MS Rhone Flash Cards
Côte-Rôtie AOP Département:
Rhône
Côte-Rôtie AOP Communes of Production:
Ampuis, Saint-Cyr-sur-Rhône, Tupin-Semons
Côte-Rôtie AOP Styles and Encépagement:
Rouge: Syrah, max. 20% Viognier
Côte-Rôtie AOP Minimum Alcohol:
10.50%
Côte-Rôtie AOP Minimum Must Weight:
171 g/l
Côte-Rôtie AOP Minimum Planting Density:
6,000 vines per hectare
Côte-Rôtie AOP Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base):
40 hl/ha
Côte-Rôtie AOP Principle Soils:
Côte Blonde (south): gneiss, Côte Brune (north): mica-schistous rock
Côte-Rôtie AOP AOC Established:
1940
Condrieu AOP Département:
Rhône, Ardèche, Loire
Condrieu AOP Communes of Production:
Condrieu, Vérin, and Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône are the original 3 communes of production. In 1967, Limony, Chavanay, Malleval, and Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf were added to the appellation.
Condrieu AOP Styles and Encépagement:
100% Viognier
Condrieu AOP Minimum Alcohol:
11.50%
Condrieu AOP Minimum Must Weight:
178 g/l
Condrieu AOP Minimum Planting Density:
6,500 vines per hectare
Condrieu AOP Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base):
37 hl/ha
Condrieu AOP Principle Soils:
decomposed granite
Condrieu AOP AOC Established:
1940
Château-Grillet AOP Département:
Loire
Château-Grillet AOP Communes of Production:
Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, Vérin
Château-Grillet AOP Size:
3.5 ha
Château-Grillet AOP Producer:
Neyret-Gachet (sold to François Pinault in 2011)
Château-Grillet AOP Styles and Encépagement:
100% Viognier
Château-Grillet AOP Minimum Alcohol:
11.50%
Château-Grillet AOP Minimum Must Weight:
178 g/l
Château-Grillet AOP Minimum Planting Density:
8,000 vines per hectare
Château-Grillet AOP Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base):
37 hl/ha
Château-Grillet AOP Principle Soils:
granitic sand
Château-Grillet AOP AOC Established:
1936
Crozes-Hermitage/Crozes-Ermitage AOP Département:
Drôme
Crozes-Hermitage/Crozes-Ermitage AOP Communes of Production:
Beaumont-Monteux, Chanos-Curson, Crozes-Hermitage, Erôme, Gervans, Larnage, Mercurol, Pont-de-l’Isère, La Roche-de-Glun, Serves-sur-Rhône and Tain-l’Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage/Crozes-Ermitage AOP Styles and Encépagement:
Blanc: Marsanne and/or Roussanne, Rouge: Syrah plus a max. 15% combined Marsanne and Roussanne
Crozes-Hermitage/Crozes-Ermitage AOP Minimum Alcohol:
10.50%
Crozes-Hermitage/Crozes-Ermitage AOP Minimum Must Weight:
White Grapes: 161 g/l161 g/l, Syrah: 171 g/l
Crozes-Hermitage/Crozes-Ermitage AOP Minimum Planting Density:
4,000 vines per hectare
Crozes-Hermitage/Crozes-Ermitage AOP Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base):
45 hl/ha