Northern Rhone Flashcards
AOPs in North Rhone, n-S
Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
St. Joseph
Croze Hermitage
Hermitage
Cornas
Saint Peray
Best vineyards in Condrieu
Chery
Chanson
Cote Bonnette
Les Eyguets
Who produces the famous Condrieu Coteau du Vernon
George Vernay
Main towns in Hermitage
Tain L’Hermitage
Tournon
Is Guigal a traditionalist or Modernist?
Modernist
Grape in Chapoutier Le Meal
100% Marsanne
Traditionalist in Cote Rotie
Jamet
Jasmi
Rostaing
Levet
Oldest bottling of La Las
La Landonne
What is Clairette de die
natural sparkling white wine made in the Northern rhone from Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains and Clairette
Biggest Commune of Cote Rotie
Ampuis
What year was Cornas AOC established
1938
what is the name of the naked granite soil in the vineyards of Cornas
Gore
What regions in the Northern Rhone produce white wines?
St. Joseph
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
Croze Hermitage
Hermitage
St. Peray
Two Planting styles in CDP
En Ligne, Au Carre
In a line, In a square
Minimum RS for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise
100g/l
French name for the Norther Rhone
Rhone Septentrionale
What is the term for the powdery decomposed mica that defines the topsoil of Condrieu
Arzelle
What is the max% of Marsanne/Rousanne that may be blended into red wines of Crozes Hermitage AOP?
Max 15%
Who produces from La Las?
Guigal
Rostaing
Where are the La Las
Cote Rotie
In Cote Rotie, this much Viognier may be added to reds
20%
St. Joseph may add this much Marsanne/Roussanne
10%
Why coferment white and red?
Stabilizing red wine color, moderating tannin extraction
Crusader turned hermit who lived atop Hermitage
Gaspard de Stérimberg
Important climats of Hermitage
Le Meal
Les Bessards
Greffieux
Beaume
Péléat
Smallest red wine aop of Northern Rhone
Cornas (just over 100ha)
A demi muid (traditional barrel of Rhone) is how large
600L
Is Clape a traditonalist or modernist
Traditionalist
Hectares under vine in Chateau Grillet
3.5ha
Main grape of Chatillon en Diois Rouge
Gamay: encepagement:
Min 75% gamay plus PN and Syrah
Big 4 of Hermitage
Chave
Chapoutier
Delas
Jaboulet
St. Peray exclusively produces this
Marsanne/Roussanne wines, may be made in methode traditionelle style
Producers of Condrieu
Georges Vernay
Yves Cuilleron
Andre Perret
Eschalas are found here, what are they
Cote Rotie. Means “staked upright”
Who makes “Cuvee Cathelin”
Hermitage
Chave “Ermitage” 1990
Named for Bernard Cathelin
Most plantings in Northern Rhone
Crozes-Hermitage
Permitted white grapes for Cote du Rhone blanc
80% combined Marsanne
Rousanne
Bourboulenc
Grenache Blanc
Clairette
Viognier
When was Crozes Hermitage created
1937
Q
Who produces Domaine de Thalabert and what is it
Crozes Hermitage bottling from Paul Jaboulet Aine
Permitted training methods of Crozes Hermitage
Cordon de Royat & Gobelet
Min Potential abv for Cornas
10.5%
Producers of White Hermitage
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
What are Chailées? Where are they located
What are Chailées? Where are they located
What was the the best vintage of Northern Rhone between 00, 01, 02?
2001
What is What is vinum picatum?
“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
Biggest Producer in Cote Rotie
E Guigal
which way does the hill of hermitage face?
South
Who produces Cuvée d’Ampodium?
Renée Rostaing
