FR_Rhône N+S (not ready)

Question 1

Northern Rhône
3 Location Facts
1 Geography Fact

Answer 1

Southwest of Lyon
Northern town = Vienne
Southern town = Valence
Much smaller than Southern Rhône

Question 2

Northern Rhône
Climate
+4 Facts

Answer 2

Continental with mediterranean influence
Hot summers, cold winters, more rain here than Southern Rhône, little humidity

Question 3

Northern Rhône Terroir
3 Facts

Answer 3

• The Mistral Wind is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from
  The massif central (southern France), through the valley and into the Gulf of
  Lion in the northern Mediterranean.
• The wind is so powerful (up to 40mph) that Northern Rhône has it’s own teepee-like trellising system to keep vines from blowing over.
• Thick skinned grapes do better here.

Question 4

4 Northern Rhône Soils
1 Fact

Answer 4

• Granite, schist, clay and Arzelle (decomposed mica)
• There is very little topsoil here, but the Arzelle near
  Condrieu helps to reflect sun back to vines in this difficult climate.

Question 5

Crozes Hermitage
(crows air-mee-tahj)
Where
3 Facts

Answer 5

• Northern Rhône
• Syrah (Sometimes mixed w small amounts of Roussanne and Marssanne)
• Small amounts of Roussanne and Marssanne also produced
• Less regarded than Côte Rotie and Hermitage

Question 6

Hermitage
(air-mee-tahj)
Where
5 Facts

Answer 6

• Northern Rhône
• Syrah
• Most full-bodied Rhône wine
• Complex, rich, tannic wine that requieres aging
• A few whites from Roussane and Marssanne
• Regarded by many to be spiritual home of Syrah

Question 7

Cornas (core-nah)
Where
2 Facts
Saint Péray
2 Facts

Answer 7

Cornas
* Northern Rhône
* Mostly Syrah.
* A little roussanne and marsanne, which, are traditionally full, heavy, earthy wines that require 8 to 10 years of aging.
Saint Péray
* 100% white
* mostly sparkling, small amounts of still