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
Minimum potential alc/aging Cremant de die
9% potential
10% acquired abv
9mos lees prior to degorgement
Hectares under vine for Chateau Grillet
3.5
Soil Types:
Cote Blonde
Cote Brune
(Cote Rotie)
Cote Blonde: (South) gneiss
Cote Brune: (North) mica-schistous rock
Francois Pinault purchased Chateau Grillet from Nayret Gachet in 2011 with this conglomerate
Artemis Domaines
Second wine of Chateau Grillet
“Pontcin” 100% Viognier first vintage 2011 Named for lieu dit of Chateau Grillet
Encepagement for Coteaux de die AOP (still)
100% Clairette
Northern Rhone appellations for sparkling wine
Saint Peray
Clairette de Die
Cremant de Die
Clairette de Die Méthode Dioise Ancestrale must be this:
Min 75% Muscat a Petits Grains plus Clairette
three atmospheres pressure
35g/l RS
Main grape of Chatillon en Diois Rouge
Gamay: encepagement:
Min 75% gamay plus PN and Syrah
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
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
Paul Jaboulet Ainé’s premium wine
La Chapelle
Department Chatillon en diois
Drome
Who, other than Guigal bottles La Landonne (longest lived)
Jean Michel Gérin and Rene Rostaing
Main town centered near St. Joseph
Chavanay
Vineyards of St. Joseph
La Petite Gorge La Ribardy Les Eyguets La Cote Izeras
St. Peray exclusively produces this
Marsanne/Roussanne wines, may be made in methode traditionelle style
Vin de Paille (Hermitage)
Was revived by this producer in thee 1970s
Gérard Chave
Producers of Condrieu
Georges Vernay
Yves Cuilleron
André Perret
When did Romans spread viticulture to Northern Rhone
1st Century
Eschalas are found here, what are they
Cote Rotie. Means “staked upright”
Who makes “Cuvee Cathelin”
Hermitage
JL Chave “Ermitage” 1990
Named for Bernard Cathelin
Most plantings in Northern Rhone
Crozes-Hermitage
Departements of Cotes du Rhone north to south
Rhone Loire Ardeche Drôme Vaucluse Gard
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
Cote du Rhone rouge must be at least 30% this
Min. 30% Grenache, *except for vineyards north of Montélimar
What year was Crozes Hermitage AOP created
1937
Departments of Northern Rhone Valley
Drome Ardeche Rhone Loire Gard
Style of wine permitted in coteaux de die AOP
100% Clairette, still wine
established 1993
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
Difference in soil type from North to South Crozes Hermitage
North:
Granitic Slopes similar to Hermitage
South: alluvial soils of glacial origin
Min Potential abv for Cornas
10.5%
Communes of production for Condrieu
Condrieu
Verin
Saint Michel sur Rhone
(original)
Limony
Chavanay
Malleval
Saint Pierre de Boeuf added 1967
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
What are Chailées? Where are they located
vineyard terraces carved into steep slopes of Cornas
AOP for Rosé in Northern Rhone
Cotes du Rhone AOP
What was the the best vintage of Northern Rhone between 00, 01, 02?
01
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
Map of Cornas
Map of Cote Rotie, Condrieu and Saint Joseph
Map of all Rhone Valley
The Northern Rhone runs between these two cities from North to South
Vienne to Valence
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
The hill of Hermitage faces this aspect
directly
south
Four Producers of the hill of Hermitage
Jean-Louis Chave and the négociants Delas, M. Chapoutier, and Jaboulet.
This producer revived Vin de Paille in the 70s in Hermitage
Gérard Chave
Condrieu size:
less than 200 delimited hectares
Smallest red wine AOP in Rhone
Cornas 100 hectares
Which AOC includes the Vineyard “Chante Alouette?” What styles of wine are made from it?
Climat of Hermitage, white wines
Minimum must weight Vin de Paille in Hermitage (highest must weight in France) (after drying)
350 g/l
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
One of the best white wine vinyeards in Hermitage
Raucoules from Chapoutier, Chave, Marc sorrel
Training of Chateau Grillet
Guyot
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
Primary soil type of Chateau Grillet
Granitic Sand
Producer of 100% Marsanne from Saint Peray
Chaboud
Who produces “Vielle Fontaine” (Cornas)
Alain Voge, 80 year old Syrah vines
Who produces the cuvee from Cote Blonde “La Chatillonne?”
Domaine Vidal Fleury
Who produces Cuvée d’Ampodium?
Renée Rostaing
How many lieux dits of Cote Rotie?
73, split across three communes
Minimum Abv of Hermitage Blanc
11%
First vintage of Production “Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin?” Chave
1990
Which AOC includes the vineyard ‘Chante Alouette’? What style of wines are made from it?
Hermitage, vin blanc sec
What is the former name of Grignan Les Adhémar
Coteaux du Tricastin
