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what is the min % of Grenache for CDR AOP?

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40% min for Southern Rhone

Northern Rhone made using Syrah

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Where can you find the following Communes?
Bedarrides
Courthezon
Orange
Sorgues
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Communes of CNP AOP

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what is the white grape for CDR AOP?

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min 80% Mars+Rous+Bourboulenc+GB+Clairette+Viognier

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Min Alc for CDR AOP?

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min 11%

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what was the name of Grignans Les Adhemar AOP?

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Coteaux du Tricastin AOP 1973

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Grignans les Adhemar AOP?

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Blanc min 30% Viognier
Rouge min 70% combined Grenache & Syrah
Rose same as red
min 11% Alc

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Cote du Vivarais AOP?

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Blanc= Min 50% Grenache + Clairette & Marsanne
Rouge= Min 40% Syrah + min 30% Grenache.
Carbonic maceration prohibited for all wines.
Rose= 60 to 80% Grenache
min 11% Alc

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Duche D’Uzes AOP?

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AOP in 2013
blanc= Viognier+GB+Clairette
Rose= Min 50% Grenache+min 20% Syrah+Carignan
Red= min 40% Syrah+min 20% grenache+Carignan
Min 12% Alc

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What are the last villages of CDR Village AOP?

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Vaison La romaine
Sainte Cecile
Suze la Rousse

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how many villages can be attached to CDR Village AOP?

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21

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what are the CDR villages producing only red wine?

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Puymeras
Massif D'uchaux
Plan de Dieu
Signargues
Gadagne
Suze la Rousse
Vaison La Romaine
sainte Cecile
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what is the most northern village of CDR village AOP?

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Rousset Les Vignes

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what is the most southern village of CDR Village AOP?

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Gadagnes

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what wine is CDR Village AOP?

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blanc= min 50% combined Bourboulenc, Mars, Rous, Viognier, Clairette, Ugni Blanc.
min 12% Alc
Rose and Rouge= min 50% Grenache + min 1 complementary grape (Mourvèdre/Syrah)
Min 12% alc
Min 12.5% Alc with sub zones denomination

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who can we attribute the creation of AOC system and when?

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Baron Le Roy of Chateau Fortia in Chateauneuf-du-pape

in 1923

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when was Chateauneuf-du-pape AOP granted?

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1936

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how many grapes for CNP AOP?

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what are the principal soil of CNP AOP?

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Galets Roules (Pebbles)
Sand
Calcareous

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name the villages authorised for CNP AOP, north to south?

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Orange
Courthezon
Chateauneuf-du-pape
Bedarrides
Sorgues
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can you have white and red grape used for CNP red?

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all varieties authorised, white and red musts need to be blended prior fermentation.

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what are the main requirement for CNP AOP?

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hand harvesting
min 2% of harvested grape must be used for table wine or rape.
flash pasteurisation is permitted for wine
chaptalisation prohibited for red.

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where can you find the La Crau vineyard?

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Chateuneuf-du-pape AOP

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Chateuneuf du Pape is west of the Rhone river?

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Wrong, it is on the Est border

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what is the min % of grenache in Gigondas AOP

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min 50% grenache

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what is Gigondas AOP?
rouge and rose min 50% grenache + min Syrah or Mourvedre min 12.5% Alc
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where can you find Les Dentelles de Montmirail?
geological aspect within Gigondas AOP
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What is Vacqueyras AOP?
Blanc= Bourboulenc, Clairette, GB min 12% Alc Rose and Rouge based on grenache Red min 50% of Grenache+ min Syrah or Mourvedre Min 12.5% Alc
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Vinsobres AOP?
Red only min 50% Grenache + Syrah and Mourvedre Min 12.5% Alc Not released before 31/03 of the following year
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What is Beaumes de Venise AOP?
Red wine only min 50% grenache + (25-50%) Syrah manual harvesting, min 12.5% Alc
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When was Cairanne AOP granted? what was it before?
2016. Prior to that, it was a CDR Village AOP
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Cairanne AOP?
``` white= Bourboulenc, Clairette, GB rouge= Min 50% grenache + Syrah & Mourvèdre ```
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what are the communes of production of Muscat Beaumes de Venise AOP?
Beaumes de Venise | Aubignan
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what style of wine is MBV AOP?
VDN blanc, rose and rouge MBPG and MRPG min pot alc 21.5% and min acquired 15% min RS 100g/l
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what is the min RS for Muscat Beaumes de Denise AOP?
100 g/l
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what is Rasteau AOP?
VDN | Red wine
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What is the sweetest? Rasteau VDN AOP Muscat Beaumes de Venise AOP
Muscat Beaumes de Venise AOP min 100 g/l | Rasteau VDN AOP min 45 g/l
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Rasteau AOP rouge?
min 50% Grenache min 12.5% Alc not released before 31/03 of the following year
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what is Rasteau VDN AOP?
``` VDN Blanc= GB and Grenache VDN Ambre= Grenache, GB and GG VDN Tuile & Grenat= min 75% Grenache VDN Rose/Hors d'Age/Rancio min 15% Alc acquired and min 45 g/l RS ```
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what is the proportion of pure Alc to wine in Rasteau VDN?
5 to 10% of neutral Spirit
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Lirac AOP?
``` Blanc= Bourboulenc, Clairette, GB Rose= min 40% Grenache, cinsault, Syrah, Mourvèdre Rouge= min 40% grenache cinsault, Syrah, Mourvedre ```
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Tavel AOP?
rose wine only grenache noir must be present + White and red grapes min 11.5% alc AOP in 1936
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what is the name of the soil in Tavel?
Lauses | White Calcareous stone
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where can you find the Lauses soil?
White calcareous soil in Tavel AOP
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what is Tavel AOP wine?
Rose wine only
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what is Clairette de Belgrave AOP?
white wine only 100% Clairette min 11% Alc
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Costieres de Nimes AOP?
blanc/rose/rouge
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what was the name of Costieres de Nimes AOP in 1986?
Costieres du Gard
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what is the assemblage for Costieres de Nimes AOP white?
min 60% ppl grapes (GB,Mars, Rous) and max 20% Viognier | Min 2 varieties
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What is the assemblage for Costieres de Nimes AOP rouge?
min 50% ppl grapes (GMS) and max 10% Marselan | Min 2 varieties
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What was the first name of Luberon AOP?
Cotes du Luberon AOP
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What is Luberon AOP?
blanc/rose/rouge Blanc based on usual blend Rouge based on Grenache
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Ventoux AOP?
blanc based on usual blend | rouge based on Carignan, Cinsault, GSM
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name the best vintages since 2010 in southern rhone?
2016 Fantastic and even throughout the season 2015 ripe with low yield 2011 good 2010 excellent
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what are the poor vintages of southern rhone since 2010?
2014 Cool and Wet 2013 Coulure 2012 decent
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what are the good vintages in southern rhone since the 80's?
2009 2006 2005 2001 1995 1990 1989 1988
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Where is Saint Andéol village?
part of the Northern Rhone. | Last village of the CDR villages AOP
57
What AOP of the Southern Rhône is producing red only?
Vinsobres AOP | Beaumes de Venise AOP
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What AOP of the Southern Rhône is producing Blanc only?
Clairette de Bellegrade AOP
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what is the last Village added to the AOP CDR Village?
Saint Andéol in the Ardèche
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largest AOP in Southern Rhône outside CDR Villages?
Côtes du Ventoux AOP
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what specifics winemaking method are prohibited in Cairanne AOP?
Thermovinification Flash Detente Use of Oak other than Barrels
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what are the 3 major requisition in CNP AOP?
No Chaptalisation Hand Harvest mandatory min 2% of harvest used for table winner discarded (rapé)
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Where can you find the vineyard la Crau?
CNP
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Characteristic of the La Crau Parcelle?
supposed to be the best one in CNP on a plateau with

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