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1
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1st single-vineyard Cote Rotie; producer / bottling / vintage

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Guigal “La Mouline” 1966

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2
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Which of the Guigal Lalas is 100% Syrah?

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La Landonne

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3
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1st vinrtage of La Mouline

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1966

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4
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Who does Guigal purchase vines in La Mouline from?

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Gentaz Dervieux

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5
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Biggest / most-tannic Lala wine

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La Landonne

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6
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La Turque comes from what Lieu Dit? La Mouline?

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La Turque (Cote Brune); La Mouline (Cote Blonde)

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7
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Name 2 producers of La Landonne

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Guigal, Rostaing, Delas

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8
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What are chaillées?

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Terraces (dry stone wall) of Cote Rotie, Condrieu, Cornas

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9
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Who produces Condrieu “La Bonnette”?

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Rene Rostaing

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10
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What is Chapoutier’s Cote Rotie bottling?

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La Mordorée

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11
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Which producer of St Joseph purchases the old Trollat vineyards?

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Gonon

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12
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What is the traditional trellising used in Saint Joseph?

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Goblet

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13
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Soil of Hermitage

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Granite (+ mica-schist & gneiss TS)

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14
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Name the communes of production for Hermitage AOC

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Tain l’Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Larnage

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15
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Vineyards of Hermitage face what direction?

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South

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16
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Chapoutier’s Hermitage “Pavillon” comes from what vineyard?

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Syrah from Bessards

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17
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Who produces Cote Rotie “La Mordoree”?

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Chapoutier

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18
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Who owns the chapel of Hermitage?

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Jaboulet

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19
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Clape’s white wine

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Saint-Peray

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20
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What river flows S of Crozes?

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Isere R

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21
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What is Vitis Vienna?

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Producer organization of Seyssuel region NE of Cote Rotie (b/w Vienne & Lyon); proposed dossier for AOC

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22
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Soil of Saint Peray

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Limestone

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23
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In what Rhone region will you find the Crussol Ridge?

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Saint-Peray

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24
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What is the size of a demi-muid?

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600L

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25
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Name the white-wine only appellations of the Northern Rhone

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Condrieu, Chateau Grillet, Saint-Peray, Clairette de Die, Cremant de Die, Coteaux de Die

26
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Styles of wine permitted under Chatillon-en-Diois AOC; grapes?

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a) (dry / still) W / Ro / R; b) Chard / Aligote; Gamay

27
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Grape and sweetness level of Clairette de Die Methode Ancestrale

A

Muscat (min 75%) & min 35 g/l RS

28
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Still white wines of the Die are produced under what AOC?

A

Coteaux de Die & Chatillon-en-Diois

29
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Name the sparkling AOCs of Northern Rhone

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Cremant de Die, Clairette de Die, St Peray

30
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Clairette de Die sits on what river?

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Drome River

31
Q

How many herbs, plants & flowers are used in the production of Chartreuse?

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130

32
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Max yields for Hermitage vin de paille

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Max 15 hl/ha (vs 25 hl/ha for Sauternes); LOWEST IN FRANCE

33
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What river flows through St Joseph and joins Rhone R @ Tournon?

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Doux River

34
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Chave’s Hermitage rouge is a blend of how many climats? Which one is the base of the blend?

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7; Bessards

35
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Chave’s Hermitage blanc is based on what lieux-dit?

A

Peleat (vines from 1910)

36
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What is the wind that blows through Hermitage?

A

La Bise

37
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Which of the 3 Lala’s is not a single vineyard wine?

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La Mouline (TM name NOT the name of a vineyard); collection of vineyards w/i Côte Blonde (Dervieux vineyards)

38
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What does Condrieu translate to?

A

Corner of the stream

39
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What is Chx Grillet’s 2nd wine?

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Pontcin

40
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Name 2 reasons a producer will co-ferment Viognier with Syrah

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Aromatic lift, color stability

41
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Which producer inherits the vineyards of Gentaz Dervieux?

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Rene Rostaing

42
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What Cote Rotie wine (bottling / vintage) puts the region on the map after Robert Parker gives it a 100-pt score?

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1985 La Turque (1st vintage of La Turque)

43
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What is Guigal’s top Hermitage bottling called?

A

Ex Voto (W & R)

44
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Which producer is generally credited w/ “saving Condrieu” from extinction?

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Georges Vernay

45
Q

The Soane is a tributary of what major river?

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Rhone River (joins @ Lyon)

46
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What is the soil of Condrieu?

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Decomposed Granite & Arzelles topsoil (powdery mica)

47
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What 4 communes do St Joseph & Condrieu share?

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Chavanay, St-Pierre-de-Boeuff, Malleval, Limony

48
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Cuvee Cathelin - inaugural vintage + 2 vintages of production of the ’90s & 2000s

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1991 / 1991; 1995, 1998; 2000, 2003, 2009, 2010

49
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Name 2 producers of Hermitage Vin de Paille

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Chave & Chapoutier; Chave vintages: 1990 / 1991; 1996 / 1997, 2000

50
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Min abv for Hermitage blanc; Condrieu?

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Hermitage Blanc: 11%; Condrieu: 11.5%

51
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Min abv for Hermitage rouge

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Min 10.5% (every AOC of N Rhone = min 10.5% abv)

52
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Producer, appellation and vineyard of “La Chapelle”

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Jaboulet, Hermitage, blend of vineyards (Bessards, Le Meal, Greffieux, Rocoules) - “La Chapelle” is NOT a climate

53
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Who is the number-one vineyard owner of Hermitage?

A

Chapoutier

54
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Name 2 100% Marsanne Hermitage bottlings

A

Cave de Tain Hermitage Blanc, Chapoutier

55
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Chave’s Hermitage blanc is what % Marsanne?

A

0.8

56
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What 4 producers control the bulk of Hermitage production?

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Chapoutier, Jaboulet, Chave, Delas

57
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What is the name of the hermite that lived on the hill of Hermitage

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Gaspard de Sterimberg

58
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The hill of Hermitage is planted to what % Syrah?

A

0.75

59
Q

Which producer famously introduced Braille to its wine label?

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Chapoutier

60
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Who produces “Pavillon” and what vineyard does it come from?

A

Chapoutier; Bessards

61
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Name 2 wines based on the Bessards climat

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Pavillon (Chapoutier) & Cuvee Cathelin

62
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Appellation and owner of Domaine de Thalabert

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Crozes-Hermitage AOC; Jaboulet Ainé

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