Southern Rhone Valley Flashcards
Who makes Pignan?
Chateau Rayas
Young vines
100% Grenache
Who makes Pialade?
Chateau Rayas
Cotes du Rhone
80% Grenache, 15% Cinsault, 5% Syrah.
Who makes Hommage à Jacques Perrin
Chateau Beaucastel
prestige cuvée, only produced in the best years; made from low-yielding vines. Inaugural vintage 1989
What are the wineries owned by Rayas?
Chateau Rayas
Chateau de Fonsalette
Chateau de Tours
Who makes Télégramme?
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
(Blanc and Rouge): from young vines (less than 25-30 years)
Who makes the following wines:
Cuvée Laurence
Cuvée a Tempo - 1/3 each Clairette, Grenache Blanc & Roussanne
Cuvée Da Capo: Old vine selection from 3 terroirs, produced in just 7 vintages to date
Cuvée Inspiration: Utilizes 13 varieties from 2 terroirs
Domaine du Pegau
Who makes:
Réserve des Celestins
Cuvée Marie Beurrier
Henri Bonneau
Does not make any white wine
Who makes Cuvée des Cadettes:
Chateau la Nerthe
-sourced from old vines
Name 3 traditional producers in CDP.
Chateau Rayas
Chateau de Beaucastel
Vieux Télégraphe
Name 3 traditional producers in CDP.
Chateau Rayas
Chateau de Beaucastel
Vieux Télégraphe
Name a modern producer in CDP.
Pierre Usseglio
-100% destems
-aged in oak foudres for 18-24 months
Who makes XXL?
Domaine de la Janasse (Rouge)
Grenache with Mourvedre (whole cluster and aged in demi-muid) from the lieu dits of Beaucastel, La Crau, and Saumade. Produced in (2007, 2016, and 2019).
Who makes Cuvée Chaupin (Rouge)?
Domaine de la Janasse (Rouge)
100% Grenache from the lieu dit of Chapouin; aged in foudre and small oak barrels (a small percentage of which are new)
Who makes Cuvée Colombis?
Domaine Saint Préfert
Who makes Réserve Auguste Favier
Domaine Saint Préfert
-from extremely old vines, with low yields of 20 hl/ha
Who makes Collection Charles Giraud
Domaine Saint Préfert
-old-vine Grenache with very low yields of 15 hl/ha
Name 3 modern/semi-modern producers in CDP
Domaine Saint Préfert
Domaine de la Janasse
Pierre Usseglio
Domaine de la Solitude
Who makes
Cuvée Barberini (Blanc and Rouge)
Réserve Secrète
Cuvée Cornelia Constanza
Domaine de la Solitude
Who makes Clos de la Granière?
Chateau la Nerthe
younger vines
