Southern Rhone Flashcards by Christina Stanley

Name producers of châteauneuf-du-Pape that use all 13 varietals

Beaucastel
Da Capo
Clos des Papes
Domaine de Beaurenard

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Guigal’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape site

Chateau de Nalys

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communes of production for Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Chateauneuf du Pape
Orange
Bédarrides
Courthezon
Sourgues

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Grapes of Châteauneuf-du-Pape (18)

Grenache (Noir, Gris and Blanc)
Mourvèdre
Syrah,
Cinsault
Counoise
Bourboulenc
Roussanne
Brun Argenté (Vaccarèse)
Clairette, Clairette Rosé
Muscardin
Picardan
Piquepoul (Noir, Gris and Blanc)
Terret Noir

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AOPs of Southern Rhone

Cotes du Vivarais
Grignan-les-Adhémar
Cote du Rhone Villages
Chateauneuf du Pape
Ventoux
Costieres de Nimes
Luberon
Gigondas
Vacqueras
Vinsobres
Beaumes de Venise
Rasteau
Cairanne
Lirac
Tavel (rosé only)
Clairette de Bellegarde

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what producer released the first estate bottled châteauneuf-du-Pape in 1785

Chateau La Nerthe

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Communes of production for VDN in Rasteau (Southern Rhône valley)

Cairanne
Rasteau
Sablet (further south)

Unfortified Rasteau can only be made in Rasteau

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Principal varieties for VDN Ambré in Rasteau (Tawny Blanc)

Grenache
Grenache Gris
Grenache Blanc

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Is chaptalization allowed for VDN Rasteau AOP

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what is the minimum percentage of grapes that must be used for table wine or discarded each harvest in Chateauneuf du Pape

“La Rapé”

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What is Mutage, where is it practiced in Southern Rhone

In Rasteau AOP
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise AOP
96% Pure grape spirit added to arrest fermentation in 5-10% proportion of wine.

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For red wines, may white and red be blended post vinification in Chateauneuf du Pape?

No, they must be blended prior to vinification

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Who created the AOC system in Chateauneuf du Pape

Chateau Fortia

(Baron Pierre Leroy Boisseau Marie)

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Prestige wine of Chateau Fortia

Chateauneuf du Pape

“Cuvée Baron”

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What is arrosage?

Irrigation
Permitted only if they apply
(In Chateauneuf du Pape)

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Principal white grape of Cairanne AOP
(Blanc, Rouge)

Bourboulenc

Clairette

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French Term for Southern Rhone

Rhone Meridionale

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What is Lauses, where is it found

White calcareous stone in Tavel
(Rosé AOP)
Grenache must be present in the blend

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What is the name of the distinctive mountain range located North of Vacqueras on left bank of Ouveze

Dentelles de Montmirail

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Wine in France can be traced to Greeks at this settlement (modern day Marseille)

Massalia

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Name of the pope who moved from Rome to Avignon in 1309

Pope Clement V

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Name of successor who began construction on the summer papal palace (Chateauneuf du Pape)

John XII

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Beaucastel Vielles Vignes Blanc is this

100% Roussanne

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two Communes of Vacqueras

Vacqueras

Sarrians

When was Gigondas elevated to AOC

1971

Styles of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

Vin Doux Naturel Blanc Vin Doux Naturel Rouge Vin Doux Naturel Rosé 252g/l must weight 100g/l rs 30hl/ha yield Clay and miocene sand

This Chateauneuf du Pape only comes in magnum

Clos Saint Jean | "Sancus Santorum"

This co op produces 90% of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise

Vignerons de Beaumes de Veenise

Where would one find Galets in CDP

North and North West

What is Chateauneuf du Pape called before the 19th century?

Vin d'Avignon

What are bonbonnes?

Used to age VDL and Rasteau (Southern Rhone) balloons used to age Banyuls (Rousillon) 6.6 gal roughly

This AOP is believed to be the origin of Phyloxerra in France

Lirac 1863 Chateau de Clary

Southern Rhone winemap

Southern Rhone runs between these two cities from North to South

Montélimar toward Avignon

Galets in Chateauneuf du Pape are also known as this

Pudding stones Made of Quarzite

Beaucastel includes every varietal but has a high proportion of this grape:

Mourvedre

22 communes may be appended to Cote du Rhone Villages AOP:

Chusclan (only rouge and rosé wines)* Only Red wines: Gadagne* Massif d'Uchaux * Nyons* Plan de Dieu * Puyméras * Saint-Andéol* Sainte-Cécile* Signargues * Suze-la-Rousse* Vaison-la-Romaine* Laudun Roaix Rochegude Rousset-les-Vignes Sablet Saint-Gervais Saint-Maurice Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes Séguret Valréas Visan

Soil of Gigondas

red clay alluvial soils. The red wines contain a minimum 50% Grenache, typically blended with smaller proportions of Syrah and Mourvèdre.

Second former Côtes du Rhône village to be promoted to full appellation status, behind Gigondas in 1971

1990, Vacqueyras

Two AOCs of Southern Rhone that permit Red wine only

Beaumes de Venise (80% Grenache and Syrah (min. 50% Grenache) Vinsobres (Min. 50% Grenache)

ABV minimum for Chateauneuf du Pape AOP

At 12.5%, the required minimum potential alcoholic strength is the highest in France for dry AOP wines

Producers of Chateauneuf du Pape that make 100% Grenache CDP

Chateau Rayas Domaine de la Barroche pure/terroir Bosquet des Papes Domaine de la Mordoree "La Plume de Pientre" Chapoutier Barbe Rac (100 year old vines)

Lieux dits of Chateauneuf du Pape

Name a producer of CDP who doesn't destem

Pegau Rayas Saint Cosme Cros Briard Mont Thabor

Who is the owner and winemaker of Chateau Rayas

Jacques Reynard, named Chateau de Fonsalette for his own personal estate Also Chateau des Tours Cotes du Rhone

Most recent Cote du Rhone villages to be updated to AOC status

Cairanne 2016

What is the term for Marl in Chateauneuf du Pape

Alpine Molasse

Minimum must weight CDP

Grenache: 216 g/l Other Red Grapes: 207 g/l White Grapes: 196 g/l

Max yield CDP

Rendement de Base: 35 hl/ha Maximum Yield including Râpé: 42 hl/ha

What year did Grignan les Adimar change it's name?

2010 (Was Coteaux du Tricastin before Nuclear power disaster)

White wine ONLY producing AOC in Southern Rhone

Clairette de Bellegarde AOP (in Costieres de Nimes AOP) 100% Clairette

Rasteau Vineyards inhabit the Eastern face of the Southern Face of this 350 meter blue marl escarpment 22km north East of Chateauneuf du Pape

The Ventabren Massif

Three sections of Rasteau

Le Plan (flattest land, pebbly) Le Centre (blue marl, land begins to fold and rise) Le Montagne (highest land)

Producers of Rasteau

Domaine Elodie Baume Domaine le Colliere Domaine la Soumade

How did Rasteau get its name

"rateau" or rake. Its like someone dragged a rake from the Ventabren down slope with ravines

Producers of Lirac

``` Domaine Maby (also produces Tavel) Domaine Coudoulis Domaine de la Mordorée

This Plateau bisects Lirac and Tavel AOCs, with Tavel to the South and Lirac to the North. The soil type is "Galet Roules" different from the Lauses of Tavel.

Vallongues

First vintage of "Homage a Jacques Perrin" (Beaucastel)

1989