of any French wine region? ✔️✔️True
What is Bouchet? ✔️✔️A synonym for Cabernet Franc in Pomerol and Saint-Émilion
When was Graves FIRST classified? ✔️✔️1953
Saint-Émilion was most recently reclassified in ____ for the 6th time? ✔️✔️2012
Ugni Blanc and Colombard are primarily used in which appellation? ✔️✔️Côtes de Blaye
The Saint-Émilion AOP borders which river? ✔️✔️The Dordogne
What is the last grape to ripen in Bordeaux? ✔️✔️Petit Verdot
,The Cru Classé properties of Graves are located in which appellation? ✔️✔️Pessac-Léognan
What 2 rivers border Sauternes? ✔️✔️Ciron
Garonne
How many châteaux are currently ranked as Premier Cru Classé A in Saint-Émilion? ✔️✔️4
Château Palmer ✔️✔️
Château Angelus ✔️✔️
What are the 4 Saint-Émilion satellites? ✔️✔️St-Georges
Lussac
Montagne
Puisseguin
What are the 4 sub-regional designations of the Côtes de Bordeaux? ✔️✔️Blaye
Cadillac
Castillon
Francs
What two estates are "islands" of Pomerol soils in Saint-Émilion? ✔️✔️Ch. Figeac
Ch. Cheval Blanc
What is Cabernet Sauvignon's soil preference? ✔️✔️drained gravel
What is Cabernet Franc's soil preference? ✔️✔️limestone
,What is "jalles"? ✔️✔️Drainage channels; criss-cross the low-lying remote landscape and prevent the
Médoc from reverting to swampland
What estate was re-classified in 1973? ✔️✔️Château Mouton-Rothschild
Which estate is considered a "super-second" growth of the Haut-Medoc? ✔️✔️Château Cos
d'Estournel
What are the first growths of Pauillac? ✔️✔️Ch. Lafite-Rothschild
Ch. Mouton-Rothschild
Ch. Latour
What are the 2 "super-seconds" of Saint-Julien? ✔️✔️Ch. Léoville Las Cases
Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou
What are the villages of Margaux? ✔️✔️Soussans
Margaux
Cantenac
Labarde
Arsac
What are the first growths of Margaux? ✔️✔️Ch. Margaux
What is the top third growth of Margaux? ✔️✔️Ch. Palmer
What is the significance of Château Pape-Clément? ✔️✔️First identifiable vineyard estate in the
region; a papal gift awarded to Bordeaux in 1305
, How many Cru Classé are in Graves? ✔️✔️13 Red
9 White
What are the communes of Pessac-Léognan? ✔️✔️Pessac
Léognan
Cadaujac
Canéjan
Gradignan
Martillac
Mérignac
Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans
Talence
Villeneuve-d'Ornons
What is "pourriture noble"? ✔️✔️Noble rot - Botrytis
What is the only right bank estate to use a major component of Cabernet Sauvignon? ✔️✔️Château
Figeac
What are the top properties of Pomerol? ✔️✔️Ch. Pétrus
Vieux-Château-Certan
Ch. Lafleur
Ch. Le Pin
Ch. Trotanoy
What are the oldest cultivated vineyard locations? ✔️✔️Bourg and Côtes de Bourg
What are the top communes of the Haut-Medoc? ✔️✔️Saint-Estèphe
Pauillac
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