Northern Rhone

Question 1

AOPs in North Rhone, n-S

Answer 1

Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
St. Joseph
Croze Hermitage
Hermitage
Cornas
Saint Peray

Question 2

Best vineyards in Condrieu

Answer 2

Chery
Chanson
Cote Bonnette
Les Eyguets

Question 3

Who produces the famous Condrieu Coteau du Vernon

Answer 3

George Vernay

Question 4

Main towns in Hermitage

Answer 4

Tain L’Hermitage
Tournon

Question 5

Is Guigal a traditionalist or Modernist?

Answer 5

Modernist

Question 6

Grape in Chapoutier Le Meal

Answer 6

100% Marsanne

Question 7

Traditionalist in Cote Rotie

Answer 7

Jamet
Jasmi
Rostaing
Levet

Question 8

Oldest bottling of La Las

Answer 8

La Landonne

Question 9

What is Clairette de die

Answer 9

natural sparkling white wine made in the Northern rhone from Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains and Clairette

Question 10

Biggest Commune of Cote Rotie

Answer 10

Ampuis

Question 11

What year was Cornas AOC established

Answer 11

1938

Question 12

what is the name of the naked granite soil in the vineyards of Cornas

Answer 12

Gore

Question 13

What regions in the Northern Rhone produce white wines?

Answer 13

St. Joseph
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
Croze Hermitage
Hermitage
St. Peray

Question 14

Two Planting styles in CDP

Answer 14

En Ligne, Au Carre
In a line, In a square

Question 15

Minimum RS for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise

Answer 15

100g/l

Question 16

French name for the Norther Rhone

Answer 16

Rhone Septentrionale

Question 17

What is the term for the powdery decomposed mica that defines the topsoil of Condrieu

Answer 17

Arzelle

Question 18

What is the max% of Marsanne/Rousanne that may be blended into red wines of Crozes Hermitage AOP?

Answer 18

Max 15%

Question 19

Who produces from La Las?

Answer 19

Guigal
Rostaing

Question 20

Where are the La Las

Answer 20

Cote Rotie

Question 21

In Cote Rotie, this much Viognier may be added to reds

Answer 21

20%

Question 22

St. Joseph may add this much Marsanne/Roussanne

Answer 22

10%

Question 23

Why coferment white and red?

Answer 23

Stabilizing red wine color, moderating tannin extraction

Question 24

Crusader turned hermit who lived atop Hermitage

Answer 24

Gaspard de Stérimberg

Question 25

Important climats of Hermitage

Answer 25

Le Meal Les Bessards Greffieux Beaume Péléat

Question 26

Smallest red wine aop of Northern Rhone

Answer 26

Cornas (just over 100ha)

Question 27

A demi muid (traditional barrel of Rhone) is how large

Answer 27

600L

Question 28

Is Clape a traditonalist or modernist

Answer 28

Traditionalist

Question 29

Hectares under vine in Chateau Grillet

Answer 29

3.5ha

Question 30

Main grape of Chatillon en Diois Rouge

Answer 30

Gamay: encepagement: Min 75% gamay plus PN and Syrah

Question 31

Big 4 of Hermitage

Answer 31

Chave Chapoutier Delas Jaboulet

Question 32

St. Peray exclusively produces this

Answer 32

Marsanne/Roussanne wines, may be made in methode traditionelle style

Question 33

Producers of Condrieu

Answer 33

Georges Vernay Yves Cuilleron Andre Perret

Question 34

Eschalas are found here, what are they

Answer 34

Cote Rotie. Means “staked upright”

Question 35

Who makes “Cuvee Cathelin”

Answer 35

Hermitage Chave “Ermitage” 1990 Named for Bernard Cathelin

Question 36

Most plantings in Northern Rhone

Answer 36

Crozes-Hermitage

Question 37

Permitted white grapes for Cote du Rhone blanc

Answer 37

80% combined Marsanne Rousanne Bourboulenc Grenache Blanc Clairette Viognier

Question 38

When was Crozes Hermitage created

Answer 38

1937

Question 39

Q Who produces Domaine de Thalabert and what is it

Answer 39

Crozes Hermitage bottling from Paul Jaboulet Aine

Question 40

Permitted training methods of Crozes Hermitage

Answer 40

Cordon de Royat & Gobelet

Question 41

Min Potential abv for Cornas

Answer 41

10.5%

Question 42

Producers of White Hermitage

Answer 42

Guigal: Ex-Voto Hermitage blanc Chapoutier: Le Méal Blanc, L’ermite blanc Ferroton: Le Reverdy Jaboulet Ainé: La Chapelle and Crozes Hermitage “Mule Blanche” Chave

Question 43

What are Chailées? Where are they located

Answer 43

What are Chailées? Where are they located

Question 44

What was the the best vintage of Northern Rhone between 00, 01, 02?

Answer 44

2001

Question 45

What is What is vinum picatum?

Answer 45

“Pitched wine,” (amphorae lined with resin) or an allusion to the tarry flavors of Syrah is unclear Romans brought wine back to Rome from Northern Rhone, first century CE

Question 46

Biggest Producer in Cote Rotie

Answer 46

E Guigal

Question 47

which way does the hill of hermitage face?

Answer 47

South

Question 48

Who produces Cuvée d’Ampodium?

Answer 48

Renée Rostaing