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Southern Rhone Flashcards

1
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Name producers of châteauneuf-du-Pape that use all 13 varietals

A

Beaucastel
Da Capo
Clos des Papes
Domaine de Beaurenard

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2
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Guigal’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape site

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Chateau de Nalys

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communes of production for Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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Chateauneuf du Pape
Orange
Bédarrides
Courthezon
Sourgues

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Grapes of Châteauneuf-du-Pape (18)

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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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5
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AOPs of Southern Rhone

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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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6
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what producer released the first estate bottled châteauneuf-du-Pape in 1785

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Chateau La Nerthe

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7
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Communes of production for VDN in Rasteau (Southern Rhône valley)

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Cairanne
Rasteau
Sablet (further south)

Unfortified Rasteau can only be made in Rasteau

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8
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Principal varieties for VDN Ambré in Rasteau (Tawny Blanc)

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Grenache
Grenache Gris
Grenache Blanc

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9
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Is chaptalization allowed for VDN Rasteau AOP

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NO

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10
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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

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“La Rapé”

2%

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11
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What is Mutage, where is it practiced in Southern Rhone

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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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12
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For red wines, may white and red be blended post vinification in Chateauneuf du Pape?

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No, they must be blended prior to vinification

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13
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Who created the AOC system in Chateauneuf du Pape

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Chateau Fortia

(Baron Pierre Leroy Boisseau Marie)

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14
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Prestige wine of Chateau Fortia

Chateauneuf du Pape

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“Cuvée Baron”

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15
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What is arrosage?

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

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16
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Principal white grape of Cairanne AOP
(Blanc, Rouge)

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Bourboulenc

Clairette

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17
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French Term for Southern Rhone

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Rhone Meridionale

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18
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What is Lauses, where is it found

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

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19
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What is the name of the distinctive mountain range located North of Vacqueras on left bank of Ouveze

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Dentelles de Montmirail

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20
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Wine in France can be traced to Greeks at this settlement (modern day Marseille)

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Massalia

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21
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Name of the pope who moved from Rome to Avignon in 1309

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Pope Clement V

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22
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Name of successor who began construction on the summer papal palace (Chateauneuf du Pape)

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John XII

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23
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Beaucastel Vielles Vignes Blanc is this

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100% Roussanne

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24
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two Communes of Vacqueras

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Vacqueras

Sarrians

25
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When was Gigondas elevated to AOC

A

1971

26
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Styles of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

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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

27
Q

This Chateauneuf du Pape only comes in magnum

A

Clos Saint Jean

“Sancus Santorum”

28
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This co op produces 90% of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise

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Vignerons de Beaumes de Veenise

29
Q

Where would one find Galets in CDP

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North and North West

30
Q

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

A

Vin d’Avignon

31
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What are bonbonnes?

A

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

32
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This AOP is believed to be the origin of Phyloxerra in France

A

Lirac

1863

Chateau de Clary

33
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Southern Rhone winemap

A
34
Q

Southern Rhone runs between these two cities from North to South

A

Montélimar toward Avignon

35
Q

Galets in Chateauneuf du Pape are also known as this

A

Pudding stones
Made of Quarzite

36
Q

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

A

Mourvedre

37
Q

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

A

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

38
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Soil of Gigondas

A

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

39
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Second former Côtes du Rhône village to be promoted to full appellation status, behind Gigondas in 1971

A

1990, Vacqueyras

40
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Two AOCs of Southern Rhone that permit Red wine only

A

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

41
Q

ABV minimum for Chateauneuf du Pape AOP

A

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

42
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Producers of Chateauneuf du Pape that make 100% Grenache CDP

A

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)

43
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Lieux dits of Chateauneuf du Pape

A
44
Q

Name a producer of CDP who doesn’t destem

A

Pegau
Rayas
Saint Cosme
Cros Briard
Mont Thabor

45
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Who is the owner and winemaker of Chateau Rayas

A

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

46
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Most recent Cote du Rhone villages to be updated to AOC status

A

Cairanne

2016

47
Q

What is the term for Marl in Chateauneuf du Pape

A

Alpine Molasse

48
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Minimum must weight CDP

A

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

49
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Max yield CDP

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

50
Q

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

A

2010

(Was Coteaux du Tricastin before Nuclear power disaster)

51
Q

White wine ONLY producing AOC in Southern Rhone

A

Clairette de Bellegarde AOP
(in Costieres de Nimes AOP)

100% Clairette

52
Q

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

A

The Ventabren Massif

53
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Three sections of Rasteau

A

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

54
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Producers of Rasteau

A

Domaine Elodie Baume
Domaine le Colliere
Domaine la Soumade

55
Q

How did Rasteau get its name

A

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

56
Q

Producers of Lirac

A

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

57
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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.

A

Vallongues

58
Q

First vintage of “Homage a Jacques Perrin” (Beaucastel)

A

1989

59
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A

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