Roussillon

Question 1

What is the climate of Roussillon?

Answer 1

Mediterranean

Question 2

Roussillon is best known for what style of wine?

Answer 2

Vin Doux Naturel (VDN)

Question 3

What is “Tramontane”?

Answer 3

A cold, north wind that blows through Roussillon

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Question 4

What grape is the most commonly used in the production of the dry white wines of Roussillon?

Answer 4

Grenache Blanc

Question 5

What are the names of the three main rivers that weave through Roussillon?

Answer 5

The Agly, Têt and Tech

Question 6

Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC extends into Languedoc.

True or False?

Answer 6

TRUE.

It compasses the Fitou AOC

Question 7

Which IGP covers

most of the

Pyrénées-Orientales département?

Answer 7

Côtes Catalanes IGP

Question 8

Which VDN AOCs in Roussillon produce white, rosé and red fortified wines?

Answer 8

Rivesaltes and Banyuls

Question 9

What is the minimum number of grapes that must be in the Côtes du Roussillon-Villages blend?

Answer 9

Two

Question 10

What is “Mutage”?

Answer 10

The addition of

neutral spirit to fermenting must.

Question 11

Many of Roussillon’s key red grape varieties originated in Spain.

True or False?

Answer 11

TRUE.

Examples are

Cariñena (Carignan), Mataro/Monastrell (Mourvèdre),

Garnacha (Grenache)

Question 12

Which important IGP

is shared between Languedoc and Roussillon?

Answer 12

IGP Pays d’Oc

Question 13

What is the traditional form of vine training in Roussillon?

Answer 13

Gobelet

Question 14

Maury AOC only produces VDN wines. True or False?

Answer 14

FALSE.

Within the borders of the Maury AOC, dry red wines are also produced.

Question 15

Banyuls Grand Cru must be made from at least 75% Grenache Noir. True or False?

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

What is “Muscat de Noël”?

Answer 16

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What is “Muscat de Noël”?

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Wines from Muscat de Rivesaltes marketed for the Christmas period of the year of harvest

Question 17

What are the names of the three mountain ranges that surround Roussillon?

Answer 17

Corbières to the north,

Pyrenees to the west

and Albères to the south

Question 18

What is the southernmost appellation in mainland France?

Answer 18

Collioure/Banyuls

Question 18

What is the main grape variety used to produce red VDN?

Answer 18

Grenache

Question 19

The Languedoc AOC covers Roussillon vineyard areas.

True or False?

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

What are two labeling terms on VDNs that refer to red wines that have aged reductively?

Answer 20

Grenat, used in Rivesaltes and Maury, and Rimage, used in Banyuls.

Question 21

What is meant by “tuilé”?

Answer 21

It is a labelling term for VDNs and refers to slightly oxidized red wines that take on a tuile (clay-tile) color.

Question 22

What is meant by “ambré”?

Answer 22

It is a labelling term for white VDNs and refers to the color of amber, an indication of controlled oxidation.

Question 23

To what does “hors d’age” refer?

Answer 23

Oxidized VDNs aged for a minimum of five years.

Question 24

What type of soil covers much of Roussillon?