Northern Rhone Flashcards

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1
Q

AOPs in North Rhone, n-S

A

Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
St. Joseph
Croze Hermitage
Hermitage
Cornas
Saint Peray

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2
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Best vineyards in Condrieu

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Chery
Chanson
Cote Bonnette
Les Eyguets

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3
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Who produces the famous Condrieu Coteau du Vernon

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George Vernay

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4
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Main towns in Hermitage

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Tain L’Hermitage
Tournon

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5
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Is Guigal a traditionalist or Modernist?

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Modernist

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6
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Grape in Chapoutier Le Meal

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100% Marsanne

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7
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Traditionalist in Cote Rotie

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Jamet
Jasmi
Rostaing
Levet

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8
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Oldest bottling of La Las

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La Landonne

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9
Q

What is Clairette de die

A

natural sparkling white wine made in the Northern rhone from Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains and Clairette

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10
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Biggest Commune of Cote Rotie

A

Ampuis

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11
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What year was Cornas AOC established

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1938

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12
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what is the name of the naked granite soil in the vineyards of Cornas

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Gore

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13
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What regions in the Northern Rhone produce white wines?

A

St. Joseph
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
Croze Hermitage
Hermitage
St. Peray

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14
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Two Planting styles in CDP

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En Ligne, Au Carre
In a line, In a square

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15
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Minimum RS for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise

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100g/l

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16
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French name for the Norther Rhone

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Rhone Septentrionale

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17
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What is the term for the powdery decomposed mica that defines the topsoil of Condrieu

A

Arzelle

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18
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What is the max% of Marsanne/Rousanne that may be blended into red wines of Crozes Hermitage AOP?

A

Max 15%

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19
Q

Who produces from La Las?

A

Guigal
Rostaing

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20
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Where are the La Las

A

Cote Rotie

21
Q

In Cote Rotie, this much Viognier may be added to reds

A

20%

22
Q

St. Joseph may add this much Marsanne/Roussanne

A

10%

23
Q

Why coferment white and red?

A

Stabilizing red wine color, moderating tannin extraction

24
Q

Crusader turned hermit who lived atop Hermitage

A

Gaspard de Stérimberg

25
Q

Important climats of Hermitage

A

Le Meal
Les Bessards
Greffieux
Beaume
Péléat

26
Q

Smallest red wine aop of Northern Rhone

A

Cornas (just over 100ha)

27
Q

A demi muid (traditional barrel of Rhone) is how large

A

600L

28
Q

Is Clape a traditonalist or modernist

A

Traditionalist

29
Q

Hectares under vine in Chateau Grillet

A

3.5ha

30
Q

Main grape of Chatillon en Diois Rouge

A

Gamay: encepagement:

Min 75% gamay plus PN and Syrah

31
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Big 4 of Hermitage

A

Chave
Chapoutier
Delas
Jaboulet

32
Q

St. Peray exclusively produces this

A

Marsanne/Roussanne wines, may be made in methode traditionelle style

33
Q

Producers of Condrieu

A

Georges Vernay
Yves Cuilleron
Andre Perret

34
Q

Eschalas are found here, what are they

A

Cote Rotie. Means “staked upright”

35
Q

Who makes “Cuvee Cathelin”

A

Hermitage
Chave “Ermitage” 1990
Named for Bernard Cathelin

36
Q

Most plantings in Northern Rhone

A

Crozes-Hermitage

37
Q

Permitted white grapes for Cote du Rhone blanc

A

80% combined Marsanne
Rousanne
Bourboulenc
Grenache Blanc
Clairette
Viognier

38
Q

When was Crozes Hermitage created

A

1937

39
Q

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Who produces Domaine de Thalabert and what is it

A

Crozes Hermitage bottling from Paul Jaboulet Aine

40
Q

Permitted training methods of Crozes Hermitage

A

Cordon de Royat & Gobelet

41
Q

Min Potential abv for Cornas

A

10.5%

42
Q

Producers of White Hermitage

A

Guigal: Ex-Voto Hermitage blanc
Chapoutier: Le Méal Blanc, L’ermite blanc
Ferroton: Le Reverdy
Jaboulet Ainé: La Chapelle and Crozes Hermitage “Mule Blanche”
Chave

43
Q

What are Chailées? Where are they located

A

What are Chailées? Where are they located

44
Q

What was the the best vintage of Northern Rhone between 00, 01, 02?

A

2001

45
Q

What is What is vinum picatum?

A

“Pitched wine,”

(amphorae lined with resin) or an allusion to the tarry flavors of Syrah is unclear
Romans brought wine back to Rome from Northern Rhone, first century CE

46
Q

Biggest Producer in Cote Rotie

A

E Guigal

47
Q

which way does the hill of hermitage face?

A

South

48
Q

Who produces Cuvée d’Ampodium?

A

Renée Rostaing