CERTIFIED SOMMELIER EXAM TEST
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Name the grapes used in Cava - correct answer✔✔Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabéo (Macabeu), and Chardonnay Name the 5 first growths and their communes - correct 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? - correct answer✔✔Château Mouton- Rothschild (1973) Name the authorized white grapes of Bordeaux - correct answer✔✔Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Muscadelle Name the 2nd growths of the Médoc and their communes - correct 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) 1 / 2
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 answer✔✔Merlot What year was Napoleon's classifictaion? - correct answer✔✔1855 Name the largest area of production by volume in France - correct answer✔✔The Languedoc Name the 2 major rivers and major estuary of Bordeaux - correct answer✔✔Garonne, Dordogne & Gironde What are the 3 generic AOP of bordeaux? - correct answer✔✔Bordeaux AOP Bordeaux Supérieur AOP Crémant de Bordeaux AOP Name the 8 AOP of the Médoc - correct answer✔✔Médoc AOP Haut-Médoc AOP St-Estèphe AOP Pauillac AOP St-Julien AOP Listrac-Médoc AOP Moulis-en-Médoc AOP Margaux AOP
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