MORE True adventures of Sherlock holmes & Wine: A Canonical Decanting, Part Deux

What wines are mentioned? Sherry – Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The ‘Gloria Scott’ Tokay – His Last Bow, Sign of the Four Chianti – Sign of the Four Montrachet – Adventure of the Veiled Lodger Port – Sign of the Four, The ‘Gloria Scott’ Beaune – Sign of the Four Champagne –Valley of Fear, Sign of the Four Claret – Adventure of the Cardboard Box

What’s Champagne? Only wine pro-duced in these co-lored areas, of only Pinot Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunière, of limited harvest of tons of grapes per acre, and vinified according to go-vernment rules and inspection may be called Champagne

All the grapes are from special vineyards How sweet or dry Producer Alcohol content Bottle Size

Oh Goody, we get to learn French! Styles: Doux – sweet, more than 50 grams/liter Demi-Sec – less sweet, 32–50 gr/l Sec – sweeter than Extra Dry, 17–32 gr/l Extra Dry – slight sweet taste, 12–17 gr/l Brut – dry, no sweet taste, less than 12 gr/l Extra Brut – dry, 0 to 6 gr/l Rosé – pink colored Blanc de Blancs – only Chardonnay grapes Blanc de Noirs – only Pinot Noir grapes

What! More French? Price Increase markings: Vielles Vignes – prephylloxera vines Premier Cru – all grapes must come from special growing areas considered to be better than average Grand Cru – all grapes must come from apecial growing areas considered to be the absolute best Cuvée – Bottling [Vintage Date] – Extra because they can’t use all their grapes in this bottle, only the better ones

Buvons nous Let’s Drink!

Wasn’t that fun!

the red and white Bordeaux wines How to make sense of the red and white Bordeaux wines Believe everything the speaker says as gospel truth Only four red grapes can be grown in all the red wine areas: A. Cabernet Sauvignon B. Merlot C. Cabernet Franc E. Petit Verdot 3. Only three white grapes can be grown in the white wine areas: A. Sauvignon Blanc B. Sémillion C. Muscadelle

As with the other wine appellations of France, rules of harvest/acre, etc. apply The main red wine areas: A. Pauillac (Greater Quality) B. Margaux (Greater Quality) C. Graves/Pessac-Léognan (Greater Quality) D. St-Émilion (Greater Quality) E. Pomerol (Greater Quality) F. St-Julien (Greater Quality) G. St-Estèphe (Greater Quality) H. Médoc I. Bourg/Côtes de Bourg J. Blaye/Côtes de Blaye K. Moulis The main white wine areas: A. Sauternes/Barsac (Greater Quality) B. Graves/Pessac-Léognan (Greater Quality) C. Entre Deux Mers D. Bourg/Côtes de Bourg E. Blaye/Côtes de Blaye F. Bergerac/Monbazillac

When do we drink some more wine?

Making the most money, oops, wine in Bordeaux

The fancy label, this sells for $1400/bottle

The second label, this sells for $140/bottle

The third label, this sells for $90/bottle

Their white wine, this sells for $140/bottle. 14 years ago it was $40/bottle

Well, this is great, so, what is claret? Oh no! More French Claret comes from the French word clairette: Claire = light, e.g., claire de lune or moonlight, or light as in weight, bulk, mass The suffix –ette is diminuative, thus very light, less bulky or massive, i.e., Thin or watery as applied to wine What was clairette in 1154 when Henry II became de facto Duke of Aquitaine (Bordeaux district small part of that province)? Wine shipped in barrels from different estates, but what was in the barrel? Enter the courtier, … and

Remember, the French have been selling wine for 2600 years, along with water, air, and smells Classifications, or how they get more money A. 1855—77 original properties, six crus, 1 added 1856 B. 1933/2014—Cru Bourgeois, 444 properties, now 246 C. 1953/9—Graves, now Pessac-Léognan, 16 properties, 22 wines D. 1955—St-Émilion, 75 properties, now 82 E. 1973—Château Mouton Rothschild, it’s good to be king Futures, or they get your money for 2–3 years The middlemen and wine labels A. Courtier B. Négociant C. Marchand D. Expéditeur E. Importateur

Buvons nous Let’s drink The End Applause Throw money