Southern Rhone Flashcards
What are the 4 main black grapes in the Southern Rhone?
Grenache
Mouvedre
Syrah
Cinsault
How is Grenache generally trained in the Southern Rhone?
Why?
Bush vines
Protection from mistral winds
Make the most of stony soils
What are the stony soils that many of the best sites depend on called?
Galets
What must be planted in much of the Southern Rhone to protect from the mistral? What happens to the mistral as it reaches the Southern Rhone?
Windbreaks
Gains speed
Which grape dominates the Southern Rhone both in planting and blend-makeup?
Grenache
What flavours are typical of best Grenache?
Spiced red fruit
What flavours might develop in Grenache during a hot year?
Overly jammy, baked fruit aromas
What climatic issues are typical of the Southern Rhone?
Drought
Wind
The Southern Rhone is the northern limit of which grape that thrives here?
Mourvedre
What characters compliment the black fruit aromas of Mourvedre when fully developed?
Meat and Game
Mourvedre is …. coloured and …. in tannin
Deeply
High
What aromas of Mourvedre are highly prized in Chateaneuf du Pape?
Meat and Game
While it does not contribute much in the way of colour or tannin, what does Cinsault bring to a blend?
Red fruit characters
What is Cinsault mainly used for in the Southern Rhone?
Blending with Grenache to make rose
Where might Syrah struggle in the Southern Rhone?
Hotter sites