Cote Rotie

Question 1

Jamet: Inaugural vintage

Answer 1

1976 - vineyard acquisition and farming began in 1950 by Joseph Jamet

Question 2

Jamet: Major vineyard sites

Answer 2

Côte Brune: schist
Côte Blonde: granite
Côte Rozier: schist
Lancement: granite
La Landonne: schist
La Gerine: schist

Question 3

What is Jamet’s single vineyard bottling?

Answer 3

Côte Brune, produced every vintage

Question 4

Jamet: Punchdowns v. Pumpovers

Answer 4

Punchdowns for destemmed lots,

pumpovers for whole cluster lots

Question 5

Jamet: Oak treatment

Answer 5

20% new on Côte-Rôtie
35% new on Côte Brune
225L and 550L barrels

Question 6

Who is the current head of Domaine Jamet?

Answer 6

Jean-Paul Jamet; his brother Jean-Luc left in 2013, taking the Lancement parcel with him.

Question 7

Gentaz-Derviaux: Last vintage

Answer 7

1993

Question 8

Gentaz-Derviaux: Major vintages

Answer 8

1978, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990

Question 9

Rostaing: First Vintage

Answer 9

1971

Question 10

Rostaing: Inheritance

Answer 10

The vineyards of Marius Gentaz-Derviaux and Albert Derviaux via his wife, Christine (daughter of Albert and niece of Marius): 4.4ha in total.

Question 11

Rostaing: Wines

Answer 11

Classique. Blend of sites. Called Cuvée Ampodium in the USA.
La Landonne
Côte Blonde (includes 5% viognier; the other bottlings are 100% Syrah)

Question 12

Rostaing: Vineyards

Answer 12

Côte-Rôtie: La Landonne (iron oxide, schist)
Fongeant
Côte Brune
Côte Blonde: (decomposed granite)
La Viallière
Condrieu: Côte Bonnette (granite, clay)
Sainte-Agathe (granite)
Côte Châtillon

Question 13

Rostaing: Winemaking

Answer 13

Partial destemming - higher % in Classique than the single vineyards
Fermented in stainless steel
Aged in barrique and 550L demi-muid, max 20% new
Fining, no filtering

Question 14

What is Domaine Puech-Chaud?

Answer 14

Rostaing’s Languedoc property, on the eastern edge between Nimes and Sommières

Question 15

Guigal: Origins

Answer 15

Founded in 1946 by Etienne Guigal after working as cellarmaster for Vidal-Fleury for 15 years. Marcel joined in 1961. The major turning point came in 1984 when E. Guigal bought Vidal-Fleury and its 12ha of vines, roughly 35% of the Côte Rôtie harvest.

Question 16

Guigal: Winemaking

Answer 16

Hand-harvested (at least the estate wines)
Destemmed as merited by vintage
Sulphur applied pre-fermentation, which has cut usage in half
Pumpovers for lots from Blonde, Punchdowns for lots from Brune

Question 17

Where do Guigal’s barrels come from ?

Answer 17

Coopered by Seguin-Moreau at the Chateau d’Ampuis; Guigal is a partner in the business, so essentially coopers in house.

Question 18

Guigal: Aging

Answer 18

36mos for Brune et Blonde
38mos for Chateau d’Ampuis
42mos for La La’s and Ex-Voto
100% new oak for La La’s, Ex-Voto, and Condrieu La Doriane as well.

Question 19

Chateau d’Ampuis

Answer 19

93/7 from 3 climats in Côte Blonde and 4 climats in Côte Brune, average age 40-50 years. First vintage 1995.

Question 20

La Mouline

Answer 20

89/11, average vine age 60 years. Climat on the Côte Blonde. First vintage 1966.

Question 21

La Landonne

Answer 21

100% Syrah, average vine age 20 years. First vintage 1978.

Question 22

La Turque

Answer 22

93/7, from a climat on the Côte Brune planted in 1980. First vintage 1985.

Question 23

Ex-Voto

Answer 23

Guigal’s Ermitage bottlings
White: 93 Marsanne/7 Roussane from Murets and l’Hermite
Red: Bessards, Greffieux, l’Hermite, Murets

Question 24

Guigal: Total Production

Answer 24

90,000 cases, including the negoce

Question 25

Production on the La La’s

Answer 25

La Mouline: 5,000-6,000btls
La Landonne: 10,000btls
La Turque: 5,000btls

Question 26

What is La Pommière?

Answer 26

A vineyard site in the Côte Brune, bottled separately once in 1989 as a tribute to Etienne after his death. Typically goes into Chateau d’Ampuis.

Question 27

La La’s - Comparatively Speaking

Answer 27

La Mouline: soft and plump, earliest to mature and earliest to fade
La Landonne: biggest, darkest, and most tannic of the three, very long lived but with many dark periods
La Turque: between the two - more aromatic than Landonne, but more muscular in structure than Mouline.

Question 28

Three Climats in St-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône

Answer 28

Vérzerance
Planèze
La Chapuise
Le Village
Le Remilly
Cumelle
Les Chanavaries
Le Mont
Montlis
Servonnière
Plany
Bourrier

Question 29

Three Climats in Ampuis

Answer 29

La Gerine
Vérenay
Grandes Place
Viallière
Basses Viallière
Côte Rozier
Rozier
La Landonne
Fongeant
Côte Brune
Chavaroche
Côte Blonde
Lancement

Question 30

Three Climats in Tupin et Semons

Answer 30

Bons Arrèts
Tupin
Coteaux de Tupin
Pimontins
Collet
But de Mont
Maison Rouge
Les Bercheries
Béton
Corps de Loup
Semons
Maisons Blanches
Coteaux de Bassenon