France (Rhone) Flashcards
What direction do the best vineyards in Côte Rôtie face?
Southeast
What is the dominating soil type that is found mostly throughout the Southern Rhone?
Alluvial soils over limestone with clay and galets
Name 5 St. Joseph producers?
Herve Souhat Gonon Chave Chapoutier Monier-Perrol
The four dominant producers of the hill of Hermitage?
Jaboulet
Chave
Chapoutier
Delas
The slopes of Cote Rotie rise up from behind this Rhone river town?
Ampuis
What are the grape requirements for Crémant de Die?
55% Clairette
10% min Aligote
10% max Muscat a Petit Grains
Name a producer of St-Peray.
Clape
Voge
This appellation is contained within the Costieres de Nimes AOP and produces white wines from Clairette?
Clairette de Belregard AOP
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise AOP is a VDN appellation wine that is produced in red, white, and rosé styles. What two versions of Muscat are used in their production?
Muscat Blanc a Petit Grain
Muscat Rouge a Petit Grain
Does Vacqueryas AOP produce white wine?
Yes
What style of wines are produced in Gigondas?
Red and Rose
What is René Rostaing’s top bottling called in the U.S. that was formerly called “Classique”? This wine is sourced form all of Rostaing’s lieux dits except which two?
a) Cuvee Ampodium
b) Cote Blonde, La Landonne
Which appellation in the Southern Rhône unwittingly served as France’s doorway to the phylloxera incursion?
Lirac AOP
What grape must comprise 100% of Coteaux de Die AOP?
Clairette
The second smallest appellation in France?
Chateau Grillet AOP
Name four Crozes-Hermitage producers?
Alain Graillot
David Reynaud
Giles Robin
Chapoutier
The four lieux-dits amongst which Cornas is divided?
Chaillot
Reynards
La Cote
Mazards
Which Côte Rôtie producer makes “Blonde de Seigneur”?
Geroge Vernay
Common fermentation vessel in the Northern Rhone?
Large Oak foudre
What is the minimum residual sugar (in grams per liter) of Rasteau AOP vin doux naturel wines?
45g/L
Explain the difference between Cote du Rhone AOP and Cotes du Rhone Villages AOP?
Cotes du Rhone AOP is an outlet without geographic designation than anyone in the Rhone can use to release wines outside stricter AOPs. Cotes du Rhone Villages AOP is a confined geographic designation in the sothern Rhone that is used for Grenache based reds
Gigondas was given its own AOP status in? Prominent soil type? Blend restrictions?
a) 1971
b) Red Clay alluvial
c) 50% Grenache
What style of wines are produced in Vinsobres AOP?
Red wines based on a minimum of 50% Grenache
Chateauneuf-du-Pape became France’s first AOP in?
1936
Explain the following Rasteau labeling terminology?
a) Ambre
b) Tuile
c) Blanc
d) Grenat
a) White VDN wine with oxidative character and 3yrs min aging
b) Red VDN wine with oxidative character and 3yrs min aging
c) White VDN made in fresher style
d) Red VDN made in fresher style
What is the Mistral and where does it come from? Which seasons does it impact the vineyards of the Northern Rhone the most? What benefit does it provide?
Cold, dry wind that blows down from the Massif Central and affects the Northern Rhone in the winter and spring. It dries the vineyards, preventing mold and mildew from taking hold
For how long must Crémant de Die AOP rest on its lees? How long total must it age prior to release?
a) 9mos
b) 12mos
What is the name of Jean-Louis Chave’s top bottling of Hermitage called and in what years has it been produced? First vintage?
a) Cuvee Cathelin
b) 90, 91, 95, 98, 00, 03, 09, 10
c) 1990
Domaine Jamet produces one of its top two bottlings form one of the two main slopes in Côte Rôtie. Which one is it?
Cote Brune
Vacqueyras was granted AOP status in? Blend restrictions?
a) 1990
b) 50% Grenache
The five communes of production for CDP?
Chateauneuf-du-Pape Orange Beddarides Courthezon Sorgues
What is the name of Alain Graillot’s top Crozes-Hermitage bottling that is only bottled in the best years? First vintage of this?
a) La Guiraude
b) 1998
Minimum ABV for wines produced in Chateauneuf-du-Pape? Where does it rank in terms of other appellations in the country?
a) 12.5%
b) The highest
What three La-La vineyard bottlings does Guigal produce? Which is 100% Syrah? The others contain a small percentage of Viognier. Which has the highest percentage?
a) La Landonne (100% Syrah)
b) La Turque
c) La Mouline (Highest % of Viognier)
The vineyards of Cornas sit almost exclusively atop this soil type?
Granite
Cremant de Die AOP and Coteaux de Die AOP lie on this tributary of the Rhone?
Drome River
These two cities mark the northern and southern boundaries of the Northern Rhone?
a) Vienne
b) Valence
Arrange the “La-La’s” from the earliest inaugural vintages.
La Mouline (1966) La Landonne (1978) La Turque (1985)
What appellation in the Southern Rhône exists for both dry red wines as well as fortified VDN wines of all colors?
Rasteau AOP
This was the year Pope Clement V moved his court to Avignon?
1309
The Southern Rhone starts in what city and funnels outwards toward which city?
a) Montelimar
b) Avignon
What are Guigal’s Ermitage Blanc and Rouge bottlings called?
Ex-Voto
This commune sits directly across the from CDP on the western shore of the Rhone? Wines based off of?
a) Lirac AOP
b) White: Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Clairette
Red: Grenache Noir
Tavel AOP is where in France? Style?
a) South of Lirac in the southern Rhone
b) Strictly rose from a Grenache base
The number of communes that may append their names to the Cote-du-Rhone Villages AOP?
20
The slopes of Cote Rotie reach and can sometimes exceed this grade?
55deg
What is the name of the major soil type in Cornas and what is it composed of?
Gore (granite)
A major climatic influence in the Rhone that originates in the Massif Central.
Mistral Wind
Name two producers of Vin de Paille in Hermitage.
JL Chave
Chapoutier
What is “Le Rape?”
The mandatory 2% of harvest that most be disposed of in the CDP as a way of protecting against under-ripeness
What was the inaugural vintage for Allemand’s “Sans Souffre” bottling?
1998
Costieres de Nimes AOP was formerly considered to be a part of _______________ but is now a part of the ___________.
a) the Languedoc
b) the Rhone Valley
The two important VDN AOPs of the southern Rhone?
Rasteau AOP
Muscat de Beaumes de Venice AOP
What is the name of Gonon’s white wine bottling? What are the grape percentages?
a) Les Oliviers
b) 80% Marsanne, 20% Roussanne
Thierry Allemand makes wines from which two Cornas lieux-dits?
Reynard
Chaillots
The most recent AOP addition in the Southern Rhone?
Carianne AOP (2016)
What is the French name for the Northern Rhone? The Southern Rhone?
a) Rhone Septentrionale
b) Rhone Meridionale
What are the grapes for red wines and white wines respectively for Châtillon-en-Dioise AOP?
a) White: Chardonnay, Aligote
b) Red: Gamay, plus some Pinot noir and Syrah
Where in the Northern Rhone would you find a vin de paille? From which grapes?
a) Hermitage
b) Marsanne/Roussanne
What is the minimum RS that must remain for Méthode Dioise ancestrale?
35g/L
Does Rasteau AOP allow for dry wine production?
Yes; dry red only (fruit must come from Rasteau)
What was the innaugral vintage for Domaine Jamet Côte-Rôtie?
1976
What is the Southern Rhône’s northernmost appellation? What was it formerly called?
Grignan-le-Adhémar AOP
Name three producers of Condrieu.
Vernay
Gangloff
Cuilleron
Badel
Rasteau AOP VDN wines are produced from? The three communes that produce it?
a) Grenache Blanc/Gris/Noir
b) Rasteau, Carianne, Sablet
Distinguish the climate between the Northern and Southern Rhone.
a) Northern - Continental
b) Southern - Mediterranean
The first estate-bottled wine of CDP?
Chateau La Nerthe (1785)
The Southern Rhone accounts for this percentage of wine produced in the Rhone?
95%
Name the thirteen permissible grapes of CDP?
Syrah Grenache Mourvedre Clairette Picpoul Counoise Bourboulenc Terret Noir Roussanne Vaccarese Picardin Muscardin
Rayas Blanc is a blend of?
Clairette
Grenache Blanc
Chateau du Beaucastel wines are based predominantly off of this grape?
Mourvedre
The total size of Cornas in ha?
100
CDP became France’s first AOP in this year?
1936
This co-operative is responsible for 90% of the production of Muscat de Beaumes de Venice AOP?
Vignerons de Beaumes de Venice
Name three important climats of Hermitage?
Bessards
Beaume
le Meal
La Chapelle
The first region in France to be struck by Phylloxera?
Southern Rhone
Which of René Rostaing’s top bottlings are 100% Syrah? Which is cofermented with 5% Viognier?
a) Cuvee Ampodium and La Landonne
b) Cote Blonde
The two communes that produce Muscat de Beaumes de Venice?
Beaumes de Venice
Aubignan
Name two other communes formerly of the Cotes du Rhone Villages AOP that have achieved their own AOP status?
Beaumes-de-Venis AOP (Reds from 50% Grenache) Vinsobres AOP (Reds from 50% Grenache)
The two styles of production permitted by the Clairette de Die AOP?
a) Method Traditional
b) Method Diose Ancestral (from min 75% Muscat a Petit Grains)
Clape’s Le Vin des Amis is a Côte du Rhône AOP wine that is sourced from where?
Young Cornas vines
Explain “Hors d’Age.”
Labeling term for Rasteau wines that have been matured for at least 5yrs prior to release
The unique topsoil of Condrieu is known as?
Arzelle (a thin layer of powdery, decomposed mica)
What style of wine(s) can St. Peray produce?
Still and traditional method sparkling wines from Marsanne/Roussanne
The two prominent soil types of the Northern Rhone?
Granite
Schist
White grapes are allowed in what proportion for each of the following regions:
a) Cote Rotie
b) Crozes-Hermitage/Hermitage
c) St. Joseph
a) Viognier up to 20%
b) Marsanne/Roussanne up to 15%
c) Marsanne/Roussanne up to 10%
What two styles of sparkling wine are made in Clairette de Die AOP? What are the grape requirements for each?
a) Blanc Mousseux (Méthode Traditionnelle) 100% Clairette
b) Méthode Dioise Ancestrale min 75% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains plus Clairette
