Northern Rhone Flashcards
What is the climate of the Northern Rhone?
Moderate Continental
What is the cold north wind called in the Northern Rhone?
The Mistral
What is the black grape in the Northern Rhone? And Characteristics?
Syrah
- deeply coloured
- med to high tannins
- black fruit
- black pepper
- floral
What grape is sometimes added to Syrah in the Northern Rhone?
Viognier
What are the white grapes in the Northern Rhone? And Characteristics?
Viognier - full bodied - perfumed with blossom, apricots, and stone fruits - low acid - high alcohol - small amount is made off-dry late harvest Marsanne and Roussanne (often blended) - M rich and weighty - R acid and perfumed - can have complex aromas of hazelnut
What are the wine regions in Northern Rhone?
From north to south: Cote Rotie Condrieu Saint-Joseph Crozes-Hermitage Hermitage (inside Crozes-Hermitage) Cornas
What color wines are produced in Cote Rotie? What percent can be added of an additional grape? What is that additional grape?
Red wines with up to 20% Viognier added
What is the only wine sold in Condrieu?
Viognier
What is the name of the major single property appellation within Condrieu?
Chateau-Grillet
What are the wines in Saint-Joseph?
Majority is Syrah with Marsanne and Roussanne blends
Is carbonic maceration used in the Northern Rhone?
Yes in Saint Joseph
What is the term for “names sites” in the Northern Rhone and which appellation is it from?
In Hermitage it is called lieux-dits
What is the most full bodied red wine from the Northern Rhone?
Red Hermitage
What percent of Marsanne and Roussanne can be blended with Syrah in Hermitage?
up to 15%
1/5 of all production in Hermitage comes from?
the blend of Roussanne and Marsanne
