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French Vocab Flashcards

1
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Trellis

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Palissage

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2
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To prune

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Tailler

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3
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Bud break

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Débourrement

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4
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Flowering

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Floraison

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5
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Bud trimming

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Ébourgeonnage

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6
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Desuckering

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Épamprage

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7
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Removal of earth at base of vine

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Déchausser

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8
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Berry set

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Nouaison

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9
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Stopping of vegetative growth

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Aoûtement

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10
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When berries change colour and soften, signalling the onset of ripening

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Veraison

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11
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Official start date of harvest (decreed by Prefect of the Gironde)

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Ban des Vendanges

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12
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Official start date of harvest (decreed by Prefect of the Gironde)

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Ban des Vendanges

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13
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The vine

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La Vigne

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14
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Layering

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Marcottage/Provignage

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15
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Juice setting

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Débourbage

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16
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Noble Rot

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Pourriture Noble

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17
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Vine planting ‘in crowd’

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En foule

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18
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Lees stirring

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Bâtonnage

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19
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Sweet/desert wine description

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Liquoreux

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20
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Semi-sweet wines description

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Moelleux

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21
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Process of arresting fermentation by adding neutral grape spirit

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Mutage

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22
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Direct press Rosé

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Rosé de Presse

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23
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Rosé ‘bleeding method’

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Rosé de Saignée

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24
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Rosé via rapid soak

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Cuvaison Rapide

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25
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Tradition Method

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Méthode Traditionnelle/méthode champenoise

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26
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Punching down

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Pigeage

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27
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Pump-over

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Remontage

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28
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Rack and Return

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Délestage

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29
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Free run wine

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Vin de goutte

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30
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Wine following press

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Vin de presse

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31
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Second alcoholic fermentation (champagne)

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Prise de Mousse

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32
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Bottling (champagne)

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Tirage

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33
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Wine cellar where the Méthode Traditionnelle bottles are stored on their side during second ferment

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Crayère

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34
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Strips of wood separating each bottle in crayère (also method)

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Lattes, sur lattes

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35
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Riddling

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Remuage

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36
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“A” shaped racks

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Pupitres

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37
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Disgorgement

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Dégorgement

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38
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Traditional method of disgorgement

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A la volée (i.e. Dégorgement à la volée)

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39
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Process of filling bigger than 750ml bottles in traditional method

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Transversage

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40
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Shape of champagne cork after release from bottle

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Juponé

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41
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Older peg shape of champagne cork

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Chevillé

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42
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Prestige bottling of champagne House

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Tête de Cuvée

43
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NM

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Négociant-Manipulant

44
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RM

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Récoltant-Manipulant

45
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RC

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Récoltant-Coopérateur

46
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SR

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Société de Récoltants

47
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CM

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Coopérative de Manipulation

48
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MA

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Marque Auxiliaire, Marque d’Acheteur, ou Marque Autorisée

49
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ND

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Négociant-Distributeur

50
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CIVC

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Comité Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne

51
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BIVB

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Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne

52
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INAO

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Institut National des Appellations d’Origine

53
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Mineral found in sandy soils composed of weathered feldspars in Beaujolais

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Arêne/gorrhe

54
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Broken yellow limestone in Beaujolais i.e. ‘Golden Stones’

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Pierres Dorées

55
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Oak tree

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Chêne

56
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Verb describing pinot-like character of Moulin-a-Vent Beaujolais

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Pinoter i.e les vins pinotent

57
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‘Rotted rocks’ i.e. decomposed schist found in soils of Morgon

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Roches pourries

58
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Descriptor for transformation of Morgon wines over time i.e. earthy notes and forest floor

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Morgonner i.e. un vin morgonne

59
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‘Green horns’ soil i.e. when decomposed diorite forms blue-green hue in Bouilly

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Cornes vertes

60
Q

Blue Marls

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Marnes bleues

61
Q

Method of ageing oxidatively in Jura and under flor

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Avec ‘ullage’ i.e. ‘Sous Voile’

62
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Method without oxidative ageing in Jura

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Ouillé

63
Q

620mL bottle used for Vin Jaune

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Clavelin

64
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Straw wine

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Vin de Paille

65
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Fortified must in Jura

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Macvin (de Jura)

66
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‘Locally’

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Sur place

67
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White chalk soil found in Anjou

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Tuffeau

68
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Fizzy

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Pétillant

69
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‘Fine bubbles’

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Fines bulles

70
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Flint and clay soil (Touraine)

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Perruche

71
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Limestone and clay soil (Touraine)

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Aubuis

72
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Gravels

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Gravières

73
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Marl rich in oyster fossils (Centre Loire)

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Terres Blanches

74
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Little limestone pebbles (Centre Loire)

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Caillottes

75
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Flint (Centre Loire)

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Silex

76
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Stages (i.e. when Chateaux sell off wine in stages)

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Tranches

77
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Iron-rich clay subsoil and the clay-sand conglomerates found in it (Fronton)

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Rougets and boulbènes

78
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Iron-rich limestone soils in Mercillac

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Les rougiers

79
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‘Tawny sands’ (Saint-Mont)

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Sables fauves

80
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Limestone soils in Languedoc

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Garrigue

81
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DGC

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Dénominations géographiques complémentaires

82
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VDN

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Vins Doux Naturels (AOC)

83
Q

Glass jars used in oxidative production of VDN

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Bonbonnes

84
Q

CDR

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Côtes du Rhône

85
Q

Trellising used in Northern Rhône

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Échalas

86
Q

Pebbles in Southern Rhône

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Galets

87
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Red sandstone

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Grès rouge

88
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Southern Rhône Crus of the north

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Septentrionnaux

89
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Southern Rhône Crus of the south

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Méridionaux

90
Q

White VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in reductive style

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‘Blanc’

91
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White VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in oxidative style

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Ambré

92
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Red VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in reductive style

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Grenat

93
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Red VDNs of Rasteau (Southern Rhône) produced in oxidative style

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Tuilé

94
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Wines of Rasteau that have undergone 5 years of oxidative ageing

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Hors d’âge

95
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Wines of Rasteau that have undergone 12 months of oxidative ageing in barrel or bonbonnes outside in sun

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Rancio

96
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Concrete (tank)

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Béton

97
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Stainless steel (tank)

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Inox

98
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Large wooden barrel

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Foudre

99
Q

Descriptor of deep salmon colour found in Southern Rhône Rosés

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Œil de perdrix

100
Q

Mix of resinous scrub

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Maquis

101
Q

Provençal wines - light and early drinking

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Vins de Soif

102
Q

Provençal wines for keeping

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Vins de Gastronomie/vins de garde

103
Q

Signature wine bottle of Provence

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Flûte à corset (skittle)

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