N&S Rhone Flashcards
Auguste Clape’s Cornas is sourced from vines of an average age of
30-60 yr
Cornas soil type and comp.
Gore- Naked granite
Inaugural vintage of “Clape Renaissance”
1998
Town in the heart of Cote Rotie
Ampuis
two top vineyards of Cote Rotie? How do they differ?
Cote Brune- more powerful
Cote Blonde- Softer, lighter
Top Cote Rotie vineyards face what direction?
Southeast
Climate for
Northern Rhone?
Southern Rhone?
Northern Rhone- Continental, less sun than, more rain
Southern Rhone- Mediterranean, more sun than, less rain
list 6 top climats of Hermitage
La Chapelle L'Hermite Le Méal Le Bessard Les Greffieux Les Baumes
three Croze-Hermitage producers
Alain Graillot E. Guigal Gilles Robin DOmaine du Colombier Laurent Combier YVES CUILLERON
Name five Hermitage producers
Delas Chave Chapoutier Jaboulet Bernard Favrie
Unique soil of Condrieu
Arzelles- Powdery decomposed Mica
List the three La-Las
Producer?
Which one is 100% syrah
first vintages
E. Guigal
La Moulin small amount of Vio (1966)
La Landonne 100% Syrah (1978)
La Turque small amount of Vio (1985)
Cornas AOP
4 Lieux Dits
Les Reynards
Les Chaillots
La Cote
Les Mazards
Rene Rostaing’s top bottling?
Cuvee Ampodium
Sourced from all Lieux Dits in Cote Rotie except Cote Blonde & La Landonne
who constructed the N.Rhone vineyard terraces?
Romans
Croze-Hermitage is located?
Behind the hill of Hermitage
Guigal Ermitage Blanc & Rouge bottlings?
Ex Voto
__________ is Northernmost town of N.Rhone and _________ is the southernmost town of N. Rhone
Vienne (N)
Valence (S)
list producers of St. Joseph
Jean Louis Chave St.Joseph "Offerus" Monier Perreol Pierre Gonon Chapoutier George Vernay Raymond Trollat
Cote Rotie- Viognier does what to the wine when co-fermented?
Color stabilize and lowers tannins
Clape young vine Cornas is labeled as what?
CdR AOP
Hermitage: wine styles and variety comp
Rouge: Min 85% Syrah Max 15% Marsanne/Roussanne allowed
Blanc: Marsanne/Roussanne
Thierry Allemand primary location of wine produced?
Cornas
Thierry Allemand top two wines come from these two Lieux-Dits?
What year did both wines combine to make a single wine
Reynard & Chaillot
1990-2002-2003
Alain Graillot top Croze-Hermitage bottling that is only made in top vintages. First vintage?
La Guiraude 1998
Name a producer in St. Peray
Bernard Gripa
Yves Cuilleron produces wine in these three northern rhone regions
Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Saint-Joseph
Soil types
Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Hermitage
Heat retaining granitic schist soil
Croze-Hermitage varietal comp
Rouge:85/15(max) Syrah-M/R
Blanc: M/R
typical oak used in N.Rhone
Large Oak Foudres
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
Two Hermitage producers of Vin de Paille (straw wine)
Chave
Chapoutier
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
St.Peray AOP
Primary wine style
Sparkling (blanc mousseux) from M/R
still wines from M/R
Smallest red wine AOP in N.Rhone?
100 ha Cornas
Yves Cuilleron makes these two white wine special bottlings in St.Joseph
Le Lombard 100% Marsanne
Saint Pierre 100% Roussanne
Jean-Louis Chave top bottling?
Years produced
Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin
90,91,95,98
00,03,09,10
Jamet’s top bottling comes from which famous slope in Cote Rotie?
Cote Brune
Saint Joseph
Varietals allowed
Min/Max
Styles
Blanc: Marsanne/Roussanne
Rouge: Min 90% Syrah Max 10% M/R
Cote Rotie Producer who produces “Blonde de Seigneur”
Domaine George Vernay
Gonon’s White wine
Varietal%
Les Oliviers
80% Marsanne
20% Roussanne
Guigals’s Inaugural Vintages
La Mouline 1966
La Landonne 1978
La Turque 1985
first vintage of Jamet Cote Rotie
1976
Name the 3 La Las
La Mouline 1966
La Landonne 1978
La Turque 1985
Jean Louis Chave first vintage of Vin de Paille
1990
Max Viognier allowed to co-ferment in Cote Rotie?
20%
5 Cornas producers
Auguste Clape Thierry Allemand Noel Verset Alain Verset Frank Balthazar Alaine Voge Mareel Juge Pierre Gaillard Vincent Paris
Who makes La Barbarine? first vintage?
Yves Gangloff 1997
Rene Rostaing top bottlings & varietal comp
La Landonne & Classique (cuvee Ampodium) 100% Syrah
Cote Blonde - 5% viognier
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
all CDP btls have this logo
papal crest
Soils found in CdP except not in Chateau Rayas? Explain
Pudding stones- Galets
Rayas- Alluvial and clay
Gigondas primary soil
red clay alluvial
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
producer who released the first estate bottled CdP?
Vintage?
Chateau La Nerthe1785
Chatillon-en-Diois AOP
Varieties
Styles
red/rose min 75% Gamay
White- Chard & Aligote
largest AOP in Southern Rhone
Cotes du Rhone
Methode Dioise Ancestrale
Min RS
35 g/l
how is methode ancestral produced?
ATM vs traditional
wine is bottled before fermentation is finished. Co2 becomes trapped.
wine is less effervescent
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%)
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
this Southern Rhone AOP was the doorway to phylloxera
Lirac AOP
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
Coteaux de Die AOP
Varieties
100% Clairette (Cremant du Die used to be 100% so this AOP was created when the other changed)
Name of the French war hero who became The Hermit?
Gaspard de Sterimberg
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
Classic CdP barrel
Oak Foudres
Vinsobres AOP
Styles
Reds 50% min Grenache
___% of wine comes from Southern Rhone
95
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
AOP dedicated to rose in Southern Rhone
Tavel Grenache
Pfifferling
Domaine de Muretins
Le Rape
SOuthern Rhone
AOP Mandates CdP discards 2% of harvest to ensure ripeness
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)
Vacqueras AOP
min% Grenache required
50%
Southern Rhone starts at the city of ________ and moves south to _______
Montelimar and funnels to Avignon
Southern Rhone’s northernmost AOP
formerly known as ____
Grignan-les-Adhemar AOP
Formerly Cotes du Tricastin
Gigondas AOP styles produced
red and rose
Beaumes de Venise AOP styles of wine?
reds based on 50% Grenache
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
CdP was the first AOC when
1936
min alc% for red CdP
12.5% highest in france
when did Pope Clement V move the papal court to Avignon?
1309
