Rhône Flashcards
What is the Syrah decline decease?
- Fatal phenomenon affecting Syrah exclusively, known as dépérissement, whereby a part of the trunk swells and becomes bulbous, generally around the graft, forming splits in the wood. The vine may continue to function normally for a few years but eventually the leaves redden prematurely during summer, vigor rapidly declines and, within a year or two, the vine is dead
What is the crossing of Syrah?
- Mondeuse Blanche
- Dureza
How is called the traditional vine training for Syrah in northern Rhône?
- Échalas
Where can we find Gamay Noir in Rhône Valley?
- Châtillon-en-Diois
Galopine is a synonym of which grape variety?
- Old local name for Viognier in Condrieu
Where can we find the highest concentration of Chardonnay and Aligoté in Rhône Valley?
- Châtillon-en-Diois
What are the pros for stems inclusion?
- It can increase freshness
- Deeper aromatic complexity
- Lower alcohol (partly by dilution as stems contain water, partly due to stem matter absorbing alcohol
- Textural relief in the finished wines
What is the renowned area labeled as IGP Collines Rhodaniennes, that may be recognized as a Cru in a couple years?
- Seyssuel
Who is producing the cuvée Sotanum? What is it?
- Les vins de vienne
- Syrah from Seyssuel area
What is the typical soil of Condrieu?
- Arzelle, a soft decomposed granite, mica, shist and clay
How is called the terrasses in Côte Rôtie? What’s the name of the walls?
- Chaillés
- Walls: Cheys
What is the blend allowed in Côte Rôtie?
- Min 80% Syrah with max 20% of Viognier
What is the pre-clonal old vine material of Syrah that is planted in Côte Rôtie?
- Serine
What is the traditional method of vinification in Côte Rôtie?
- Whole bunches- sometimes crushed, sometimes not
- Fermenting in large open-top wooden containers with punching down followed by submerging the cap under the surface of the juice.
- Wines would then be matured in old barrels, either 225l, 600l or larger
René Rostaing inherited from which two legends of Côte Rôtie?
- Albert Dervieux
- Marius Gentaz
What is the aging of all the La-La-La cuvées of Guigal?
- 42 months in 100% new oak
Who owns le Vignes de l’Hospice? Where is it located?
- Guigal, St-joseph (vignes de l’Hospice cuvée)
Among the La-La-La cuvées of Guigal, which one is 100% Syrah?
- La Landonne
What is the Ermitage cuvée of Guigal?
- Ex-Voto
Who is producing Côte Rôtie La Belle Hélène?
- Ogier
Who is producing Condrieu Terrasses de l’Empire?
-Vernay
What are the three originals sites of Condrieu?
- Condrieu
- Verin
- Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône
Which cru in Northern Rhône is in 3 different départements?
- Condrieu (Rhône, Loire, Ardèche)
Which Condrieu sites are shared with St-Joseph? (4)
- Chavanay
- Malleval
- Saint-Pierre-de-Boeuf
- Limony
Who is the current owner of Château Grillet?
- François Pinault from Artémis
Château Grillet straddles the border between which communes?
- Vérin
- Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône
What is the soil in Château Grillet?
- Shares a similar soil to certain areas of condrieu
- Biotite granite, with plenty of mica and quartz under a sandy soil
What are the communes of production in Côte Rôtie (3)?
- Turpin et Semons
- Ampuis
- St-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône
True or False, Côte Brune is located north of Côte Blonde
- True
What’s the difference of soils between Côte Blonde and Côte Brune?
- Côte Brune: Dark schist with mica schist
- Côte Blonde: Granite, quartz with white mica
Côte Rozier, Grandes places, Lancement and Maison Rouge are located in which AOP?
- Côte Rôtie
Which region was previously known as Vin de Mauves and Vin de Tournon?
St-Joseph
What restriction Château Grillet have that is not required for Condrieu in the Cahier des charges?
- Vines must be planted on Échalas
- Max 37 hl/ha (Condrieu is 41 hl/ha)
- The wine must be dry
- The wine must be sold in fluted Alsace-style bottles
What are the original communes of production of St-Joseph?
- Glun
- Mauves
- Tournon
- Lemps
- Saint-Jean-de-Muzols
- Vion
What is the blend for red St-Joseph?
- min 90% Syrah
- max 10% Marsanne/Roussanne
What is the blend for white St-Joseph?
- Marsanne/Roussanne
The two legends of St-Joseph Raymond Trollat and Jean-Louis Grippat sold their vineyard to which iconic estate?
- Trollat: Domaine Gonon
- Grippat: Guigal (Les vignes de l’Hospice)
What is the cuvée of white St-Joseph from Gonon?
- Les Oliviers
What is the sweet wine produced by Guigal? How many vintages as been produced?
- Luminescence Condrieu
- Three vintages (1999, 2003, 2015)
Which AOP is on the other side of Rhône River of St-Joseph?
- Crozes-Hermitage & Hermitage
Which region have a zone called Châssis?
- Crozes-Hermitage
True or False, Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage is a single vineyard cuvée
- False, a blend of 7 climats based on Bessards
What is the single vineyard cuvée de Jean-Louis Chave St-Joseph (since 2015) ?
- Clos Florentin
Who is producing l’Hermite cuvée?
- Chapoutier
What are the two cuvées of white Hermitage made by Jaboulet?
- La Chapelle (also produced in red)
- Chevalier de Stérimberg
Chaillot & Reynard climat are found in which AOP?
- Cornas
True or False, La Chapelle from Jaboulet is a single vineyard wine from Chapelle climat
- False
- Jaboulet does not own any vine in the climat La Chapelle (but owns the Chapelle building itself)
- The cuvée is a blend of Le Méal, Les Bessards, Les Greffieux, la Croix
What is the blend allowed in Crozes-Hermitage rouge?
- Min 85% Syrah with max 15% of Marsanne/Roussanne
What is the blend allowed in Hermitage rouge?
- Min 85% Syrah with max 15% of Marsanne/Roussanne
What is the blend allowed in Cornas?
- 100% Syrah
What is the major soil type in Cornas?
- Granite
Which AOP in Northern Rhône is producing Vin de Paille?
- Hermitage
What is the compact alluvial soil name in Hermitage?
- Poudingue
Where can we find sparkling wine in Northern Rhône? What is the aging?
- Saint-Peray
- May be released 12 months after tirage, no minimum time on lees
What grape varieties are used in Saint-Peray?
- Marsanne
- Roussanne
Where is Côtes du Rhône Brézème?
- South of Valence, on the east side of Rhône
Which cities delimited the Côtes du Rhône region?
- Vienne
- Avignon
What is the difference between Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages?
- Restricted to 95 communes instead of 171
- Crossing like Caladoc aren’t permitted
- lower yields (44 instead of 51)
- Higher alcohol (12% instead of 11.5% or 10.5% north of Montélimar)
Can a wine be labelled as Côtes du Rhône if it’s 100% Syrah?
- No
- Must contain two principal varieties (one must be grenache) and these make up at least 66% of the blend
- exception for wine coming north of Montélimar
Name a Côtes du Rhône Villages with Geographic name in Ardèche?
- St-Andéol (red only)
Name a Côtes du Rhône Villages with Geographic name in Drôme
- Rochegude
- St-Maurice
- Rousset-les-Vignes
- St-Pantaléon-les-Vignes
- Suze-la-Rousse (red only)
- Nyons (red only)
Name a Côtes du Rhône Villages with Geographic name in Gard
- Chusclan (red, rosé)
- Laudun
- St-Gervais
- Signargues (red only)
Name a Côtes du Rhône Villages with Geographic name in Vaucluse
- Roaix
- Séguret
- Valréas
- Visan
- Sablet
- Massif d’Uchaux (red only)
- Plan de Dieu (red only)
- Puymeras (red only)
- Ste-Cécile (red only)
- Vaison-la-Romaine (red only)
- Gadagne (red only)
What is the newest Côtes du Rhône Villages with Geographic name?
- Nyons since 2020 in Drôme
What’s the major river for Vacqueyras and Gigondas?
- l’ouvèze
What are the 5 communes of production of Châteauneuf-du-Pape?
- Orange
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Courthézon
- Bédarrides
- Sorgues
What’s the minimum alcohol for Châteauneuf-du-Pape?
- 12,5%
- It is the highest in France
What are the six first AOP created in 1936?
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Arbois
- Tavel
- Cognac
- Cassis
- Monbazillac
True or False, Châteauneuf-du-Pape does have the same blending requirements than Côtes du Rhône Villages
- False, there are no further rules regarding blending. For red wines, all varieties (the 13 allowed) are permitted, but white and red musts need to be blended prior to vinification