Southern Rhone

Question 1

1. Which villages of the Cotes du Rhone Villages do not produce white wine?

Answer 1

a. Chusclan, Signargues, Puymeras, Massif d’Uichaux, Plan de Dieu

Question 2

2. Which grape has a higher minimum must weight than all others when a village designation is present on Cotes du Rhone-Villages?

Answer 2

a. Grenache- 216 g/L, all others are 207 g/L

Question 3

3. Grapes from vineyards north of what town have a lower necessary ripeness in Cotes du Rhone wines?

Answer 3

a. Montelimar. Minimum must weights of 161 g/L vs. 178 g/L for whites and 171 g/L vs. 180 g/L for reds

Question 4

4. Name all white grapes allowed in Chateauneuf-du-Pape.

Answer 4

a. Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Bourboulenc, Piquepoul Blanc, Clairette, Picardin

Question 5

5. Vacqueras and Beaumes de Venise are influenced by what body of water?

Answer 5

a. Canal de Carpentras

Question 6

6. What is the predominant soil type of Gigondas?

Answer 6

a. Alluvial stony red clay

Question 7

7. What are Lauses and in what appellation are they found?

Answer 7

a. White calcareous stones and galets found in Tavel AOC

Question 8

8. What red wine appellation has the highest maximum yields in the Southern Rhone?

Answer 8

a. Costieres de Nimes- 60 hl/ha

Question 9

9. What is the vintage on the most recently released bottle of Rasteau VdN Tuilé

Answer 9

2010

Question 10

10. What was Grignan-les-Adhemar AOP called before 2011?

Answer 10

a. Coteaux du Tricastin

Question 11

11. What is the appellation on Chateau Rayas “La Pialade”?

Answer 11

Cotes du Rhone

Question 12

12. What Cotes-du-Rhone Villages are located in the Drome Department?

Answer 12

a. Rousset-les-Vignes and St. Panthaleon-les-Vignes. They are also the furthest north

Question 13

13. What is the only non-fortified white wine appellation that is monovarietal?

Answer 13

a. Clairette de Bellegarde AOP (Clairette is the only allowed varietal)

Question 14

14. What is the only Southern Rhone appellation located in the Alpes-Hautes de Provence Department?

Answer 14

a. Pierrevert

Question 15

15. What is the minimum RS allowed in Rasteau VdN wines?

Answer 15

a. 45 g/L

Question 16

16. True or false, Rasteau VdN AOP wines can be sourced from a larger area than Rasteau AOP.

Answer 16

a. True. VdN can be sourced from the communes of Rasteau, Sablet, and Cairanne. Rasteau rouge can only be sourced from the Rasteau commune.

Question 17

17. In 2007, what % of Cotes du Rhone AOP production was red?
    a. 52%
    b. 73%
    c. 82%
    d. 94%- 4% rose, 2% blanc

Answer 17

d. 94%- 4% rose, 2% blanc

Question 18

18. What geological feature occupies the eastern half of Gigondas AOP?

Answer 18

a. Dentelles de Montmirail

Question 19

19. What is the name of the strong northerly wind that races through the Southern Rhone Valley?

Answer 19

Le Mistral

Question 20

20. Domaine le Sang des Cailloux and Domaine Couroulu are leading producers in what appellation?

Answer 20

a. Vacqueras

Question 21

21. The Ouveze river exerts the most influence on what two AOPs?

Answer 21

a. Vacqueras and Rasteau

Question 22

22. Who is the producer for the Gigondas cuvee “Les Souteyraudes”?

Answer 22

a. Domaine Saint Damien, 65 year old vines.

Question 23

23. Name 2 producers of Muscat-Beaumes de Venise

Answer 23

a. Domaine de Durban, Domaine de Beaumalric, Domaine des Bernardins, Jaboulet, Charpoutier, and many more

Question 24

24. What is the importance of Clement V to the history of the region?

Answer 24

a. He was the Pope that fled to Avignon and ordered the first vineyards planted in modern day Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Question 25

25. Name at least four of the departments whose grapes can be sourced for Cotes du Rhone AOP

Answer 25

a. Ardeche, Drome, Gard, Vaucluse, Rhone, Loire