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N&S Rhone Flashcards

1
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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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2
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Cornas soil type and comp.

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Gore- Naked granite

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3
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Inaugural vintage of “Clape Renaissance”

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1998

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4
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Town in the heart of Cote Rotie

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Ampuis

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5
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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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6
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Top Cote Rotie vineyards face what direction?

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Southeast

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7
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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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8
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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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9
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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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10
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Name five Hermitage producers

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Delas
Chave
Chapoutier
Jaboulet
Bernard Favrie
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11
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Unique soil of Condrieu

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Arzelles- Powdery decomposed Mica

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12
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List the three La-Las
Producer?
Which one is 100% syrah
first vintages

A

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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13
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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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14
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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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15
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who constructed the N.Rhone vineyard terraces?

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Romans

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16
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Croze-Hermitage is located?

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Behind the hill of Hermitage

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17
Q

Guigal Ermitage Blanc & Rouge bottlings?

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Ex Voto

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18
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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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19
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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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20
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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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21
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Clape young vine Cornas is labeled as what?

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CdR AOP

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22
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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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23
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Thierry Allemand primary location of wine produced?

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Cornas

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24
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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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25
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Alain Graillot top Croze-Hermitage bottling that is only made in top vintages. First vintage?

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La Guiraude 1998

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26
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Name a producer in St. Peray

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Bernard Gripa

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27
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Yves Cuilleron produces wine in these three northern rhone regions

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Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Saint-Joseph

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28
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Soil types

Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Hermitage

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Heat retaining granitic schist soil

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29
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Croze-Hermitage varietal comp

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Rouge:85/15(max) Syrah-M/R
Blanc: M/R

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30
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typical oak used in N.Rhone

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Large Oak Foudres

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31
Q

Rhone

Effects from Mistral winds

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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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32
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Two Hermitage producers of Vin de Paille (straw wine)

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Chave

Chapoutier

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33
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Why is Cornas the warmest site

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Sun’s warmth is magnified by the naked granite soil

Amphitheater shields vines from being affected by th Mistral winds

34
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St.Peray AOP

Primary wine style

A

Sparkling (blanc mousseux) from M/R

still wines from M/R

35
Q

Smallest red wine AOP in N.Rhone?

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100 ha Cornas

36
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Yves Cuilleron makes these two white wine special bottlings in St.Joseph

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Le Lombard 100% Marsanne

Saint Pierre 100% Roussanne

37
Q

Jean-Louis Chave top bottling?

Years produced

A

Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin
90,91,95,98
00,03,09,10

38
Q

Jamet’s top bottling comes from which famous slope in Cote Rotie?

A

Cote Brune

39
Q

Saint Joseph

Varietals allowed
Min/Max
Styles

A

Blanc: Marsanne/Roussanne

Rouge: Min 90% Syrah Max 10% M/R

40
Q

Cote Rotie Producer who produces “Blonde de Seigneur”

A

Domaine George Vernay

41
Q

Gonon’s White wine

Varietal%

A

Les Oliviers
80% Marsanne
20% Roussanne

42
Q

Guigals’s Inaugural Vintages

A

La Mouline 1966
La Landonne 1978
La Turque 1985

43
Q

first vintage of Jamet Cote Rotie

A

1976

44
Q

Name the 3 La Las

A

La Mouline 1966
La Landonne 1978
La Turque 1985

45
Q

Jean Louis Chave first vintage of Vin de Paille

A

1990

46
Q

Max Viognier allowed to co-ferment in Cote Rotie?

A

20%

47
Q

5 Cornas producers

A 
Auguste Clape
Thierry Allemand
Noel Verset
Alain Verset
Frank Balthazar
Alaine Voge
Mareel Juge
Pierre Gaillard
Vincent Paris
48
Q

Who makes La Barbarine? first vintage?

A

Yves Gangloff 1997

49
Q

Rene Rostaing top bottlings & varietal comp

A

La Landonne & Classique (cuvee Ampodium) 100% Syrah

Cote Blonde - 5% viognier

50
Q

3 bottlings of Condrieu from Yves Cuilleron

A

Vertige- Long aging in barrels (18mth)
Ayguets- Sweet wine from overripe botrytis grapes
Chaillets- Old vine from izeras and La Cote

51
Q

all CDP btls have this logo

A

papal crest

52
Q

Soils found in CdP except not in Chateau Rayas? Explain

A

Pudding stones- Galets

Rayas- Alluvial and clay

53
Q

Gigondas primary soil

A

red clay alluvial

54
Q

Cremant de Die AOP
time on lees
total aging prior to release?
primary variety?

A

9 mth lees
12 mth total
min 55 % Clairette
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains and Aligoté make up the remainder

55
Q

producer who released the first estate bottled CdP?

Vintage?

A

Chateau La Nerthe1785

56
Q

Chatillon-en-Diois AOP
Varieties
Styles

A

red/rose min 75% Gamay

White- Chard & Aligote

57
Q

largest AOP in Southern Rhone

A

Cotes du Rhone

58
Q

Methode Dioise Ancestrale

Min RS

A

35 g/l

59
Q

how is methode ancestral produced?

ATM vs traditional

A

wine is bottled before fermentation is finished. Co2 becomes trapped.
wine is less effervescent

60
Q

Vacqueyras allowed styles

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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%)

61
Q

Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOP

Style and varieties

A 
VDN (Vin Doux Naturel) 
Rouge
Blanc
Rose 
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
Muscat Rouge a Petits Grains
62
Q

this Southern Rhone AOP was the doorway to phylloxera

A

Lirac AOP

63
Q

CdP 18 (13) allowed varieties

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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

64
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Coteaux de Die AOP

Varieties

A

100% Clairette (Cremant du Die used to be 100% so this AOP was created when the other changed)

65
Q

Name of the French war hero who became The Hermit?

A

Gaspard de Sterimberg

66
Q

Costieres de Nimes AOP
Formerly a part of what region?
another AOP the lies within CdN and its primary varietal

A

Min. 50% combined Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, and Roussanne
Formerly part or Languedoc
Clairette de Bellegarde AOP- 100% Clairette

67
Q

Classic CdP barrel

A

Oak Foudres

68
Q

Vinsobres AOP

Styles

A

Reds 50% min Grenache

69
Q

___% of wine comes from Southern Rhone

A

95

70
Q

WHich commune with Rasteau AOP may produce VDN and still/dry wine?

A

Commune-Rasteau, only commune that can produce still/dry wines

three communes- Rasteau- Cairanne (care-on)- Sablet

71
Q

AOP dedicated to rose in Southern Rhone

A

Tavel Grenache
Pfifferling
Domaine de Muretins

72
Q

Le Rape

A

SOuthern Rhone

AOP Mandates CdP discards 2% of harvest to ensure ripeness

73
Q

Gigondas AOP
Min % grenache required?
two other commonly blended varieties

A

50% Grenache min
15% min syrah/Mourvedre
(90% min total of the above varieties so 10% open to other shit)

74
Q

Vacqueras AOP

min% Grenache required

A

50%

75
Q

Southern Rhone starts at the city of ________ and moves south to _______

A

Montelimar and funnels to Avignon

76
Q

Southern Rhone’s northernmost AOP

formerly known as ____

A

Grignan-les-Adhemar AOP

Formerly Cotes du Tricastin

77
Q

Gigondas AOP styles produced

A

red and rose

78
Q

Beaumes de Venise AOP styles of wine?

A

reds based on 50% Grenache

79
Q

Rasteau AOP VDN Styles& aging requirements

A

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

80
Q

CdP was the first AOC when

A

1936

81
Q

min alc% for red CdP

A

12.5% highest in france

82
Q

when did Pope Clement V move the papal court to Avignon?

A

1309

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