Northern Rhône Flashcards

1
Q

How many AOCs are not permitted to make Côtes du Rhône

A

7 south
1 north

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2
Q

Where can Côtes du Rhône AOC wines come from?

A

Either N Rhône (very little) or S Rhone
Vienne to Avingnon

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3
Q

What is the production of Côtes du Rhône?

A

4%
Dry white, rose, red

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4
Q

Where do blending rule change for Côtes du Rhône?

A

Montelimar (split N / S)
N - 1 principal >60%
S - 2 Principal >60% Grenache required

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5
Q

Where can Côtes du Rhône Village produce?

A

Only S Rhône

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6
Q

What part of Rhône is Dios considered?

A

Northern Rhône but not permitted for Côtes du Rhône

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7
Q

How many Northern and Southern Crus?

A

North - 8
South - 9

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8
Q

How many Côtes du Rhône AOC villages?
How many CDR Village AOCs?
How many can add Village (DGC) name?
Crus?

A

171
95
22
17

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9
Q

How many total villages in Côtes du Rhône

A

300

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10
Q

White grapes for Côtes du Rhône

A

Bourboulenc
Clairette
Grenache Blanc
Marsanne
Roussanne
Viognier

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11
Q

Red grape Côtes du Rhône

A

GSM

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12
Q

Backbone of White Côtes du Rhône

A

Grenache Blanc

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13
Q

Backbone of Rose Côtes du Rhône

A

GSM + Cinsaut

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14
Q

What adds finesse, perfume and fruit to Côtes du Rhône

A

Cinsaut

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15
Q

What are the AOCs in S Rhone not included in Côtes du Rhône?

A

Ventoux
Luberon
Nimes
Vivarais
Uzes
Adhemar
Bellegard

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16
Q

What is the difference between CDR and CDR VIllage

A

Village only S Rhone, needs minimum 66% of 2 principal grapes versus 60%
1 MUST BE GRENACHE

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17
Q

Name the CdR Village DGC

A

Chusclan
Gadagne
Laudan
Massif d’Uchaux
Nyons
Plan de Dieu
Puymeras
Roaix
Rochegude
Rousset les Vignes
Sablet
St Andeol
St Gervais
St Maurice
St Pantaleon les Vignes
St Cecile
Seguret
Signargues
Suze-la-Rousse
Vaison la Romaine
Valreas
Visan

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18
Q

N Rhone AOC that only makes red wine with Syrah and Viognier

A

Cote Rotie

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19
Q

AOC that means “Roasted Slopes”

A

Cote Rotie

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20
Q

Can add up to 20% Viognier to reds in this AOC but must be co-planted, harvested and fermented with Syrah.

A

Cote Rotie

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21
Q

A N Rhone that makes only white and a little sweet white wine only with Viognier?

A

Condrieu AOC
4.1% Sweet

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21
Q

Only monopole in Rhone and 1/2 outside of Bourgogne?

A

Chateau Grillet

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22
Q

Viognier has to be aged for 2 years in oak but could be longer?

A

Chateau Grillet

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23
Q

N Rhône where wines mature quicker

A

Saint-Joseph

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24
Q

Can co-ferment 10% of Marsanne and Roussanne with Syrah

A

Saint-Joseph

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25
Q

Does both red (86%) and white (14%) with Marsannae and Roussane in N Rhone

A

Saint-Joseph

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26
Q

The largest cru in N Rhône

A

Crozes-Hermitage

27
Q

Can co-ferment up to 15% Marssanne/Roussanne with Syrah for red wines?

A

Crozes-Hermitage

28
Q

What can Crozes-Hermitage produce?

A

red and white

29
Q

Crozes-Hermitage white wine grapes?

A

Marsanne and Roussane

30
Q

What can Saint Josephs produce?

A

red and white

31
Q

Only N Rhóne that produce only red

A

Cote Rotie
Cornas

32
Q

What is the only N Rhône AOC that makes Vin de Paille?

A

Hermitage

33
Q

What is the production of Hermitage?

A

2/3 Red
1/3 White

34
Q

What AOC only makes 100% red from Syrah?

A

Cornas

35
Q

What is the topology of Cornas?

A

Steep, terraced, S-facing slopes of granite
Amphitheater

36
Q

What AOC is an amphitheater?

A

Cornas

37
Q

What is the “island of the south in the north”?

A

Cornas

38
Q

What does Cornas mean in Celtic?

A

Burned Earth

39
Q

Who is Jean-Luc Colombo

A

A celebrated Rhône producer

40
Q

What AOC makes dry sparkling and white wines from Marsanne and Roussanne?

A

Saint Peray

41
Q

Why is Saint Peray a white wine only AOC?

A

Cooler conditions than the rest of N Rhône

42
Q

How long has Saint Péray been making traditional sparkling in N Rhône?

A

1825

43
Q

What is the most Southern of the N Rhône AOC?

A

Saint Péray

44
Q

How much does N Rhône produce?

A

4% of overall production

45
Q

What is considered part of N Rhône but not part of Côtes du Rhône?

A

The Dois

46
Q

What topology dominates the Dois?

A

Massif du Vercors

47
Q

What is one of France’s highest wine regions?

A

The Dios

48
Q

What are the soils of the Dios?

A

Limestone and clay

49
Q

What is the majority of the production in the Dios?

A

White sparkling either Ancestral or Traditional
Few whites, roses or red produced

50
Q

What is the AOC responsible for 96% of the Dios production?

A

Clairette de Die

51
Q

What are the 2 productions for Clairette de Die?

A

Methode Dioise Ancestrale
Clariette de Die (traditional)

52
Q

What is Clairette de Die made from?

A

100% Clairette

53
Q

What style is the Methode Dioise Ancestrale?

A

Sweet sparkling from Muscat
either white or rosé

54
Q

Where is in the Rhône Valley will you find Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, Aligote.

A

The Dios

55
Q

What river runs through the Dios?

A

La Drôme

56
Q

Where does the Rhone meet the Saone?

A

Lyon

57
Q

When did the Romans arrive?

A

121 BCE

58
Q

What grape got decimated during phylloxera?

A

Mourverde

59
Q

What cities bookend N Rhone Subdivision?

A

Vienne to Valence

60
Q

What cities booked S Rhone subdivision?

A

Montelimar to Nimes

61
Q

Sunlight hours

A

2,350 hours

62
Q

What are wines aged in?

A

Beton - concrete
Inox - stainless
Demi-mulds/Fourdres - Large wooden casks

63
Q

What grape is reductive so vinification must be taken to avoid gamey and barnyard notes?

A

Syrah

64
Q

What adds aroma and perfume and helps set the color with red?

A

Viognier

65
Q

What adds aromatic complexity, softens tannins and considered to be a finer grape to add with Syrah red?

A

Marsanne

66
Q

What adds perfume with reds or whites

A

Roussanne