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Climate nr

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Warm continental
Cold winters
Hot summers tempered by mistral

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Rhone valley location

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Southern france 
North of Avignon
South of Lyon
Follows course of Rhone river
Main towns Avignon sr, valence nr
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Climate sr

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Warm med
Warmer than northern Rhone
Mild winters
Hot summers
Sparse rainfall can be heavy in autumn
Drought a problem
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Varieties nr

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Syrah
Viognier
Rousanne
Marianne

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Varieties red sr

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Grenache *
Syrah *
Mourvèdre *
Cinsault
Courvoise
Terret noir
Vaccarese
Muscardin
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Soils nr

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Granite Côte rotie, Condrieu, hermitage
Heavier clay in st.joseph, corzes-hermitage
Gneiss
Sparse topsoil = erosion

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Soils sr

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Alluvial deposits over limestone gigondas
Sand gravel clay
Pudding stones= galets cndp made of Quartz and smoothed by river

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Sub regions nr

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Cote Royie
Hermitage 
Saint Joseph 
Corneas
Crozes hermitage 
Condrieu
Chateau grillet
Saint Peray
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Regions of cote rotie

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Cote blonde

Cote brun

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Sub regions sr

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Cote du Rhone
Chateauxneuf du pape
Tavel
Liars
Muscat de beaumes de venise
Costieres de nimes
Gigondas
Vacqueyras
Rasteau
Vinsobres
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Types of AOC in nr

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Regional - Côte du Rhone
Sub-region - all in southern rhone
Village
No premier or grand cru

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Côte rotie AOC wine style

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Red wines from Syrah with up to 20% Viognier allowed
Northern Rhone
Côte blonde and Côte brun
Deeply colored, full bodied, spicy and complex

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Condrieu AOC wine style

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White wines from Viognier
Rare wines
Northern Rhone
Honey, lushness, floral aromas, rich texture 
Use of oak and malo
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Chateau Grillet AOC wine style

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White wines from Viognier from single estate
One of only 3 single estate appellations in France
Northern Rhone within Condrieu
Rare
Barrel aged wines from old low yielding vines

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St.joseph AOC wine style

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Red wine from Syrah with up to 10% roussane and or marsanne allowed
Whites from roussane and or marsanne
Northern Rhone
Lightest body from. Northern Rhone
Raspberry, pepper
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Crozes hermitage AOC wine style

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Red wines from Syrah with up to 15% marsanne and or roussanne
Whites from roussanne and or marsanne
Large volume
Style, quality and price varies

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Hermitage AOC wine style

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Red wines from Syrah with up to 15% marsanne and or roussanne
Whites from marsanne and or roussanne
One of the fullest bodied of the French reds
Good aging potential
Northern Rhone
Also make vin de paille

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Cornas AOC wine style

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Red wines from Syrah
Deep colored full bodied reds
Must be 100% Syrah
Northern Rhone

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St.peray and st.peray mousseux

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Still and sparkling wines from roussanne and or marsanne
Northern Rhone
Methode traditionelle

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Cremant de die AOC wine style

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Sparkling wine from clairette
Methods traditionelle
Methode dioise ancestrale
Northern Rhone

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Methods dioise ancestral

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Northern Rhone sparkling wine methode
Minimum of Muscat a petit grains
Wine bottles without dosage before ferm finishes
Wine disgorged into pressurized tanks and rebooted without liqueur dexpedition.
Demi sec sweetness

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Chatillon en diois AOP wine style

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Gamay based reds, rose
Whites from aligote and chard
Northern Rhone

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Coteaux de die AOC wine style

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Clairette grapes

Northern Rhone

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Arzelle soil

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Mound in Condrieu

Topsoil is rich with powdery decomposed mica

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Galets

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Pudding stones
Found in CNDP
made of quartzite and smoothed by river
Store heat and release to keep vines warm at night

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Varieties white sr

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Roussanne *
Marsanne *
Clairette
Picpoul
Bourboulenc
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CNDU aop wine style

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Sr
Red and white wines
13 varieties allowed
Min 12.5 and
Le rape
Reds Grenache dominated
Galets
Old oak foudres
Great variation, large area, different winemaking techniques
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Gigondas aop wine style

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Sr.
Red and rose wine
Max 80% Grenache
Red clay alluvial soils
Similar to cndp
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Vacqueyras aop wine style

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Mostly reds
Some whites and rose
Red min 50 % Grenache

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Côte du Rhone aop wine style

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Regional Rhone aop
95% from sr
23 varieties allowed
Grenache dominated in south
Syrah dominated in north
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Cotes du Rhone villages aop wine style

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18 villages with elevated status
Red rose and white
May list village name
Sr

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Beaunes de venise and Vinsobres aop wine style

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Sr
Reds
Min 50% Grenache

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Lirac aop wine style

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Mostly red wines 
Some rose and white
Grenache noir and blanc, Syrah, Mourvèdre 
Spread over 4 communes
Sandy soils doorway to phylloxera 
Sr
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Tavel aop wine style

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Sr
Only aop in France dedicated to rose
Grenache based with Cinsault and others
Dry
Limestone spoil
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Rasteau aop wine style

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Sr
Red 
Rose
White
Vin Doux naturel
Can be rancid oxidative style
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Muscat de beaumes de venise aop wine style

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Sr
White and rose
Vin Doux naturel
Most made by local co-op

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Duche d’uzes aop wine style

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Sr

Red rose and white

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Other aop of sr

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Luberon
Grignan les adhemar
Ventoux
Cotes de vivarais
Costieres de nimes
Clairette de bellegarde within the costieres de nimes
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Cornas producer

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August clape

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Côte rotie producer

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E guigal
Jasmin
Jamet
George vernay

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Condrieu producer

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George vernay

B. Faurie

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Hermitage producer

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J. L chave
Jaboulet
B. Faurie

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Crozes producer

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Jaboulet

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Cotes hermitage producer

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Alain graillot

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St.joseph producer

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Domaine faury

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Cndp producer

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Chateau rayas

Clos des papes

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2 good vintages from n and s Rhone

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2009/ 90+ points for both, good weather during harvest

2006 90 + points for both, big wines, good acidity and style

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Name the grape of the Condrieu and name a producer

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Viognier

George vernay

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What 2 other white grapes are found in the nr

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Marsanne

Roussanne

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Difference between nr and sr reds

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Syrah dominated, mostly single grapes, lower alcohol - nr

Up to 23 varieties of Grenache dominated blends - sr

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Diff between hermitage and crozes hermitage

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Crozes hermitage is less expensive

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What is the regional AOC for the Rhone

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Côte du Rhone

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Name a fortified wine from the Rhone

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Vin Doux naturel - Muscat Baume de venise

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