France-Southern Rhone

Question 1

Name the regions of the Southern Rhone?

Answer 1

1. Beaumes-de-Venise
2. Cairanne
3. Chateauneuf-du-Pape
4. Cotes du Luberon
5. Costieres de Nimes
6. Coteaux de Pierrevert
7. Cotes du Vivarais
8. Cotes du Ventoux
9. Gigondas
10. Grignan-les-Adhemar
11. Lirac
12. Rasteau
13. Tavel
14. Vacqueras
15. Vinsobres
16. Cotes du Rhone

Question 2

Beaumes-de-Venise for the red table wine what grapes they use?

Answer 2

Syrah and Grenache and other Cote du Rhone varietals

Question 3

Beaumes-de-Venise white wines are sold under what name?

Answer 3

Cotes du Rhone Villages AOC

Question 4

In Beaumes-de-Venise Cote du Rhone VDN wine produced what grapes and proces is used?

Answer 4

For grape is used Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise.
They are naturally sweet and produced by adding the grape spirit to fermentation to arest it.
There is a lot of unfermented sugar left making sweet wine with 14-15% abv

Question 5

Cairanne Grapes?

Answer 5

Grenache, Syrah and other Cote du Rhone varietals.

Question 6

How is soil in Chateauneuf-du-Pape?

Answer 6

Much but not all is covered in Gallettes or Pudding stones, this are the larg,smooth,rounded stones they help draining ground, also act as a strong heaters to the wine at night, and prevent spoil underneath from drying out.

Question 7

Name grapes for reds in Chateauneuf-du-Pape?

Answer 7

There are 18:
1. Grenache
2. Syrah
3. Cinsault
4. Counoise
5. Mourvedre
These 5 are most important
Next 13 are minority
6. Bourboulenc
7. Clairette Blanche
8. Clairette Rose
9. Picardan
10. Picpoul Blanc
11. Gris
12. Noir
13. Muscadin
14. Grenache Blanc
15. Gris
16. Roussanne
17. Teret Noir
18. Vaccarese

Question 8

Name 2 top rated estates?

Answer 8

1. Chateau Beaucastel
2. Chateau Rayas

Question 9

Name some other higly rated estates?

Answer 9

1. Vieux Telegraph
2. Domaine du Pegau
3. Clos des Papes

Question 10

Cotes du Luberon location?

Answer 10

This is a small region east of Avignon

Question 11

In Cotes du Luberon reds and rose are made from?

Answer 11

1. Grenache
2. Syrah
3. Rest of CdR
4. Some producers use Pinot Noir

Question 12

In Cotes du Luberon white wine made from?

Answer 12

1. Clairette
2. Grenache Blanc
3. Roussanne
4. Ugni Blanc
5. Boublenc
6. Vermentino

Question 13

Costieres de Nimes is located?

Answer 13

In Gard adjacent to Languedoc region

Question 14

In Costieres de Nimes what wine are made?

Answer 14

Mainly red from Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache, Carignan and Cinsault

Question 15

Cotes du Ventoux Located?

Answer 15

This is a rage district between Cotes du Rhone and Cotes du Luberon

Question 16

In Rasteau there is a AOC for VDN name the villages from which they come from?

Answer 16

1. Rasteau
2. Sablet
3. Cairanne

Question 17

Tavel AOC what is specific about this AOC?

Answer 17

Tavel AOC is only Franch AOC that is specifficaly for red wine only
Produced from Grenache, Cinsault, Morvedre and Picpoul

Question 18

Cote du Rhone Villages AOC name the villages?

Answer 18

There is 16:
1. Chusclan
2. Laudun
3. Massif d’Uchaux
4. Plan de Dieu
5. Puymeras
6. Roaix
7. Rochegude
8. Rousset-les-Vignes
9. Sablet
10. Saint-Gervais
11. Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues
12. Saint-Pantaleon
13. Seguret
14. Signargues
15. Valreas
16. Visan