General questions

Question 1

When does the minimum 15% Syrah/Mourvedre apply for Cotes du Rhone rouge?

Answer 1

After 2019 harvest.

Question 2

What are the communes of Cote-Rotie?

Answer 2

Ampuis, Saint-Cyr-sur-Rhone, Tupin-Semons

Question 3

Where is Cote Blonde?

Answer 3

southern Cote Rotie

Question 4

Where is Cote Brune?

Answer 4

northern Cote Rotie

Question 5

Who is the producer of Chateau Grillet?

Answer 5

Neyret-Gachet (sold to François Pinault in 2011)

Question 6

What are the 3 original communes of Condrieu?

Answer 6

Condrieu, Verin, Saint-Michel-sur-Rhone

Question 7

Which 4 communes were added to Condrieu in 1967?

Answer 7

Limony, Chavanay, Malleval, Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf

Question 8

What are the communes of Chateauneuf-du-Pape?

Answer 8

Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Orange, Bédarrides, Courthézon, Sorgues

Question 9

What are the communes of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise?

Answer 9

Beaumes-de-Venise, Aubignan

Question 10

What are the commues of Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel?

Answer 10

Cairanne, Rasteau, Sablet

Question 11

Where are the Rhone River headwaters?

Answer 11

Switzerland

Question 12

The Northern Rhone is between what two cities?

Answer 12

Vienne and Valence

Question 13

Who constructed the terraces of northern rhone? When?

Answer 13

The Romans, in 1st Century CE

Question 14

When was Southern Rhone struck with phylloxera?

Answer 14

1863

Question 15

When does the Mistral affect the Northern Rhone?

Answer 15

Winter and Spring

Question 16

What is arzelle and where will you see it?

Answer 16

A thin topsoil of decomposed mica in Condrieu.

Question 17

In what direction is Cote-Rotie’s aspect?

Answer 17

southeasterly

Question 18

Who revived vin de paille in the 1970s?

Answer 18

Gerard Chave

Question 19

How much of Rhone’s wine is produced in southern Rhone?

Answer 19

95%

Question 20

Why do many growers plant their vines at an angle in Southern Rhone?

Answer 20

So the mistral may blow them upright over time.

Question 21

What are galets?

Answer 21

“Pudding stones” in Chateauneuf du Pape made of quartzite and smoothed by the river, that retain heat and release the heat at night.

Question 22

Who released the first estate-bottled Chateauneuf du Pape, and when?

Answer 22

Chateau La Nerthe in 1785.

Question 23

What does the papal crest mean?

Answer 23

Estate-bottled wines from Chateauneuf du Pape

Question 24

What AOPs are on the left bank of the Rhone in Northern Rhone?

Answer 24

Hermitage and Crozes-Hermitage

Question 25

What AOP is between St Joseph and St Peray?

Answer 25

Cornas

Question 26

What two AOPs are on the Rhone tributary the Drome River?

Answer 26

Clairette de Die, Chatillon-en-Diois

Question 27

What city is at the northern cusp of Southern Rhone?

Answer 27

Montelimar

Question 28

What two AOPs are across the river from Chateauneuf-du-Pape?

Answer 28

Lirac and Tavel

Question 29

What is southwest of Chateauneuf du Pape?

Answer 29

Costieres de Nimes

Question 30

List these, north to south: Beaumes de Venise, Gigondas, Rasteau, Vacqueyas, Vinsobres

Answer 30

Vinsobres, Rasteau, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Beaumes de Venise

Question 31

What is the southern border of Luberon?

Answer 31

The Durance River

Question 32

Name the likely list of top Cote Rotie vineyards.

Answer 32

``` La Landonne (Ampuis, just NE of town) Cote Blonde (Ampuis, just NW of town) Cote Brune (Ampuis, includes La Turque) Grandes Places (Ampuis, somewhat NE) Rochins (Ampuis, N of town) Lancement (Ampuis, NW of town) ```

Question 33

Who is often considered the reference point for classicly styled Cote Rotie?

Answer 33

Domaine Jamet

Question 34

Where did Etienne Guigal start working at the age of 14?

Answer 34

Vidal-Fleury

Question 35

What is a demi-muid?

Answer 35

A large oak barrel that holds 159 gallons (600 liters). In between the petit foudre and the barrique.

Question 36

How many communes are in the Cotes du Rhone appellation?

Answer 36

171

Question 37

The soil in Cote Brune is rich in what?

Answer 37

schist and iron

Question 38

The sandy soil in Cote Blonde comes from what?

Answer 38

Decomposed granite and quartz.

Question 39

Wines from Southern Rhone that are grown in sandy soils tend to be what?

Answer 39

Light bodied and perfumy.

Question 40

Who established Marseilles?

Answer 40

The Greeks

Question 41

Who moved his papacy to Avignon?

Answer 41

Pope Clement V

Question 42

When did the Roman Catholic popes reside in Avignon?

Answer 42

1309 to 1378

Question 43

What was the first AOC in France?

Answer 43

Chateauneuf du Pape

Question 44

Where does Le Mistral blow from?

Answer 44

Massif Central

Question 45

Cote Rotie gradients can be as high as what?

Answer 45

55 degrees

Question 46

What are the most important vineyards of Cote Rotie?

Answer 46

Cote Brune | Cote Blonde

Question 47

When did the papacy stop owning land in Chateauneuf du Pape?

Answer 47

1791

Question 48

What are the two types of planting orders that are codified in Chateauneuf du Pape in regards to minimum planting density?

Answer 48

``` En Ligne - 3,000 vph Au Carre (square) - ~2500 vph ```

Question 49

What is the dominant grape of Chateau de Beaucastel Rouge?

Answer 49

Mourvedre