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When did Chateauneuf du Pape gain AOP status?

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May 15 1936 (first AOC in France)

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In what department is Chateauneuf du Pape?

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Vaucluse

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Name 2 of the communes of production in Chateauneuf du Pape

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  • Chateauneuf du Pape
  • Orange
  • Bedarrides
  • Courthezon
  • Sorgues
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What is le râpé?

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A process that mandates that growers declassify or discard 2% of harvested grapes. This serves as a safeguard against underripeness.

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Who released the first estate bottled Chateauneuf du Pape? In what year?

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Chateau La Nerthe in 1785

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What is the primary white grape in Chateau Beaucastel’s Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc

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Rousanne

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What are the grape varieties used in Chateau Rayas Blanc?

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Majority Grenache Blanc with some Clairette

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What styles of wine are allowed in the Cotes du Rhone AOP?

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Blanc
Rouge
Rose
Primeur/Nouveau rose/rouge

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What are the principal and accessory white varieties of the Cotes du Rhone AOP?

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Principal varieties: Min. 80% combined Marsanne, Roussanne, Bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, and Viognier

Accessory Varieties: Max 20% combined Piquepoul Blanc and Ugni Blanc

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What are the principal/complementary/accessory red varieties of the Cotes du Rhone AOP?

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Principal Variety: Min. 30% Grenache, except for vineyards north of Montélimar

Complementary Varieties: Min. 20% combined Mourvèdre, and Syrah (min. 70% combined principle and complementary varieties)

Accessory Varieties: Brun Argenté (Vaccarèse/Camarèse), Carignan, Cinsault, Clairette Rosé, Counoise, Muscardin, Piquepoul Noir, Terret Noir; max. 10% Marselan; max. 5% combined white varieties (Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Piquepoul Blanc, Clairette, Ugni Blanc, and Viognier

Producers farming less than 1.5 hectares are not required to include the min. 15% Syrah and Mourvèdre in their wines
The min. 15% Syrah and Mourvèdre applies after harvest 2019

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How much Rhone Valley wine is released as Cotes du Rhone AOP?

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Two thirds

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How many communes are allowed to append their name to the Cotes du Rhone AOP?

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21

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What wine styles are allowed in the Cotes du Rhone Village AOP?

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Blanc
Rouge
Rose

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What is the minimum amount of grenache required in red Cotes du Rhone Villages?

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40%

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What is the minimum amount of Grenache allowed in Cotes du Rhone AOP?

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30%

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When was the Gigondas AOP created

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1971

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What wine styles are allowed in Gigondas and Vacqeras?

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  • white
  • red
  • rose
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What is the minimum amount of Grenache allowed in Gigondas AOP?

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50% from the 2014 harvest forward

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What is the principal soil type in Gigondas?

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Stony red clay alluvium

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In what year was Vacqueras awarded AOP status?

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1990

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What is the minimum percentage of Grenache in Vacqueras AOP?

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50%

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In what year was Beaumes de Venise granted AOP status and what style of wine is permitted?

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2005, red wine only

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What is the minimum amount of grenache required in Beaumes de Venise?

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50%

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What style of wine is allowed in Vinsobres AOP?

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red only, grenache based (min 50%)

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What styles of wine are permitted in Cairanne?
red and white
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Name the 2 red wine only producing communes of the Southern Rhone?
- Beaumes de Venise - Vinsobres
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What are the wine styles permitted in Lirac?
- white - red - rose
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What is the minimum percentage of Grenache allowed in Lirac AOC?
40%
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What is the only style of wine made in Tavel AOP?
rose
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What is the encepagement of wines from Tavel AOC?
- 30 to 60% combined Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, and Grenache Noir (must include grenache noir) - max 60% Clairette, Clairette Rosé, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Gris, Piquepoul Noir, and Syrah - max 10% each Calitor and Carignan
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What winery does Chateau Rayas own in Vacqueras?
Fonsalette
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What wine styles are allowed in Rasteau AOP?
- Vins Doux Naturel - Unfortified reds
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What is the principal variety for unfortified reds in Rasteau AOP?
Grenache (min 50%)
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What are the communes of production in the Rasteau AOP?
- Cairanne - Sablet - Rasteau
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Which is the only commune of the Rasteau AOP allowed to make unfortified red?
Rasteau
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What styles of Vins Doux Naturel are allowed in the Rasteau AOP?
- Vin Doux Naturel Blanc - Vin Doux Naturel Ambre (Tawny Blanc) - Vin Doux Naturel Grenat and Tuilé (Rouge) - Vin Doux Naturel Rose - Vin Doux Naturel Hors d'Age - Vin Doux Naturel Rancio
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What is the minimum residual sugar for Vin Doux Naturel wines in the Rasteau AOP?
45 g/L
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What are the principal grape varieties for Rasteau Vin doux naturel blanc?
Grenache Blanc and Grenache Gris
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What are the principal grape varieties for Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel Ambré and Rose?
- Grenache - Grenache Gris, - Grenache Blanc
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What is the principal grape varietie for Rasteau Vin Doux Naturel Grenat and Tuilé (Rouge)?
Min. 75% Grenache
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What does the term ambré mean on a label in the Rasteau AOP?
White VDN wines showing a more oxidative character and subject to at least 3 years of ageing prior to release
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What does the term tuilé mean on a label in the Rasteau AOP?
Red VDN wines showing a more oxidative character and subject to at least 3 years of ageing prior to release
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When can Rasteau VDN blanc and grenat be released?
May 1 of the year following harvest
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What does the term Hors d’age mean on a label in the Rasteau AOP?
VDN wines that have matured for at least 5 years prior to release
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What does the term Rancio mean on a label in the Rasteau AOP?
VDN wines made in a deliberately oxidative and maderized style in which the wine is left in open barrels, exposed to the ravages of sunlight and temperature
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What is the name of the local cooperative that produces 90% of the wines in Muscat de Beaumes de Venise?
The Vignerons de Beaumes de Venise
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What styles of wine are made in Muscat de Beaumes de Venise and what grape varieties are permitted?
VDN blanc, rose, and rouge muscat blanc/rouge a petit grains
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What is the minimum residual sugar for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise?
100 g/L
49
In what year did Pope Clement V move the court from Rome to Avignon?
1309
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What is the minimum abv in Cote du Rhone Village with and without a subzone?
- 12% for all wine without a subzone - 12.5% for red with a subzone
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Principal varieties must account for what percentage of the blend for wines of Cairanne AOP?
- 70% for white wine - 40% for red wine
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The wines of Cotes du Vivarais are based on what grape?
- grenache (rose) - grenache blanc (white) - syrah and grenache (red)
53
What percentage of wine in the Rhone Valley comes from the Southern Rhone?
95%
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What are the permitted white grapes in Tavel AOP?
- grenache blanc/gris - bourboulenc - clairette - piquepoul blanc/gris
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What are the permitted red grapes of Tavel AOP?
- grenache - clairette rose - cinsault - mourvedre - carignan - calitor - syrah - piquepoul noir
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What is the significance of the papal crest on bottles of Chateauneuf du Pape?
Recognizes estate bottled wine
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What white grapes are allowed in Cote du Rhone blanc?
- marsanne - rousanne - bourboulence - grenache blanc - clairette - viognier - piquepoul blanc - ugni blanc
58
All wines of Ventoux AOP must be a blend of at least how many varieties?
2
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What AOP has the highest min abv in France for dry red wine?
Cheateauneuf du Pape
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What is the largest appellation in the Southern Rhone?
Cotes du Rhone
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The red wines of Cotes du Rhone AOP must be made up of what percentage (combined) of grenache, syrah, and mourvedre?
70%
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In what region is Clairette de Bellegarde AOP located?
Southern Rhone
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What is the name of the smooth quartzite river rocks found in Chateauneuf du Pape?
galet
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Which two producers in Chateauneuf du Pape use all allowed grapes?
- Chateau de Beaucastel - Clos des Papes
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Where are the headwaters of the Rhone river?
Switzerland
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What climatic element defines the Southern Rhone?
Le Mistral
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What Chateauneuf du Pape producer often used mourvedre as the dominant grape?
Chateau du Beaucatsel
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What is the max yield for Cotes du Rhone AOP?
51 hl/ha
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Gigondas blanc must be made with 70% what grape?
clairette blanc
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What is the max yield in Chateauneuf du Pape?
35 hl/ha
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What is the max percentage of white varieties allowed in Cotes du Rhone rouge?
5%
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In what year was dry, unfortified red wine permitted in Rasteau commune?
2010
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What are the communes of production for Tavel AOP?
- Tavel - Roquemaure
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In what year did INAO transfer oversight of Costieres de Nimes from the Languedoc to Rhone?
2004
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Blends in Costieres de Nimes AOP are based on which grapes?
white - grenache blanc, marsanne, rousanne red - GSM
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What AOP adjoins the Southern Rhone, Provence, and the Languedoc?
Costieres de Nimes
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What is the max yield for Rasteau VDN?
30 hl/ha
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What is the max yield in Tavel AOP?
46 hl/ha
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What is the min abv in Tavel AOP?
11.5%
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What is the minimum must weight for both Rasteau and Beaumes de Venise AOP?
252 g/L
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What is the northernmost appellation in the Southern Rhone and what are the primary varieties?
Grignan-les-Adhemar red - grenache and syrah white - viognier, grenache blanc, marsanne
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Where is Duche d'Uzes AOP and what styles are allowed?
Southern Rhone - red - white - rose
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What 2 single vineyards of Chateauneuf du Pape does Chapoutier have holdings in?
- Barbe Rac - Croix de Bois
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What is Lauses soil?
White, calcareous soil found in Tavel
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What are the 13 grapes allowed in Chateauneuf du Pape?
- grenache - syrah - mourvedre - cinsault - counoise - clairette - bourboulenc - picpoul - picardin - muscardin - rousanne - terret noir - vaccarese
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Who produces 'Cuvee Barberini?'
Domaine de la Solitude
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What Chateauneuf du Pape producer often makes wine with 100% grenache?
Chateau Rayas
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Who produces Cuvee des Cadettes ?
Chateau La Nerthe
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Which Cotes du Rhone Village produces red and rose wine only?
Chusclan
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List 3 villages that can append their name to Cotes du Rhone Villages AOP
- Chusclan - Gadagne - Massif d'Uchaux - Nyons - PLan du Dieu - Puymeras - Saint Andeao - Saine Cecile - Suze la Rousse - Vaison la Romaine
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Marselan is a cross of what two grapes?
Cab Sauv X Grenache

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