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1
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What is Rancio?

A

deliberately oxidative style of wine that is left out in open barrels.

Produced in Rasteau AOP

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4 major producers of Hermitage?

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JL Chave (singular)

  • Delas
  • M. Chapoutier
  • Jaboulet

*negociants

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Who is Baron de Roy?

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Baron of CdP who created wine laws for protection against fraud, eventually became basis for AOC system

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What is climate, aspect, and soil type of Northern Rhône?

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Continental (Le Mistral influence)
steep slopes
Granite+shist in Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, Hermitage
Clay in St. Joe, Crozes

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What is co-fermentation? Why is it used in Rhône?

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fermenting whites and reds together, which allows for stable color extraction and tannin levels

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What is Le Mistral?

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Heavy Mediterranean winds that can damage vines but also protect against rot and mold

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Which crus of S. Rhône used to be a part of CdR-Villages? When did each gain AOP status?

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Gigondas (1971)
Vacqueyras (1990)
Beaumes-de-Venise (2005)
Vinsobres (2006)
Cairanne (2016)
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Which crus of S. Rhône require min 50% Grenache?

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Gigondas
Vacqueyras
Vinsobres
Beames-de-Venise

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What is min alc. content from CdP?

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12.5%

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10
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Lirac AOP creates what styles of wine?

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Grenache dom. R, W, R

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What type of wine is Rasteau?

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VdN and dry reds from Grenache Noir/Gris/Blanc

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12
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What is unique about each of these CdP producers?

  • Ch. La Nerthe
  • Ch. de Beaucastel
  • Ch. Rayas
A
  • First estate bottled
  • Generally uses all 18 authorized varieties in cepage
  • Generally 100% Grenache
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13
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Is Rosé allowed in CdP? Chapitalization?

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Not up in my New Castle of the Pope!

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14
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What is traditional CdP aged in?

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Oak Foudres

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15
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What style of wine is Muscat de Beames-de-Venise?

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VdN from Muscat Blanc/Rouge à petit grains

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16
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Where are Ogier, Rostaing, Jamet?

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The Roasted Slope (Côte-Rôtie)

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17
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Which 3 AOPs of Rhône make sparkling wine?

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Crémant de Die
Clairette de Die
St. Peray

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18
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Traditional vessel for aging N. Rhône Syrah?

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oak foudre

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What does the papal embossed crest mean on a bottle of CdP?

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Estate Bottled

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What are 2 maine areas of Côte-Rôtie?

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Côte Brune

Côte Blonde

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What do “Blanc” and “Grenat” refer to in Rasteau AOP?

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fresher “white” and “red” respectively styles of VdN produced in the AOP

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22
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When did Cairanne gain AOP status?

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2016

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23
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Where is Clairete de Bellegarde? What style of wine?

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  • single commune AOP in Costieres-de-Nîmes

- whites from Clairette

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24
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What are soil types of:

  • Gigondas?
  • CdP?
A

Gig=Alluvial clays

CdP=Galets

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25
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What is Taille en Archet?

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Vine training technique used to protect against Le Mistral winds (tying vine to wooden cordon)

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26
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Who originally colonized Rhône? Where and When?

Who followed? When? What contribution?

A

Greeks in 600 BCE around modern day Marseille

Romans followed in 125 BCE, built terraces of N. Rhône

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27
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What is Vin de Paille?

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Rare dessert wine made fro dried (min 45 days) Marsanne+Roussane. Found in Hermitage

28
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2 famous popes of CdP? Why?

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Clement V (Moved papacy to Avignon)
John XXII (built estate of CdP and surrounding vineyards)
29
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What is Arzelle?

A

powdery mica soil of Condrieu AOP?

30
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Name some notable producers of Condrieu?

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Georges Vernay, Yves Cuilleron, André Perret, Clusel-Roche, Mathilde and Yves Gangloff, Neyret-Gachet

31
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3 “la la” crus of Côte-Rôtie?

A

La Ladone
La Mouline
La Turque

32
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What 4 AOPs are on the Drôme River?

A

Coteaux de Die
Crémant de Die
Clairette de Die
Châtillon-en-Dios

33
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How many villages may append their name to CdR-Villages? Name at least 6

A 
20
Beaumes-de-Venise (pre 2005)
Cairanne (pre 2016)
Chusclan
Loudan
Rasteau
Roaix
Rochegue
Rousset les Vignes
Sablet
St. Gervais
St. Maurice
Pantalean les Vignes
Seguret
Calreas
Vinsobres (pre 2006)
Visan
34
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What are the 4 communal AOPs of Lirac?

A

Lirac
Roquemaure
St-Geniès-de-Camolas
St-Laurent-des-Arbés

35
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4 lieux-dits of Cornas?

A

Les Reynaurds
La Côte
Les Chaillot
Les Mazards

36
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What are grapes of CdP? How many?

A 
18
Grenache
Syrah
Mourvèdre
Cinsault
Counoise
Picpoul Noir/Gris/Blanc
Terret Noir
Bourboulenc 
Clairette Blanc/Rosé
Roussane
Vacarése
Picardin
Muscardin
37
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Name some important climats of Hermitage?

A 
Le Méal
Les Bessards
Gréffieux
Beaume
Péléat
38
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What is Le râpe?

A

AOP regulation that states min 2% of CdP crop must be declassified or discarded

39
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When did Gigondas gain AOP status?

Vacqueyras?

A

Gig=1971

Vacq=1990

40
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What is the min alc. content for Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Beaumes-de-Venise, and Cairanne?

A

12.5%

41
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What labelling terminology is used in Rasteau to refer to wines showing oxidative character and undergo 3yrs of aging?

A

Ambré (amber)

Tuilè (tawny)

42
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what was the former name for Grignan-les-Adhémar AOP? When did it change and why?

A

Côtes du Tricastin
2010
attempted to deassociate w/ Tricastin nuclear power plant

43
Q

Where is Coteaux de Pierrevert?
What style of wine?
When did it achieve AOP status?

A

Provence

Still R+W from range of Rhône varieties
1998

44
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Who is best known producers of Cornas?

A

Auguste Clape

45
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What was 1st region of France to be struck by Phylloxera? Through which AOP?

A

S. Rhône

Lirac AOP

46
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What is a demi-muid?

A

large traditional neutral oak barrel (600L) used in Rhône

47
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Who is Hermitage named after?

A

Chevalier Gaspard de Sterimberg (famous crusader turned hermit)

48
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What 2 styles of wine are produced in Clairette de Die?

A

Méthode Traditionelle=100% clairette, max 15 g/L RS

Méthode Dioise Ancestrale=min 75% Muscat à Petit Grains, min 35 g/L RS

49
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What styles of wine in Châtillon-en-Dios?

A

R+R=Gamay

W=Aligoté+Chard

50
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what are the 3 communes eligible for Rasteau AOP in VdN style?
In dry/red/unfortified style?

A

Rasteau, Cairanne, Sablet for VdN

Just Rasteau for table

51
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What is the smallest Red wine AOP in N. Rhône? How many ha?

A

Cornas (100ha)

52
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Who produces “La Chapelle”
Where where does it take it’s name?
Which climat is it located in?

A

Paul Jabolet
The chapel in Hermitage dedicated to Gaspard de Sterimberg
l’Hermite climat

53
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What are the VdN AOPs of S. Rhône?

A

Rasteau AOP

Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOP

54
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What is Tavel?

A

Dry full bodied rosé from S. Rhône. AOP is solely rosé

55
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What does Côte-Rôtie mean?

A

roasted slope

56
Q

Other names for N+S Rhône?

A

N=Septentrionale

S=Méridionale

57
Q

CdP originally called?

A

Vin d’Avignon

58
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What is monopole of Condrieu?

Style of wine?

A

Ch. Grillet AOP

Dry whites from 100% Viognier

59
Q

What are galets?

A

large quartzite “pudding stones” found most famously in CdP

60
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Name AOPs of N. Rhône N-S

A 
Côte-Rôtie
Condrieu
Ch. Grillet
St. Joseph
Crozes-Hermitage (R Bank) 
Hermitage (R Bank)
Cornas
St. Péray 
Clairette de Die
Châtillon-en-Dios
61
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Grape composition of Côte-Rôtie?

A

80% Syrah+20% Viognier (red wine only)

62
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What is AOP cépage reg for St. Joseph?

A

R=90% Syrah+10% Mars/Rous

W=Mars/Rous blends

63
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What are AOP cépage reg. for Crozes-Hermitage/Hermitage

A

R=85% Syrah+15% Mars/Rous

W=Mars/Rous blends

64
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What are AOP cépage reg. for Cornas?

A

Reds only, 100% Syrah

65
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What are AOP cépage reg. for St.-Peray?

A

Still or sparkling whites only from Mars/Rous

66
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Who makes Cuvées des Cadettes?

A

La Nerthe

67
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Where does the Rhône Valley begin? What region?

A

Switzerland

Valais

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