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Rhone Valley Flashcards

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Northern Rhone climate

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Continental
Cold winters/warm summers
Rainfall in fall and winter
45*N

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Southern Rhone climate

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Mediterranean
Mild winters, very warm, dry summers
Drought increasing

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Syrah in N Rhone features and hazards

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Feature:

Hazard:
Vigorous- needs training to protect from mistral
Susceptible to bunch rot

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Grenache in S Rhone hazard and features

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Feature:
Needs warm climate to ripen
Upright growth - suitable for bush training
Does well do dry, poor soils
Drought resistant
Accumulates sugar quickly for VdN
Hazard:
Late ripening- fall rain
Prone to coulure

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Mourvedre in S Rhone features and hazards

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Feature:
Late budding/ late ripening only thrives in warm to hot environments
Hazard:
Needs hot end of season to ripen
Not drought resistant
Low yields
Prone to reduction in winery

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Cinsault in S Rhone hazards and features

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Feature:
Late budding
High yielding
Good drought resistance
Hazard:
Restricted yields to produce quality
Prone to chlorosis in high lime soil

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Viognier in Rhone hazards and features

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Feature:

Hazard:
Early budding- prone to spring frost
Low and unpredictable yields due to poor flowering and coulure (fruit set)
Must be perfectly ripe for flavor but not too ripe to lose acid

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Marsanne in Rhone hazards and features

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Feature:
Late budding - avoid frost
Hazard:
control yields for quality- poor soils of N Rhone

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Roussanne in Rhone hazard and features

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Features:
Late budding- frost
Good on poor/ well drained soil
Hazards:
Poor wind resistance
Prone to coulure
Grows less successfully than Marsanne

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Grenache Blanc in Rhone hazards and features

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Feature:
Good wind resistance
High yields
Needs warmth
Does well on poor/dry soils
Good drought resistance
Hazard:
Early budding- spring frost
Ripens late - fall rain

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Clairette in Rhone hazards and features

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Feature:
Grows well on poor/dry soils - S Rhone
Grows upright - wind resistant
Hazard:
Vigorous- needs short pruning + excessive bud removal
Ripens late - fall rain
Oxidizes easily in winery

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Bourboulenc in Rhone hazards and features

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Feature:
Loose bunches/thick skin- fungus protection For late ripening
Likes warm/dry locations
Hazard:

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High quality red wine production in Rhone

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-hand harvest- small crate transport for unbroken fruit
-de stemmed chilled cold soaked for color or partial or whole bunches for aromatics
-ferment warmer temps for extraction
-maceration 20-30 days
-maturation 12-24 mos large oak for Grenache and small barrel for Syrah/Mourvedre

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Inexpensive red wine production in Rhone

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-machine harvest - some damaged fruit during this means fast fermentation needed to avoid contamination
-hand pick for carbonic maceration a choice for easy drinking wines
-flash detente or thermovinification used for fruity/low tannin
-ferment at mid temps to retain fruit and lower tannins
-short maceration
-stainless short maceration

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What wind runs through the Rhone and what affect does it have on viticulture

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Mistral - cold
Decreases vine vigor - lowering yields/concentrating wines
Reduces fungus

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Furthest north appellation in Northern Rhone

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Côte Rotie

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Côte Rotie

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-Syrah w/ up to 20% Viognier
-steep, terraced slopes
-E/SE facing for sun exposure and N wind protection
-free draining, poor, stony soils
-hand worked
-erosion
-terrace repair

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Côte Rotie wine making

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If Syrah and Viognier are used co- ferment
Aromatics emphasized- destem/cold soak
Warmer fermentation for full extraction
Softer and more aromatic than Hermitage and Cornas

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Coondrieu

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-Viognier only
-low yields for max intensity
-often S facing vineyards for sun exposure
-steep, poor, stony soils (erosion/wind)
Chte Grillet

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Condrieu winemaking

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-stainless or large wood fermentation
-MLC choice (usually done)
-Lees aging 10-12 mos w/stirring

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Saint Joseph

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Long/large appellation due to extension in 90s to some not great hillsides
-90% red some white
-Syrah, Marsanne, Roussanne

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Hermitage

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Historic
1/3 white
-S facing for sun exposure and N wind protection
-hot dry vineyards
-stony, thin soils
-super concentrated, long lived wines
- erosion/terracing/hand worked
-low yield max rarely achieved

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Hermitage winemaking

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Traditional
-portion of stems included in ripe vintages
-warm fermentation for max extraction
-long oak maturation 12-18mos

White wines are Marsanne with some Roussanne maturation in oak w/lees stirring for creamy, nutty flavors

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Major co-op in Hermitage

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Cave de Tain - owns 15% of appellation

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Crozes Hermitage influences

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Bullseye around Tain L’Hermitage and the hill of Hermitage
Large appellation
North is continental w/alpine influences from Mistral - long growing season and high diurnal swings = moderate sugar accumulation and high acid
South is more temperate but heavy rains in late fall and through winter

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Crozes Hermitage

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In general deeper more fertile soils than Hermitage- lower concentration but max yield is 45 (low)
Machine harvest possible for reducing cost

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Crozes Hermitage winemaking

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-Destemming
-generally made for early drinking w/med tannins
-whites from Marsanne and Roussanne

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Cornas

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Syrah only
-S/E facing amphitheater
-Mediterranean
-wind protection

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Cornas winemaking

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Tannic intensity
Small barrels to soften

30
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Saint Peray

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White only - mostly Marsanne some Roussanne
-cooler climate
-limestone and granite soil - water holding and drainage

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Saint Peray winemaking

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Stainless or oak
Lees w/ possible stirring 10-12 mos

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Collines Rhodaniennes

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“Hills of Rhone”
Red/white/rose grown outside of AOCs
Higher yield- double most appellations
Grapes other than Syrah/R/M allowed

33
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Topography of S Rhone vs N Rhone and viticulture implications

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S Rhone is flatter
-machine harvest
-little wind protection- low, bush trained vines necessary (suitable for Grenache)

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Hierarchy of S Rhone appellations

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Côtes du Rhône
Côtes du Rhône Villages
Côtes du Rhône Villages + named village (22 villages - Seguret)
Cru - CdP or Gigondas or Cairanne

35
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AOC regs in S Rhone typically stipulate what regarding varieties

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-principal vs complimentary and other varietals
-state min proportion of principal

36
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Côtes du Rhône

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Covers all (N and S) Rhone
Second largest appellation in France behind Bordeaux

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Côtes du Rhône varieties

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Red - GSM must be 60% (G= 30% min/ SM = 20% min) - Carignan and Cinsault
White - Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier must be 80% - Picpoul

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Côtes du Rhône villages

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Similar to CdR more principal varieties 66%

39
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Gigondas

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Vineyards up to 600m
Shaded by Dentelles de Montmirail reducing am temps for longer growing season
G (50% min) + SM
White is Clairette (min 70%)

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Vacqueyras

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Up to 440m - diurnal but still ripens in cool vintages
G (50% min) + SM

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Vinsobres

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Red only
G (50% min) +SM
S/SE facing slopes- good drainage, sun exposure, protection from mistral

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Rasteau

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G (min 50%) + SM
Some VdN
Low south facing slopes in enclave protected from mistral

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Cairanne

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G (40% min + SM)
Cooler
Fruity/approachable reds
High quality whites

44
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Beaumes de Venise

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Red
Shaded by Dentelles de Montmiral
G+S (50% min)

45
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Chateauneuf du Pape Red

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G+S+M

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Chateauneuf du Pape white

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Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Roussanne

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Chateauneuf du Pape

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No stipulation of principal varieties
Hand harvest
Single varietal allowed
Poor, fast draining soils reduce yields
Galets radiate heat at night

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Lirac

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GSM and Cinsault = 90%min
High sunlight poor soils

49
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Tavel

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Rose only
12 allowed varieties none more than 60%
Deeper colored rose

50
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Costieres de Nimes

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Btw Rhone and Languedoc
SW facing slopes - sun exposure
Mediterranean breezes
GSM min 50%
Moving from co-op to estate

51
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Grignan Les Adhemar

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G+S min 50%
Lighter style

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Ventoux

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S/W slope of Mount Ventoux - cooling influence- freshness in wines
Up to 450m
GSM Cinsault and Carignan
1/4 co-op

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Luberon

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Borders Provence
Gentle slopes/flat land
GSM

54
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Major companies are located where in the Rhone

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North but operate totally

55
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Are co-ops more important in S or N Rhone?

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South

56
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Domestic consumption vs export in Rhone

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63/37%

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