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
