Northern Rhone Flashcards
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AOPs of Northern Rhone Valley
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Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
Saint Joseph
Crozes-Hermitage
Hermitage
Cornas
Saint Peray
Chatillon-en-Diois
Clairette de Die
Coteaux de Die
Cremant de Die
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Q
Major Lieux dits of Hermitage
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Les Grandes Vignes L'Hermite Varogne Les Vercandieres Les Bessards Les Diognieres Les Baumes Le Meal Les Murets La Croix Peleat Les Rocules
3
Q
Most favored vineyards in Condrieu
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Chéry
Chanson
Cote Bonnette
Les Eyguets
4
Q
George Vernay produces this famous Condrieu
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Coteau du Vernon
5
Q
Main towns of Hermitage
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Tain L’Hermitage
Tournon
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6
Q
Is Guigal a traditionalist or Modernist
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Modernist, wines aged 42 mos in new oak
Landonne
Mouline
La Turque
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Q
Chapoutier’s bottling of Le Méal blanc is 100% this varietal
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Marsanne
He specializes in single varieties
and is biodynamic. Braille on label
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Q
Traditionalist producers of Cote Rotie
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Barge Gangloff Jamet Jasmin Levet Rostaing (Cote Blonde) Domaine Barge
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Q
Longest lived of “La La” Bottlings
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La Landonne
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South east of valance
Four appellations on the drome river (tributary of Rhone):
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Coteaux de Die
Cremant de Die
Clairette de DIe
Chatillon en Diois
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Q
Two styles of Clairette de die
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Methode traditionelle (clairette blanc)
Metode dioise ancestrale (75% Muscat a Petit Grains)
12
Q
Communes of Productions for Saint Joseph
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Ardeche:
Andance Ardoix Arras Sur Rhone Champagne Charnas Chateaubourg Felines Glun Lemps Limony Ozon Peyraud St. Desirat St. Ettienne de Valoux Saint Jean de Muzols Sarras Tournon-Sur-Rhone* Vion
Loire:
Chavanay*
Malleral
Saint Pierre de Boeuf
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Communes of Cote Rotie (3)
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St-Cyr-sur le rhone
Ampuis
Tupin et Semons
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Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie
Tupin et Semons:
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Bons Arrets Tupin Coteaux de Tupin Pimotins Collet But de Mont Maison Rouge Les Bercheries Beton Corps de Loup Semons Maison Blanches Coteaux de Bassenon
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Lieux dits of Cote Rotie
Ampuis:
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Lesardes Cognet Gerine Montmain Besset Verenay Berthelon Grandes Place La Vialliere Arselie Le Plomb Chatelon Le Champon Fourvier Neve Cote Rozier Rozier Mornachon Bonnivieres Rochins La Landonne Leyat Cote Bodin La Roche Le Champin Les Moutonnes Le Bourg Ritolas Janet
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Q
Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie
Ampuis (Cont’d)
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Grand Tallis
La Brocarde
La Brosse
Fongeant
Cote Brune
Le Truchet
Le Carcan
Chauaroche
Baleyat
Cote Blonde
La Taquiere
Marsanne
Lancement
La Triotte
Bas Boucharey
Le Mollard
La Goutay
Le Combard
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Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie
St. Cyr-Sur Le Rhone:
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Vererance
Planeze
La Chapuise
Le Village
Le Remilly
Cumelle
Les Chanavaries
Le Mont
Montils
La Servonniere
Plany
Bourrier
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Q
Lieux dits of Cornas
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Les Mazards
La Cote
Cayret
Reynard
Chaillot
Champelrose
Les Saveaux Nord
Les Rieux
Saint Pierre
etc..
19
Q
What year was Cornas AOC established
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1938
20
Q
In what departement is Cornas
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Ardeche
21
Q
AOPs for Syrah in Northern Rhone
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Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage Cornas St. Joseph Cote Rotie
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Q
what is the name of the naked granite soil in the vineyards of Cornas
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Gore
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Q
What are the AOPs in Northern Rhone that may produce white wines
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St. Joseph
Crozes Hermitage
Hermitage
St. Peray
Condrieu
Chatillon en Diois
Clairette de Die
Chateau Grillet
Coteaux de die
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Communes of production for Hermitage
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Tain-L’Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage
Larnage
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What are the two planting styles of vines in Chateauneuf du Pape
En Ligne
Au Carré
In a line, in a square
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What is the minimum RS for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise?
100g/l
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What is the French name for Northern Rhone
Rhone Septentrionale
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What is the term for the powdery decomposed mica that defines the topsoil of Condrieu
Arzelle
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What is the max% of Marsanne/Rousanne that may be blended into red wines of Crozes Hermitage AOP?
Max 15%
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La La Bottlings and some producers
Cote Rotie:
La Turque
La Landonne
La Mouline
E. Guigal
Rene Rostaing
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In Cote Rotie, this much Viognier may be added to reds
20%
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St. Joseph may add this much Marsanne/Roussanne
10%
33
Why coferment white and red?
Stabilizing red wine color, moderating tannin extraction
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Northernmost appellation in Northern Rhone Valley
Cote Rotie
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Crusader turned hermit who lived atop Hermitage
Gaspard de Stérimberg
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Important climats of Hermitage
```
Le Meal
Les Bessards
Greffieux
Beaume
Péléat
```
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Four Lieux Dits of Cornas
Les Reynards
La Cote
Les Chaillot
Les Mazards
RCCM
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Smallest red wine appellation of Northern Rhone
Cornas
just over 100ha
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A demi muid (traditional barrel of Rhone) is how large
(Like a halbstucke)
600L
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A. Clape is known as a traditionalist
Whole cluster, larger demi muids
In what AOP
Cornas
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Main Commune of St. Joseph
Tournon-Sur-Rhone
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St. Joseph Extends through these AOPs from North to South
Condrieu (North)
St. Peray (South)
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Encepagement/Assemblage for Cremant de die AOP
Blanc:
Min 55% Clairette Min 10% Aligoté
5-10% Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains
Assemblage:
The proportion of Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains can't exceed more than 10% of blend
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Max RS for Cremant de Die AOP
Max 15 g/l RS
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Minimum potential alc/aging Cremant de die
9% potential
10% acquired abv
9mos lees prior to degorgement
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Hectares under vine for Chateau Grillet
3.5
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Soil Types:
Cote Blonde
Cote Brune
(Cote Rotie)
Cote Blonde: (South) gneiss
| Cote Brune: (North) mica-schistous rock
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Francois Pinault purchased Chateau Grillet from Nayret Gachet in 2011 with this conglomerate
Artemis Domaines
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Second wine of Chateau Grillet
"Pontcin" 100% Viognier first vintage 2011 Named for lieu dit of Chateau Grillet
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Encepagement for Coteaux de die AOP (still)
100% Clairette
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Northern Rhone appellations for sparkling wine
Saint Peray
Clairette de Die
Cremant de Die
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Clairette de Die Méthode Dioise Ancestrale must be this:
Min 75% Muscat a Petits Grains plus Clairette
three atmospheres pressure
35g/l RS
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Main grape of Chatillon en Diois Rouge
Gamay: encepagement:
Min 75% gamay plus PN and Syrah
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Assemblage of Chatillon en diois (still wine!)
Blanc: Chardonnay and Aligoté
Rouge: min. 75% Gamay, plus Pinot Noir and Syrah
Rosé: min. 75% Gamay, plus Pinot Noir and Syrah
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Producers of Hermitage
JL Chave
Jaboulet-Aîné
Delas
M. Chapoutier (All negociants)
```
Albert Belle
La Cave de Tain (winegrowers' cooperative
Domaine des Martinelles
Father and Son
Domaine des Remizières
Marc Sorrel
Tardieu-Laurent
```
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Paul Jaboulet Ainé's premium wine
La Chapelle
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Department Chatillon en diois
Drome
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Who, other than Guigal bottles La Landonne (longest lived)
Jean Michel Gérin and Rene Rostaing
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Main town centered near St. Joseph
Chavanay
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Vineyards of St. Joseph
```
La Petite Gorge
La Ribardy
Les Eyguets
La Cote
Izeras
```
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St. Peray exclusively produces this
Marsanne/Roussanne wines, may be made in methode traditionelle style
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Vin de Paille (Hermitage)
| Was revived by this producer in thee 1970s
Gérard Chave
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Producers of Condrieu
Georges Vernay
Yves Cuilleron
André Perret
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When did Romans spread viticulture to Northern Rhone
1st Century
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Eschalas are found here, what are they
Cote Rotie. Means "staked upright"
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Who makes "Cuvee Cathelin"
Hermitage
JL Chave "Ermitage" 1990
Named for Bernard Cathelin
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Most plantings in Northern Rhone
Crozes-Hermitage
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Departements of Cotes du Rhone north to south
```
Rhone
Loire
Ardeche
Drôme
Vaucluse
Gard
```
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Cote du Rhone blanc grapes permitted
min
```
80% combined Marsanne
Rousanne
Bourboulenc
Grenache Blanc
Clairette
Viognier
```
Accessory varieties max 20% combined piquepoul blanc and ugni blanc
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Cote du Rhone rouge must be at least 30% this
Min. 30% Grenache, *except for vineyards north of Montélimar
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What year was Crozes Hermitage AOP created
1937
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Departments of Northern Rhone Valley
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Drome
Ardeche
Rhone
Loire
Gard
```
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Style of wine permitted in coteaux de die AOP
100% Clairette, still wine
| established 1993
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Who produces Domaine de Thalabert and what is it
Crozes Hermitage bottling from Paul Jaboulet Aine
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Permitted training methods of Crozes Hermitage
Cordon de Royat
| Gobelet
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Difference in soil type from North to South Crozes Hermitage
North:
Granitic Slopes similar to Hermitage
South: alluvial soils of glacial origin
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Min Potential abv for Cornas
10.5%
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Communes of production for Condrieu
Condrieu
Verin
Saint Michel sur Rhone
(original)
Limony
Chavanay
Malleval
Saint Pierre de Boeuf added 1967
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Producers of White Hermitage
Guigal: Ex-Voto Hermitage blanc
Chapoutier: Le Méal Blanc, L'ermite blanc and “chante alouette”
Ferroton: Le Reverdy
Jaboulet Ainé: La Chapelle and Crozes Hermitage “Mule Blanche”
Chave
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What are Chailées? Where are they located
vineyard terraces carved into steep slopes of Cornas
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AOP for Rosé in Northern Rhone
Cotes du Rhone AOP
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What was the the best vintage of Northern Rhone between 00, 01, 02?
01
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These communes of production are shared between Condrieu and St. Joseph
Chavanay
Malleval
St. Pierre du Boeuf
Limony
In Loire department
All added to condrieu in 1967
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Map of Cornas
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Map of Cote Rotie, Condrieu and Saint Joseph
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Map of all Rhone Valley
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The Northern Rhone runs between these two cities from North to South
Vienne to Valence
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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
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Biggest producer in Cote Rotie
E. Guigal
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The hill of Hermitage faces this aspect
directly
| south
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Four Producers of the hill of Hermitage
Jean-Louis Chave and the négociants Delas, M. Chapoutier, and Jaboulet.
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This producer revived Vin de Paille in the 70s in Hermitage
Gérard Chave
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Condrieu size:
less than 200 delimited hectares
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Smallest red wine AOP in Rhone
Cornas 100 hectares
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Which AOC includes the Vineyard "Chante Alouette?" What styles of wine are made from it?
Climat of Hermitage, white wines
97
Minimum must weight Vin de Paille in Hermitage (highest must weight in France) (after drying)
350 g/l
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Producers of Crozes-Hermitage
```
Alain Graillot
Belle
Domaine Pochon
Domaine Marc Sorrel
Domaine de Colombier
Tardieu Laurent
Tain Co op
Domaine Yann Chave
Combier
des Entrefaux
des Remizieres
```
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One of the best white wine vinyeards in Hermitage
Raucoules from Chapoutier, Chave, Marc sorrel
100
Training of Chateau Grillet
Guyot
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Famous producers of Cornas
Jean Luc Columbo (known for new oak, "Vallon d'LAigle"
Thierry Allemand (Reynard old vines and decomposed granite, Chaillots younger vines and granite, limestone)
Auguste Clape
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Primary soil type of Chateau Grillet
Granitic Sand
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Producer of 100% Marsanne from Saint Peray
Chaboud
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Who produces "Vielle Fontaine" (Cornas)
Alain Voge, 80 year old Syrah vines
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Who produces the cuvee from Cote Blonde "La Chatillonne?"
Domaine Vidal Fleury
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Who produces Cuvée d'Ampodium?
Renée Rostaing
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How many lieux dits of Cote Rotie?
73, split across three communes
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Minimum Abv of Hermitage Blanc
11%
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First vintage of Production "Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin?" Chave
1990
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Which AOC includes the vineyard ‘Chante Alouette’? What style of wines are made from it?
Hermitage, vin blanc sec
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What is the former name of Grignan Les Adhémar
Coteaux du Tricastin
