Northern Rhone Flashcards
AOPs of Northern Rhone Valley
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
Major Lieux dits of Hermitage
Les Grandes Vignes L'Hermite Varogne Les Vercandieres Les Bessards Les Diognieres Les Baumes Le Meal Les Murets La Croix Peleat Les Rocules
Most favored vineyards in Condrieu
Chéry
Chanson
Cote Bonnette
Les Eyguets
George Vernay produces this famous Condrieu
Coteau du Vernon
Main towns of Hermitage
Tain L’Hermitage
Tournon
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Is Guigal a traditionalist or Modernist
Modernist, wines aged 42 mos in new oak
Landonne
Mouline
La Turque
Chapoutier’s bottling of Le Méal blanc is 100% this varietal
Marsanne
He specializes in single varieties
and is biodynamic. Braille on label
Traditionalist producers of Cote Rotie
Barge Gangloff Jamet Jasmin Levet Rostaing (Cote Blonde) Domaine Barge
Longest lived of “La La” Bottlings
La Landonne
South east of valance
Four appellations on the drome river (tributary of Rhone):
Coteaux de Die
Cremant de Die
Clairette de DIe
Chatillon en Diois
Two styles of Clairette de die
Methode traditionelle (clairette blanc)
Metode dioise ancestrale (75% Muscat a Petit Grains)
Communes of Productions for Saint Joseph
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
Communes of Cote Rotie (3)
St-Cyr-sur le rhone
Ampuis
Tupin et Semons
Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie
Tupin et Semons:
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
Lieux dits of Cote Rotie
Ampuis:
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
Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie
Ampuis (Cont’d)
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
Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie
St. Cyr-Sur Le Rhone:
Vererance
Planeze
La Chapuise
Le Village
Le Remilly
Cumelle
Les Chanavaries
Le Mont
Montils
La Servonniere
Plany
Bourrier
Lieux dits of Cornas
Les Mazards
La Cote
Cayret
Reynard
Chaillot
Champelrose
Les Saveaux Nord
Les Rieux
Saint Pierre
etc..
What year was Cornas AOC established
1938
In what departement is Cornas
Ardeche
AOPs for Syrah in Northern Rhone
Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage Cornas St. Joseph Cote Rotie
what is the name of the naked granite soil in the vineyards of Cornas
Gore
What are the AOPs in Northern Rhone that may produce white wines
St. Joseph
Crozes Hermitage
Hermitage
St. Peray
Condrieu
Chatillon en Diois
Clairette de Die
Chateau Grillet
Coteaux de die
Communes of production for Hermitage
Tain-L’Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage
Larnage
What are the two planting styles of vines in Chateauneuf du Pape
En Ligne
Au Carré
In a line, in a square
What is the minimum RS for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise?
100g/l
What is the French name for Northern 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%
La La Bottlings and some producers
Cote Rotie:
La Turque
La Landonne
La Mouline
E. Guigal
Rene Rostaing
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
Northernmost appellation in Northern Rhone Valley
Cote Rotie
Crusader turned hermit who lived atop Hermitage
Gaspard de Stérimberg
Important climats of Hermitage
Le Meal Les Bessards Greffieux Beaume Péléat
Four Lieux Dits of Cornas
Les Reynards
La Cote
Les Chaillot
Les Mazards
RCCM
Smallest red wine appellation of Northern Rhone
Cornas
just over 100ha
A demi muid (traditional barrel of Rhone) is how large
(Like a halbstucke)
600L
A. Clape is known as a traditionalist
Whole cluster, larger demi muids
In what AOP
Cornas
Main Commune of St. Joseph
Tournon-Sur-Rhone
St. Joseph Extends through these AOPs from North to South
Condrieu (North)
St. Peray (South)
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
Max RS for Cremant de Die AOP
Max 15 g/l RS