Southern Rhone Flashcards
Name producers of châteauneuf-du-Pape that use all 13 varietals
Beaucastel
Da Capo
Clos des Papes
Domaine de Beaurenard
Guigal’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape site
Chateau de Nalys
communes of production for Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Chateauneuf du Pape
Orange
Bédarrides
Courthezon
Sourgues
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
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
what producer released the first estate bottled châteauneuf-du-Pape in 1785
Chateau La Nerthe
Communes of production for VDN in Rasteau (Southern Rhône valley)
Cairanne
Rasteau
Sablet (further south)
Unfortified Rasteau can only be made in Rasteau
Principal varieties for VDN Ambré in Rasteau (Tawny Blanc)
Grenache
Grenache Gris
Grenache Blanc
Is chaptalization allowed for VDN Rasteau AOP
NO
what is the minimum percentage of grapes that must be used for table wine or discarded each harvest in Chateauneuf du Pape
“La Rapé”
2%
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.
For red wines, may white and red be blended post vinification in Chateauneuf du Pape?
No, they must be blended prior to vinification
Who created the AOC system in Chateauneuf du Pape
Chateau Fortia
(Baron Pierre Leroy Boisseau Marie)
Prestige wine of Chateau Fortia
Chateauneuf du Pape
“Cuvée Baron”
What is arrosage?
Irrigation
Permitted only if they apply
(In Chateauneuf du Pape)
Principal white grape of Cairanne AOP
(Blanc, Rouge)
Bourboulenc
Clairette
French Term for Southern Rhone
Rhone Meridionale
What is Lauses, where is it found
White calcareous stone in Tavel
(Rosé AOP)
Grenache must be present in the blend
What is the name of the distinctive mountain range located North of Vacqueras on left bank of Ouveze
Dentelles de Montmirail
Wine in France can be traced to Greeks at this settlement (modern day Marseille)
Massalia
Name of the pope who moved from Rome to Avignon in 1309
Pope Clement V
Name of successor who began construction on the summer papal palace (Chateauneuf du Pape)
John XII
Beaucastel Vielles Vignes Blanc is this
100% Roussanne
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
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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