Northern Rhone Flashcards

1
Q

AOPs of Northern Rhone Valley

A

Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Chateau Grillet
Saint Joseph
Crozes-Hermitage
Hermitage
Cornas
Saint Peray
Chatillon-en-Diois
Clairette de Die
Coteaux de Die
Cremant de Die

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2
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Major Lieux dits of Hermitage

A
Les Grandes Vignes
L'Hermite
Varogne
Les Vercandieres
Les Bessards
Les Diognieres
Les Baumes
Le Meal
Les Murets
La Croix
Peleat
Les Rocules
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3
Q

Most favored vineyards in Condrieu

A

Chéry
Chanson
Cote Bonnette
Les Eyguets

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4
Q

George Vernay produces this famous Condrieu

A

Coteau du Vernon

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5
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Main towns of Hermitage

A

Tain L’Hermitage
Tournon

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6
Q

Is Guigal a traditionalist or Modernist

A

Modernist, wines aged 42 mos in new oak

Landonne
Mouline
La Turque

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7
Q

Chapoutier’s bottling of Le Méal blanc is 100% this varietal

A

Marsanne

He specializes in single varieties
and is biodynamic. Braille on label

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8
Q

Traditionalist producers of Cote Rotie

A
Barge
Gangloff
Jamet
Jasmin
Levet
Rostaing (Cote Blonde)
Domaine Barge
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9
Q

Longest lived of “La La” Bottlings

A

La Landonne

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10
Q

South east of valance

Four appellations on the drome river (tributary of Rhone):

A

Coteaux de Die
Cremant de Die
Clairette de DIe
Chatillon en Diois

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11
Q

Two styles of Clairette de die

A

Methode traditionelle (clairette blanc)
Metode dioise ancestrale (75% Muscat a Petit Grains)

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12
Q

Communes of Productions for Saint Joseph

A

Ardeche:

Andance
Ardoix
Arras Sur Rhone
Champagne
Charnas
Chateaubourg
Felines
Glun
Lemps
Limony
Ozon
Peyraud
St. Desirat
St. Ettienne de Valoux
Saint Jean de Muzols
Sarras
Tournon-Sur-Rhone*
Vion

Loire:

Chavanay*
Malleral
Saint Pierre de Boeuf

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13
Q

Communes of Cote Rotie (3)

A

St-Cyr-sur le rhone
Ampuis
Tupin et Semons

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14
Q

Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie

Tupin et Semons:

A
Bons Arrets
Tupin
Coteaux de Tupin
Pimotins
Collet
But de Mont
Maison Rouge
Les Bercheries
Beton
Corps de Loup
Semons
Maison Blanches
Coteaux de Bassenon
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15
Q

Lieux dits of Cote Rotie

Ampuis:

A
Lesardes
Cognet
Gerine
Montmain
Besset
Verenay
Berthelon
Grandes Place
La Vialliere
Arselie
Le Plomb
Chatelon
Le Champon
Fourvier
Neve
Cote Rozier
Rozier
Mornachon
Bonnivieres
Rochins
La Landonne
Leyat
Cote Bodin
La Roche
Le Champin
Les Moutonnes
Le Bourg
Ritolas
Janet
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16
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Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie

Ampuis (Cont’d)

A

Grand Tallis
La Brocarde
La Brosse
Fongeant
Cote Brune
Le Truchet
Le Carcan
Chauaroche
Baleyat
Cote Blonde
La Taquiere
Marsanne
Lancement
La Triotte
Bas Boucharey
Le Mollard
La Goutay
Le Combard

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17
Q

Lieux Dits of Cote Rotie

St. Cyr-Sur Le Rhone:

A

Vererance
Planeze
La Chapuise
Le Village
Le Remilly
Cumelle
Les Chanavaries
Le Mont
Montils
La Servonniere
Plany
Bourrier

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18
Q

Lieux dits of Cornas

A

Les Mazards
La Cote
Cayret
Reynard
Chaillot
Champelrose
Les Saveaux Nord
Les Rieux
Saint Pierre
etc..

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19
Q

What year was Cornas AOC established

A

1938

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20
Q

In what departement is Cornas

A

Ardeche

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21
Q

AOPs for Syrah in Northern Rhone

A
Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage
Cornas
St. Joseph
Cote Rotie
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22
Q

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

A

Gore

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23
Q

What are the AOPs in Northern Rhone that may produce white wines

A

St. Joseph
Crozes Hermitage
Hermitage
St. Peray
Condrieu
Chatillon en Diois
Clairette de Die
Chateau Grillet
Coteaux de die

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24
Q

Communes of production for Hermitage

A

Tain-L’Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage
Larnage

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25
Q

What are the two planting styles of vines in Chateauneuf du Pape

A

En Ligne
Au Carré

In a line, in a square

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26
Q

What is the minimum RS for Muscat de Beaumes de Venise?

A

100g/l

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27
Q

What is the French name for Northern Rhone

A

Rhone Septentrionale

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28
Q

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

A

Arzelle

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29
Q

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

A

Max 15%

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30
Q

La La Bottlings and some producers

A

Cote Rotie:

La Turque
La Landonne
La Mouline

E. Guigal
Rene Rostaing

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31
Q

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

A

20%

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32
Q

St. Joseph may add this much Marsanne/Roussanne

A

10%

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33
Q

Why coferment white and red?

A

Stabilizing red wine color, moderating tannin extraction

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34
Q

Northernmost appellation in Northern Rhone Valley

A

Cote Rotie

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35
Q

Crusader turned hermit who lived atop Hermitage

A

Gaspard de Stérimberg

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36
Q

Important climats of Hermitage

A
Le Meal
Les Bessards
Greffieux
Beaume
Péléat
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37
Q

Four Lieux Dits of Cornas

A

Les Reynards
La Cote
Les Chaillot
Les Mazards

RCCM

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38
Q

Smallest red wine appellation of Northern Rhone

A

Cornas

just over 100ha

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39
Q

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

(Like a halbstucke)

A

600L

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40
Q

A. Clape is known as a traditionalist

Whole cluster, larger demi muids

In what AOP

A

Cornas

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41
Q

Main Commune of St. Joseph

A

Tournon-Sur-Rhone

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42
Q

St. Joseph Extends through these AOPs from North to South

A

Condrieu (North)

St. Peray (South)

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43
Q

Encepagement/Assemblage for Cremant de die AOP

A

Blanc:

Min 55% Clairette Min 10% Aligoté
5-10% Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains

Assemblage:

The proportion of Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains can’t exceed more than 10% of blend

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44
Q

Max RS for Cremant de Die AOP

A

Max 15 g/l RS

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45
Q

Minimum potential alc/aging Cremant de die

A

9% potential
10% acquired abv
9mos lees prior to degorgement

46
Q

Hectares under vine for Chateau Grillet

A

3.5

47
Q

Soil Types:

Cote Blonde
Cote Brune

(Cote Rotie)

A

Cote Blonde: (South) gneiss

Cote Brune: (North) mica-schistous rock

48
Q

Francois Pinault purchased Chateau Grillet from Nayret Gachet in 2011 with this conglomerate

A

Artemis Domaines

49
Q

Second wine of Chateau Grillet

A

“Pontcin” 100% Viognier first vintage 2011 Named for lieu dit of Chateau Grillet

50
Q

Encepagement for Coteaux de die AOP (still)

A

100% Clairette

51
Q

Northern Rhone appellations for sparkling wine

A

Saint Peray
Clairette de Die
Cremant de Die

52
Q

Clairette de Die Méthode Dioise Ancestrale must be this:

A

Min 75% Muscat a Petits Grains plus Clairette
three atmospheres pressure
35g/l RS

53
Q

Main grape of Chatillon en Diois Rouge

A

Gamay: encepagement:

Min 75% gamay plus PN and Syrah

54
Q

Assemblage of Chatillon en diois (still wine!)

A

Blanc: Chardonnay and Aligoté

Rouge: min. 75% Gamay, plus Pinot Noir and Syrah
Rosé: min. 75% Gamay, plus Pinot Noir and Syrah

55
Q

Producers of Hermitage

A

JL Chave

Jaboulet-Aîné
Delas
M. Chapoutier (All negociants)

Albert Belle
La Cave de Tain (winegrowers' cooperative 
Domaine des Martinelles
 Father and Son
Domaine des Remizières
 Marc Sorrel 
Tardieu-Laurent
56
Q

Paul Jaboulet Ainé’s premium wine

A

La Chapelle

57
Q

Department Chatillon en diois

A

Drome

58
Q

Who, other than Guigal bottles La Landonne (longest lived)

A

Jean Michel Gérin and Rene Rostaing

59
Q

Main town centered near St. Joseph

A

Chavanay

60
Q

Vineyards of St. Joseph

A
La Petite Gorge
La Ribardy
Les Eyguets
La Cote
Izeras
61
Q

St. Peray exclusively produces this

A

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

62
Q

Vin de Paille (Hermitage)

Was revived by this producer in thee 1970s

A

Gérard Chave

63
Q

Producers of Condrieu

A

Georges Vernay
Yves Cuilleron
André Perret

64
Q

When did Romans spread viticulture to Northern Rhone

A

1st Century

65
Q

Eschalas are found here, what are they

A

Cote Rotie. Means “staked upright”

66
Q

Who makes “Cuvee Cathelin”

A

Hermitage
JL Chave “Ermitage” 1990
Named for Bernard Cathelin

67
Q

Most plantings in Northern Rhone

A

Crozes-Hermitage

68
Q

Departements of Cotes du Rhone north to south

A
Rhone
Loire
Ardeche
Drôme
Vaucluse
Gard
69
Q

Cote du Rhone blanc grapes permitted

A

min

80% combined Marsanne
Rousanne
Bourboulenc
Grenache Blanc
Clairette
Viognier

Accessory varieties max 20% combined piquepoul blanc and ugni blanc

70
Q

Cote du Rhone rouge must be at least 30% this

A

Min. 30% Grenache, *except for vineyards north of Montélimar

71
Q

What year was Crozes Hermitage AOP created

A

1937

72
Q

Departments of Northern Rhone Valley

A
Drome
Ardeche
Rhone
Loire
Gard
73
Q

Style of wine permitted in coteaux de die AOP

A

100% Clairette, still wine

established 1993

74
Q

Who produces Domaine de Thalabert and what is it

A

Crozes Hermitage bottling from Paul Jaboulet Aine

75
Q

Permitted training methods of Crozes Hermitage

A

Cordon de Royat

Gobelet

76
Q

Difference in soil type from North to South Crozes Hermitage

A

North:

Granitic Slopes similar to Hermitage

South: alluvial soils of glacial origin

77
Q

Min Potential abv for Cornas

A

10.5%

78
Q

Communes of production for Condrieu

A

Condrieu
Verin
Saint Michel sur Rhone
(original)

Limony
Chavanay
Malleval
Saint Pierre de Boeuf added 1967

79
Q

Producers of White Hermitage

A

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

80
Q

What are Chailées? Where are they located

A

vineyard terraces carved into steep slopes of Cornas

81
Q

AOP for Rosé in Northern Rhone

A

Cotes du Rhone AOP

82
Q
A
83
Q

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

A

01

84
Q

These communes of production are shared between Condrieu and St. Joseph

A

Chavanay
Malleval
St. Pierre du Boeuf
Limony

In Loire department

All added to condrieu in 1967

85
Q

Map of Cornas

A
86
Q

Map of Cote Rotie, Condrieu and Saint Joseph

A
87
Q

Map of all Rhone Valley

A
88
Q

The Northern Rhone runs between these two cities from North to South

A

Vienne to Valence

89
Q

What is What is vinum picatum?

A

“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

90
Q

Biggest producer in Cote Rotie

A

E. Guigal

91
Q

The hill of Hermitage faces this aspect

A

directly

south

92
Q

Four Producers of the hill of Hermitage

A

Jean-Louis Chave and the négociants Delas, M. Chapoutier, and Jaboulet.

93
Q

This producer revived Vin de Paille in the 70s in Hermitage

A

Gérard Chave

94
Q

Condrieu size:

A

less than 200 delimited hectares

95
Q

Smallest red wine AOP in Rhone

A

Cornas 100 hectares

96
Q

Which AOC includes the Vineyard “Chante Alouette?” What styles of wine are made from it?

A

Climat of Hermitage, white wines

97
Q

Minimum must weight Vin de Paille in Hermitage (highest must weight in France) (after drying)

A

350 g/l

98
Q

Producers of Crozes-Hermitage

A
Alain Graillot
Belle
Domaine Pochon
Domaine Marc Sorrel
Domaine de Colombier
Tardieu Laurent
Tain Co op
Domaine Yann Chave
Combier
des Entrefaux
des Remizieres
99
Q

One of the best white wine vinyeards in Hermitage

A

Raucoules from Chapoutier, Chave, Marc sorrel

100
Q

Training of Chateau Grillet

A

Guyot

101
Q

Famous producers of Cornas

A

Jean Luc Columbo (known for new oak, “Vallon d’LAigle”
Thierry Allemand (Reynard old vines and decomposed granite, Chaillots younger vines and granite, limestone)
Auguste Clape

102
Q

Primary soil type of Chateau Grillet

A

Granitic Sand

103
Q

Producer of 100% Marsanne from Saint Peray

A

Chaboud

104
Q

Who produces “Vielle Fontaine” (Cornas)

A

Alain Voge, 80 year old Syrah vines

105
Q

Who produces the cuvee from Cote Blonde “La Chatillonne?”

A

Domaine Vidal Fleury

106
Q

Who produces Cuvée d’Ampodium?

A

Renée Rostaing

107
Q

How many lieux dits of Cote Rotie?

A

73, split across three communes

108
Q

Minimum Abv of Hermitage Blanc

A

11%

109
Q

First vintage of Production “Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin?” Chave

A

1990

110
Q

Which AOC includes the vineyard ‘Chante Alouette’? What style of wines are made from it?

A

Hermitage, vin blanc sec

111
Q

What is the former name of Grignan Les Adhémar

A

Coteaux du Tricastin