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Auguste Clape’s Cornas is sourced from vines of an average age of

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30-60 yr

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Cornas soil type and comp.

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Gore- Naked granite

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Inaugural vintage of “Clape Renaissance”

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1998

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Town in the heart of Cote Rotie

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Ampuis

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two top vineyards of Cote Rotie? How do they differ?

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Cote Brune- more powerful

Cote Blonde- Softer, lighter

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Top Cote Rotie vineyards face what direction?

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Southeast

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Climate for
Northern Rhone?
Southern Rhone?

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Northern Rhone- Continental, less sun than, more rain

Southern Rhone- Mediterranean, more sun than, less rain

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list 6 top climats of Hermitage

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La Chapelle
L'Hermite
Le Méal
Le Bessard
Les Greffieux
Les Baumes
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three Croze-Hermitage producers

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Alain Graillot
E. Guigal
Gilles Robin 
DOmaine du Colombier
Laurent Combier
YVES CUILLERON
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Name five Hermitage producers

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Delas
Chave
Chapoutier
Jaboulet
Bernard Favrie
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Unique soil of Condrieu

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Arzelles- Powdery decomposed Mica

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List the three La-Las
Producer?
Which one is 100% syrah
first vintages

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E. Guigal

La Moulin small amount of Vio (1966)
La Landonne 100% Syrah (1978)
La Turque small amount of Vio (1985)

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Cornas AOP

4 Lieux Dits

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Les Reynards
Les Chaillots
La Cote
Les Mazards

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Rene Rostaing’s top bottling?

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Cuvee Ampodium

Sourced from all Lieux Dits in Cote Rotie except Cote Blonde & La Landonne

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who constructed the N.Rhone vineyard terraces?

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Romans

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Croze-Hermitage is located?

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Behind the hill of Hermitage

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Guigal Ermitage Blanc & Rouge bottlings?

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Ex Voto

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__________ is Northernmost town of N.Rhone and _________ is the southernmost town of N. Rhone

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Vienne (N)

Valence (S)

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list producers of St. Joseph

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Jean Louis Chave St.Joseph "Offerus"
 Monier Perreol
Pierre Gonon
Chapoutier
George Vernay
Raymond Trollat
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Cote Rotie- Viognier does what to the wine when co-fermented?

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Color stabilize and lowers tannins

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Clape young vine Cornas is labeled as what?

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CdR AOP

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Hermitage: wine styles and variety comp

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Rouge: Min 85% Syrah Max 15% Marsanne/Roussanne allowed
Blanc: Marsanne/Roussanne

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Thierry Allemand primary location of wine produced?

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Cornas

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Thierry Allemand top two wines come from these two Lieux-Dits?
What year did both wines combine to make a single wine

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Reynard & Chaillot

1990-2002-2003

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Alain Graillot top Croze-Hermitage bottling that is only made in top vintages. First vintage?
La Guiraude 1998
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Name a producer in St. Peray
Bernard Gripa
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Yves Cuilleron produces wine in these three northern rhone regions
Cote Rotie Condrieu Saint-Joseph
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Soil types Cote Rotie Condrieu Hermitage
Heat retaining granitic schist soil
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Croze-Hermitage varietal comp
Rouge:85/15(max) Syrah-M/R Blanc: M/R
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typical oak used in N.Rhone
Large Oak Foudres
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Rhone | Effects from Mistral winds
blows down from the Massif Central Blows during the winter and spring Dried vines and protects the vines from rot and mildew
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Two Hermitage producers of Vin de Paille (straw wine)
Chave | Chapoutier
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Why is Cornas the warmest site
Sun's warmth is magnified by the naked granite soil | Amphitheater shields vines from being affected by th Mistral winds
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St.Peray AOP | Primary wine style
Sparkling (blanc mousseux) from M/R | still wines from M/R
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Smallest red wine AOP in N.Rhone?
100 ha Cornas
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Yves Cuilleron makes these two white wine special bottlings in St.Joseph
Le Lombard 100% Marsanne | Saint Pierre 100% Roussanne
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Jean-Louis Chave top bottling? | Years produced
Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin 90,91,95,98 00,03,09,10
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Jamet's top bottling comes from which famous slope in Cote Rotie?
Cote Brune
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Saint Joseph Varietals allowed Min/Max Styles
Blanc: Marsanne/Roussanne Rouge: Min 90% Syrah Max 10% M/R
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Cote Rotie Producer who produces "Blonde de Seigneur"
Domaine George Vernay
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Gonon's White wine Varietal%
Les Oliviers 80% Marsanne 20% Roussanne
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Guigals's Inaugural Vintages
La Mouline 1966 La Landonne 1978 La Turque 1985
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first vintage of Jamet Cote Rotie
1976
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Name the 3 La Las
La Mouline 1966 La Landonne 1978 La Turque 1985
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Jean Louis Chave first vintage of Vin de Paille
1990
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Max Viognier allowed to co-ferment in Cote Rotie?
20%
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5 Cornas producers
``` Auguste Clape Thierry Allemand Noel Verset Alain Verset Frank Balthazar Alaine Voge Mareel Juge Pierre Gaillard Vincent Paris ```
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Who makes La Barbarine? first vintage?
Yves Gangloff 1997
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Rene Rostaing top bottlings & varietal comp
La Landonne & Classique (cuvee Ampodium) 100% Syrah Cote Blonde - 5% viognier
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3 bottlings of Condrieu from Yves Cuilleron
Vertige- Long aging in barrels (18mth) Ayguets- Sweet wine from overripe botrytis grapes Chaillets- Old vine from izeras and La Cote
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all CDP btls have this logo
papal crest
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Soils found in CdP except not in Chateau Rayas? Explain
Pudding stones- Galets | Rayas- Alluvial and clay
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Gigondas primary soil
red clay alluvial
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Cremant de Die AOP time on lees total aging prior to release? primary variety?
9 mth lees 12 mth total min 55 % Clairette Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains and Aligoté make up the remainder
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producer who released the first estate bottled CdP? | Vintage?
Chateau La Nerthe1785
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Chatillon-en-Diois AOP Varieties Styles
red/rose min 75% Gamay | White- Chard & Aligote
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largest AOP in Southern Rhone
Cotes du Rhone
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Methode Dioise Ancestrale | Min RS
35 g/l
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how is methode ancestral produced? | ATM vs traditional
wine is bottled before fermentation is finished. Co2 becomes trapped. wine is less effervescent
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Vacqueyras allowed styles
red, white, rose Blanc: Bourbelenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier (no single variety may account for more than 80%) Rouge: Principal Variety: Grenache (min. 50%)
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Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOP | Style and varieties
``` VDN (Vin Doux Naturel) Rouge Blanc Rose Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains Muscat Rouge a Petits Grains ```
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this Southern Rhone AOP was the doorway to phylloxera
Lirac AOP
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CdP 18 (13) allowed varieties
Red ``` Grenache Syrah Mourvedre Cinsault Counoise Terret Noir Vaccarèse Muscardin piquepoul Noir ``` White ``` Grenache Blanc Piquepoul Piquepoul gris Clairette Bourboulenc Roussanne Picardin ``` rose Clairette rose Grenache rose
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Coteaux de Die AOP | Varieties
100% Clairette (Cremant du Die used to be 100% so this AOP was created when the other changed)
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Name of the French war hero who became The Hermit?
Gaspard de Sterimberg
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Costieres de Nimes AOP Formerly a part of what region? another AOP the lies within CdN and its primary varietal
Min. 50% combined Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, and Roussanne Formerly part or Languedoc Clairette de Bellegarde AOP- 100% Clairette
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Classic CdP barrel
Oak Foudres
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Vinsobres AOP | Styles
Reds 50% min Grenache
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___% of wine comes from Southern Rhone
95
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WHich commune with Rasteau AOP may produce VDN and still/dry wine?
Commune-Rasteau, only commune that can produce still/dry wines three communes- Rasteau- Cairanne (care-on)- Sablet
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AOP dedicated to rose in Southern Rhone
Tavel Grenache Pfifferling Domaine de Muretins
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Le Rape
SOuthern Rhone | AOP Mandates CdP discards 2% of harvest to ensure ripeness
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Gigondas AOP Min % grenache required? two other commonly blended varieties
50% Grenache min 15% min syrah/Mourvedre (90% min total of the above varieties so 10% open to other shit)
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Vacqueras AOP | min% Grenache required
50%
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Southern Rhone starts at the city of ________ and moves south to _______
Montelimar and funnels to Avignon
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Southern Rhone's northernmost AOP | formerly known as ____
Grignan-les-Adhemar AOP | Formerly Cotes du Tricastin
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Gigondas AOP styles produced
red and rose
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Beaumes de Venise AOP styles of wine?
reds based on 50% Grenache
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Rasteau AOP VDN Styles& aging requirements
Red (Grenat) Tulie: 3 yrs prior to release White (Blanc) VDN displays more oxidative character 3yrs aging prior to release Hors d'Age: Wines that aged for 5yrs Rancio:delibert oxidation, maderized in style. left in open barrel, exposed to sunlight Rose Ambre
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CdP was the first AOC when
1936
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min alc% for red CdP
12.5% highest in france
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when did Pope Clement V move the papal court to Avignon?
1309

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