Rhone Valley Flashcards
CDP best vintages
10, 07 , 01, 00, 98
CDP worst vintages
2002, 93 (north)
Name all the appellations from North to South of the right bank in the southern Rhone
Right bank is the left side, the river flows down
- Cotes du Vivarais
- Lirac
- Tavel
- Costieres de Nimes
Name all of the appellations on the left bank of the Rhone Valley
Left bank has the most apps, and it’s the right side
- Grignan-les-Adhemar
- Vinsobres
- Rasteau
- Cairanne
- Gigondas •Chateanuf du Pape
- Vaqueyras
- Beaumes de Venise
- Ventoux
- Luberon
What are the VDN from the southern Rhone?
- Rasteau
* Muscat de Beaumes de Venice
What’s the typical training system for vines in the Rhone and why?
•Gobelet, to protect the vines from the Mistral winds as opposed to guyout
What’s the latitude of the Rhone valley?
•44-45
Equivalent to the Willamette Valley in OR
What are the sparkling wines from the Rhone?
- Clairette de Die -Ancestral method
* Cremant de Die -traditional method
Where’s the ardeche?
It’s an IGP zone in the middle Rhone , rigth on top of the Cote du vivarais AOC right bank left side
Where’s Cairanne?
Southern Rhone, became a cru in 2016 used to be a cotes du Rhone village