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Rhone Valley and Southern France

??”Where and when did the Greeks originally colonize the Rhone?”

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Massalia (Marseilles) in 600 BC

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When did the Romans arrive in the Rhone and what were their influences?

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125 BC

Used the Rhone to ship Viennese vinum picatum to Rome

Installed terracing

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When did Pope Clement V move his court from Rome to Avignon? When did it move back to Rome?

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1309

1378

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What happened to the wine trade in the Rhone in the 17th century?

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Rhone wines were carried to the Loire and by the 18th century they were exported to England.

Many Bordeaux merchants blended the famous Hermitage wines to add body.

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What was the first region in France to be struck by Phylloxera?

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Southern Rhone in 1863

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Who was the Baron du Roy?

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Baron of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and started wine laws in 1923 to prevent fraud. Eventually became basis of AOC laws and Chateauneuf-du-Pape became the first AOC.

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What is the climate of the Northern Rhone?

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Continetal

Mistral from the Massif Central in winter and spring dries vineyards

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What are the soils and aspect of the Northern Rhone

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Steep slopes with heat-retaining granite and schist soils - many vineyards in Cote-Rotie, Condrieu and Hermitage are carved out of bedrock.

Fine sand is prone to erosion, although Condrieu has rich decomposed mica known as arzelle. Clay soils dominate in the southern part of the northern Rhone

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What are the grape varietals of the Northern Rhone?

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Viognier

Roussane

Marsanne

Syrah

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What is Taille en Archet?

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Vine staking to protect against le Mistral.

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What are the typical notes of Syrah from the Northern Rhone?

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Savory notes of smoke, grilled meat, olive, lavender, peppercorn, bacon fat, teriyaki.

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What are foudres?

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150 HL or greater oak casks used to ferment and age wine in the Rhone.

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What are the main appellations for the Northern Rhone?

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Cote Rotie

Condrieu

 Chateau Grillet

St Joseph

Hermitage

Crozes-Hermitage

Cornas

St Peray

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What is co-fermentation and why is it used in the Northern Rhone?

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Fermentation of different varietals together. For the blend of whites and reds in the Rhone, it stabilizes red wine color and moderates tannin extraction.

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What are the allowed varietals in Cote Rotie?

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Red - Syrah with 20% Viognier

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What are the allowed varietals in Condrieu?

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White - Viognier

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What is Chateu Grillet?

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Small appellation on Condrieu that is 100% Viognier

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What are the allowed varietals in St Joseph?

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Red - Syrah with 10% Marsanne/Roussanne

White - Marsanne/Roussanne

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What are the allowed varietals in Hermitage?

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Red - Syrah with up to 15% Marsanne/Roussanne

White - Marsanne/Roussanne

Hermitage is a prominent hill

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What are the allowed varietals in Crozes-Hermitage?

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Red - Syrah with up to 15% Marsanne/Roussanne

White - Marsanne/Roussanne

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What are the allowed varietals in Cornas?

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Syrah only

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What are the allowed varietals in St Peray?

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Sparkling wines from Roussanne/Marsanne

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Describe Cote Rotie AOP.

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Northernost appellation in Northern Rhone

Steep vineyards, 55 degrees

Rises up a southeasterly aspect behind Ampuis.

2 Slopes near Apuils are most famous (Cote Brune and Cote Blonde)

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Describe Hermitage

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Prominent hill near Tain-l’Hermitage.

Produces rich reds.

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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe Cornas AOP?
Typically rustic wines slow to develop in the bottle. Warmest vineyards of Northern Rhone Naked granite soil Relatively shielded from le mistral. Use of demi-muids (600 L barrels)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe St-Joseph
Variable wines, with appellation's borders greatly enlarged from commune of Tournon-sur-Rhone.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe the sparkling wines of St Peray.
Methode traditionelle mousseux Often blended Roussanne adds acidity and waxy minerality Marsanne adds broader, oily texture and marzipan character
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is vin de paille?
Apassimento dessert wine from Hermitage.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the smaller appellations in the Northern Rhone?
Coteaux de Die Cremant de Die Clairette de Die Chatillon-en-Diois
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe Condrieu.
Small appellation for Viognier with widely varying styles.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Cremant de Die?
MT wine made near Die in the northern Rhone mostly from Clairette but can have Aligote, Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Coteaux de Die?
White wine appellation from Clairette in the northern Rhone
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is special about Clairette de Die?
Can be made MT (100% Clairette) with 15g/l or Methode Dioise Ancestrale (25% Clairette/75% Muscat a Petit Grans) which has tank disgorgement and then rebottled without disgorgement and with 35 g/l
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Chatillon-en-Diois?
Anomalous AOP in the Rhone with Gamay based reds and roses and whites based on Aligote and Chardonnay
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe the climate of the Southern Rhone.
Medeterranean with mistral and sirocco. Hot summers with large diurnal swings and heavy autumn rains with mild winters.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is garrigue?
Scrubland of the southern Rhone.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe the soils of the Southern Rhone.
Alluvium over limestone. Lots of sand, gravel and clay along with quartzite galets.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the white grapes of the Southern Rhone?
Roussanne Clairette Picpoul Bourboulenc Grenache Blanc
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the red grapes typically found in the Southern Rhone
Syrah Grenache Mourvedre Cinsault Counoise Terret Noir Vaccarese Muscardin
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the main appellations for the Southern Rhone?
Cotes-du-Rhone Cotes-du-Rhone Villages Tavel Chateauneuf-due-Pape Gigondas Vacqueyras Lirac Beaumes-de-Venise Vinsobres Rasteau Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is special about Chateauneuf-du-Pape?
Can be made with 13 different grapes, with whites only, reds or even 100% of certain varietals. Must have 12.5% alcohol (highest in all of France) Large area with 300 hectares Some foudres, some bottling on demand, some carbonic, some barrique
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe Gigondas
Elevated from CDRV in 1971 Reds and roses with min 50% max 80% Grenache (and typically Syrah/Mourvedre - other varietals are 10% of plantings max)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe Vacqueyras
Elevated from CDRV in 1990 Reds from Grenache blends with Syrah, Mourvedre, Clairette and Bourboulenc
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe Beaumes-de-Venise and Vinsobres
Elevated in 2005 and 2006 from CDRV. Min 50% Grenache
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe Lirac
Red, white and roses from Grenach Noir and Blanc
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe Tavel
Only communal appellation in France dedicated to Rose Grenache-based
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Muscat de Baumes-de-Venise?
Vin Doux Naturel Produced through mutage where grape spirit is added to arrest fermentation Frech and aromatic Grapes - Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains and Muscat Rouge a Petits Grains
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Rasteau?
Vin Doux Naturel produced through mutage More tawny flavors Ambre- white aged min 3 yrs Tuile - red aged min 3 yrs Hors d'age min 5 yrs Fresh - blanc and grenat Rancio - deliberately oxidized style Grapes Blanc - Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris Ambre - Grenache, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc Rouge - Min 75 Grenache, plus Grenache Blanc and Gris All can have accessory varieties
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is significant about the Grignan-les-Adhemar AOP?
Northernmost Southern Rhone AOP. Renamed in 2010 because used to share a name with the troubled Tricastin nuclear power plant.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the minor AOPs of the Southern Rhone?
C?tes du Vivarais Luberon Ventoux Pierrevert Costi?res de N?mes Clairette de Bellegarde
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the famous estates of Chateauneuf-du-Pape?
Chateau de Beaucastel Rouge (Mourvedre + 12 other varietals) Chateau Rayas (100% Grenache) Chateau La Nerthe (First estate CNDP in 1785)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Describe the climate of Provence
Medeterranean, warm and dry
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the major appellation and wine of Provence?
Cotes de Provence 75% of all Provence wine Rose with a minimum of 20% saignee Must be a blend of 2 varieties (typically Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah and local garrigue-scented Tibouren)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the name of the traditional bottle of Provence?
Skittle
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the three sub-zone designations for the Cotes de Provence? Can they have reds or whites or roses?
La Londe Sainte-Victorie Frejus Rose and Reds
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Bandol?
Appellation with Provence Rose Whites from Clairette Red blends 50% Mourvedre (Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Carignan) with a min 18 months in oak - plummy, dense, animal
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Les Baux de Provence AOP?
Former subappellation of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provance Warm hilltop appellation protected from Mistral Reds and Rose from Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault 2011 added whites based on Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Vermentino and Roussanne
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are Cassis, Palette, Bellett and Coteaux Varois en Provance?
Appellations within Provence Produce wines from all three colors
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is significant about the Cotes de Provence AOP
In flux with a lot of new regulations about encepagement making some producers resort to Vin de Pays Only area outside of Bordeaux to publish a listing of Grand Cru Classe estates - 23 originally in 1955
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the AOPs of Provence?
Codes de Provence Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Les Baux de Provence Coteaux Varois en Provence Bandol Bellet Cassis Palette
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the AOPs of Corsica?
Vin de Corse Muscat du Cap Corse Patrimonio Ajaccio
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the grapes of Corsica?
Carignan Alicante Bouschet Nielluccio (Sang variant) Sciarello Vermentino Grenache Barbarossa Ugni Blanc Many other Rhone Grapes
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the grapes in Vin de Corse AOP?
Nielluccio, Sciarello, Grenache, Barbaross and other Rhone Grapes for reds and roses
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the grapes in white Vin de Corse?
Vermentino Ugni Blanc
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the VDN of Corsica?
Muscat du Cap Corse
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the AOPs of the Eastern Languedoc?
Berlou (Red) Clairette de Bellegarde Clairette de Languedoc Coteaux du Languedoc Pic Saint Loup Costeres di Nimes Faugeres (Red) Languedoc (R/W/R) Muscat de Frontignan (W/Fort) Muscat de Lunel Muscat de Mireval Roquebrun (Red) St-Chinan (R/W/R)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the AOPs of the Western Languedoc?
Cabardes (R/R) Cotes de Malepere (Red) Corberes (Red) Corberes-Boutenac (Red) Fitou (Red) La Clape Languedoc Limoux (W/Spark) Malepere (R/R) Minervois (Red/W/R) Minervois La Liviniere (Red) Muscat de St-Jean Minervois (W/Fort) Rivesaltes
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the AOPS of Roussillon?
Banyuls Grand Cru (Red/Fort) Banyuls (Red/Fort) Collioure (Red) Cotes de Roussillon Cotes de Roussillon-Villages (Red) Maury (W/Red) Muscat de Rivesaltes (W/Fort) Rivesaltes (W/Red)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Where are most of the quality AOPs in the Languedoc?
Western
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the two districts of the Fitou AOP? What are their wines like?
Maritime Montagneux Carignan dominated
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France The Fitou AOP is a sub-AOP of what?
Corbieres AOP
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the sub-zones of Corbieres AOP?
Fitou Corbieres-Boutenac All based on Carignan
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the encepagement of Cabardes AOP in the Languedoc?
Grenache, Syrah and Bordeauxs
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the encepagement of Malepere? WHen was it elevated?
Min 50% Merlot and Cab Franc 2006
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the two sub-zones of St-Chinian?
Berlou Roquebrun
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the varietals for Limoux?
Still Red - Merlot Still White - Chard, Chenin, Mauzac (fermented in oak) Blanquette - min 90% Mauzac Cremant - Max 20% Mauzac and PN (otherwise Chard & Pinot Blanc)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the prominent sub-appellations for Languedoc AOP? How many are there in total?
Terrasses du Larzac La Clape Pic-St-Loup 16
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the typical blend for a Languedoc AOP red?
min 50% combined Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre and Lladoner Pelut, but makeup varies by sub-appellation
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the fortified wine appellations of the Languedoc?
Muscat de Mireval Muscat de Lunel Muscat de St-Jean-de-Minervois Muscat de Frontignan
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What percentage of France's fortified wines are made in the Roussillon?
Over 90%
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the largest producing fortified wine AOP in the Roussillon and what are it's styles?
Rivesaltes AOP VDN Ambre, tuile (oxidized and released March 1 3rd year after harvest) Grenat (aged reductively 1 year and released after March 1st on 2nd year) Rose Hors d'Age (5 years min)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are bonbonnes?
Glass containers used to age wine in Roussillon
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the allowed grapes in Rivesaltes AOP?
Grenache (Noir/Gris/Blanc) Maccabeo Tourbat Muscat of Alexandria Muscat a Petit Grans When using muscat only may be named Muscat de Rivesaltes AOP
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is mutage?
Adding spirit to create VDL or VDN Invented in 13th century in Rivesaltes by Arnaud de Villeneuve in 13th century
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are other important VDNs in France?
Maury (range in styles from Grenache N/B/G) Banyuls (at least 50% Grenache N) Banuyls Grand Cru (at least 75% Grenache N)
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What AOP releases unfortified Banyuls wines?
Collioure AOP
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What types of wines are in Maury AOP?
VDN Dry red allowed as of 2011
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Cotes du Roussillon Les Aspres AOP?
Syrah and Mourvedre based red wines Elevated in 2003
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Cotes du Roussillon-Villages AOP?
Red wines of 32 communes to the north of Les Aspres
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the overall classification for the Languedoc?
Vin de Pays d'Oc
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Bergerac AOP?
Region in the SW of France Produces R/W/R from Bordeaux varieties Sec denotes dry whites
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Cotes de Bergerac AOP?
Similar to Bergerac but requries higher minimum alcohol.
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Pecharmant AOP?
Produces longest lived reds in Bergerac from Cab Franc, Sav, Merlot and Cot Must have at least 3 varieties and no grape may be more than 65%
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the sweet wines of Bergerac AOP?
Monbazillac (most noted, botrytised with multiple tries) Saussignac Rosette Haut-Montravel Cotes de Montravel
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What are the AOPs of Bergerac?
Bergerac Cotes de Bergerac Pecharmant Monbazillac Saussignac Rosette Haut-Montravel Cotes de Montravel Montravel
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Montravel AOP?
In Bergerac, produces dry whites and reds
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Cahors AOP?
AOP in SW France On Lot river Min 70% Malbec with Tannat and Merlot
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Madrian AOP?
AOP in Gascogny Very tannic wines 60-80 Tannat, plus Cab Franc, Cab Sav and Fer
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France Who invented micro-oxygenation?
Patrick Ducournau in the early 1990s to soften Tannat in Madrian
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOP?
Semi-sweet and sweet wines from Madrian in the Pyrenees Petit Manseng, Petit Courbu, Arrufiac
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# Rhone Valley and Southern France What is the significance of the Gaillac AOP?
Vineyards are among the oldest in France, founded by the Romans.

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