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1
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What was the first AOC in France?

A

Chateauneuf du Pape

when-1936

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What are the main climactic differences between

N Rhone and S?

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Southern - Mediterranean (ave 14.8)

Northern - Continental (ave 11.5)

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What soil type does Condrieu have?

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ARZELLE - powdery, decomposed mica

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Who produces Pignan?

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Chateau Rayas
(10% Grenache CnP)
(means Pine Tree)

also “Le Pailaid” a declassified CnP

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What is the encepagement for Saint Joseph?

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Syrah + max 10% Marsanne/Rousanne

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What is the encepagement of Crozes Hermitage

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Syrah + max 15% Marsanne/Rousanne

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Of the La La wines, which one is a leiux dits?

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La Landonne in Ampuis
(La Turque (Cote Brune)
(La Moulin (Cote Blonde)
are Climats

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Want is the soil composition found in Saint Joseph?

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Schist and Gneiss on Granite

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9
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Can you name 3 producers of La Landone?

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Delas
Rene Roustaing
Guigal

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What are the soils types of Cote Rotie?

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(N) Cote Brune - Gneiss

(S) Cote Blonde - Mica and schist

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11
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what soil types are found in Cornas?

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primarily Granite

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What training system is found in Crozes-Hermitage?

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Cordon de Royal / Gobelet

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13
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What is the smallest red wine appellation of the Northern Rhone?

A 
Cornas
4 lieux dits
1. Les Reynards
2.La Cote
3. Les Chaillot
4. Les Mazards
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Who produces “Renaissance”

A

August Clape - From 12 parcels in Cornas

1st Vintage- 1998

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15
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What is the measurement of a Demi Muid

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600ltr

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What are the inaugural vintages of the Guigal La La wines?

A

La Mouiline - 1966

La Landonne - 1978

La Turque - 1985

(Ex Voto - 2001 (Herm W and R)

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17
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What is Arzelle?

A

soil type found in Condrieu

powdery decomposed mica

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18
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What 2 AOP of the Northern Rhone produce red wines only?

A

Cornas and Cote Rotie

Cornas - 100% Syrah
Cote Rotie - Max 20% Viognier

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What AOP of the Northern Rhone produce sparkling wine using the Traditional Methode?

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Saint Peray (Marsanne and Rousanne) 4g/ltr

Cremant de Die (min 55% Clairette + min 10% Aligoté 5- 10% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains

Clairette de Die - 100% Clairette (15g/ltr)

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20
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Who is the owner of Chateau Grillet?

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Francois Pinault (2011)
Formerly - Neyret-Gachet

also owns Latour / Clos du Tart

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21
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What is the rendement de base for AOP Condrieu?

A 
47hl/ha (37 pre 2011)
Chateau Grillet (37hl/ha)
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22
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Name 2 Climats of Cote Rotie?

A 
L'Hermite
le meal
les Bessards
Greffeaux
Beaume
Peleat
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23
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What AOP in the Northern Rhone produces wines from Clairette?

A

Coteaux de Die (100% - still wine)

Cremant de Die (Min 55% - sparkling)

Clairette de Die (100% - sparkling)

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What style of wine is made in the Saint Peray AOP?

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White only
Still and sparkling (Traditional Method)
Marsanne / Rousanne

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What style of wines are made in the Chantillon-en-Diois AOP?

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White - Chardonnay and Aligote)
Red - min 75% Gamay + PN+Syrah)
Rose - same as red)

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26
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What type of barrel might you commonly find in the Southern Rhone?

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Demi - Muid (600ltr)

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What AOP in France has the highest Min AbV for a dry wine?

A

CnP (12.5%)

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28
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Who produced the first estate bottles Chateauneuf du Pape wines?

A

Chateau La Nerthe

in 1785

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29
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Which Cote du Rhone Village may produce red and rose only?

A

Chusclan

producers - Lauden-Chusclan / Serabel

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30
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What were the most recent appellations allowed to add their name to Cotes du Rhone Village wines?

A

Saint-Cecile
Suze la Rousse
Vaison La Romaine
(all Red only)

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31
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What Rhone grape is not allowed in Gigondas

A

Carignan
R + RS
after 2014:
min 50% Grenache and min 15% syrah/mourvedre

32
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What is the maximum RS for Tavel?

A

4g/ltr
(min ABV 11.5%)
(30-60% blend GRENACHE NOIR must be in blend)

33
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What AOP sits within the Costières de Nîmes AOP

A

Clairette de Bellguarde

100% Clarette

34
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Who produces Cuvee Colombis?

A

Doamine Saint Prefert
CnP
2004

35
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Who makes Cuvee du Papet?

A

Clos du Mont Oliviet
100yr old Grenache vines
1989
only in best years

36
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What single vineyard wines does Chapoutier produce in the Southern Rhone valley?

A

CnP
Barbe Rac (1989)
Croix du Bois (1998)
both 100% Grenache

37
Q

Who produces Cornelia Constanza?

A

Domaine de la Solitude
2005
(also;
Cuvee Barbarini (1999)

38
Q

Who produces La Plume du Peintre

A

Domaine de a Morderee
2003
100% New French oak
(also makes La Reine des Bois (1994)

39
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What are at the three top wines Close Saint jean produce in CnP?

A 
La Combe des Fous 
Deus Ex Machina
2003 for both
AND
Sanctus Sanctorum
2007 - USA market exclusive
40
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What s the second wine of Chateau La Nerthe?

A

Clos de la Graniere

Cuvee Cadettes - 1970

41
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What Liuex dits does Vieux Donjon have a substantial holding of?

A

Piedlong (5acres)

42
Q

What wines does Henri Bonneau produce?

A

Réserve des Celestins
Cuvée Marie Beurrier
Cuvée Spéciale (only released in 1990 & 1998)

43
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Who makes Cuvee da Capo?

A

Domaine de Pegau.
(formerly Domaine Feraud)
1998

44
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What Lieux Dits does the fruit come from for Cuvee da Capo?

A

Le Crau
Who produces it?
Domaine de Pegau

45
Q

What was the inaugural vintage of Hommage à Jacques Perrin

A

1989

OV Wht - 1986

46
Q

Name 3 lieux dits of Hermitage.

A 
Le Méal (Chapoutier/Marc Sorrel/Ferraton)
Les Bessards (
Les Greffieux
L'Homme 
L'Hermite
Les Grandes Vignes
Varogne
Les Vercandières
Les Diognières
Les Beaumes
Les Murets
La Croix
Péleat
Les Rocoules
La Pierelle
Maison Blanche
Torras et les Garennes
47
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What soils will you find in Gigondas?

A

red stoney clay alluvium

48
Q

List the AOP of the Northern Rhone from N-S

A 
Cote Rotie
Condrieu
St Joseph
Crozes Hermitage
Hermitage
Cornas
St Peray
Clairette de Die
Chantillon en Diois (DeWAH)
49
Q

What are the principal soils of Crozes Hermitage?

A

N - Granitc (closer to Hermitage)

S - Alluvial

50
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What are at the lieux dits of Cornas

A
  1. Les Reynards (Thierry Allemand)
  2. La Cote (Yves Cuilleron)
  3. Les Chaillot (Frank Balthazar)
  4. Les Mazards
    Sabarotte (August Clape +1 & 4)
51
Q

What is the assemblage for Hermitage AOP?

A

W - Marssanne / Roussanne (no%)

R - max 15% combined M/R

52
Q

What soils are found in Hermitage?

A

granite with topsoils of mica, schist and gneiss

53
Q

What style of wine is made in Clairette de Die

A

Sparkling:
Trad Meth - Clairette (15g)
(producer - Jaillance)

Meth Ancest - Min 75% Muscat PGrains(35g)
(Producer - Bautin)

54
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What style of wine is produced in the Beaume de Venice AOP?

A

R only - min 80% Grenache combined +++
MIN 50 Grenache
Min 20-50 Syrah

55
Q

What were great vintages of the Southern Rhone in the 1980’s and 1990’s

A 
1978
1981
1983
1985
1990
1995
56
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Name some of the greatest vintages in the 2000’s

A 
2000
2001
2005
2010 (epic)
2012 
2015
57
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What was the newest AOP in the Southern Rhone?

A

Cairanne (2016)

Boutinot / Perrin / etc

58
Q

What principal soils make up the Southern Rhone?

A 
clay (argillaceous)
sand (siliceous)
limestone (calcareous)
marl (molasse)
Topsoils vary
galets roulés : quartzite and silica
59
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What is the min ABV for hermitage blanc

A

11%

R - 10.5%

60
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How long must grape dry for in the production of Vin de Paille in Hermitage?

A

45 days

Have to reach min must weight 350g/l

61
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What area the principal soil types of Cote Rotie?

A

Côte Blonde (south): gneiss

Côte Brune (north): mica-schistous rock

62
Q

The VdN wines labeled Rasteau can come from what communes?

A

Rasteau / Sablet / Cairanne

63
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What styles of sweet wine can be produced under the Rasteau AOP?

A 
Rosé  
Blanc - 2yrs 
Grenat - 2yrs
Ambré - 3yrs
Tuilé - 3yr
Hors d'Age - 5yrs
64
Q

What is the assemblage for Chateau Rayas blanc?

A

Grenache Blanc / Clairette

50 / 50

65
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What area the different wines Chateau Rayas produces?

A

Chateau Rayas R and W; W (CnP)
Rayas Pignan (2nd wine - northern vineyards)
Chateau Fonsalatte R & W (CdR)
Chateau Rayas ‘le Pailaid’ (declassified CnP)
Chateau de Tours R & W (either Vacqueryas or Vaucluse

66
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What is the Assemblage for Gigondas AOP?

A

min 50% Grenache (as of 2014)

min 15% Syrah & Mourvedre

67
Q

What two grapes are mandatory for Gigondas Rose?

A

Grenache and or Mourvedre

68
Q

What are at the communes of production for Chateaunuef du Pape?

A 
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Orange
Bédarrides
Courthézon
Sorgues
69
Q

Who makes Ampodium?

A

Rene Rostaing

Cote Rotie

70
Q

What year did Rene Rostaing first produce his Cote Brune Cote Rotie?

A

2013

71
Q

Who produces Puech Noble?

A

Rene Rostaing in Coteaux du Languedoc
(syrah on Limestone)
(formerly Puech Chaud)

72
Q

What are the communes of production for Cote Rotie?

A

Ampuis
Saint-Cyr-sur-Rhône
Tupin-Semons

73
Q

Who produces La Barbarine?

A

Yves Gangloff
(Cote Rotie)
1st - 1997

74
Q

Who produces La Sereine Noir?

A

Yves Gangloff
(Cote Rotie)
(line dits of: Mollard & Cote Rozier)

75
Q

What is the assemblage for Hermitage?

A

Syrah plus

Max 15% Marsanne / Roussanne

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