Northern Rhône

Question 1

How many AOCs are not permitted to make Côtes du Rhône

Answer 1

7 south
1 north

Question 2

Where can Côtes du Rhône AOC wines come from?

Answer 2

Either N Rhône (very little) or S Rhone
Vienne to Avingnon

Question 3

What is the production of Côtes du Rhône?

Answer 3

4%
Dry white, rose, red

Question 4

Where do blending rule change for Côtes du Rhône?

Answer 4

Montelimar (split N / S)
N - 1 principal >60%
S - 2 Principal >60% Grenache required

Question 5

Where can Côtes du Rhône Village produce?

Answer 5

Only S Rhône

Question 6

What part of Rhône is Dios considered?

Answer 6

Northern Rhône but not permitted for Côtes du Rhône

Question 7

How many Northern and Southern Crus?

Answer 7

North - 8
South - 9

Question 8

How many Côtes du Rhône AOC villages?
How many CDR Village AOCs?
How many can add Village (DGC) name?
Crus?

Answer 8

171
95
22
17

Question 9

How many total villages in Côtes du Rhône

Answer 9

300

Question 10

White grapes for Côtes du Rhône

Answer 10

Bourboulenc
Clairette
Grenache Blanc
Marsanne
Roussanne
Viognier

Question 11

Red grape Côtes du Rhône

Answer 11

GSM

Question 12

Backbone of White Côtes du Rhône

Answer 12

Grenache Blanc

Question 13

Backbone of Rose Côtes du Rhône

Answer 13

GSM + Cinsaut

Question 14

What adds finesse, perfume and fruit to Côtes du Rhône

Answer 14

Cinsaut

Question 15

What are the AOCs in S Rhone not included in Côtes du Rhône?

Answer 15

Ventoux
Luberon
Nimes
Vivarais
Uzes
Adhemar
Bellegard

Question 16

What is the difference between CDR and CDR VIllage

Answer 16

Village only S Rhone, needs minimum 66% of 2 principal grapes versus 60%
1 MUST BE GRENACHE

Question 17

Name the CdR Village DGC

Answer 17

Chusclan
Gadagne
Laudan
Massif d’Uchaux
Nyons
Plan de Dieu
Puymeras
Roaix
Rochegude
Rousset les Vignes
Sablet
St Andeol
St Gervais
St Maurice
St Pantaleon les Vignes
St Cecile
Seguret
Signargues
Suze-la-Rousse
Vaison la Romaine
Valreas
Visan

Question 18

N Rhone AOC that only makes red wine with Syrah and Viognier

Answer 18

Cote Rotie

Question 19

AOC that means “Roasted Slopes”

Answer 19

Cote Rotie

Question 20

Can add up to 20% Viognier to reds in this AOC but must be co-planted, harvested and fermented with Syrah.

Answer 20

Cote Rotie

Question 21

A N Rhone that makes only white and a little sweet white wine only with Viognier?

Answer 21

Condrieu AOC
4.1% Sweet

Question 21

Only monopole in Rhone and 1/2 outside of Bourgogne?

Answer 21

Chateau Grillet

Question 22

Viognier has to be aged for 2 years in oak but could be longer?

Answer 22

Chateau Grillet

Question 23

N Rhône where wines mature quicker

Answer 23

Saint-Joseph

Question 24

Can co-ferment 10% of Marsanne and Roussanne with Syrah

Answer 24

Saint-Joseph

Question 25

Does both red (86%) and white (14%) with Marsannae and Roussane in N Rhone

Answer 25

Saint-Joseph

Question 26

The largest cru in N Rhône

Answer 26

Crozes-Hermitage

Question 27

Can co-ferment up to 15% Marssanne/Roussanne with Syrah for red wines?

Answer 27

Crozes-Hermitage

Question 28

What can Crozes-Hermitage produce?

Answer 28

red and white

Question 29

Crozes-Hermitage white wine grapes?

Answer 29

Marsanne and Roussane

Question 30

What can Saint Josephs produce?

Answer 30

red and white

Question 31

Only N Rhóne that produce only red

Answer 31

Cote Rotie Cornas

Question 32

What is the only N Rhône AOC that makes Vin de Paille?

Answer 32

Hermitage

Question 33

What is the production of Hermitage?

Answer 33

2/3 Red 1/3 White

Question 34

What AOC only makes 100% red from Syrah?

Answer 34

Cornas

Question 35

What is the topology of Cornas?

Answer 35

Steep, terraced, S-facing slopes of granite Amphitheater

Question 36

What AOC is an amphitheater?

Answer 36

Cornas

Question 37

What is the "island of the south in the north"?

Answer 37

Cornas

Question 38

What does Cornas mean in Celtic?

Answer 38

Burned Earth

Question 39

Who is Jean-Luc Colombo

Answer 39

A celebrated Rhône producer

Question 40

What AOC makes dry sparkling and white wines from Marsanne and Roussanne?

Answer 40

Saint Peray

Question 41

Why is Saint Peray a white wine only AOC?

Answer 41

Cooler conditions than the rest of N Rhône

Question 42

How long has Saint Péray been making traditional sparkling in N Rhône?

Answer 42

1825

Question 43

What is the most Southern of the N Rhône AOC?

Answer 43

Saint Péray

Question 44

How much does N Rhône produce?

Answer 44

4% of overall production

Question 45

What is considered part of N Rhône but not part of Côtes du Rhône?

Answer 45

The Dois

Question 46

What topology dominates the Dois?

Answer 46

Massif du Vercors

Question 47

What is one of France's highest wine regions?

Answer 47

The Dios

Question 48

What are the soils of the Dios?

Answer 48

Limestone and clay

Question 49

What is the majority of the production in the Dios?

Answer 49

White sparkling either Ancestral or Traditional Few whites, roses or red produced

Question 50

What is the AOC responsible for 96% of the Dios production?

Answer 50

Clairette de Die

Question 51

What are the 2 productions for Clairette de Die?

Answer 51

Methode Dioise Ancestrale Clariette de Die (traditional)

Question 52

What is Clairette de Die made from?

Answer 52

100% Clairette

Question 53

What style is the Methode Dioise Ancestrale?

Answer 53

Sweet sparkling from Muscat either white or rosé

Question 54

Where is in the Rhône Valley will you find Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, Aligote.

Answer 54

The Dios

Question 55

What river runs through the Dios?

Answer 55

La Drôme

Question 56

Where does the Rhone meet the Saone?

Answer 56

Lyon

Question 57

When did the Romans arrive?

Answer 57

121 BCE

Question 58

What grape got decimated during phylloxera?

Answer 58

Mourverde

Question 59

What cities bookend N Rhone Subdivision?

Answer 59

Vienne to Valence

Question 60

What cities booked S Rhone subdivision?

Answer 60

Montelimar to Nimes

Question 61

Sunlight hours

Answer 61

2,350 hours

Question 62

What are wines aged in?

Answer 62

Beton - concrete Inox - stainless Demi-mulds/Fourdres - Large wooden casks

Question 63

What grape is reductive so vinification must be taken to avoid gamey and barnyard notes?

Answer 63

Syrah

Question 64

What adds aroma and perfume and helps set the color with red?

Answer 64

Viognier

Question 65

What adds aromatic complexity, softens tannins and considered to be a finer grape to add with Syrah red?

Answer 65

Marsanne

Question 66

What adds perfume with reds or whites

Answer 66

Roussanne