Rhone Flashcards
Beaucastel
Top bottlings/inaugural
grape amounts
Lieux Dits
Mouvedre Dominated but made from all 13 Hommage a Jacques Best years Perrin Veilles Vignes 3 h. plot Roussanne 75 years old vines, 1986 inaugural vintage L.D. Chapouin, Coudeoulet
Pegau
Super Traditional
Founded 1987 but Cuvee Laurence started 1983
Cuvee de Capo only 5 vintages so for, special Barrel selection of reserves 1998
Which CTR 5 villages promoted to AOC?
Beaume de Venice Gigondas Rasteau Vacqueyras Vinsobres
CDPs Min. Alcohol
12.5%
13 varietals
Grenache (Noir/Blanc/Gris_ Mouvedre Syrah Cinsault Counoise Picpoul (Noir/Blanc/Gris) Terret Noir Bourboulenc Clairette/Rose Roussanne Vaccarese Picardan Muscardin
What is le rape?
Must discard 2% of harvested grapes in CDP, called le rape
First Estate bottled CDP?
La Nerthe, 1785
Vieux Telegraph’s
Style
Special bottles
Lieux Dits
All made from La Crau lieux dit, small parcel that retains water
Appears on label since 94
Young vines (less 25yrs) bottled as Telegramme since 02
Henri Bonneau
90% grenache, rich When quality isn't up to snuff he sends to negociants Marie Beurrier Reserve des Celestins Cuvee special in 90 and 98
Who was Andre Jullien
Pioneering wine writer of early 1800’s wrote first guide of all wineregions. his Top were Bordeaux 1sts (similar to 1855) with Lafite, Romanee-Conti, and Hermitage uncontested top 3
Holdings of Frey family
Jaboulet
Ch. La Lagune
Ch. de Corton Andre in Burg.
Managed by Caroline Frey
Most exciting a plate on in N. Rhone according to Hermitage peeps
St. Joseph
lower land prices (120k euro per acre Compared to million in Hermitage)
Town in Cote Rotie
Ampuis
Where is Ampuis
Town near Cote Rotie
Aspect and Soil Hermit-age
South facing granit bank
Impossible to enlarge AOP as bank is clearly defined
Best area for whites Hermitage
Top of hill on limestone
Birthplace of Syrah
Hermitage
Name 3 climats Hermitage
sandy gravel sturdy Les Bessards Limestone finesse Le Meal lower clay based Les Greffieux Les Diognieres
Where / what is (es Bessards
Climat in Hermitage
sand/gravel give strength
Chapoutier Le Pavillon from here
JL Chave sources heavily
Two largest land holders Hermitage
Cave de Tain
Chapooteeyay
Who makes Cuvee Cathelin
JL Chave only top years
Hermitage
Vintage 13 14 N Rhone Good /Bad
13 challenging
14 Cool weather, plenty of ripening though, excellent
3 cuvees Guigal
All Rotie
La Landonne
La Mouline
La Turque
Who mates La Turque
Guigal
Cote Brune Rotie
2 makers of Vin de Paille Rhone
Chappooteeyay
Cave de Tain
Compare Rotie to Hermitage
Elegance (Rotie) compared to GIRTH (Hermitage)
Which grapes In Chapoopyay N rhone blends
Marsanne
best is L’Hermite
What is Rhone Septentrionale
Northern Rhone
What is Rhone Meridionale
Southern Rhone
N Rhone Climate
Continental