rhone Flashcards

1
Q

minimum amount of grenache in Gigondas?
Min amount of Clairette in Gigondas blanc

A

50%
70%

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2
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a red wine labelled Chatillon en Dios would be based on what grape

A

gamay

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3
Q

method dioise ancestrale is predominantly what grape

A

75% muscat

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4
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minimum r/s of methode diosie ancestrale

A

35 g

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5
Q

name the AOC that Gentaz-Dervieux is based in

A

cote rotie

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6
Q

what communes are eligible for Rasteau VDN production

A

sablet, rasteau, cairanne

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7
Q

what is arzelle

A

a powderey mica found in condreau

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8
Q

4 lieux dit of cornas

A

la cote
les choillot
les raynards
les mazards

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9
Q

the diois is on what river

A

drôme

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10
Q

white lirac would be based on what grape/grapes

A

clairette + bourboulenc

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11
Q

Grignan les Adhémar was formally known as what

A

coteaux du tricastin

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12
Q

IGP for the Northern Rhone

A

collines rhodaniennes

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13
Q

vaccarèse is what colour grape

A

red

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14
Q

which AOC is closest to Avignon

A

Tavel

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15
Q

define Echalas

A

tipi-shaped vine training method meant to stand up to the strong mistral

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16
Q

biotype of Syrah commonly used in northern rhone

A

serine

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17
Q

parentage of syrah

A

Dureza x Mondeuse Blanche

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18
Q

Northern Rhone runs 45km between what 2 cities

A

Vienne + Valence

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19
Q

AOC in northern rhone known for sparkling wine

A

Saint Perey

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20
Q

what two AOCs in the northern rhone are on the left bank of the river

A

Hermitage + Crozes Hermitage

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21
Q

max amount of Viognier in cote rotie

A

20%

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22
Q

Ampuis is a town in what commune

A

cote rotie

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23
Q

what is the soil type of the cote brune

A

mica schist

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24
Q

what is the soil type of the cote blonde

A

gneiss

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25
Q

Cremant de Die is in what department

A

drome

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26
Q

what is the min amount of clariette in cremant de die

A

55%

w/ 10% aligote & 10% muscat

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27
Q

minimum amount of muscat in Clairette de Die

A

75%

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28
Q

what style of wine is Method Diosie Ancestrale

A

sweet (min 35g/l) sparkling wine based on muscat/clariette

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29
Q

what is the primary soil type of Chateau Grillet

A

Granitic Sand

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30
Q

what is the composition of a red wine labelled Chatillon-en-Diois

A

min 75% gamay w/ pinot noir and syrah

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31
Q

what rhone region prominantly features gamay, pinot noir and chardonnay

A

The Diois

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32
Q

Reynard, Chaillot and La Cote are Lieu-Dit of what northern rhone commune

A

Cornas

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33
Q

what is the max allowable white grapes in hermitage rouge

A

15% marsanne/roussanne

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34
Q

what is the minimum amount of drying grapes must go through for the production of Hermitage’s vin de paille

A

45 days

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35
Q

max yields for hermitage rouge

A

40 hl/ha

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36
Q

what is the minimum aging time for Saint-Peray Mousseux

A

12 months after date of Tirage (no mandatory lees time required)

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37
Q

Le Meal, le Croix and Les Bessards are Lieu Dit of what rhone commune

A

Hermitage

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38
Q

Name 2 of the 5 communes of production for Chateauneuf du Pape

A
CDP
Orange
Bédarrides
Courthezon
Sorgues
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39
Q

In Chateauneuf-du-Pape, define the term Râpé

A

producers must discard a minumum of 2% of their harvest

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40
Q

what style of wine is made in Baumes de Venise

A

still red

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41
Q

what is the minimum amount of Syrah in a Cotus du Vivarais

A

40%

(30% grenache(

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42
Q

what are max yields of CDR and CDRV

A

51

44 (41 if subzone is listed)

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43
Q

Two 2000 vintages good for white rhone

A

2004/2008

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44
Q

who produces Pignan

A

Rayas (younger vines)

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45
Q

what are the two communes of production for Tavel

A

Tavel, Roquemaure

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46
Q

what is the soil type of Condrieu

A

granite

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47
Q

what is the max yield for CDRV

A

44 hl/ha

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48
Q

what is the max yield for CDRV w/ commune listed

A

41 hl/ha

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49
Q

how many villages may affix their name to a bottle of CDRV

A

9

chusclan (red and rose)

red only

Massif d'Uchaux
Signargues
Plan de Dieu
Puymeres
Gadagne
Saint-Cecile
Suze-la-Rousse
Vaison-la-Romaine
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50
Q

who produces Ex Voto

A

Guigal

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51
Q

Who produces ampodium

A

rene rustang

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52
Q

who produces cuvee cathlin

A

JL Chave

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53
Q

what is the soil type of Cornas

A

Gore (granite)

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54
Q

AOCs of Rhone valley that aren’t a part of the CDR appellation

A
Diois 
Cotes de vivrais 
Grignan
Ventoux
Luberon 
Costieries de Nimes 
Clairette de Bellgrade
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55
Q

Jean Michel Stephan is a producer in what AOC

A

Cote Rotie

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56
Q

What kind of soil is Gore and where is it located

A

Granite

Gigondas

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57
Q

What mountains effect the climate of gigondas and vacqueryes

A

Dentelles de Montmirail

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58
Q

Vaccarese is what colour grape

A

Red

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59
Q

Which common Rhone grape cannot be used in CDP blanc

A

Marsanne

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60
Q

Lirac Blanc is predom a blend of what two grapes

A

Clairette and Bourblanc

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61
Q

What is the river that runs through the Diois

A

Drome

62
Q

What are the four lieu dit of Cornas

A

La Cote
Les Choillot
Les Reynards
Les Mazards

63
Q

Local name for the mica-rich souls of condrieu

A

Arzelle

64
Q

3 communes of Rasteau VDN production

A

Sablet, Cairanne, Rasteau

65
Q

Min rs of Methode Diosie Ancestrale

A

35g/l

Min 75% Muscat

66
Q

What is the minimum amount of harvest in CDP that must be disgarded

A

2%

67
Q

how many Lieu Dit are there on the hill of hermitage

A

20

68
Q

What Hermitage Lieu Dit are only for white wines

A

Chante Allouette/Maison Blanche/L’Homme (some more but who care)

69
Q

what does Foullage mean?

A

foot trodden

70
Q

what is the max yield for Gigondas

A

36 hl/ha

71
Q

what are the difference in soil of the cote brune and cote blonde

A

cote brune = schistous rock

cote blonde = gneiss

72
Q

La Mouline vs La Turque

A

La Mouline = Cote Blonde
La Turque = Cote Brune

both aged 42 months in new oak

73
Q

what are Guigal’s top white wines

A

Ermitage Blanc Ex Voto
Condrieu La Doriane

both get new oak

74
Q

what is the first vintage of Beaucastel’s Homage Jacques Perrin

A

1989

75
Q

what climat provides the majority of fruit for Chave’s Hermitage rouge

A

Les Bressards

76
Q

what was the first vintage of Chave’s Cuvee Cathelin

A

1990 (made only in good years ie 2000, 2003, 2009,2010)

77
Q

who produces Vernillon? what grape is it based on

A

Jamet

Viognier (coindreau)

78
Q

which of Guigal’s La La wines is 100% syrah

A

La Landonne (other two are cofermented with viognier)

79
Q

Hermitage is in what department

A

drome

80
Q

what is the max yield for Hermitage Vin de Paille

A

15 hl/ha

81
Q

what style of wine is Coteaux de Die

A

still white based on clariette

82
Q

what are the two permittable grapes for white Chatillion-en-Diois

A

chardonnay and aligote

83
Q

who owns Chateau Grillet

A

Francois Pinault

84
Q

who produces Pontcin? what grape is it?

A

Chateau Grillet, Viognier

85
Q

how do the soils of crozes hermitage differ from north to south

A

in the north, they are granitic, similar to hermitage

in the south they are more alluvial

86
Q

what is the top bottling of Alain Graillot

A

La Guiraude (barrel selection made in good years)

87
Q

Alain Graillot has vineyard holdings in what climat of Hermitage

A

Les Greffieux

88
Q

what is the min amount of Clariette in Cremant de Die

A

55%

89
Q

george vernay is most known for his bottling from which aoc

A

condrieu

90
Q

what is syrah called in argentina

A

balsamina

91
Q

what is the primary grape in Beaucastel Vielles Vignes Blanc

A

Roussanne

92
Q

Gore is the primary soil of what aoc

A

Cornas

93
Q

chateau des Tours is in what aoc

A

Vacqueyras

94
Q

min r/s of Dioise Methode Ancestrale

A

35

95
Q

first vintage of Homage Jacques Perrin

A

1989

96
Q

Clairette de Die is on what river

A

Drome

97
Q

arzelle is a mica rich soil in what aoc

A

condrieu

97
Q

arzelle is a mica rich soil in what aoc

A

condrieu

98
Q

who produces La Barbarine

A

Yves Gangloff (Cote rotie)

99
Q

what tributary runs through crozes hermitage

A

Isere

100
Q

first vintage of cuvee cathelin

A

1990 (chave)

101
Q

what styles of wine can be made in Carianne

A

white/red

102
Q

what styles of wine can be made in st joseph

A

blanc/rouge

103
Q

name 3 white only appellations in northern rhone

A

condrieu
chateau grillet
clairette de die

104
Q

name 2 red only aocs in southern rhone

A

vinsobres

beaumes de venise

105
Q

what southern rhone aocs cant make rose

A
cdp
carianne
vinsobres
beaumes de venise
gigondas
clairette de bellegrade
106
Q

what is the only white only appellation in southern rhone

A

clairette de bellegrade

107
Q

Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre must make up at least how much of the blend in a CDR

A

70

108
Q

what is the name of Guigal’s dessert condrieu

A

Lumenessance

109
Q

who produces La Dorianne

A

Guigal condreau

110
Q

what are the communes of production for Cote Rotie

A

Ampuis, Saint Cyr, Tupin-Semons

111
Q

original communes of production for Condrieu

A

Condrieu, Verin, Saint Michel

112
Q

what communes are shared by both St Joseph and Condrieu

A

Limony
Malleval
Saint Pierre de Boeuf

113
Q

communes of production for hermitage

A

tain hermitage, crozes hermitage and Larnage

114
Q

what is the name of Jamet’s condrieu bottling

A

Vernillon

115
Q

what is Rene Rastaing’s Condrieu bottling

A

La Bonnette

116
Q

name three lieu dit of Condrieu

A

Cote Bonnette
Cote Chatillon
Saint Agathe

117
Q

max yield of ch. grillet

A

37 hl/ha

118
Q

where is Chaillées de l’enfer

A

condrieu, bottling of Vernay

119
Q

what commune is Chave in?

A

Mauves

120
Q

name three differences between Clairette de Die Mousseaux Blanc and Clairette de die Mousseaux Methode Ancestrale

A

Mousseaux blanc = 9 months lees, traditional method, clairette grape, max 15 g/l

Methode Ancestrale = 4 months lees, ancestrale method, 75% muscat blanc, min 35 g/l

121
Q

min abv of CDP

A

12.5

122
Q

how many varieties can be used in CDP

A

18
13 if you dont count different colours of the same grape

123
Q

name two producers who use every allowable grape in CDP

A

Beaucastel
Clos des Papes

124
Q

is mouvedre early, mid or late ripening

A

late

125
Q

what commune is Rayas in

A

Courthezon

126
Q

where is the Ouveze river

A

western border of Gigondas

127
Q

avg rainfall in southern rhone

A

27 inches

128
Q

how was the 2019 vintage

A

4.5/5

warm, avoided drought with well timed rain, long late harvest

129
Q

Rene Rostaing’s La Bonnette is based on what grape

A

viognier

130
Q

The Reynaud family owns what rhone estate

A

Rayas
Fonsalette
Chateau du Tours

131
Q

all of Le Vieux Telegraphe’s vineyards are in what lieu dit

A

La Crau

132
Q

who produces reserve des celestins

A

henri bonneau

133
Q

cuvee des cadettes is an old vine cuvee from what cdp producer

A

Chateau La Nerthe

134
Q

in relation to condrieu, what does Les Chaillées refer to

A

terraces

135
Q

which CDR-V village only makes red/rose wines

A

chusclan

136
Q

who used to own Ch Grillet

A

Nerat-guichet

137
Q

what common rhone grape is not allowed in gigondas

A

carignan

138
Q

CDP is in what department

A

vaucluse

139
Q

Frank Balthazar is in what aoc

A

Cornas

140
Q

what are the names of the three Rayas vineyards

A

Le Couchant
Le Levant
Le Coeur

141
Q

what grapes in the southern rhone require gobelet training

A

grenache
mouvedre
picpoul noir
terret noir

142
Q

what river runs through Gigondas

A

Ouveze

143
Q

in relation to CDP, what is Au Carré

A

spacing between the vines (2.5 metres)

144
Q

what are galet roulets made of

A

quartzite

145
Q

what is the principal soil type of Tavel

A

Lauses - limestone rich

146
Q

only aoc of the southern rhone that requires viognier

A

Duché d’Uzes (min 40% w/ grenache, clairette, ugni

147
Q

principal grape of gigondas blanc

A

min 70% clairette

148
Q

what aoc in the southern rhone dont make rosé

A

cairanne, laudon, cdp

149
Q
A