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What are the major rivers that impact Rhone?

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Glacial water from Alpine, pour into lake of Geneva, travel through Jura mountains en route to the city of Lyron. At Rhone, joined with another river Saone, flow through til Mediterrnean sea.

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What is the climate in Rhone?

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a continental climate meets up with a Mediterranean one.

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Cuisine au berre

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butter based cooking traditional to the north

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Cuisine a L’buile

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southern olive oil based cooking

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The soil in Rhone

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Granit and schist of the massif Central (west)

the sedimentary soils of the Alps and its foothills (east)

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What are the two grapes that contested as their place of origin but indeed Rhone

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Syrah and Viognier

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Carole Meredith

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Professor at UC Davis

Proves that Syrah is indeed indigenous to the Rhone, not Iran

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Syrah is the cross between which two graps?

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Duerza

Mondeuse

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__ initiated formal viticulture.

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Phocacans

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Romans’ impact on Rhone’s viticulture?

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Transformed many of the steep slopes of northern Rhone into walled terraces.

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The Avignon Papacy

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From 1309- 1376, seven French Popes governed the Catholic churck

They embraced the wine of the Rhone.

Pope John XXII built a summer residence 11 miles north of Avignon - which is today’s Chateauneuf de pape”. First it was called Vins de Pape

Wine from Chateauneuf de Pape and other sourthern Rhone was sold to Burgundy as “Vins de Medecine” to add pigmen, tannin and ripe fruit.

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Chateauneauf du Pape means

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The new castle of the pope

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La Cote Du Rhone and Les Cotes Du Rhone

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La Cote De Rhone was the name of an administrative district in the Vicariate of Uzers.

Lies within the southern Rhone department of the Gard

They stared calling their wines Cote du Rhone

1737 King Louis XV issued an edict to enforce the branding

1980, it became plural Le Cotes Du Rhone as a regional moniker

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Northern Rhone wines are known as

Southern Rhone are known as

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Cotes du Rhone Septentrionales

Cotes du Rhone Meridionales

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True or False: Cotes de Rhone is the regional AOC of the region called les Cotes de Rhone.

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True

68% of the production

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What are the other AOCs in Les Cotes de Rhone?

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Cotes de Rhone (regional 68%)

CDR Village (5%)

CDR Village-Names Villages (9%)

17 Cru AOC (17%) including 2 Vin Doux Naturels (1%)

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True or North: Not all Rhone valley wines are in Cotes de Rhone

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true

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19
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Phylloxera

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1870

Mourvedre lost footing in southern Rhone due to the difficulty to grafting

Grenache and Syrah came to dominate the region

Today, Grenache 65%, Syrah 18% and only 3% Mourvedre

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The creation of AOC system

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  • by Baron Pierre Le Roy de Boisequamarie, vineyard owner and president of the Syndicate of Chateauneauf-du-Pape.
  • learned from Roquefort cheese
  • first AOC system 1935, cofounded the INAO

1936, Arbois, Cassis, and Chateauneauf-du-Pape received the status

  • 1937, Cotes de Rhone received the status
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What changed the landscape of the valley in the modern history

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1956, cold windy weather from Mistral lasted 3 weeks, which caused the region’s olive and fruit trees to perish.

In 1990, Rhone became international inspiriation such as America, Austrian, South Africa, South America, so the original Rhone became even more prestigious.

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22
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What is the second-largest AOC wine producer

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Rhone

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Location of Rhone

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Lyon and Beaujolais to the North

Languedoc and Provence to the South-west and South-east

The pre-Apls to the East

The mountains of the Massif Central to the west

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The Rhone river runs the length of the entire Rhone region from __ to ___

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Vienne

Nimes

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Parallele 45
Paul Jaboulet Aine produces a wine called this name asserting the significance of the area's placement on this latitudinal line halfway between the equator and the pole
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The Rhone valley vineyards are situated between the __ and __ parallels north.
44th 45th
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The overwhelming majority of the production of Rhone is \_\_
red (86%)
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Two common denominators of Rhone climate
Mistral The Rhone River
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The River Effect
moderating effect on temperature equalize diurnal and seasonal temperature swings aids bud break and help reduce the frosts Northern Rhone - the river effect is intensified because most of the vineyards flank the steep and narrow banks Southern Rhone - the landscape flattens
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The Mistral Effect
Intense wine that originates as masses of cold jar lying atop of North Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The cold air masses are pulled towards the warm air of the Mediterranean in an atmospheric equalization nf temperature that creates mistral. Blows sporadically year round for both north and sourth Southern Rhone - the vines grow leaning south due to the force; untrellised and trained close to the ground Northern Rhone - the ideal vineyards are located on south east facing slopes to minimize their exposure to the Mistral it clears away clouds and dut and delivers sunny skies, dry weather
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Northern Rhone only represents _ percent of the Cote de Rhone and _ of the total production of the entire Rhone valley
5 4
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Northern Rhone Climate
Continental varies, fog with a chance of frost, but can also be sunny and dry fog brings molds and mildews, wine causes coulure the temperature drops earlier in the Norther such Syrah and Viognier are planted
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Coulure
cool temperatures at bud break decrease yields
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Who built the walled terrace in Rhone
Roman
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Northern Rhone soil
granite sub soil with a fine topsoil of decomposed crystalline mica-schist and granite sands pockets of calcareous soils mixed with galets and patches of shingle-clay (no-tably in Crozes-Hermitage) Stony soil emit the heat and create microclimate to 50F just enough for photosynthesis, this retains heat much better than the clay
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What is the primary wine from Norther Rhone
dry reds
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Why does Norther Rhone add Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne to Syrah
aromatic complexity soften tannins
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What are the major grapes of Northern Rhone
Syran Viognier Marsanne Roussanne
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What are some of the late harvest and botrytized wine in Northern Rhone
Viognier of Condrieu Hermitge's sweet Vins de Paille (Marsanne and Rousanne are harvested and dried on straw mats for 45 days)
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Northern Rhone boundary
North: Vienne South: Valence
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What is the style of Northern Rhone red
dry with ample tannin built to age, accrue meaty, gamey and leathery notes over time
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Viticulture in Northern Rhone
- Require repositioning of soil for un-terraced vineyards - teepee-fashion trellising (ecbalas), provide support and wind production - most harvest is manual because of the slopes
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echalas
teepee fashion trellising
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Diois location
25 miles southeast of Cornas marks the southwestern edge of the pre-alpine region, known as Massif de Vecrors
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True or False: Diois is part of the Northern Rhone but not included in Les Cotes de Rhone
True
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The climate of Diois
continental climate with alpine influence mountain range, cooler temperature
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The soil of Diois
limestone and clay
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The red grapes of Diois
Gamay Pinot Noir Syrah
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The white grapes of Diois
Clairette Muscat a Petit Grains Blanc Chardonnay Aligote
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What is the majority of the style of wine produced in Diois?
white sparkling wine made in - ancestral method (clairette de Die-Method Dioise Ancenstral) - traditional method (Clairette de Die or Cremant de Die)
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What are the four AOCs of Diois
Clairette de Die Cremant de Die Coteaux de Die Chatillon en Diois
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The location of southern rhone
Montelimar to Nime the vineyards of Cote de Rhone stops at city of Avignon include other IGP and other AOCs
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The climate of Southern Rhone
Mediterranean
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The topography of Southern Rhone
broad rocky plains and rugged mountain terrain glaciers passed through during the last Ice Age, form large galets
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The soil type of Southern Rhone
Galets - dense, layered powerful wines Shingle Clay - powerful tannic age worth Limestone - good acidity and sleek polished tannins Red sandstone - full of black fruit, spice and leather Loess/Molasse - bright whites, rose and simple red
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What are the main grapes of Souther Rhone
Grenache blanc, Clariette, Viognier for whites Grenache Noir, Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsault for reds
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The syn for Counoise
Moustardier, southern rhone
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Viticulture in Souther Rhone
- goblelet. protects from mistral - newer vineyards use trellization - spaced wider apart than Northern Rhone due to depleted soil and lack of water - require approval for irrigation - most vineyards can be hand harvested or machine
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What is one AOC in Southern Rhone that mandates hand harvest
Beaumes de Venis AOC

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