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Northern Rhone Flashcards

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1
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How long is the Rhone River?

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250 miles / 400 kilometers
flows from the Swiss border to the Mediterranean

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2
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Terrior overall

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Cooler and wetter than Southern Rhone, especially in the winter. Largely granite soil.

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3
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What river confluence happens in Lyon?

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The Saone & Rhone rivers meet

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4
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How does the rainfall differ from Southern Rhone?

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Valence gets 36 inches / 915 mm
Avignon gets 26 inches / 660 mm
This explains why the North is green and the South is mediterranean

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5
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What is the break between N & S Rhone

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The town of Montlimar

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6
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Cornas producers that helped “revive the region”

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Thierry Allemand *
August Clape *
Eric and Joel Durand
Guillaume Gilles *
Vincent Paris *
Stephane Robert of Domaine du Tunnel

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Commonly seen Cornas producers

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Noël Verset *
Domaine Jean-Michel*
Domaine Jamet *
Franck Balthazar *
Domaine Bott
Julien Cécillon
Aurelien Chatagnier
Domaine du Coulet
Equis
Jean Lionnet
Robert Michel
Alain Verset (Noel Verset’s nephew)
Alain Voge
Andrea Calek
Pierre Gonon
Rene Rostaing
Hervé Souhaut
Georges Vernay

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8
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How long is St. Joseph?

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40 miles / 60 km
from Condrieu to Cornas

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9
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What 6 communes was St. Joseph originally made of?

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Glun, Mauves, Tournon, St-Jean-de-Muzols, Lemps, and Vion
W/ Chavanay in Condrieu they are all steep granitic slopes

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When did St. Joseph expand?

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1969 it expanded from 6 to 26 communes
from 240 to 3,200 acres / 97 to 1,296 ha

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11
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How many N Rhone communes are Cotes du Rhone?

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47

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St. Joseph notable producers

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Chave *
Guigal *
Chapoutier
Gonon *
Courbis
Coursodon
Delas *
Gripa
Monier-Perrol *
Stephane Montez
Andre Perret *

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13
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Commonly seen St. Joseph producers

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Graeme et Julie Bott *

Domaine Rousset
Hervé Souhaut
Julien Cécillon
Christophe Curtat
Dard & Ribo
Equis
Guy Farge
Domaine Faury
Mathilde et Yves Gangloff
Alain Graillot
Saint Cosme
Jean-Michel Stephan
Clusel-Roch

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14
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Saint Peray

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Just south of Cornas
Excellent Marsanne & Roussane
Known for sparkling and “nervy” still whites

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15
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Cremant di Die / Clairette de Die Tradition

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Produces near the river Drome just east of St. Peray in high altitude vineyards
mainly Muscat and Clairette

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16
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Who brought Cotie-Rotie fame?

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Marcel Guigal in the 1980s

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17
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Describe Cotie-Roties wines

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magical soft, floral, fruity finesse, southern in warmth but closer to a great red burgundy when it comes to tannins

18
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Cotie-Rotie is how old?

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Roman times or earlier
Up to the 19th century it was sold by 76 liters/ 20 gallons

19
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Cotie-Rotie acreage 1971 vs 2017

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1971: 173 acres / 70 ha
2017: 761 acres / 308 ha
The price has risen like crazy too

20
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How steep are the slopes of Cotie-Rotie?
Soil?

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Up to a 69% grade
Schist and mica

21
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What practice has diluted Cotie-Roties reputation?

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Planting on the plateau above where grapes struggle to ripen

22
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What were Cotie-Rotie’s original vineyards centered around?

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2 slopes just above the town of Ampius
Cote Blonde and Cote Brune

23
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Cote Blonde

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part of the greater Massif Central
has more granite
soft top soil
different plots of sand/silt with a pale limestone element
produces wines softer and more early-developing than cote brun

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Cote Brun

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Schist and clay darkened with iron
tighter, smokier wines

25
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Who started the trend in Cotie-Rotie to designate vineyard sites?

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Guigal in the 1980s
La Landonne, La Mouline, La Turque
aged for 42 months in new oak (BIG)
“as close as any producer has gotten to creating a new Romanee-Conti”

26
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Who produces more classic styles of Cotie-Rotie?

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Barge *
Gangloff
Jamet *
Jasmine
Levet
Rene Rostaing’s Cote Blonde

27
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What is Cotie-Rotie’s most long-lived “LaLaLa”?
(It is the only one that is offically recognized)

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La Landonne
Bottled by Guigal, Jean-Michel Gerin, and Rostaing

28
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Guigal’s “La Mouline”

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Created in 1966
a sumptuous, velvety monster

29
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Guigal’s “La Turque”

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Created in 1985
located high above the city of Ampius
more traditional in style

30
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Chateau d’Ampius

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Guigal recently bought them
a blend of 7 sites throughout Cote Blonde & Brun
Marcel Guigal’s parents worked here as children

31
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Cotie-Rotie producers

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Billon
Bernard Burgaud
the Bonnefeilds
Clusel-Roch
Duclaux
Jean-Michel Gerin
Garon
Stephanie Ogier
Domaine de Rosiers
Jean-Michel Stephan

32
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Cotie-Rotie merchants

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Chapoutier
Delas
Jaboulet
Vidal-Fleury (owned by Guigal)
Guigal

33
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What grapes are in Cotie-Rotie?

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Up to 20% Viognier allowed
0-5% is most common
Guigals “La Mouline” has 10%

34
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Condrieu soil

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crumbled, sanded granite

35
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Is viognier easy or difficult to cultivate?

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Very difficult as it is disease prone and unreliable
low-yielding

36
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When was Condrieu classified?

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1940
traditionally sweet wine

37
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Who are Condrieu’s top producers of classical, fragrant, dry Viognier?

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Georges Vernay, Coteau du Vernon
Guigal, “La Doraine” (a blend from Cote Chatillon and Colombier vineyards)
Yves Cuilleron
Yves Gangloff *
Remi and Robert Niero

38
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Condrieu acreage 1960 vs 2017

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1960: 30 acres / 12 ha
2017: 487 acres / 197 ha

39
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Condrieu N&S limits

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(north) Hill above Condrieu: said to produce particularly rich wines
(south) Chavanay: A commune at the southern tip of Condrieu with heavier granite content, said to produce wines with more minerality

40
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What characteristic do top Condrieu vineyards share? Name them.

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All have powdery mica-rich topsoil called arzelle
Chery, Chanson, Cote Bonnette, and Les Eygets

41
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The most unusual Viognier

A

Chateau Grillet *
8.6 acres / 3.5 ha of ampitheatre
delimited in 1936
has recently been upgraded by Artemis Domaines of Francois Pinault who owns Chateau Latour

42
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Common Condrieu producers

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André Perret *
Domaine Bott *

Clos de la Bonnette
Domaine Jamet
René Rostaing
Domaine Jean-Michel Stephan
Georges Vernay
Domaine Monier Perréol
Clusel-Roch

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