Southern Rhône Flashcards
PDO in Southern Rhône (17)
Grignan-les-Adhémar
Côtes du Vivarais
Duché d’Uzès
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Lirac
Tavel
Costières de Nîmes
Clairette de Bellegarde
Gigondas
Vacqueyras
Beaumes-de-Venise
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
Rasteau
Cairanne
Vinsobres
Ventoux
Luberon
Previous name of Grignan-les-Adhémar, and the key producer from there
Coteaux du Tricastin
Domaine de Gramenon
(Ceps Centenaires La Mémé: 120 yo grenache)
Domaine de Grangeneuve
Communes of Châteauneuf-du-Pape
OCBCS
Orange
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Bédarrides
Courthézon
Sorgues
13 grape varieties permitted in CDP
Syrah
Grenache (blanc, gris, noir)
Mouvèdre
Cinsault
Cunoise
Terret Noir
Vaccarèze (=brun argenté “silver brown”)
Muscardin
Roussanne
Clairette (blanc, rosé)
Bourboulenc
Picpoul (blanc, gris, noir)
Picardin
What is Râpé
In CDP, min. 2% of the harvest needs to be discarded or used for table wine in order to prevent under-ripeness
The minimum ABV for CDP
12.5%
(15% for top cuvées)?
Departments of Côtes du Rhône (4)
Ardèche
Vaucluse
Gard
Drôme
How many geographic destinations under Côtes du Rhône-Villages, and the special style of certain villages
21
(mostly permits white, red and rosé style)
-Laudun
-Sablet
-Saint-Maurice
R, Rosé only:
-Chusclan
Red only (10):
-Saint-Andéol
-Saint-Gervais
-Sainte-Cécile
-Massif d’Uchaux
-Plan de Dieu
-Gadagne
-Nyons
-Suze-la-Rousse
-Puyméras
-Vaison-la-Romaine
Wine styles of Gigondas, and when was is established
W: 70% clairette + southern Rhône grapes and marsanne
(permits since 2023)
R, Rosé: 50% grenache
1971
Wine style of Beaumes-de-Venise
Red only
50% grenache + 25-50% syrah
Wine style of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, and when was is established
VDN white, red, rosé
Muscat blanc/rouge à petits grains
Min.100g/L RS
5-10% portion of neutral spirit to wine
1945
Wine style of Rasteau
dry red: 50% grenache
(from Rasteau only)
VDN white, red, rosé:
mainly grenache blanc/gris/noir
-grenat/tuilé: 75% grenache noir
-Hors d’Age: aged for min. 5yrs (ambré, tuilé)
-Rancio: must show oxidative characteristics
(from Rasteau, Cairanne, Sablet)
Wine style of Cairanne
white and red
Wine style of Vinsobres
red only
50% grenache
How many Côtes du Rhône-Villages that is located at the west of the river
5
Saint-Andéol
Saint-Gervais
Massif d’Uchaux
Chusclan
Signargues
What is the latest PDO promoted in Rhône, and when was it
Laudun
-W: grenache blanc, clairette
-R: grenache, syrah
2024
Which PDO is nested in Costières de Nîmes, and what is its style of wine
Clairette de Bellegarde
(single-commune appellation)
White only: 100% clairette (dry)
Wine style of Duché d’Uzès
white, red, rosé
-W: 40% viognier, 30% grenache blanc
-R: 40% syrah, 20% grenache
-Rosé: 50% grenache, 20% syrah
What is Lauses soil and where can you find it
white calcareous stone
Tavel
