Roussillon Flashcards
Birthplace of VDN
Roussillon - 9o% of fortified French wines are made here
What does Rivesaltes mean?
High rivers
Roussillon AOPs
Banyuls Banyuls Grand Cru Collioure Cotes du Roussillon Cotes du Roussillon Villages Grand Roussillon Maury Muscat de Rivesaltes Rivesaltes
Name the communes that may add their name to Cotes du Roussillon Villages
Latour de France
Caramany
Lesquerde
Tautavel
red wines
Grapes
Principal
Grenache (noir, gris, blanc)
Maccabéo
Tourbat
Accessory
Muscat of Alexandria
Muscat á petits Grains
Tourbat synonym in Roussillon
Malvoisie de Roussillon
Muscat de Rivesaltes
If the wine is solely from Muscat varieties can be labeled such as
Banyuls AOP style and grapes
Vin Doux Naturel Blanc and Ambré - Grenache Blanc, Gris, Macabeu and Torubat
Vin Doux Naturel Rosé - Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Greanache Gris, Macabeu, Tourbat (same plus Grenache)
Vin Doux Naturel Rimage (vintage dated) - Grenache
Vin Doux Naturel Traditionnel (Rouge) - Min 5o% Grenache plus Grenache Gris
Vin Doux Naturel “Hors d’Age”
Aging requirements in Banyuls
Blanc and Rimage - May 1
Ambré and Traditionnel - March 1 of the 3rd year following harvest
Hors d’Age - Sept 1 of the 5th year following harvest
Banyuls Grand Cru AOP style and grapes
Vin Doux Naturel Rouge
Vin Doux Naturel Rouge “Hors d’Age”
Vin Doux Naturel Rouge “Rancio”
Min 75% Grenache, plus Greanche Gris, Blanc, Macabeu, Tourbat, Muscat Blanc á Petits Grains, Muscat d’Alexandrie
Élevage for Banyuls GC AOP
Banyuls Grand Cru - min 3o months in cask till June 1st of the 3rd year
Banyuls Grand Cru “Hors d’Age” - Sept 1 till Sept 1st of the 5th year following harvest
Unfortified Banyuls sold as
Collioure AOP
Dry wine appellations of Cotes du Roussillon
Collioure AOP
Maury AOP
Cotes du Roussillon AOP
Sub zone of Cotes du Roussillon
Les Aspres
Rimage
Banyuls GC AOP, vintage dated, bottled within a year
