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Northern Rhone Flashcards

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1
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What is the main river of the Rhone Valley?

A

Rhone River

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2
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What is the climate of the Northern Rhone?

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Moderate, Continental

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What makes the best sites found in the Northern Rhone? (4)

A

Close to the river
Steep slopes
South-facing aspect
Positioned in lateral valleys

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4
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Why are the best sites typically found in lateral valleys off the Rhone River?

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Protection from the Mistral

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5
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What are vines supported by in the Northern Rhone?

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Single stakes or a teepee-like arrangement

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6
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What is the only black variety permitted in the Northern Rhone?

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Syrah

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What is significant about the relationship between Syrah and the Northern Rhone’s latitude?

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It’s the upper limit for where Syrah can fully ripen

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Aside from black fruit, what aromas might a quality Syrah exhibit?

A

Floral and black pepper aromas

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9
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Is oak always used in the Rhone?

A

No

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10
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Why was Syrah traditionally co-fermented with white grapes? (2)

A

To stabilise colour extraction and add aroma intensity

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11
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Almost all wines are from one of the 6 crus in the Northern Rhone. What would a wine from outside these crus be theoretically labelled as?

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Cote du Rhone

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12
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What are the 6 crus of the Northern Rhone from top to bottom?

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Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Saint-Joseph
Crozes-Hermitage
Hermitage
Cornas
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13
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Which 3 crus are red wine only? What percentage of the wines can be white grapes and which grapes are allowed in each cru?

A

Cote Rotie - 20% Viognier allowed
Hermitage - 15% Marsanne/Roussanne
Cornas - 100% Syrah baby

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14
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What sets Cote Rotie reds apart from Hermitage reds?

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Floral freshness and textural elegance

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15
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What does Cote Rotie loosely translate to? What feature of it’s geography might lend itself to this?

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Roasted Slope

South-facing aspect

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16
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What general area of the Northern Rhone does Saint-Jospeh cover?

A

Western Bank of the Rhone River

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17
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Where might you find wines comparable to Hermitage reds in Saint-Joseph?

A

Near Tournon (across the river from Hermitage)

18
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Aside from near Tournon, where might you find excellent quality wines in Saint-Joseph?

A

Just south of Condrieu

19
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What wine-making technique is used in the production of large-volume, relatively light bodied wines from Saint-Joseph? Where might you find grapes destined for these wines?

A

Some Carbonic Maceration

Vineyards on the valley floor or on the plateau above the protected slopes

20
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What aroma is typical of Saint-Joseph reds?

A

Pepper

21
Q

What grapes are used in the production of Saint-Joseph white wines?

A

Marsanne and Roussanne

22
Q

What grapes are in the single vineyard appellation Chateau-Grillet? Where is this and what wines are they comparable to?

A

Viognier

Within Condrieu and Condrieu

23
Q

What cru of the Northern Rhone is the town Tournon relevant to? What are vineyards like here? What are the wines from near here comparable to?

A

Saint-Joseph
Terraced vineyards
Hermitage

24
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What are some characteristics of Viognier? (body, aromas [2], acidity, alcohol)

A

Full bodied
Blossom and Apricot
Low acidity
High alcohol

25
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When in the season would Viognier typically develop it’s signature aromas?

A

Late

26
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When Viognier is over-handled in the winery, what character might develop?

A

Oily character

27
Q

What does Marsanne bring to the blend?

What does Roussanne bring to the blend?

A

Richness and weight for Marsanne

Acidity and perfumed fruit from Rousanne

28
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What character might develop in a Marsanne-Roussanne blend with age?

A

Hazelnut

29
Q

What character might develop in a Marsanne-Roussanne blend with age?

A

Hazelnut

30
Q

What is the name of the named sites that Hermitage is divided into?

A

Lieux-dits

31
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What is significant about the various Lieux-dits? What was traditionally done with wines from these areas? What is increasingly common?

A

Varying soil types and aspects

Traditionally blended but increasingly wines are produced from single lieux-dits

32
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Where might you find the most full-bodied examples of Syrah in the Northern Rhone?

A

Hermitage

33
Q

In two words (hyphen allowed) describe vineyards behind Tain-l’Hermitage.

A

Steep

South-facing

34
Q

Which are of the Northern Rhone produces the most wine by volume?

A

Crozes Hermitage

35
Q

Where would you find lighter, high-yield wines in Crozes Hermitage? Where would you find more concentrated wines?

A

Lighter wines from flatter sites in the south

More concentrated from the hills in the north

36
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Which region is by far the warmest in the Northern Rhone?

A

Cornas

37
Q

What must wines be made from in Cornas?

A

100% Syrah

38
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What are wines from Cornas comparable to?

A

Hermitage

39
Q

What allows for the sheltering of vineyards in Cornas?

A

Positioning on lateral valleys

40
Q

Which three regions in the Northern Rhone can make white wine?

A

Condrieu
St-Joseph
Crozes Hermitage

WSET level 3 2020 (41 decks)

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