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Northern Rhone #1 Flashcards

1
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What is the max % of Viognier that may be added to Syrah in Côte-Rôtie?

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20%

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In Crozes-Hermitage and Hermitage, producers have the option of adding a combined total of what percentage of Marsanne and Roussanne?

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15%

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What is the northernmost appellation in the Northern Rhône Valley?

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Côte-Rôtie

  • home to some of France’s steepest vineyards; on parts of the slope, the gradient is a precipitous 55 degrees or more
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What does Côte-Rôtie mean?

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“roasted slope”

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Who is the largest producer in Côte-Rôtie?

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E.Guigal

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What two slopes are considered the heart of Côte-Rôtie’s terroir?; which slope is further north?; which slope is further south?; what are their soil types?

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Côte Brune (north): mica-schistous rock - stronger, more assertive

Côte Blonde (south): gneiss - yields softer, alluring wines

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What is the riverside town near Côte-Rôtie?

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Ampuis

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What is the min alcohol for Côte-Rôtie AOP?

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10.5%

  • Same as other Syrah focused Northern Rhone AOPs Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph, Cornas
  • Viogner focused AOPs Coindreu, Château Grillet - min.11.5% alcohol
  • Clairette de Die AOP - min. 9% for sparkling wines
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In what year was Côte-Rôtie established as an AOC?

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1940

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Name four major producers that dominate the terraced hill of Hermitage.

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- Jean-Louis Chave

(singular)

- Delas

- M.Chapoutier

- Jaboulet

(négociants)

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What is Jaboulet’s premier wine?

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“La Chapelle”

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Who is the legendary Crusader-turned-hermit who lived a life of asceticism atop the hill of Hermitage?

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Gaspard de Stérimberg

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The small hillside chapel that stands in commemoration of the legendary Crusader-turned-hermit is located within which climat?

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L’Hermite

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Beside L’Ermite, what are five other important climats of Hermitage?

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  • le Méal
  • les Bessards
  • Gréffieux
  • Beaume
  • Péléat
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How would you characterize the wines of Crozes-Hermitage in comparison to Hermitage?

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  • Generally lighter, less ageworthy
  • Although, better wines can approach Hermitage quality
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What is the min alcohol for Crozes-Hermitage AOP - Blanc, Rouge?

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  • Blance: 10.5%
  • Rouge: 10.5%
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What is the min alcohol for Hermitage AOP - Blanc, Rouge, Vin de Paille?

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  • Blanc: 11%
  • Rouge: 10.5%
  • Vin de Paille: 19.5X% (12.5% acquired)
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In what year was Crozes-Hermitage established as an AOC?

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1937

  • Same as Hermitage
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In what year was Hermitage established as an AOC?

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1937

  • Same as Crozes-Hermitage
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What is the min planting density for Crozes-Hermitage AOP?

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4,000 vines/ha

  • Max. 2.5 square meters / vine
  • Vs 6,000 vines/ha - Hermitage
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What is the min planting density for Hermitage AOP?

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6,000 vines/ha

  • vs 4,000 vines/ha - Crozes-Hermitage
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T/F: The vineyards of Cornas are amongst the warmest in the Northern Rhône.

A

True

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What is gore?

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granite soil

  • In the vineyards of Cornas, magnifies the sun’s warmth
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What are the 4 quarters, or lieu-dits, of Cornas?

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  • Les Reynards
  • La Côte
  • Les Chaillot
  • Les Mazards
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What is the smallest red wine appellation of the Northern Rhône?

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Cornas

  • Just over 100 ha (131 ha)
  • Hermitage not far behind (136 ha)
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Who has long been considered the standard-bearer for the traditional wines of Cornas?

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Auguste Clape

  • Eschewing destemming for whole cluster fermentation and new oak barriques for the old demi-muids of the region
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27
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Cornas and Côte-Rôtie may only produce red wine.

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True

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In what year was Cornas established as an AOC?

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1938

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What is the min planting density for Cornas AOP?

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4,400 vines/ha

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T/F: St-Péray exclusively produces Marsanne and Roussanne wines.

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True

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Are the Marsanne and Roussanne wines of St-Péray always blended?

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often, but not always

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What does Roussanne add to the blend for wines of St-Péray?

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acidity and waxy minerality

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What does Marsanne add to the blend for wines of St-Péray?

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oily texture and marzipan character

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In Hermitage, producers have the traditional option of drying either Marsanne or Roussanne for the rare dessert wine vin de paille. Vin de Paille is a style of wine revived in the 1970s by who?

A

Gérard Chave

  • More recently by Chapoutier
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T/F: In the 1960s, wines made from Viognier in Condrieu approached extinction as it had fallen out of commercial favor and only a handful of ha were planted.

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True

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36
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How many ha of Viognier are planted in Condrieu?

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less than 200 (168 ha)

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37
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Is Château Grillet the smallest appellation in France?

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No. The distinction belongs to La Romanée in Burgundy.

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38
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Name three notable producers of Condrieu.

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  • Georges Vernay
  • Yves Cuilleron
  • André Perret
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39
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In what year was Condrieu established as an AOC?

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1940

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What is the min potential alcohol for Condrieu AOP?

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11.5%

  • 13% acquired alcohol required for wines with at least 45 g/l of residual sugar
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What is the min planting density for Condrieu AOP?

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6,500 vines/ha

  • vs 6,000 vines/ha - Hermitage
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What is the primary soil type in Coindreu?

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decomposed granite

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What is the max yield (rendement de base) for Condrieu AOP?

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41 hl/ha

  • 37 hl/ha prior to 2011
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What is the min must weight for Condrieu AOP?

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220 g/l

  • 178 g/l min must weight for wines w/ min 45 g/l rs
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45
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Is manual harvesting mandatory for Condrieu AOP?

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Yes

  • For wines with min 45 g/l of rs, grapes must be harvested in successive tries
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What is the soil known as in Cornas?

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“Gore”

  • Naked granite
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47
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Who owns Chateau Grillet?

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François Pinault 2011

  • Owner of Lafite
  • Previously Neyret-Gachet
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48
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What are the important climats of Hermitage?

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La Chapelle
L’Hermite
Le Meal
Les Bressards
Greggieux
Beaume
Peleat

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49
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Defining climatic element?

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Mistral wind - blows down from the Massif Central and affects N. Rhone in Winter and Spring

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What are the AOP’s of Northern Rhone?

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Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
Saint Joseph
Croze-Hermitage
Cornas
St. Perez
Chatillon-en-Diois
Clairette de Die
Coteaux de Die
Cremant de Die

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51
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Major lieux dits of Hermitage:

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Les Grandes Vignes
L’Hermite
Varague
Les Vercandieres
Les Bessards
Les Diegnieres
Les Baumes
Le Meal
Les Murets
La Craix
Peleat
Les Rocules

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52
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Most famous vineyards in Condrieu?

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Chery
Chandon
Cote Bonnett
Les Ezguets

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53
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What’s the name of Georges Vernay’s famous Condrieu?

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Coteau du Vernon

54
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What is the soil of:
Condrieu
Hermitage
Saint-Joseph
Crozes
Saint Peraz

A

Heat-retaining granitic/schistous soils
- steeply sloped bedrock
- fine sand/loess prone to erosion, helped by terrace construction
- soils become heavier w/clay in southern section

55
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What are the 5 appellations for Syrah?

A

Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage
Cornas
Cote-Rotie
Saint-Joseph

56
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% blending w/ Syrah by AOP?

A

Cornas - 100% Syrah
Cote Rotie - up to 20% Viognier
CH/Hermitage - 15% Mars/Rous
St. Joseph - 10% Mar/Rous

57
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Four appellations of the Drome RIver (tributary of the Rhone) south east of Valence?

A

Coteaux de Die
Cremant de DIe
Clairette de Die
Chatillon de Die

58
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What are 2 styles of Clairette de Die?

A

Methode Traditionelle (Clairette Blanc)
Metodo Dioise Ancestral (75% Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains)

59
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Communes of Cote Rotie?

A

St. Cyr-Sur le Rhone
Ampuis
Tupin et Semons

60
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Lieux Dits of Cornas:

A

Les Mazards
La Cote
Cayret
Reynard
Chaillot
Campelrose
Les Saveaux Nord
Les Rieux
Saint Pierre

61
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What year was Cornas AOP established?

62
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In what department is Cornas?

63
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What is the name of the “naked” granite soil in the vineyards of Cornas?

64
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What AOP’s in Northern Rhone may produce white wine?

A

St Joseph
Crozes Hermitage
Hermitage
St. Peray
Condrieu
Chatillon en Diois
Clairette de Die
Chateau Grillet

65
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What powdery top soil can be found in Condrieu?

A

Arzelle - decomposed mica

66
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Main towns of Hermitage?

A

Tain l’Hermitage
Toucnon

67
Q

Chapoutier’s “La Meal Blanc” is 100% _______

A

Marsanne
- he specialized in single varieties
- biodynamic
- braille on the label

68
Q

Guigal’s vineyard bottlings?
Traditional or modern?

A

La Ladonne
La Mouline
La Turque

  • Modernist, wines aged in 42 months new oak
69
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Traditional producers of Cote Rotie?

A

Jamet
Jasmin
Barge
Gangloff
Levet
Rostaing (Cote Blonde)

70
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Longest-lived of the “La La Bottlings”?

A

La Ladonne

71
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What is the max % Mars/Rous that may be blended into wines of Crozes-Hermitage?

72
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In Cote Rotie, ______% Viognier can be added to reds?

73
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St. Joseph may add ______% Mars/Rous?

74
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Crusader turned hermit who lived atop Hermitage?

A

Gaspard de Sterimberg

75
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Important climats of Hermitage

A

Le Meal
Les Bessards
Greffieux
Beaume
Peleat

76
Q

What are the four major lieux dits of Cornas?

A

Les Reynards
La Cote
Les Chaillot
Les Mazards

77
Q

Smallest red wine appellation in N. Rhone?

A

Cornas
just over 100ha

78
Q

What is the traditional barrel of the Rhone?

A

Demi-muid, 600L

79
Q

August Clape’s style:

A

Traditionalist
Whole cluster, larger demi-muids
Cornas

80
Q

Main commune in St. Joseph

A

Tournon-Sur-Rhone

81
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Assemblage for Cremant de Die AOP:

A

Blanc: min 55% Clairette, min 10% Aligote, 5-10% Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains

The proportion of Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains can’t exceed more than 10% of the blend

82
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Max RS for Cremant de Die AOP? Min potential ABV and aging?

A

Max 15 g/L RS
9% potential 10% acquired
9 mos lees aging prior to disgorgement

83
Q

Hectares under vine for Chateau Grillet?

84
Q

Soil types for Cote Blonde and Cote Brune:

A

Cote Blonde (south): Gneiss
Cote Brune (North): Mica-Schistous rock

85
Q

Differences between Marsanne/Rousanne?

A

Marsanne - more broad, oily texture, marzipan

Roussanne - more delicate, adds acidity, waxy texture

86
Q

Second wine of Chateau Grillet?

A

“Pontcin” 100% Viognier
- first vintage was 2011
- named for the lieu dit of Chateau Grillet

87
Q

Owners of Chateau Grillet:

A

Nayret Gachet -> Francois Pinault/Artemis Domaines in 2011

88
Q

Encepagement for Coteaux de Die AOP (still)?

A

100% Clairette

89
Q

Northern Rhone appellations for sparkling wine:

A

Saint Peray
Clairette de Die
Cremant de Die

90
Q

Clairette de Die Methode Dioise Ancestrale must be:

A

min 75% Muscat a Petits Grains plus Clairette
- 3 atmospheres of pressure
- 35 g/L RS

91
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Main grape of Chatillon en Diois Rouge?

A

min 75% Gamay + PN and Syrah

92
Q

Assemblage of Chatillon en Diois (Still)?

A

Blanc: Chard and Aligote
Rouge: min 75% Gamay + PN and Syrah
Rose: same

93
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Producers of Hermitage?

A

JL Chave
Jaboulet-Aine
Delas
M. Chapoutier
Albert Belle
Le Cave de Tain
Domaine des Martinelles
Marc Sorrel
Tardieu-Laurent

94
Q

Paul Jaboulet-Aine’s premier wine:

A

La Chapelle

95
Q

Department of Chatillon en Diois:

96
Q

Who bottles La Landonne?

A

Guigal
Jean Michel Gerin
Rene Rostaing

97
Q

Vineyards of St Joseph:

A

Le Peitte Gorge
La Ribardy
Les Eygnets
La Cote
Izeras

98
Q

St. Peray exclusively produces:

A

Whites only
- Marsanne/Roussanne
- Mousseaux: May be made in Methode Traditionale

99
Q

Hermitage Vin de Paille was revived by ______ in the 1970’s

A

Gerard Chave

100
Q

Producers of Condrieu:

A

Georges Vernay
Yves Cuilleron
Andre Perret

101
Q

What are “eschalas” and where are they found?

A

means “staked upright”
Cote Rotie

102
Q

Who makes “Cuvee Cathelin”?

A

JL Chave “Ermitage”
1990
- named for Bernard Cathelin

103
Q

Most plantings in N. Rhone?

A

Crozes Hermitage

104
Q

Departments of Cotes du Rhones from North to South:

A

Rhone
Loire
Ardeche
Drome
Vancluse
Gard

105
Q

When was the Crozes-Hermitage AOP created?

106
Q

Who produces Domaine de Thalabert and what is it?

A

Crozes-Hermitage bottling from Paul Jaboulet-Aine

107
Q

Permitted training methods in Crozes-Hermitage:

A

Cordon de Royat
Gobelet

108
Q

Communes of production for Condrieu:

A

Condrieu
Verin
Saint Michel sur Rhone (Original)

Limony
Chavanay
Malleval Saint Pierre de Boeuf

109
Q

Producers of blanc Hermitage:

A

Guigal - “Ex-Vats Hermitage Blanc”
Chapotier - “Le Meal Blanc, L’Ermite Blanc”
Ferraton - “Le Reverdy”
Jaboulet-Aine - “La Chapelle” and Crozes Hermitage
Chave - “Mule Blanche”

110
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What are the steep vineyard terraces in Cornas called?

111
Q

Four produces of the hill of Hermitage?

A

JL Chave
Delas
M. Chapoutier
Jaboulet

112
Q

Biggest producer in the Cote Rotie?

113
Q

Which AOP includes the vineyard “Chante Alouette”? What styles of wine are made from it?

A

Climat of Hermitage
White wines
Chapoutier

114
Q

Min must weight for Vin de Paille in Hermitage?

A

350 g/L RS
- highest must weight in France

115
Q

Producers of Crozes-Hermitage:

A

Alain Graillot
Marc Sorrel
Dom de Columbier
Tardieu Laurent
Tain Co Op
Yam Chave
Belle
Domaine Pachon

116
Q

One of the best white wine vineyards in Hermitage?

A

“Rocoules”
Chapoutier, Chave, Sorrel produce

117
Q

Vine-training of Chateau Grillet?

118
Q

2 bottlings of Thierry Allemand?

A

Reynard - old vines, decomposed granite
Chaillots - younger vines, granite and limestone

119
Q

Famous producers of Cornas:

A

Jean Luc Colombo - “Vallon d’Laigle”
Thierry Allemand
August Clape

120
Q

Primary soil type of Chateau Grillet?

A

Granitic sand

121
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Producer of 100% Marsanne from St. Peray?

122
Q

Who produces “Vielle Fontaine” (Cornas)?

A

Alain Voge
80 year old Syrah vines

123
Q

Who produces the “La Chatillonne” cuvee from Cote Blonde?

A

Domaine Vidal Fleury

124
Q

Who produces “Cuvee d’Ampodium”?

A

Rene Rostaing

125
Q

First vintage of production for “Ermitage Cuvee Cathelin”?

A

Chave - 1990

126
Q

Is Guigal a modernist or traditionalist?

A

Modernist - ages wines for 42 months in new oak

La Ladonne
La Mouline
La Turque

127
Q

Name and soil type of Condrieu?

A

Arzelle
- sandy mixture of decomposed mica, schist, granite, clay

128
Q

Which domaines are owned by the Artemis group/Francois Pinault?

A

Clos de Tart
Chateau Grillet
Chateau Latour
Domaine E’ugenie

129
Q

What is the name, grape, and appellation of Chateau Grillet?

A

Pontcin, 100% Viognier, Cotes de Rhone AOP

130
Q

Cremant de Die is produced from what grape/river valley?

A

Clairette, Drome

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