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1st single-vineyard Cote Rotie; producer / bottling / vintage

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Guigal “La Mouline” 1966

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Which of the Guigal Lalas is 100% Syrah?

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La Landonne

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1st vinrtage of La Mouline

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1966

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Who does Guigal purchase vines in La Mouline from?

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Gentaz Dervieux

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Biggest / most-tannic Lala wine

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La Landonne

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La Turque comes from what Lieu Dit? La Mouline?

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La Turque (Cote Brune); La Mouline (Cote Blonde)

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Name 2 producers of La Landonne

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Guigal, Rostaing, Delas

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What are chaillées?

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Terraces (dry stone wall) of Cote Rotie, Condrieu, Cornas

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Who produces Condrieu “La Bonnette”?

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Rene Rostaing

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What is Chapoutier’s Cote Rotie bottling?

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La Mordorée

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Which producer of St Joseph purchases the old Trollat vineyards?

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Gonon

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What is the traditional trellising used in Saint Joseph?

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Goblet

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Soil of Hermitage

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Granite (+ mica-schist & gneiss TS)

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Name the communes of production for Hermitage AOC

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Tain l’Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Larnage

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Vineyards of Hermitage face what direction?

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South

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Chapoutier’s Hermitage “Pavillon” comes from what vineyard?

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Syrah from Bessards

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Who produces Cote Rotie “La Mordoree”?

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Chapoutier

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18
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Who owns the chapel of Hermitage?

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Jaboulet

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Clape’s white wine

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Saint-Peray

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What river flows S of Crozes?

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Isere R

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What is Vitis Vienna?

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Producer organization of Seyssuel region NE of Cote Rotie (b/w Vienne & Lyon); proposed dossier for AOC

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Soil of Saint Peray

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Limestone

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In what Rhone region will you find the Crussol Ridge?

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Saint-Peray

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What is the size of a demi-muid?

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600L

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Name the white-wine only appellations of the Northern Rhone
Condrieu, Chateau Grillet, Saint-Peray, Clairette de Die, Cremant de Die, Coteaux de Die
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Styles of wine permitted under Chatillon-en-Diois AOC; grapes?
a) (dry / still) W / Ro / R; b) Chard / Aligote; Gamay
27
Grape and sweetness level of Clairette de Die Methode Ancestrale
Muscat (min 75%) & min 35 g/l RS
28
Still white wines of the Die are produced under what AOC?
Coteaux de Die & Chatillon-en-Diois
29
Name the sparkling AOCs of Northern Rhone
Cremant de Die, Clairette de Die, St Peray
30
Clairette de Die sits on what river?
Drome River
31
How many herbs, plants & flowers are used in the production of Chartreuse?
130
32
Max yields for Hermitage vin de paille
Max 15 hl/ha (vs 25 hl/ha for Sauternes); LOWEST IN FRANCE
33
What river flows through St Joseph and joins Rhone R @ Tournon?
Doux River
34
Chave's Hermitage rouge is a blend of how many climats? Which one is the base of the blend?
7; Bessards
35
Chave's Hermitage blanc is based on what lieux-dit?
Peleat (vines from 1910)
36
What is the wind that blows through Hermitage?
La Bise
37
Which of the 3 Lala's is not a single vineyard wine?
La Mouline (TM name NOT the name of a vineyard); collection of vineyards w/i Côte Blonde (Dervieux vineyards)
38
What does Condrieu translate to?
Corner of the stream
39
What is Chx Grillet's 2nd wine?
Pontcin
40
Name 2 reasons a producer will co-ferment Viognier with Syrah
Aromatic lift, color stability
41
Which producer inherits the vineyards of Gentaz Dervieux?
Rene Rostaing
42
What Cote Rotie wine (bottling / vintage) puts the region on the map after Robert Parker gives it a 100-pt score?
1985 La Turque (1st vintage of La Turque)
43
What is Guigal's top Hermitage bottling called?
Ex Voto (W & R)
44
Which producer is generally credited w/ "saving Condrieu" from extinction?
Georges Vernay
45
The Soane is a tributary of what major river?
Rhone River (joins @ Lyon)
46
What is the soil of Condrieu?
Decomposed Granite & Arzelles topsoil (powdery mica)
47
What 4 communes do St Joseph & Condrieu share?
Chavanay, St-Pierre-de-Boeuff, Malleval, Limony
48
Cuvee Cathelin - inaugural vintage + 2 vintages of production of the '90s & 2000s
1991 / 1991; 1995, 1998; 2000, 2003, 2009, 2010
49
Name 2 producers of Hermitage Vin de Paille
Chave & Chapoutier; Chave vintages: 1990 / 1991; 1996 / 1997, 2000
50
Min abv for Hermitage blanc; Condrieu?
Hermitage Blanc: 11%; Condrieu: 11.5%
51
Min abv for Hermitage rouge
Min 10.5% (every AOC of N Rhone = min 10.5% abv)
52
Producer, appellation and vineyard of "La Chapelle"
Jaboulet, Hermitage, blend of vineyards (Bessards, Le Meal, Greffieux, Rocoules) - "La Chapelle" is NOT a climate
53
Who is the number-one vineyard owner of Hermitage?
Chapoutier
54
Name 2 100% Marsanne Hermitage bottlings
Cave de Tain Hermitage Blanc, Chapoutier
55
Chave's Hermitage blanc is what % Marsanne?
0.8
56
What 4 producers control the bulk of Hermitage production?
Chapoutier, Jaboulet, Chave, Delas
57
What is the name of the hermite that lived on the hill of Hermitage
Gaspard de Sterimberg
58
The hill of Hermitage is planted to what % Syrah?
0.75
59
Which producer famously introduced Braille to its wine label?
Chapoutier
60
Who produces "Pavillon" and what vineyard does it come from?
Chapoutier; Bessards
61
Name 2 wines based on the Bessards climat
Pavillon (Chapoutier) & Cuvee Cathelin
62
Appellation and owner of Domaine de Thalabert
Crozes-Hermitage AOC; Jaboulet Ainé

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