Rhone Valley Flashcards
Explain chateau de Beaucastel?
Established in 1549 CNDP focus wines owned around 100 Ha of vine + a large negoce production
Name the VDN appellations of the RV?
Rasteau VDN
Vin Doux Naturel Blanc:
Principal Varieties: Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris
Vin Doux Naturel Ambré (Tawny Blanc):
Principal Varieties: Grenache, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc
Vin Doux Naturel Grenat and Tuilé (Rouge):
Principal Varieties: Min. 75% Grenache, plus Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris
Vin Doux Naturel: Min. 45 g/l
Styles:
Rouge: Wines may not be released until March 31 of the year following the harvest
Vin Doux Naturel “Rosé” Wines must be bottled by December 31 of the year following the harvest.
Vin Doux Naturel “Blanc” and “Grenat”: Wines may not be released until May 1 of the year following the harvest. They must be bottled no later than June 30 of the second year after harvest.
Vin Doux Naturel “Ambré” and “Tuilé”: Wines may not be released until March 1 of the third year following the harvest
Vin Doux Naturel “Hors d’Age”: Wines may not be released until September 1 of the fifth year following the harvest
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise
Vin Doux Naturel Blanc
Vin Doux Naturel Rouge
Vin Doux Naturel Rosé
Encépagement: Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains and Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains
Assemblage: For rosé Vin Doux Naturel, both colors of Muscat are allowed in the blend.
Minimum Potential Alcohol: 21.5% (15% acquired)
Minimum Residual Sugar: 100 g/l (110 g/l prior to 2011)
Where is located the producer René Rostaing
Cote Rôtie
Name some lieu dits of Cornas AOP?
- Reynard - La Côte - Chaillot -Saint Pierre - Les Mazards - Patou - Sauman - Champelrose
What is the size of Condrieu AOP
150 Ha
What are GV / blending req for Gigondas?
Blanc
Principal Variety: Min 70% Clairette Blanc
Complementary Varieties: Bourboulenc, Clairette Rosé, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Piquepoul, Roussanne
Accessory Varieties: Max 5% Viognier and Ugni Blanc
Rosé and Rouge
Min. 90% combined Grenache (min. 50%), Syrah, and Mourvèdre (min. 15% combined Syrah and Mourvèdre); plus Bourboulenc, Brun Argentè, Cinsault, Clairette, Clairette Rosé, Counoise, Grenache Blanc and Gris, Marsanne, Muscardin, Piquepoul Blanc and Noir, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Ugni Blanc, Viognier
Min. 50% Grenache is mandatory from 2014 harvest forward
Min. 15% Syrah and Mourvèdre is mandatory from 2014 harvest forward
Min. 90% combined Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre
What CDR village have benn upgraded to their own AOP? Precise date?
- Vacqueras: 1990
- Beaumes de Venise: 2005 (red only)
- Vinsobres: 2006 (red only)
- Rasteau: 2010 for red wine / VDN since 1944
- Cairanne: 2016
What is Coteaux de Die?
Dry white wine only: 100% Clairette
What is the most recent AOP of the RV?
Cairanne - 2016 wine produced in 2015 can benefit its AOP
Name the all GV of CNDP, What producer use all of them?
Chateau de Beaucastel white: Clairette, Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, Picquepoul, Vaccarese Red: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Carignan, Picardin, Terret, Counoise
What are GV / blending req for Vinsobres?
Red Only: 50% Grenache + min 25% combined Syrah / Mourvèdre
What are the communes of Cote Rotie Production? Name three Lieu dits?
Ampuis, Tupin-Semons, , Saint Cyr sur Rhone
Les Grands Places
La Vialliere
La Landonne
What are the communes of Hermitage?
Tain l’Hermitage, Crozes Hermitage, Larnage
what is the birthplace of Saint Joseph AOP?
Mauves, Tournon Sur Rhone mainly (southern part of the AOP)
Name some producers of Rasteau AOP?
- Ortas - Domaine de l’Espigouette - Domaine Richaud
Who’s producing “La Chapelle”? Precise some iconic vintage?
Jaboulet - 1961, 1985, 1990
What is the first vintage of “Hommage a Jacques Perrin”? Who’s producing it?
Chateau de Beaucastel 1989 - Red wine only Mourvèdre base (60%) + Grenache
What is the soil type of Condrieu?
Arzelle: Granitic base and Limestone mix
Where is Paul Avril located?
Cornas
Who’s producing Cornas “Renaissance” and “Vins des Amis”?
August Clape First VTG of Renaissance: 1955
What is the curent size of CNDP AOP?
3 000 Ha
Explain Clairette de Bellegarde AOP?
Southern RV / within the Costières de Nimes AOP (South part)
still dry white of clairette
Explain the situation of Chateau Grillet?
Located on the mid-slopes, middle of the Condrieu AOP 4 Ha base between Saint Michel du Rhone & Verain South facing slopes, Arzelle soil
What is Cremant de Die?
Blanc: Min. 55% Clairette, min. 10% Aligoté, 5-10% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
Traditional Method Secondary Fermentation
The wines must spend a min. 9 months on the lees prior to dégorgement, and may not be released for a min. 12 months after the date of tirage
Min. 3.5 atmospheres of pressure
Max. 15 g/l of residual sugar
What are the varieties allowed for red - Côte Rotie? - Hermitage? - Crozes Hermitage - St Joseph?
CR: Syrah + up to 20% Viognier Herm: Syrah + up to 15% Roussane/Marsanne St Joseph / CH: Syrah + up to 10% Roussane Marsanne
Who’s producing Deus Ex Machina? What AOP?
CNDP – Clos Saint Jean
What is the first vintage of “Reynard”and Chaillot from Thierry Allemand? Where is it located?
Cornas AOP - single parcels wines Reynard: 1991 and none made 94-96 and 03
portion of vines from Noel Verset
Who’s producing “cuvée Eugène de Monicault”
Domaine Lombard – CDR Brézème
What wine are produced in Ventoux? Where is it located?
White, Red Rose, + PPrimeur/Nouveau (Blanc, Rosé, Rouge
Left bank - Vaucluse
What is “foudre”
Large oak barrel involve on the ageing or vinification of red wine
Name all 5 communes of Chateauneuf-du-Pape?
- Orange
- Bedaride
- Sorgues
- Courtheson
- Chateauneuf du Pape
Who’s Alain Voge?
What appellation does he produce his wines?
Iconic winemaker in Cornas AOP
helps the re-birth of the Appellatgion
When does the Costières de Nimes changed umbrella organisation?
2004
Name as many climate as you can from Hermitage?
Bessarts, Hermite, Greffieux, Meal, Peleats, Beaumes, Muret, l’Homme, Donnières…
Who’s Auguste Clape? Where would you find him?
Cornas, the most iconic producer of the appellation. Make the name, show quality of its wine around the world
What is Mistral? Explain influences
Strong and cold wind Northward. Flowing all along the Rhone Valley. Bring safety, limit disease pressure.
Who’s producing those cuvée? Could you tell their first vintages? - Chaillees de l’enfer - Côteaux du Vernon - Bonde du Seigneur
George Vernay - 1992 - Condrieu - 1940 - Condrieu - 2000 - Cote Rotie
Who’s produced the cuvée “Seigneur de Mongiron”?
Delas Frère – Côte Rôtie: 100% Syrah blend from Cote Brune and Blonde
What is Clairette de Die? Explain differences in term of style? Name a producer
Sparkling wine from the south of the NRV. 2 method production: - Ancestral method: 75% Muscat PG min, Single fermentation, low ABV, fruity style, 35g of residual sugar Traditionnel method: 100% Clairette - 2nd fermentation in bottle - max 15g of sugar - 9 mth on the lees ageing Jaillance - produces more than 80% of the total average
Explain Brézème, what is it? Where is it located? Name 2 producers
Small area (around 50 Ha planted under vine) - South of Saint Peray, on the junction between Drome River and Rhone River: (Livron sur Rhone town) – Northern RV GV: Syrah, Roussane, Marsanne, Viognier - Sold as CDR Brezème, but not conceder as a village – Lombard (most prominent winemaker) – Teixier: Négociant – Luc Pouchoulin
Who’s producing “La Guiraude? What is the first Vintage?
Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage AOP 1985
What are GV / blending req for Vacqueras?
Blanc: Bourbelenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier (no single variety may account for more than 80%)
Rouge:
Principal Variety: Grenache (min. 50%)
Complementary Varieties: Syrah and Mourvèdre (min. 20% combined Syrah and Mourvèdre), principal and complementary varieties must account for at least 90% of the total
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Brun Argenté, Carignan, Clairette Rosé, Counoise, Muscardin, Piquepoul Noir, and Terret Noir; max. 5% combined Bourboulenc, Viognier, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Clairette and Marsanne
Rosé:
Principal Varieties: Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, and Mourvèdre (no single variety may account for more than 80%)
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% other varietals allowed for rouge wines
Explain the re-birth of condrieu
1960’s-70: industrial development on the valley floor: chemical industry mainly: easier job for peoples: slopes vineyards has been abandoned. 80’s: G. Vernay stay on the winery, then wet back to and show up the high standard.
Who’s produces the condrieu “Vermillon”?
Jamet estate
What is the soil type of Condrieu? Cornas?
Cornas: Gore - Decomposed granite Condrieu: Arzelles
What is the name of the White Hermitage from Chapoutier (blended cuvée)?
Chante Alouette
What is the smallest red wine AOP of the RV in terms of production?
Cornas
What is the first vintage of Roussanne vielle vignes? Who’s the producer? What AOP?
- Château de Beaucastel
- Chateauneuf-du-Pape white AOP
- Sourced from the oldest Roussane plantation on the Rhône Valley: 80 years old
what are the communes of Condrieu? (7)
Condrieu, Limony, Verin, Saint Michel du Rhone. Saint Pierre de Boeuf, Malleval, Chavanay
Where is hand harvest required on the Rhone Valley?
Hermitage, Cornas, Condrieu, Cotes Rôtie, CH. Grillet
Explain the process of the co-fermentation? Where would find it on the RV?
Côte rôtie mainly - Alcoholic fermentation take place with different GV on the same tank (all mix-up) Extract more elegance within the final wine, more integrated flavours – Here, Syrah & Viognier are used in co-fermentation
What CDR village AOP produce only red wines?
Gadagne, Massif d’Uchaux, Nyons, Plan de Dieu, Puyméras, Saint-Andéol, Sainte-Cécile, Signargues, Suze-la-Rousse, and Vaison-la-Romaine only produce rouge wines
What wine are produced in Luberon? Where is it located?
White, Red, Rose Right bank - Vaucluse
What was the first quality region in France to be affected by phylloxera? When?
Lirac then the all Southern RV 1866
Where could you find a “Vin de paille” production in France outside of the Jura?
Hermitage AOP Corrèze AOP - 2017
Where is Henrie Bonneau located?
CNDP
What are the planting density req of CNDP?
50% Grenache min on the vinyard
“En Ligne” (line): 3,000 vines per hectare
“Au Carré” (square): although not explicitly stated, the vine spacing corresponds to 2,500 vines per hectare
What are GV / blending req for Beaume de Venise? Name the commune of production
Dry red only: 80% Grenache and/or Syrah combined. (min. 50% Grenache, 25-50% Syrah) + Terret Noir, Piquepoul Noir, Mourvèdre, Counoise, Muscardin Max 10% white GV – Beaumes de Venise, Lafare, La Roque-Alric, Suzette
What is the high regarded wine from Alain Graillot? What AOP?
Crozes Hermitage “La Guiraude” - 1985
What is Bonbonne? Where would you find it?
small glass container. (20L) Use for ageing in liquor wines after fortification. Go in process of the Oxydative style: Banuyls / Rasteau
What wine can be produced under Rasteau AOP? What are the communes of production?
VDN: Red, white and rose
Stil dry: Red only based in Grenache – Rasteau, Sablet, Cairanne
What is the top “Côte-Rotie” cuvée of Jamet estate?
la londonne
What style of wine can Rasteau produce?
White (reductive) / ambre (oxidative) Grenat(reductive) / Tuilé (oxidative)
Explain Costières de Nimes AOP? What’s happen to them in 2004?
Southern most AOP of the RV: Close to Montpelier (Languedoc) - it change umbrella organisation (was under the Languedoc syndicat, now controlled by the Cote du Rhone)
Blanc:
Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, and Roussane (no single variety may exceed 80% of the vineyard, and at least two principal varieties must be planted)
Accessory Varieties: Bourboulenc, Macabeu, Vermentino, Clairette, and a max. 20% Viognier
Rouge:
Principal Varieties: Min. 60% combined Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Syrah (min. 20% combined Syrah and Mourvèdre)
Accessory Varieties: Carignan, Cinsault, and a max. 10% Marselan
Rosé: As for Rouge wines, with a max. 20% white varieties
Ugni Blanc was permitted for white wines at a max. 30% through the 2009 harvest
What is the northern most AOP of the Southern RV?
Grignan-les-Adhemars 2012 – Was previously named “Côteaux du Tricastin” located close the the Nuclear central name similar. producers had some troubles to sell their wine, (called nuclear wine)
Explain climate of the Northern / Southern RV?
North: Continental base climate, with cold winter, moderately warm summers. However, some Mediterranean influences helps to warm up vineyard South: Warm, more closer to mediteranean - moderate winter, hot and dry summer,