Northern Rhône

Question 1

PDO along the Rhône river on the left bank (north to south)

Answer 1

Côte-Rôtie
Condrieu
Château Grillet
Saint-Joseph
Saint-Péray
Cornas

Question 2

Name of the trellis system in Côte-Rôtie

Answer 2

échalas

Question 3

Maximum percentage of white grape used in Côte-Rôtie/Hermitage/Saint-Joseph

Answer 3

20% viognier
15% marsanne/roussanne
10% marsanne/roussanne

Question 4

Famous lieux-dits in Côte-Rôtie (6)

Answer 4

Ampuis (4):
Côte Brune, Côte Blonde, Viallière, Bonnivières

Tupin et Semons (2):
Maison Rouge, Maison Blanche

Question 5

Famous soil in Condrieu

Answer 5

arzelle: powdery decomposed mica soil (white in color)

Question 6

Original villages in Saint-Joseph (6)

Answer 6

LVGMTSM

Lemps
Vion
Glun
Mauves
Tournon
Saint-Jean-de-Muzols

Question 7

Key soil in Cornas

Answer 7

Gore: naked granite

Question 8

Famous lieux-dits in Cornas (4)

Answer 8

La Côte
Les Chaillots
Les Reynards
Les Mazards

Question 9

3 communes of Hermitage

Answer 9

TLC

Tain l’Hermitage
Larnage
Crozes-Hermitage

Question 10

17 climats in Hermitage

Answer 10

Les Grandes Vignes
L’Hermite
Varogne
Les Bessards
Les Vercandières
Le Méal
Les Gréffieux
Les Baumes
Maison Blanche
La Pierelle
Rocoules
Péléat
Les Diognières
L’Homme
La Croix
Torras et les Garennes

Question 11

Style of wine that allowed in Hermitage

Answer 11

red
Vin de Paille (white only): min. 350g/L must weight, dried for 45+ days

Question 12

PDO in Drôme (4)

Answer 12

Châtillon-en-Diois
-W: chardonnay, aligoté
-R,rosé: 75% gamay + PN, syrah

Coteaux de Die
-W only: 100% clairette

Crémant de Die
-sparking white: 55% clairette + muscat, aligoté

Clairette de Die
-methode traditionelle: 100% clairette; brut in style (max. 15g/L RS)
-methode ancestrale dioise: 75% muscat à petits grains + clairette/gamay (for rosé); min. 35g/L RS (demi-sec)
(bottled without dosage before fermentation has concluded)